ITAS Newsletter --- Nr. 101- 05.03.2024
Research
Policy advice
Job offers
From ITAS
Events
ITAS in the media
Researchers in focus
Publications
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Research
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PROJECT ON SYSTEMIC AND EXISTENTIAL RISKS OF AI
Do AI models and their applications bear systemic risks or could they
even take on a life of their own and thus become an existential threat?
ITAS investigates this issue on behalf of the Federal Ministry of
Education and Research.
more
MOBILITY TRANSITION: HANDBOOK ON AUTOMATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Areas outside major conurbations are often not well served by public
transport. A new open access handbook with practical instructions shows
how automated, driverless shuttles can help to close these gaps.
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NEW PROJECT PUTS FOCUS ON “LONG-TERM GOVERNANCE”
Climate protection or the final disposal of highly radioactive waste are
challenges that will affect us for a long time to come. ITAS now wants
to contribute to the basic understanding of the political approach to
such “long-term problems.”
more
TECHNOLOGY MONITORING: THE POTENTIAL OF METAVERSE AND AI FOR EXTREMISM
In the MOTRA project, ITAS researchers investigate the potential of
metaverse and AI applications in relation to radicalization processes.
In the current “MOTRA-Monitor”, they give recommendations on how to
counter these undesirable impacts of technology.
more
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Policy advice
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EU PROJECT ON CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS
How can research and innovation in Europe contribute to a secure and
sustainable supply of critical raw materials in the future? ITAS is
developing policy options on behalf of the EU Parliament's STOA panel.
more
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Job offers
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Master Thesis
A System Dynamics model for Li-Ion battery production and values chains
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Studentische Hilfskraft (w/m/d)
im Bereich sozialwissenschaftliche Unterstützung von Realexperimenten
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Student Assistant (m/f/d)
in the research group RESET
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From ITAS
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Personalia:
Volker Stelzer won the „Klima - Wandel, Krise, Lösungen“ (Climate - change, crisis, solutions) round of the "I'm a Scientist" online program in December 2023. Out of
23 researchers, he was the most convincing with his answers in live
chats with pupils. Volker Stelzer wants to follow up the win with an
explanatory video on the "new energy world".
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New staff members:
Steffen Bauer (Karlsruhe Transformation Center for Sustainability and Cultural Change)
Bismark Razak Haruna (Research for Sustainable Energy Technologies)
Michi Kucharek (Teaching assistant)
Silvio Martin (Designing Real-World Laboratory Research)
Carolin Moser (Designing Real-World Laboratory Research)
Dominik Molnar (Socio-Technical Futures and Policies)
Hannes Schneider (Designing Real-World Laboratory Research)
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Events
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07.03.2024
GUT VERNETZT?! ZWISCHEN ENERGIEWENDE UND
VERSORGUNGSSICHERHEIT
TRIANGEL Transfer | Kultur | Raum
Kaiserstraße 93, Karlsruhe
09.03.2024
KOMMUNALE WÄRMEWENDE, NACHHALTIGKEITSBERICHTERSTATTUNG UND
LIEFERKETTENTRANSPARENZ: CHANCE ODER ÜBERFORDERUNG?
Evangelische Akademie Villigst
Iserlohner Str. 25, 58239 Schwerte
20.03.2024
NACHHALTIG UNTERWEGS: AUF ENTDECKUNGSTOUR DURCH DIE KARLSRUHER OSTSTADT
Treffpunkt zum Start der Tour: Tram-Haltestelle Schloss Gottesaue
11.04.2024
REALLABOR-KONFERENZ "REALLABORE – EXPERIMENTIERRÄUME FÜR DEN WEG IN EINE NACHHALTIGE GESELLSCHAFT"
Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden
01.07.2024
INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE SUMMER SCHOOL
Miramar Palace, Donostia-San Sebastián
17.09.2024
FORUM ON PHILOSOPHY, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY (FPET
2024)
ZKM | center for art and media
Lorenzstraße 19, Karlsruhe
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ITAS in the media
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Zeit Online (16.02.2024)
MR. PRESIDENT, SIND SIE ES WIRKLICH? with assessments from Jutta Jahnel
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Frankfurter Rundschau (16.02.2024)
MENSCH UND KI-FEHLER – SORRY, WIR DACHTEN, SIE GEHÖREN ZUR LANDSCHAFT
with quotes from Dana Mahr
more
30.01.2024 (Domradio.de)
FREIHEITEN GEWINNEN UND VERLIEREN interview with Armin Grunwald on AI
more
mdr (16.01.2024)
WELTWIRTSCHAFTSFORUM: DESINFORMATION DURCH KI GRÖSSTES GLOBALES RISIKO
with assessments from Jutta Jahnel
more
lookKIT (2023/04)
EINE MACHTVOLLE SOFTWARE interview with Steffen Albrecht
more
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Researchers in focus
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“Among the myriad of dimensions of energy transitions, some relate to
moral questions and dilemmas: How much energy can be considered enough
for one person? What is the relation between energy transitions and
ecological conservation? At ITAS, I address this kind of questions,
often together with colleagues from other disciplines. My goal is to
develop scientific contributions and events in the emerging area of
(normative) energy ethics.”
