Publications of ITAS and TAB

Here you will find the publications of the ITAS - including the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag (TAB) and the Central Department of Material Flows (ITAS-ZTS) - with their bibliographic information.

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since 2026 - 2021-2025 - 2016-2020 - 2011-2015 - 2006-2010 - 2001-2005 - 1985-2000

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Monographs and edited volumes - Research reports and Preprints - High-school graduations - Book chapters - Journal articles - Conference papers - Reviews - Presentations

Book series

Journals

ZTS Publikationen (ITC-ZTS)
2000-2008

Years 2026-2030


2026
Book Chapters
Albiez, M.; Beecroft, R.
BNE im Reallabor
2026. Handbuch Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung: Carrapatoso, Astrid; Kenner, Steve; Bergmüller-Hauptmann, Claudia; Inkermann, Nilda; Reinhardt, Volker (Hg.), 499–504, Wochenschau Verlag 
Bremert, L.; Hoppe, M.; Krings, B.-J.; Schmidt, W.
Der Betrieb als sozialer Ort im Umbruch : Einleitung
2026. Der Betreib als sozialer Ort. Hrsg.: L. Bremert. Bd. 3, 9–22, VSA Verlag 
Büscher, C.; Kusche, I.; Röller, T.; Gazos, A.
Die Beiträge von KI zu extremistischer Kommunikation und Chancen KI-basierter Prävention
2026. KI in der Prävention: Expertisen zum 31. Deutschen Präventionstag. Hrsg.: G. R. Wollinger, Deutscher Präventionstag 
Grunwald, A.
AI Ethics and Philosophy: A Critical Need for Inclusive, Equitable, and Sustainable AI Framework
2026. Foundational Principles of AI Governance and Policy. Ed.: A. Fitz-Gerald, 33–43, Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-032-05588-0_3
Heil, R.
Negativity
2026. The Bloomsbury Handbook to Slavoj Žižek. Ed.: D. Finkelde, 565–568, Bloomsbury 
Heil, R.
Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism (2012)
2026. The Bloomsbury Handbook to Slavoj Žižek. Ed.: D. Finkelde, 189–194, Bloomsbury 
Musicco, N.; Ersoy, H.; Barelli, L.; Baumann, M.; Passerini, S.
Hybrid Energy Storage System for BEV and FCEV Charging Stations - Use Case for Aluminum as Energy Carrier
2026. Hybrid Energy Storage : Case Studies for the Energy Transition. Ed.: R. Scipioni, 247–271, Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-97755-8_10Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Books
Kemmesies, U.; Wetzels, P.; Austin, beatrix; Büscher, C.; Hutter, S.; Richter, T.; Rieger, D.; Grube, F.; Sobota, S. (Eds.)
MOTRA-Monitor 2024/2025
2026. Motra Monitorinsystem und Transferplattform Radikalisierung. doi:10.57671/isbn.978-3-911329-02-6_2026_motra
Scipioni, R.; Gil Bardají, M. E.; Barelli, L.; Baumann, M.; Passerini, S. (Eds.)
Hybrid Energy Storage : Case Studies for the Energy Transition
2026. Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-97755-8Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Journal Articles
Goorney, S.; Karydi, E.; Muñoz, B.; Santesson, O.; Seskir, Z. C.; Tudoran, A. A.; Sherson, J.
The quantum technology job market: data driven analysis of 3641 job posts
2026. EPJ Quantum Technology, 13 (1), 36. doi:10.1140/epjqt/s40507-026-00477-zFull textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Haruna, B. R.; Jasper, F. B.; Premathilake, D. S.; Baumann, M.; Peters, J. F.; Weil, M.
Screening for social risks of raw materials for sodium-ion batteries
2026. Discover Sustainability. doi:10.1007/s43621-026-02950-2Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Keiner, D.; Jasper, F. B.; Bogdanov, D.; Lopez, G.; Peters, J. F.; Baumann, M. J.; Breyer, C.; Weil, M. R.
Sodium-ion battery cost projections and their impact on the global energy system transition until 2050
2026. Journal of Energy Storage, 146, 119861. doi:10.1016/j.est.2025.119861Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Mustajoki, I.; Riancho, J.; Panula, T.; Sirkiä, J.-P.; Olazabal, J. H.; Badhwar, S.; Kjellman, M.; Karhinoja, K.; Maia, M.; Riahi, S.; Papadopoulos, Y.; Hermeling, E.; Bruno, R.-M.; Kaisti, M.
Optical Techniques to Assess Cutaneous Microvascular Function in Cardiovascular Disease
