 Dipl.-Phys. Torsten Fleischer |
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Head of research group Research group “Mobility Futures” Room: 318 Phone: +49 721 608-24571 torsten fleischerUxs5∂kit edu |
Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS) Postfach 3640 76021 Karlsruhe |
Education
University studies of physics in Berlin; German university degree "Diplom" 1990.
Professional background
| 1991 - 1995 | Scientific staff member in the Department of Applied Systems Analysis (AFAS) that later became the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) of Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK) |
| 1995 - 2000 | Scientific staff member at the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag (TAB) Bonn / Berlin |
| since 2000 | Scientific staff member at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) |
Fields of work
- Technology Assessment on Informatization and Automation of Mobility and Transportation
- Technology Assessment in the fields Energy and New Materials (Focus Nanomaterials)
- Interactions between technological and societal changes
- Governance of innovation processes
Recent projects and responsibilities
- Head of the research group “Mobility Futures”
- Project coordination “Feasibility conditions and implications of Automated Driving” as part of Tech Center a-drive
- Work package leader “Technology Assessment as part of the Development Process” within Project PAKoS: „Personalisierte, adaptive kooperative Systeme für automatisierte Fahrzeuge“ (Personalized, adaptive and cooperative Systems for Automated Vehicles)
- Focus topic “Mobility in urban contexts – Needs-based Infrastructures in Cities of the Future” as part of the “Profilregion Mobilitätsysteme Karlsruhe” research cluster
- WP6 “Behaviour in the context of changes in values and lifestyles” within Kopernikus-Project ENavi
- Project coordinator “M4ShaleGas: Measuring, monitoring, mitigating, managing the environmental impact of shale gas”
- RITA – Responsible Innovation und Technology Assessment
- KonsensOP – Context-sensitive assistance in an attentive surgical operating theatre
- Technology Options in Urban Transport: Changing paradigms and promising innovation strategies
Completed projects (after 2000)
- TRANSFORuM – Transforming European Transport through an Active Actors Forum
- FUTRE – FUture prospects on TRansport evolution and innovation challenges for the competitiveness of Europe
- myCopter - Enabling Technologies for Personal Aerial Vehicles
- Global Ethics in Science and Technology (GEST)
- Bürgerdialog Zukunftstechnologien (Citizen’s Dialogue on Future Technologies)
- Eco-Efficient Transport Futures for Europe
- Contribution to the risk governance of particulate nanomaterials by evidence mapping of their potential health risks
- Technology Options in Urban Transport: Changing paradigms and promising innovation strategies
- AUTOSUPERCAP - Development of High Energy/High Power Density Supercapacitors for Automotive Applications
- Electrochemical Storage in a systemic perspective – Reliability and Integration
- Helmholtz-Alliance ENERGY-TRANS
- Optimal policies for transport in combination (OPTIC)
- ITA monitoring – identification of new topics for the innovation and technology analysis of the BMBF
- NanoSafety – Risk Governance of Manufactured Nanoparticless
- Study about the state of research on the specific use and distribution patterns of sustainable technologies
- World Wide Views on Global Warming (WWViews) – a World Wide Project on Citizens’ Participation in Climate Policy
- Knowledge and Technology Transfer in Materials Research – Characteristics and Conditions of Successful Product Innovation (InnoMat)
- Converging Technologies (CONTECS)
- Alternative Technology Options for Road and Air Transport
- Nanotechnology and Health – Technological Options, Risk Assessment and Precautionary Strategies
- Innovation Strategies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to Reach a “Sustainable Development” in the Transport Sector Comparative Analysis of International Experiences and Interpretation for German Implementation Conditions
Recent publications
2020
Reports/Preprints
Brändle, C.; Woll, S.; Fleischer, T.; Decker, M. (2020). Bürgerdialog „Autonome Technologien im europäischen Kontext“: Schlussbericht. KIT Scientific Publishing Karlsruhe. doi:10.5445/IR/1000105585
2019
Journal Articles
Fleischer, T.; Meyer-Soylu, S.; Schippl, J.; Decker, M. (2019). Personal aerial transportation systems (PATS) – A potential solution for the urban mobility challenges?. Futures, 109, 50–62. doi:10.1016/j.futures.2019.03.006
Reports/Preprints
Schmidt, S. C. E.; Heil, R.; Fleischer, T.; Woll, A. (2019). Positionspapier zum eSport in Deutschland: Diskussionsstand, Herausforderungen und Forschungsdesiderate. KIT, Karlsruhe. doi:10.5445/IR/1000098638
2018
Journal Articles
Fleischer, T.; Givoni, M.; Schippl, J. (2018). “Self-driving cars are completely the wrong tool for me!” Moshe Givoni, Torsten Fleischer and Jens Schippl discuss automated road vehicles, their contributions to sustainable mobility, and why one shouldn’t use a hammer to carry water. Technikfolgenabschätzung, Theorie und Praxis, 27 (2), 68–71. doi:10.14512/tatup.27.2.68
Fleischer, T.; Schippl, J. (2018). Automatisiertes Fahren. Fluch oder Segen für nachhaltige Mobilität?. TATuP: Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 27 (2), 11–15. doi:10.14512/tatup.27.2.11
