News overview
Here you can find the so far published news in 2022. Subscribe to the ITAS news via RSS feed.
Will the lightest element in the periodic table become the heavyweight of the energy transition? In the technik.kontrovers series on Tuesday, 28 June 2022, ITAS researchers will explore the question of whether the hopes associated with hydrogen are justified. more |
![]() The TAB report on energy saving effects in the building sector shows what property owners can do to save resources and money and how the state can help them. Policy brief TAB-Fokus is available in English. more |
![]() The results of a population-representative survey on this question are the focus of the fifth issue of the TAB-Sensor. more |
![]() Polarization, market-dominating platforms, fake news – democracy is under pressure and must face the challenges of the digital world. In a new anthology, researchers from TA and other disciplines search for possible solutions. more |
![]() At ITAS, Marcel Weil and Manuel Baumann investigate the environmental balance of storage technologies. For the VDI – The Association of German Engineers, the scientists have now taken part in a survey on the “value” of storage systems in the energy grid. more |
![]() KIT has received the “National Prize – Education for Sustainable Development” from BMBF and UNESCO. Decisive factors were many offers with ITAS participation, such as the “Karlsruhe School of Sustainability” or the mobile participation laboratory “MobiLab.” more |
![]() Fitness wristbands, trackers, or health apps are part of many people’s everyday lives. The individual and social effects of using these devices were discussed by users and experts at the invitation of ITAS. more |
![]() New methods report presents innovative participation procedures and discusses their potential benefits for parliamentary Technology Assessment. more |
![]() With Payal Arora, Jeanette Hofmann and Doris Allhutter, three outstanding researchers will speak at the 5th European TA Conference (25-27 July 2022, Karlsruhe). Information on their keynotes and the conference program is now available online. more |
![]() On the occasion of World Malaria Day, technological approaches to combating malaria were the focus of a moderated panel discussion on 25 April 2022 as the start of the new event series “TA in dialogue” in the German Bundestag. more |
![]() What would be the impact of taxing greenhouse gas emissions at the global level if coupled with a dividend system? A new study sees great potential in combining the two approaches. more |
![]() After 30 years in printed form TAB offers the TAB-Brief with information on TA at the German Bundestag as a compact digital newsletter in Englisch for subscription. more |
![]() What can AI do and how is it being used today? Which future scenarios are we aiming for and how realistic are they? ITAS researchers and science fiction author Theresa Hannig will discuss this at technik.kontrovers on Wednesday, 4 May 2022. more |
![]() As a “pioneer of inter- and transdisciplinarity,” technology assessment plays an increasingly important role in academic teaching. What this development means for technology assessment (TA) is explored in the new issue of TATuP. more |
![]() As part of a dialogue event between scientists from the Rathenau Institute and the TAB with members of the German Bundestag, the EPTA presidency 2022 was handed over from the Netherlands to Germany. more |
![]() The efficient use and recycling of storage materials is essential for a sustainable energy supply. To meet the increasing demand for energy storage, ITAS investigates the use of aluminum in the “ALU-STORE” project. more |
![]() Using the example of a district in Karlsruhe, researchers have investigated to which extent new, digitally supported mobility offers could change mobility behavior, reallocate public space, and improve quality of life. more |
![]() What should the European battery landscape look like in a decade? Leading experts in Europe have drawn up a roadmap for transforming research in the field of emerging energy storage technologies. Particular focus: sustainability and circular economy. more |
![]() What does a society that takes responsibility for present and future generations look like? Armin Grunwald and Jürgen Kopfmüller have updated their book publication on the guiding principle of sustainable development with current topics and debates. more |
![]() In two newly published reports TAB sheds light on development trends in digital agricultural technologies and analyses the opportunities and risks of a systemically integrated agriculture. The corresponding Policy Briefs are now available in English. more |
![]() Heat, drought and pollutants threaten trees and forests. Scientists at ITAS are therefore researching how forests can become more resilient. They will provide insights into their work at "technik.kontrovers" on 24 February 2022. more |
![]() How can employees use digital innovations to make companies more democratic? And what can they learn from cooperatives in this process? Henceforth, ITAS will address these questions on behalf of the Hans Böckler Foundation. more |
![]() The Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) is organizing the 5th European Technology Assessment Conference 2022. We are happy to announce that the registration reopened. Due to the pandemic, the conference has been postponed and will take place from 25 to 27 July 2022 in Karlsruhe. more |
![]() Our society is facing profound transformations of ways of living and economics towards a future viability and sustainability. The Karlsruhe Transformation Center for Sustainability and Cultural Change (KAT) supports these processes of change. more |
![]() Healthy urban forests play a key role to counter the impacts of climate change in cities. A new Ph.D. project at ITAS develops strategies for the participation of citizens in transforming those forests into more resilient social-ecological systems. more |
![]() What expectations and wishes do citizens have of the work of researchers? In order to involve society more closely in the research work of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, ITAS will design annual dialogue events on current scientific topics. more |
![]() The fourth issue of the TAB-Sensor is dedicated to the topic of telemedicine and focuses on population-representative assessments of the use and potential benefits of telemedicine services. more |
![]() For almost ten years, Real-world Labs have been supporting the transformation to more sustainability on site. Where their work stands today, asks the ITAS-based KAT at a conference on 2 and 3 June 2022 in Karlsruhe. Submission of contributions is open now. more |
![]() Researchers from Karlsruhe and Arizona are helping marginalized communities around the world to use clean energy sources and increase their resilience to climate change. A collection of local stories drives the exchange. more |
![]() One of the most complex tasks of the energy transition is the use of hydrogen in industrial processes. Together with Fraunhofer ISI, ITAS researchers have now analyzed the implementation of the European hydrogen strategy for the European Parliament. more |