2026. IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, 1–17. doi:10.1109/RBME.2025.3644411Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Pechancová, V.; Hrbáčková, L.; Ersoy, H.; Baumann, M.; Pavelková, D.; Paul, D.; Ivanichenko, A.; Buchgeister, J.; Kumar, M.
From minerals to dollars: A scrutiny of lithium-ion battery cost models
2026. Sustainable Futures, 11, 101767. doi:10.1016/j.sftr.2026.101767Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Premathilake, D. S.; Silva, A. A. M. P.; Illankoon, W. A. M. A. N.; Rosatelli, A.; Beltrametti, F.; Bava, A.; Battaglia, F.; Mendola, M.; Passaro, F.; Abbà, A.; Franzetti, A.; Vaccari, M.
Environmental, economic, and social trade-offs in biochar and biosurfactant-based soil remediation: A critical review based on mass flow analysis
2026. Energy Nexus, 21, Art.Nr: 100644. doi:10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100644Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Yanushkevich, S.; Berepiki, E.; Ciunkiewicz, P.; Shmerko, V.; Wolbring, G.; Guest, R.
Biometric technology roadmapping for personalized augmentative and alternative communication
2026. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 265, Art.Nr: 104664. doi:10.1016/j.cviu.2026.104664Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Conference Papers
Laborgne, P.; Albiez, M.; Szaguhn, M.
The Traveling Urban Sustainability Researcher: Addressing a Conflictual Topic
2026. Book of Abstracts from the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) Conference 2025. Aalborg University Open Publishing. Hrsg.: E. Lissandrello, C. Cosmi, 26, Aalborg University Open Publishing Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Laborgne, P.; Wieczorek, W.; Wendeberg, E.
Transforming Local Food Systems towards Sustainability by Building Networks and Ecosystems of Change
2026. Book of Abstracts from the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) Conference 2026. Ed.: E Lissandrello, 34–35, Aalborg University Open Publishing 
Mital, A.; Gnisa, F.; Norman, U.; Weinberger, N.
Public Perspectives on Robot Intervention: Insights from a Low-Supervision Decision Exhibit
2026. Companion of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ’26 Companion), March 16–19, 2026, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 5, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3776734.3794569Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Rudenko, I.; Norman, U.; Hilgert, L.; Niehues, J.; Bruno, B.
Towards a Child-Appropriate LLM for Child–Robot Conversation
2026. Companion of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ’26 Companion), March 16–19, 2026, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 201–206, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3776734.3794383Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
Reports/Preprints
Schütte, S.; Smeddinck, U.; Ossenberg, C.
Rechtswissenschaftliche Grundlagen zur Standortvereinbarung im Standortauswahlverfahren (REST)
2026. Bundesamt für die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung (BASE) 
Presentations
Alexandri, G.
Understanding Climate-Changed Cities: Exploring the Housing-Energy-Water Nexus
2026, February. Urban Transformation in a New Geopolitical Era? Nexus Thinking in Energy, Food, Ecological and Mobility Transition (UERA 2026), Strasbourg, France, February 4–6, 2026 
Büscher, C.; Gazos, A.; Röller, T.
Sind Maschinen Teil der extremistischen Kommunikation? Auswirkungen der Verbreitung generativer KI auf das Radikalisierungsgeschehen und mögliche zukünftige Entwicklungen
2026. MOTRA-K #25 "Extremismus/Radikalisierung/Prävention" (2026), Wiesbaden, Germany, March 4–5, 2026 
Dobroć, P.
Gemeingut Wasser : Über das Verhältnis von Menschen und Wasser in den Städten
2026. 15th Workshop des Netzwerks kulturwissenschaftliche Stadtforschung "Städtische Möglichkeitsräume. Konzeptuelle Konjunkturen und lokale Praxis" (2026), Vienna, Austria, March 19–20, 2026 
Dobroć, P.
