
Dr. Maria João Maia
- Scientific staff
- Research group “Life, Innovation, Health, and Technology”
- Room: 508
- Phone: +49 721 608-22249
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Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
Postfach 3640
76021 Karlsruhe
Current positions
- Since 2011, coordinator of the GT1 – Health Technology Assessment Working Group at Portuguese TA network Studies Group on Technology Assessment (GrEAT)
- Management of reading lists at IDEAS/RePEc repositor: Health Technology Assessment
- Elected member of the S.NET board
- Member of the Observatory of Technology Assessment (OAT) of CICS.NOVA Portugal
- Member of the Portuguese TA network Studies Group on Technology Assessment (GrEAT)
- Member of the Steering committee (ILA)
- Editorial board member of the Journal of Responsible Technology
- Topics Board member at the Journal Societies
Fields of work
- Technology Assessment applied to health
- Technology decision-making
- Assistive technology
- Robotics in medicine
- Nanomedicine
Current projects
- Cooperative and Communicating AI methods for medical image-guided diagnostics (CoCoAI)
Project description - AI Space for Intelligent Health Systems (KI-SIGS)
Project description - Data Access and Data Use in Medical Institutional and Consumer Health Settings. An Ethical, Legal, and Social Analysis (DaDuHealth)
Project description - FUTUREBODY – The Future of the Body in the Light of Neurotechnology
Project description - INOPRO – Intelligent Orthotics and Prosthetics
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Completed projects
- Piloting RRI in Industry: A Roadmap for Transformative Technologies (PRISMA)
Project description - RITA – Responsible Innovation and Technology Assessment
Project description - Assistive technologies for the inclusion of people with disabilities in society, education and jobs
Project description - Interdisciplinary International Graduate Summer School “RRI and Future-Making: Responsibility through Anticipation”
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Professional background
2020 | PhD on Technology Assessment at Nova Universidade de Lisboa (UNL), Lisboa, Portugal with a thesis on Health Technology Assessment and Decision-making processes (approved by unanimity) |
since 2016 | Member of scientific staff at ITAS |
2013 - 2015 | Researcher with a fellowship at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), to develop the doctoral thesis and start new projects |
since 2012 | Researcher at the interdisciplinary centre of social sciences CICS.NOVA |
since 2009 | Doctoral student of the doctoral program on Technology Assessment at the faculty of sciences and technology of the university Nova Lisbon (FCT-UNL) (thesis on technology decision-making processes) |
2005 - 2015 | Radiographer at Santa Maria hospital, in Lisbon (Portugal) (Technical diagnostic and therapeutic career) |
2005 | Master degree in Social-Organisational Intervention with specialization in Health Policy Administration and Management of Health Services at the University of Évora (UE) in partnership with the Lisbon School of Health Technology (ESTeSL). (Thesis on Technical Reports in Radiographer's quality and professional development context) |
2001 - 2004 | Radiographer at Egas Moniz hospital in Belém (Portugal) |
2004 | Post-graduation studies on administration and management in health department services at the Lisbon superior school of technology and health (ESTeSL) |
2002 | Graduation in radiology, at the Lisbon superior school of technology and health (ESTeSL) |
Selected publications
Nierling, L.; Maia, M. J.; Hennen, L.; Wolbring, G.; Bratan, T.; Kukk, P.; Cas, J.; Capari, L.; Krieger-Lamina, J.
Assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Part III: Perspectives, needs and opportunities. 2018. European Union, Bruxelles. DOI: 10.2861/11162
Maia, M.J.F.
RRI in industry: Synthesis report on the stakeholder dialogues of the PRISMA project. TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis 27(2018)2, S. 77-79, DOI: 10.14512/tatup.27.2.77
Maia, M. J.
Technology and the creative disruption of health care. 2016. Technikfolgenabschätzung, Theorie und Praxis, 25 (2), 79–84
Maia, M. J.; Krings, B. J.
Robots in surgery: Transformation of work in the operating room. 2015. Bowman, D. [Hrsg.] Practices of Innovation and Responsibility : Insights from Methods, Governance and Action Berlin : AKA GmbH, 2015 (Studies of New and Emerging Technologies / S.NET ; 6), 111–128
Publications
Technological or social drivers for a transformation towards an inclusive society? The role of Assistive Technologies for people with disabilities.
2021. Gesellschaftliche Transformationen. Hrsg.: R. Lindner, 381–393, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
Supporting RRI uptake in industry : a qualitative and multi- criteria approach to analysing the costs and benefits of implementation.
