History of ITAS
ITAS was founded in 1995, but has a history of almost 60 years of technology assessment and systems analysis in Karlsruhe.
| 2020 | The work at ITAS is reorganized in ten research groups. |
| 2019 | Foundation of the globalTA network. |
| 2017 | The redesigned ITAS journal TATuP – Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice is published peer reviewed and open access. |
| 2015 | 20 years of ITAS (year book) and 25 years of TAB (TAB-Arbeitsbericht). |
| 2014 | Premiere of the public series of events technik.kontrovers. |
| 2013 | In March, the first European TA conference is held in Prague in the framework of the PACITA project. |
| 2012 | In September, the “Central Department of Technology-Induced Material Flows (ZTS)” becomes part of ITAS. |
| 2012 | As first real-world lab in Germany, District Future - Urban Lab starts the sustainable transformation of an existing city district in Karlsruhe. |
| 2012 | ITAS moves from Campus North to the former bank building Veith L. Homburger in Karlsruhe’s city center (Karlstraße 11). |
| 2010 |
On 29 September, the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag (TAB) celebrates its 20th anniversary. Since its foundation, it has been continuously operated by ITAS. |
| 2009 |
On 1 October, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is founded after a merger of the Research Center Karlsruhe (FZK) and the University of Karlsruhe (TH). |
| 2005 | ITAS coordinates the European Technology Assessment Group (ETAG) providing scientific services for the European Parliament’s STOA panel. |
| 2005 | 10 years of ITAS. (ITAS-yearbook) |
| 2004 | In November, the first conference of the Netzwerks TA is held in Berlin. |
| 2002 | The ITAS journal ”TA-Database-Newsletter” is renamed “Technology Assessment – Theory and Practice”. |
| 2002 | Armin Grunwald is also appointed Director of TAB on 1 January. |
| 1999 | Armin Grunwald is appointed Director of the institute on 1 October and shortly afterwards takes over the chair of TA and systems analysis at the University of Freiburg. |
| 1999 | On 1 September, TAB moves from Bonn to Berlin-Mitte. |
| 1998 | Herbert Paschen retires as Director of ITAS on 30 June but still heads the TAB. As Deputy Director, Reinhard Coenen is temporarily in charge of the institute from 1 July 1998 until 30 September 1999. |
| 1998 | ITAS and the Research Center Karlsruhe celebrate “25 years of TA in Germany” (1973-1998) and the 65th birthday of the Director of the institute at an event in Bonn-Bad Godesberg on 17/18 June. |
| 1995 | In October, the web presence of ITAS and TAB goes online. |
| 1995 |
After a decision by the Advisory Board of the Research Center Karlsruhe, AFAS becomes the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) on 1 July under the direction of Herbert Paschen. |
| 1992 | The first issue of the AFAS journal “TA-Datenbase-Newsletter” is published in March. |
| 1990 |
Parliamentary TA organizations from Germany, Denmark, France, Great Britain, and the Netherlands partner with the TA institution of the European Parliament to form the European Parliamentary Technology Assessment Network (EPTA). |
| 1990 | Establishment of the TAB in Bonn and operation by AFAS (Herbert Paschen also becomes Director of TAB). |
| 1987 | After the failure of the first study commission a second one on TA is established in November; Herbert Paschen is appointed as a member. |
| 1985 | Work on the establishment of a TA infrastructure and database (by order of the BMFT) is started in co-operation with FIZ Karlsruhe. |
| 1985 | On 15 March the German Bundestag decides to set up a study commission on the “assessment and evaluation of technological impacts”. |
| 1977 | Foundation of AFAS on 1 January with Herbert Paschen as its head. |
| 1976 | The Executive Board suggests turning parts of the IAS (Institut für Angewandte Systemanalyse) into a "staff department" which shall be part of the Executive Board. This does not obtain a majority in the Scientific-Technical Board (Wissenschaftlich-Technischer Rat, WTR). |
| 1975 | On 1 January the division “Planning and Innovation” of the Studiengruppe für Systemforschung (SfS) is transferred into IASR (Institut für Angewandte Systemtechnik und Reaktorphysik) where it forms a department under the direction of Herbert Paschen. |
| 1973 | On 21 March, a hearing is held at the German Bundestag on the SfS survey on priorities of research policy. Helmut Krauch resigns from SfS. There are now two research areas: “Planning and innovation” (Head: Herbert Paschen) and "Information and documentation" (Head: Werner Kunz). |
| 1973 | First parliamentary initiative for the establishment of a parliamentary office for the assessment of technological developments; the administration of the Bundestag requests an expert opinion from Herbert Paschen and SfS. |
| 1972 | IASR (Director: Wolf Häfele) is founded on the basis of the IAR (Institut für Angewandte Reaktorphysik) at the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center. |
| 1958 | Helmut Krauch sets up the Studiengruppe für Systemforschung (SfS) in Heidelberg. |
Publications
Wingert, B.
Anmerkungen zur Institutsgeschichte. In: Grunwald, A.; Riehm, U. (Hrsg.): Jahrbuch des Instituts für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS) anlässlich seines zehnjährigen Bestehens im Juli 2005. ITAS-Jahrbuch 2003/2004. Karlsruhe: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe 2005, S. 345-356
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Brinckmann, A.
Wissenschaftliche Politikberatung in den 60er Jahren. Die Studiengruppe für Systemforschung, 1958 bis 1975. Berlin: edition sigma 2006
(Gesellschaft - Technik - Umwelt, Neue Folge 9)
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