Knowledge infrastructures for societal transformation. What understanding of data do we need in order to integrate digital technologies meaningfully into societal change?
2026, February. Urban Transformation in a New Geopolitical Era? Nexus Thinking in Energy, Food, Ecological and Mobility Transition (UERA 2026), Strasbourg, France, February 4–6, 2026 
Fricke, A.; Laborgne, P.; Szaguhn, M.
My Real-World-Lab Experiment to foster Urban Sustainability Transitions
2026. Urban Transformation in a New Geopolitical Era? Nexus Thinking in Energy, Food, Ecological and Mobility Transition (UERA 2026), Strasbourg, France, February 4–6, 2026 
Grunwald, A.
Mit Digitalisierung und KI in die Überflussgesellschaft?
2026, March 27. 3. Tagung des Göttweiger Kreises (2026), Burghausen, Germany, March 27, 2026 
Grunwald, A.
Approaching Dual Use from the perspective of Technology Assessment
2026, March 24. Workshop "Engineering Ethics & Dual Use" (2026), Online, March 24, 2026 
Grunwald, A.
Künstliche Intelligenz - ethische Folgen für Menschsein und Gesellschaft
2026. Künstliche Intelligenz, Folgen für Menschen und Gesellschaft und eine ethische Beurteilung (Roncalli Forum) (2026), Karlsruhe, Germany, March 9, 2026 
Grunwald, A.
Introduction to Technology Assessment
2026. International Graduate School "Responsible Innovation" (2026), Online, March 9, 2026 
Grunwald, A.
Science/Policy Interfaces. Fields of activity in Germany
2026. Max-Planck Winter School "Science and Policy" (2026), Berlin, Germany, January 27, 2026 
Grunwald, A.
Technikfolgenabschätzung: prospektive Forschung für Politikberatung und Technikentwicklung
2026. Kompetenznetzwerk Verfahrenstechnik Pro3 (2026), Online, February 11, 2026 
Grunwald, A.
Digitale Erlösungsfantasien. Neue Optionen für ein gutes Leben im 21. Jahrhundert?
2026. Karl-Rahner Akademie (2026), Cologne, Germany, January 13, 2026 
Grunwald, A.
Selber denken oder denken lassen? KI, Demokratie und Freiheit
2026. Führungsakademie des Landes Baden-Württemberg (2026), Online, January 8, 2026 
Grunwald, A.
What meaningful tomorrow can we shape with the courage to leave yesterday’s recipes behind?
2026. bluegain CxO Luncheon during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting (2026), Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026 
Grunwald, A.; Martin, A.; Schmidt, C. M.
Politikberatung in Zeiten multipler Krisen
2026, March 17. Reihe "acatech am Dienstag" (2026), Online, March 17, 2026 
Hommrich, D.
Technikanthropologie und "menschliche Natur". Folgenreflexion – Enhancement – Neuroethik
2026. Leerstelle Mensch? Anthropologische Grundlagen Angewandter Ethik (2026), Darmstadt, Germany, January 8–10, 2026 
Jahnel, J.
Social, Ethical and Legal Aspects of Generative AI and Deepfakes
2026. Interdisziplinäres Seminar zu historischen, philosophischen und politischen Perspektiven auf KI (2026), Darmstadt, Germany, January 15, 2026 
König, A.
Zirkulär denken und leben: Wege in eine Kreislaufgesellschaft
2026. Studentenwohnheim Burg e.V. (2026), Darmstadt, Germany, January 17, 2026 
König, A.; Wieczorek, W.
Zirkulär denken, handeln, leben: Im Selbstexperiment zur Kreislaufgesellschaft
2026, March. Frühlingsakademie 2026: Was ist nachhaltige Kreislaufwirtschaft? (2026), Karlsruhe, Germany, March 23–26, 2026 
Kuppler, S.
Technology Assessment and Nuclear Governance
2026. JRC Nuclear Skills Winter School (2026), Karlsruhe, Germany, March 15–20, 2026 
Laborgne, P.; Raich, S.; Schreider, C.; Rogga, S.
FuckUp Night – Über Scheitern in der transdiziplinären und partizipativen Forschung, den kreativen Umgang mit Misserfolgen und das Lernen aus ihnen
2026, March. GTPF Arbeitstagung 2026 (2026), Eberswalde, Germany, March 12–13, 2026 
Laborgne, P.; Wieczorek, W.; Wendeberg, E.
Transforming Local Food Systems towards Sustainability by Building Networks and Ecosystems of Change
2026. Urban Transformation in a New Geopolitical Era? Nexus Thinking in Energy, Food, Ecological and Mobility Transition (UERA 2026), Strasbourg, France, February 4–6, 2026 
Mahr, D.
Epistemic Interventions: Body, Data, and Otherness in ORLAN’s Art