2020. Assessment of Responsible Innovation. Methods and Practices. Ed.: E. Yaghmaei, 117–144, Routledge
Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Comparison of Four European Countries with Regards to Assistive Technologies.
2020. Societies, 10 (4), 25. doi:10.3390/soc10040074
Assistive Technologies: Social Barriers and Socio-Technical Pathways.
2020. Societies, 10 (2), Article: 41. doi:10.3390/soc10020041
Learning to do responsible innovation in industry: six lessons.
2020. Journal of responsible innovation, 7 (3), 697–707. doi:10.1080/23299460.2020.1791506
Assistive Technologies for People with Disabilities: User‘s Perspectives and Societal Challenges.
2020. Nordic Welfare Centre Webinar (2020), Online, November 27, 2020
Health Technology Assessment and Decision-Making Processes: The Purchase of Magnetic resonance Imaging.
2020. Provas de Doutoramento em Avaliação de Tecnologia, Maria João Ferreira Maia (2020), Lisbon, Portugal, May 27, 2020
Health Technology Assessment and Decision-Making Processes : The Purchase of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology. PhD dissertation.
2019, October. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Improving access to arm and leg prosthesis in Germany - Perspectives from HTA and RRI.
2019. 4. Internationale TA-Konferenz (2019), Bratislava, Slovakia, November 4–6, 2019
Responsible research and innovation in industry.
2019. Lecture Given in Campus Süd for the Visiting Student from Moscow State Technical University (2019), Karlsruhe, Germany, January 22, 2019
WP4 - Stakeholder dialogues.
2019. Final Review Meeting, Europäische Kommission (2019), Brussels, Belgium, September 20, 2019
Assessing similarities and gaps in aging and disabilities: Towards better assistive technologies.
2019. 4. Internationale TA-Konferenz (2019), Bratislava, Slovakia, November 4–6, 2019
Assistive Technologien für Menschen mit Behinderung. Ergebnisse einer europäischen Studie.
2019. REHAB - Forum Bauen & Wohnen (2019), Karlsruhe, Germany, May 16–18, 2019
A Roadmap for the RRI uptake in the industrial context - a tool for strategy seeting and RRI impact evaluiation.
2019. European Triple Helix Congress on Responsible Innovation & Entrepreneurship (ETHAC 2019), Thessaloniki, Greece, September 30–October 1, 2019
Analysis of cochlear implant activation videos.
2019. "Synaptic Dysfunction" & "Ethical, Legal, and Social Aspects (ELSA) of Neuroscience" (2019), Lisbon, Portugal, September 17–18, 2019
Responsible research and innovation: Analysing costs and benefits of RRI implementaion in industrial context.
2019. 13th International Conference on Society & Materials (SAM 2019), Pisa, Italy, May 20–21, 2019
RRI in Industry. Synthesis report on the stakeholder dialogues of the PRISMA project.
2018. TATuP: Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 27 (2), 77–79. doi:10.14512/tatup.27.2.77
Herausforderungen Assistiver Technologien für Menschen mit Behinderungen: Empirische Ergebnisse aus einer europäischen Expertenstudie.
2018. Die berufliche Rehabilitation, 32 (2), 108–118
Going beyond the usual: practices of innovation and responisibility in industry.
2018. Critical engagement vs. technophobia: the risks of emerging technologies, Ljubljana, SLO, October 11-12, 2018, 13–14
Obstacles to RRI in synthetic biology.
2018. 10th Annual S.NET Meeting (2018), Maastricht, Netherlands, June 25–27, 2018
Piloting RRI in industry: A roadmap for transformative technologies. Project overview and introduction to the interactive sessions.
2018. Co-Creation Dialogue: A Roadmap to Foster Social Value in Business, Research and Innovation Strategies (2018), Milan, Italy, October 30–31, 2018
Piloting RRI in industry: A roadmap for transformative technologies. Project overview.
2018. RRI and Future ‐ Making: Responsibility through Anticipation (2018), San Sebastian, Spain, September 10–14, 2018
Engaging with stakeholders - feedback from co-creation PRISMA events.
2018. 10th Annual S.NET Meeting (2018), Maastricht, Netherlands, June 25–27, 2018
Piloting RRI in industry: A roadmap for transformative technologies. Project overview.
2018. 10th Annual S.NET Meeting (2018), Maastricht, Netherlands, June 25–27, 2018
Assistive technologies for people with disabilities - challenges and opportunities with a focus on autism.
