News overview

The fourth, fully updated and expanded edition of Armin Grunwald's standard work shows how technology assessment can contribute to the responsible, democratic and sustainable shaping of technological progress.
 

How can socio-technical change be shaped well in the long term despite acute political requirements? The current issue of TATuP develops the concept of "long-term governance" further and presents current case studies.

Making yogurt from grass? That’s exactly what the new GrassToGurt project aims to do by harnessing the potential of grassland for the production of plant-based yogurt alternatives. ITAS analyzes how consumers perceive the new yogurt.

The award goes to Oliver Parodi, Susanne Ober, Daniel Lang and Marius Albiez. According to the GAIA editorial team, their article on real-world laboratories and experiments helps consolidate the field of sustainability and transformation research and maximize its impact.

The need to find a safe way of dealing with high-level radioactive waste in the long term is as unavoidable as the associated conflicts. Researchers in the KonE project, which has now been launched, are looking for ways to manage potential conflicts.

How can the needs of people and the environment be better considered during the transition to renewable energies? The World Economic Forum (WEF) has issued new guidelines on this topic that are also based on the expertise of ITAS researchers.

How do models influence our view of energy futures? In a new KIT project, Armin Grunwald and Daniel Lang are contributing knowledge from ITAS on how scientific models can become more transparent and participatory with the help of real-world laboratories.

The combination of onsite and offsite work has become widespread in Germany in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new TAB study explores the current prevalence of these forms of work, their acceptance, and their health, economic and social impacts.

Nuclear fusion is now within reach thanks to recent advances. A new compact study examines the current state of the art and identifies critical knowledge gaps and the resulting research needs on the way to a possible fusion power plant.