2026, March 1. Augmented by the Other - Ausstellung ORLAN Artistic Intelligences (ORLAN 2026), Munich, Germany, March 1, 2026 
Parodi, O.
Lasst uns nachhaltig werden! Auf dem Weg in eine Kultur der Nachhaltigkeit
2026, February 10. Nachhaltigkeitsworkshop BBBank (2026), Karlsruhe, February 10, 2026 
Scherz, C.; Mahr, D.
Jenseits der Gitter: Resonanzräume zwischen Freiheit und Verantwortung
2026, March 13. Jenseits der Gitter: Resonanzräume zwischen Freiheit und Verantwortung (2026), Karlsruhe, March 13, 2026 
Schippl, J.
Testing AVs on public roads: what means ‘public acceptance’ and is it really relevant?
2026, January 29. Drive2Transform: Driving Innovation (2026), Online, January 29, 2026 
Schmidt, A.
Technology Assessment for Quantum Technologies
2026. DESY Ethics Committee - Special Seminar Talk (2026), Hamburg, Germany, January 21, 2026 
Seskir, Z. C.
Steering Quantum Technologies Early: Strategic Choices for Europe’s Quantum Future
2026. Future of Computing | Quantum Connect (2026), Munich, Germany, March 3, 2026 
Seskir, Z. C.
Capital Dynamics and Virtuous Cycle Formation in Technological Revolutions
2026. HHL Leipzig - Chair of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship / Collegium Jahnallee (2026), Leipzig, Germany, January 15, 2026 
Smeddinck, U.
Behavioral Law Making - Politisch-psychologische Einflussstrategien in der Gesetzgebung
2026. Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer: Praxis der Gesetzgebung (2026), Spires, Germany, January 19, 2026 
Szaguhn, M.
Engineering Education for Sustainability: A Driver of Urban-Regional Transformation
2026. Urban Transformation in a New Geopolitical Era? Nexus Thinking in Energy, Food, Ecological and Mobility Transition (UERA 2026), Strasbourg, France, February 4–6, 2026 
Ufer, U.
Urban Resilience for whom?: Emancipatory Urban Innovation, or Permanent Urban Crisis?
2026, February. Urban Transformation in a New Geopolitical Era? Nexus Thinking in Energy, Food, Ecological and Mobility Transition (UERA 2026), Strasbourg, France, February 4–6, 2026 
Posters
Albiez, M.; Laborgne, P.; Szaguhn, M.; Beecroft, R.; Stelzer, V.; Radtke, J.; Behnisch, M.; Hecht, R.; Reiter, D.; Held, A.; Hennrich, B.
Decision District | Konfliktkartierung und partizipative Lösungsentwicklung für die kommunale Wärmeplanung
2026, March. BEWEGT Konferenz: Vernetzen, Mitgestalten, Bewegen – Auftakt für die Energiewende-Gesellschaft (BEWEGT 2026), Berlin, Germany, March 18–19, 2026 
Laborgne, P.; Huber, D.; Beecroft, R.; Ober, S.; Seebacher, A.
MobiLab: A Mobile Real-World Lab Infrastructure for Transdisciplinary Research and Science Communication
2026. Urban Transformation in a New Geopolitical Era? Nexus Thinking in Energy, Food, Ecological and Mobility Transition (UERA 2026), Strasbourg, France, February 4–6, 2026 
Seebacher, A.; Laborgne, P.; Parodi, O.
District Future – Urban Lab (Quartier Zukunft – Labor Stadt). Long-term participatory sustainable development of an existing urban district in Karlsruhe
2026. Urban Transformation in a New Geopolitical Era? Nexus Thinking in Energy, Food, Ecological and Mobility Transition (UERA 2026), Strasbourg, France, February 4–6, 2026 
Stokebrand, M.; Pushpendra, P.; Weil, M.
Data Gaps in Recycled Graphite for Life Cycle Assessment
2026, February. 2nd Battery Direct Recycling (2026 2026), Würzburg, Germany, February 3–5, 2026 
Szaguhn, M.; Fricke, A.; Wendeberg, E.
Towards an Evaluation Framework for Action Knowledge in Urban Transformations
2026, February. Urban Transformation in a New Geopolitical Era? Nexus Thinking in Energy, Food, Ecological and Mobility Transition (UERA 2026), Strasbourg, France, February 4–6, 2026 
Journal Article Reviews
Smeddinck, U.
Book review: Welzer, Harald (2025): Das Haus der Gefühle. Warum Zukunft Herkunft braucht
2026. TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 35 (1), 68–69, Oekom Verlag. doi:10.14512/tatup.7295Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document
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