2018. 15. Abensberger Fachtagung - Die Zukunft ist ... JETZT! Berufliche Teilhabe an einer Lebenswelt 4.0 (2018), Abendsberg, Austria, March 6, 2018
Assistive technologies for the inclusion of people with disabilities: challenges nd opportunities for employment.
2018. Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) Committee Meeting, Bruxelles, B, March 21, 2018
Going beyond the usual: practices of innovation and responisibility in industry.
2018. Critical Engagement vs.Technophobia : The Risk of Emerging Technologies (2018), Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 11–12, 2018
Assistive Technologien für die Inklusion von Menschen mit Behinderungen in Gesellschaft, Bildung und Arbeitsmarkt. Ergebnisse eines Forschungsprojektes.
2018. Forum Digitalisierung und Teilhabeforschung des Aktionsbündnisses Teilhabeforschung auf den Inklusionstagen des BMAS (2018), Berlin, Germany, November 19–20, 2018
Technische oder soziale Transformationsstrategien zu einer inklusiven Gesellschaft? Die Rolle von Assistiven Technologien für Menschen mit Behinderungen.
2018. 8. Internationale Konferenz des Netzwerks Technikfolgenabschätzung (NTA 2018), Karlsruhe, Germany, November 7–8, 2018
Assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Part III: Perspectives, needs and opportunities.
2018. European Union. doi:10.2861/11162
Assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Part II: Current and emerging technologies.
2018. European Union. doi:10.2861/567013
Assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Part I: Regulatory, health and demographic aspects.
2018. European Union. doi:10.2861/364554
’We Don’t want to be the exception and thanks to assistive technology we are getting relatively close to being there’ - Assistive technologies for people with disabilities: technologies, user needs and political challenges.
2017. The Politics and Situatedness of Emerging Technologies. Ed.: D.M. Bowman, 131–150, AKA
Co-producing technologies in times of complexity and dilemmas: Themes and issues of the 8th annual S.Net meeting.
2017. The Politics and Situatedness of Emerging Technologies. Ed.: D.M. Bowman, 9–22, IOS Press
Assessing technologies for health quality and an interdependent life.
2017. 3rd European Technology Assessment Conference, Cork, IR, May 17-19, 2017, D4
Technology decision-making process: MRI purchase in Portugal.
2017. 3rd WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices (2017), Geneva, Switzerland, May 10–12, 2017
Inclusion or exclusion of people with disabilities? An overview of the Portuguese regulatory framework in society, education and employment.
2017. 7th Doctoral Conference on Technology Assessment Universidade Nova de Lisboa, June 30, 2017
Inovacao na medicina do ponto de vista das ciencias sociais.
2017. PORTAL 2017 Criar Riqueza - Portugal na Alemanha
Decision-making process on magnetic resonance imaging technology purchase: the example of Portuguese healthcare system.
2017. 3rd European Technology Assessment Conference, Cork, IRL, May 17-19, 2017
Assessing technologies for the health quality and an independent life.
2017. 3rd European Technology Assessment Conference (2017), Cork, Ireland, May 17–19, 2017
Assistive technologies - state of the art, regulation, perception and needs.
2017. 360⁰-Envsioning Meeting, STOA, Bruxelles, B, January 31, 2017
Assessing assistive technologies for people with disabilities - user needs and implications for politics and public.
2017. 3rd European Technology Assessment Conference, Cork, IRL, May 17-19, 2017
Technology decision-making process: the case of MRI purchase in Portuguese healthcare system.
2017. 3rd WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices (2017), Geneva, Switzerland, May 10–12, 2017
Technology and the creative disruption of health care.
2016. Technikfolgenabschätzung, Theorie und Praxis, 25 (2), 79–84. doi:10.14512/tatup.25.2.79
O papel das TIC na área da saúde - The role of information and communication technologies in the healthcare area.
2016. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, P, 7.November 2016
Decision making: Testing a competence model using structural equation modeling.
2016. 6th Doctoral Conference on Technology Assessment, Lisboa, P, June 29, 2016
Inclusion, exclusion or integration? Assistive technologies for people with disabilities between technological visions, political frameworks and user’s perceptions.
2016. The Co-Production of Emerging Bodies, Politics and Technologies : 8th Annual S.Net Meeting, Bergen, N, October 12-14, 2016
Assistive technologies for the inclusion of people with disabilities: perceptions, needs and social-ethical challenges.
2016. EASPD International Conference 2018 - Technology and Digitalisation in Social Care. The Impact on Education Employment and Independent Living (2018), Barcelona, Spain, October 4–5, 2018
Decision-making: Testing a competence model using structural equation modeling.