Giovanni Frigo, researcher with focus on environmental and technology ethics
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Publications
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BOOKS AND REPORTS
Blattmann, H.; Clauser, C.; Geckeis, H.; Grathwohl, P.; Grunwald, A.;
Kühn, M.; Markl, G.; Röhlig, K.-J.; Scheck-Wenderoth, M.; Scherbaum,
F.; Teutsch, G.; Wenzel, F.
Sichere Entsorgung und Tiefenlagerung von hochradioaktivem Material –
Forschungsperspektiven
2023. acatech – Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften.
doi:10.48669/aca_2023-2 <https://doi.org/10.48669/aca_2023-2>
Frey, P.
Die Vier-Tage-Woche im Vereinigten Königreich: Die Ergebnisse des
bislang größten Pilotprojekts weltweit
2023. Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Gesellschaftsanalyse und politische
Bildung
more <https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000165659>
Madeira, O.; Plattner, G.; Gazos, A.; Röller, T.; Büscher, C.
Aktuelle Befunde aus dem Technologiemonitoring – Extremismus und
Radikalisierung imMetaverse. MOTRA-Spotlight 08/23
2023. Monitoringsystem und Transferplattform Radikalisierung (MOTRA)
more <https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000167099>
BOOK CHAPTERS AND PROCEEDINGS
Baumann, M. F.
Diversitätsbotschafter:innen, Kämpfer:innen, Cyborgs?
Prothesenträger:innen in deutschen Print- und Online-Medien
2023. Medizin- und Pflegeethik in den Medien. Ed.: K.W. Schmidt,
67–86, Königshausen und Neumann
more <https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000167266>
Borrmann, V.; Coenen, C.; Gerstgrasser, L.; Albers, E.; Müller, O.;
Kellmeyer, P.
Resurrecting the ‘body’: phenomenological perspectives on embodiment
2023. The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Human Enhancement, Eds.:
Fabrice Jotterand, Marcello Ienca, 87–102, Routledge.
doi:10.4324/9781003105596-9 <https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003105596-9>
Coenen, C.
Play and Labour –- Some Conceptual Remarks on Gamification in the
Context of Manual Work
2023. The World of Games: Technologies for Experimenting, Thinking,
Learning – XXIII Professional Culture of the Specialist of the Future,
Volume 1. Ed.: D. Bylieva, 197 – 211, Springer Nature Switzerland.
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-48020-1_17 <https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48020-1_17>
Coenen, C.
Spotlights on the history of human enhancement discourse
2023. The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Human Enhancement, Eds.:
Fabrice Jotterand, Marcello Ienca, 18–29, Routledge.
doi:10.4324/9781003105596-4 <https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003105596-4>
Ferreira, R. M. F. D.; Grilo, A.; Maia, M. J.
A Maturity Model for Industries and Organizations of All Types to Adopt
Responsible AI – —Preliminary Results
2023. Progress in Artificial Intelligence : 22nd EPIA Conference on
Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2023, Faial Island, Azores, September
5–8, 2023, Proceedings, Part I. Ed.: N. Moniz, 67–78, Springer
International Publishing.
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-49008-8_6 <https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49008-8_6>
Gerling, K.; Vinel, A.; Müller, K.; Nierling, L.; Stiefelhagen, R.;
Karmann, C.; Lang, D.; Asfour, T.
Technology-Centric Real-World Labs: Challenges and Opportunities for a
New Mode of Participatory Research From the Perspective of Computer
Science
2023. 10. Workshop Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion in sicherheitskritischen
Systemen, Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI).
doi:10.18420/muc2023-mci-ws02-431 <https://doi.org/10.18420/muc2023-mci-ws02-431>
Grunwald, A.
Der homo temporalis im digitalen Wandel
2023. Digitale Welt – Künstliche Intelligenz – Ethische
Herausforderungen. Eds.: M. Barth, 123–144, Verlag Karl Alber
more <https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000167511>
Silva, B. S. da; Borba, J. L. G. de; Vargas, D. B.; Rodriguez, C. M. T.
