Scientific and technological progress does not only improve our lives, but frequently has unexpected and often undesirable effects. At ITAS, we contribute to realizing its potential while minimizing its risks.
Our addressees are politics, business, and society – the actors who shape scientific and technological progress. We offer them knowledge for action and point out possible solutions to global challenges.
HR analytics supports human resources by digitally consolidating and analyzing data. A new TAB report highlights possible fields of application as well as requirements for data protection, traceability and responsible decision-making processes.
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New technologies are becoming increasingly adept at recognizing how we feel and responding accordingly. In the ShiftAffect project, researchers at ITAS investigate what this means for our daily lives, our health, and our understanding of emotions.
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The new TAB study examines how technological solutions can help reduce the amount of plastic waste in rivers, coastal areas and the oceans, and which policy instruments can support their effective implementation.
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Military force or the threat thereof is increasingly shaping international relations—and technology plays a key role in this. The current TATuP Special topic examines how technology assessment can address this development.
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"My research aims to better understand digital transformation in order to shape it in the sense of sustainable, human-centered development. I am particularly interested in the impact of digital technologies on individuals, organizations, and society as a whole. At ITAS, I have a wide range of opportunities to pursue these issues, be it in interdisciplinary consortia or with a view to fields of application. This also includes the development of new – especially digital – research methods.”
Linda Nierling, head of the research group “Digital Technologies and Societal Change”