2016. 6th Doctoral Conference on Technology Assessment, Lisboa, P, 29.06.2016
Technik und Behinderung - politische, technische und individuelle Herausforderungen von Assistiven Technologien.
2016. Verletzlich in der digitalen Welt? Behinderung und Normalität - Friedrichshainer Gespräch des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats des IMEW, Berlin, 09. Dezember 2016
Assistive technologies for the inclusion of people with disabilities in society, education and jobs.
2016. STOA Panel Meeting, European Parliament, Strasbourg, Frankreich, 15.12.2016
The ELSI approach on the implications of neurotechnologies - the case of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs).
2016. The Co-Production of Emerging Bodies, Politics and Technologies : 8th Annual S.Net Meeting, Bergen, N, October 12-14, 2016
Looking backward, looking forward: Report on the S.NET 6th Annual Meeting ’Better Technologies with no Regret?’.
2015. Bowman, D. [Hrsg.] Practices of Innovation and Responsibility : Insights from Methods, Governance and Action Berlin : AKA GmbH, 2015 (Studies of New and Emerging Technologies / S.NET ; 6), 9–18
New and emerging health technologies: Reflection on the challenges for HTA.
2015. The next horizon of technology assessment : Proceedings from the PACITA 2015 Conference in Berlin. Ed.: C. Scherz, 207–212, Technology Centre ASCR
Robots in surgery: Transformation of work in the operating room.
2015. Bowman, D. [Hrsg.] Practices of Innovation and Responsibility : Insights from Methods, Governance and Action Berlin : AKA GmbH, 2015 (Studies of New and Emerging Technologies / S.NET ; 6), 111–128
Responsible research and innovation. Perspectives and challenges.
2015. Technikfolgenabschätzung, Theorie und Praxis, 24 (1), 111–114
Boundaries between HTA and PTA. Challenges for (new and) emerging technologies.
2015. 2nd European TA Conference, Berlin, February 25-27, 2015
Complementarity between health technology assessment and parliamentary technology assessment.
2015. 2nd European TA Conference, Berlin, February 25-27, 2015
Decision-making process: The case of MRI purchase in the Portuguese healthcare system.
2015. 2nd European TA Conference “The next horizon of technology assessment” (2015), Berlin, Germany, February 25–27, 2015
GrEAT - Portuguese network of technology assessment.
2015. 2nd European TA Conference, Berlin, February 25-27, 2015
Equidade no acesso a ressonância magnética. Territórios diferenciados ou distribuiçâo equilibrada?.
2014. A Geografia da Saúde no cruzamento de saberes. Proceedings book from the I Congress of Geography Health of Portuguese Speaking Countries I Congresso de Geografia da Saude dos Paises de Lingua Portuguesa (GeoSaude 2014), Coimbra, Portugal, 21 - 24 April 2014. Hrsg.: P. Santana, 283–286, Centro de Estudos em Geografia e Ordenamento de Territorio
Equity in access to MRI equipment. A TA approach based on the Portuguese case.
2014. Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions : Proceedings from the PACITA 2013 Conference, Praha, CZ, March 13-15, 2013. Ed.: T. Michalek, 347–353, Technology Centre ASCR
Equity in access to MRI equipment: the Portuguese case.
2014. Lissabon : Enterprise and Work Innovation pole at FCT-UNL 2013 (IET Working Papers Series No. WPS02/2013)
Technology decision-making process: acquisition of magnetic resonance in the Portuguese health system.
2014. Vortr.: Laboratorio de Conhecimento Interdisciplinar, Lisboa, P, 27.Oktober 2014
Decision making-process in radiology: the example of magnetic resonance imaging purchase under a technology assessment perspective.
2014. International Conference of Radiology, Coimbra, P, November 7-8, 2014
Dr. Rob, ein Flop? Operationsroboter und ihre Folgen.
2014. Jahrestagung der Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin (AEM) ’Technisierung der Medizin als ethische Herausforderung’, Ulm, 9.-11. Oktober 2014
Technology decision-making process: The example of MRI purchase in Portuguese healthcare system.
2014. The Regulative Capacity of Knowledge Objects : Opening the Black Box of Knowledge Governance ; Interdisciplinary International Graduate Summer School, Donostia-San Sebastian, E, July 28 - August 1, 2014
Decision-making competences: assessment approach to a new model.
2014. 4th Doctoral Conference on Technology Assessment, Monte de Caparica, P, June 26, 2014
Equity in access to magnetic resonance: Different territories or balanced distribution?.