Green Logistics, Reverse Logistics, Sustainable Logistics, and
Eco-efficiency in the Construction Industry
2023. Industrial Engineering and Operations Management – XXIX IJCIEOM,
Lisbon, Portugal, June 28–30, 2023. Ed.: J.C. Gonçalves dos Reis,
51–60, Springer Nature Switzerland.
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-47058-5_5 <https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47058-5_5>
Volkamer, M.; Mayer, A.; Neumann, S.; Beckert, B.; Budurushi, J.;
Grunwald, A.; Krimmer, R.; Kulyk, O.; Küsters, R.; Müller-Quade, J.
Online-Wahlen und digitale Abstimmungen – eine Einordnung aktueller
Entwicklungen
2023. DGRI Jahrbuch 2021/2022, 141–160, Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt.
doi:10.9785/9783504387914-010 <https://doi.org/10.9785/9783504387914-010>
JOURNAL ISSUES
Bareis, J.; Roßmann, M.; Bordignon, F. (Eds.)
Technology hype : Dealing with bold expectations and overpromising =
Technologie-Hype: Der Umgang mit überzogenen Erwartungen und
Versprechungen
2023. Oekom Verlag
more <https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000165657>
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Bareis, J.; Roßmann, M.; Bordignon, F.
Technology hypes: Practices, approaches and assessments
2023. TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und
Praxis, 32 (3), 11–16.
doi:10.14512/tatup.32.3.11 <https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.32.3.11>
Barisch-Fritz, B.; Krafft, J.; Rayling, S.; Diener, J.; Möller, T.;
Wunsch, K.; Riedel, N.; Maia, M.; Weinberger, N.; Lefint, J.; Asfour,
T.; Krell-Rösch, J.; Woll, A.
Are nursing home employees ready for the technical evolution?
German-wide survey on the status quo of affinity for technology and
technology interaction
2023. DIGITAL HEALTH, 9.
doi:10.1177/20552076231218812 <https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076231218812>
Crignis, A. C. de; Ruhnau, S.-T.; Hösl, M.; Lefint, J.; Amberger, T.;
Dressnandt, J.; Brunner, H.; Müller, F.
Robotic arm training in neurorehabilitation enhanced by augmented
reality – a usability and feasibility study
2023. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 20 (1), Article
no: 105.
doi:10.1186/s12984-023-01225-5 <https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-023-01225-5>
Frey, P.
Die Vier-Tage-Woche als sozial-ökologisches Leuchtturmprojekt
2023. Zeitpolitisches Magazin, 43, 11–13
more <https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000167065>
Frey, P.
Die Vier-Tage-Woche in Europa: Ein Blick über den Tellerrand in die
Zukunft
2023. SPW, 2 (255), 34–35
more <https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000165660>
Frey, P.
Die Vier-Tage-Woche in Großbritannien: Ein Blick über den Tellerrand
in die Zukunft
2023. Mittendrin am Rande – Zeitschrift für Arbeit und soziale
Gerechtigkeit, 36, 3–4
more <https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000165662>
Grunwald, A.
Datensonate in drei Sätzen. Von Faszination, Versuchung und Nutzung von
Daten
2023. Wirtschaft und Statistik, (6), 17–25
more <https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000165865>
Parodi, O.; Schwichtenberg, R.; Stelzer, F.; Rhodius, R.; Schreider, C.;
von Wirth, T.; Lang, D. J.; Marg, O.; Wagner, F.; Egermann, M.;
Bauknecht, D.; Wanner, M.
Stellungnahme des Netzwerks Reallabore der Nachhaltigkeit zur
Reallabore-Gesetz-Initiative
2023. GAIA –- Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 32 (4),
399–401.
doi:10.14512/gaia.32.4.14 <https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.4.14>
Trivedi, S.; Pamidi, V.; Pinto Bautista, S.; Shamsudin, F. N. A.; Weil,
M.; Barpanda, P.; Bresser, D.; Fichtner, M.
Water‐Soluble Inorganic Binders for Lithium‐Ion and Sodium‐Ion
Batteries
2023. Advanced Energy Materials, Art.-no.: 2303338.
doi:10.1002/aenm.202303338 <https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202303338>
Walker, E.-M.; Nierling, L.
Book review: Tisch, Anita; Wischniewski, Sascha (2022): Sicherheit und
Gesundheit in der digitalisierten Arbeitswelt
2023. TATuP –- Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie
und Praxis, 32 (3), 90–91.
doi:10.14512/tatup.32.3.90 <https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.32.3.90>
Yadav, A. K.; Schnack, E.
Plane Wave Reflection in a Memory-Dependent Nonlocal
Magnetothermoelastic Electrically Conducting Triclinic Solid Half-Space
2023. Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics, 96 (6),
1658–1673.
doi:10.1007/s10891-023-02836-4 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-023-02836-4>
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