2014. 1st Conference in Health Geography of Portuguese Speaking Countries (GeoHealth 2014), Coimbra, P, April 21-24, 2014
O processo de tomada de decisão na Radiologia: o exemplo da Ressonância Magnética, num contexto de Avaliaçâo de Tecnologia.
2014. Parliamentary hearing of the Committee on Education, ScienceCulture, Portuguese Parliament (2014), Lisbon, Portugal, February 19, 2014
Equidade no acesso a ressonância magnética. Territórios diferenciados ou distribuiçâo equilibrada?.
2014. I Conference in Health Geography of Portuguese Speaking Countries (GEOSAÚDE 2014), Coimbra, Portugal, April 21–24, 2014
Robots in surgery: contributions from a technology assessment perspective.
2014. Better Technologies with no Regret? : S.NET 6th Annual Meeting, Karlsruhe, September 21-24, 2014
Technology decision-making process: The example of MRI acquisition in the Portuguese healthcare system.
2014. KIT PhD Symposium, Karlsruhe, 11.September 2014
Technology decision-making process: The example of MRI acquisition in the Portuguese healthcare system.
2014. Interdisciplinary International Summer School ’The Regulative Capacity of Knowledge Objects: Opening the Black Box of Knowledge Governance’, San Sebastian, E, July 28 - August 1, 2014
Robots in surgery: From the laboratory towards health care.
2014. International Conference ’Going Beyond the Laboratory - Ethical and Societal Challenges for Robotics (GBTL 2014)’, Oldenburg, February 13-15, 2014
Technology assessment (TA) of human-robot interaction (HRI) in complex working systems (CWS).
2014. Horizon 2020 Robotics Information Day, Luxembourg, L, January 13-14, 2014
Once you have a hammer ... - Second PACITA Practitioners’ Meeting - Workshop on TA methods. - Tagungsbericht.
2013. Technikfolgenabschätzung, Theorie und Praxis, 22 (3), 81–83
Once you have a hammer.
2013. Technikfolgenabschätzung - Theorie und Praxis, 22, 81–83
How the decision making process is made in radiology: A TA aaproach.
2013. 3rd Doctoral Conference on Technology Assessment, Lisboa, P, July 4, 2013
Equity in access to MRI equipment in an ageing society: Portuguese Case.
2013. European Technology Assessment Conference “Technology assessmentpolicy areas of great transitions” (2013), Praha, Slovakia, March 13–15, 2013
Technology assessment in Portugal: The emergence of a national network.
2013. European Parliamentary Technology Assessment Directors Meeting (EPTA 2013), Helsinki, SF, May 27-28, 2013
Decision-making process in radiology: Preliminary results.
2013. Symposium ’The Rise of the Big Machines: The Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Health and Healthcare’, Sheffield, GB, December 10, 2013
Renewable energy systems: the theme for the PACITA Summer School on TA.
2012. Renewable Energy Systems : Role and Use of Parliamentary Technology Assessment ; PACITA Summer School, Liege, Belgium, June 25-28, 2012, 95–101, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Competências para a tomada de decisâo na radiologia uma abordagem de avaliacâo de tecnologia.
2012. XIV Encontro Nacional de Sociologia Industrial, das Organizacoes e do Trabalho. Emprego e coesao social: da crise de regulacoa a hegemonia da globalizacao. Lisboa, Portugal, 26.-27.05.2011 Hrsg.: J. M. V. Soares de Resende, 133–149, Universidade Autonoma de Lisboa
Análise de um processo decisório controverso: a co-incineração em Souselas.
2012. Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Competencias para a Tomada de Decisao na Radiologia. Uma abordagem de Avaliacao de Tecnologia.
2012. IET Working Paper Series No. WPS02/2011 Monte de Caparica : Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Centro de Investigacao em Inovacao Empresarial e do Trabalho (IET), 2011
Competencias para a Tomada de Decisao na Radiologia. Uma abordagem de Avaliacao de Tecnologia.
2012. XIV Encontro Nacional de Sociologia Industrial, das Organizacoes e do Trabalho _ : Emprego e coesao social: da crise de regulacoa a hegemonia da globalizacao, Lisboa, P, 26 e 27 de Maio de 2011
A experiencia portuguesa em avaliacao de tecnologia (The portuguese experience in technology assessment).
2012. 1st National PACITA Workshop, Lisboa, P, April 23, 2012
Competencias para a Tomada de Decisão na Radiologia: Uma abordagem de Avaliacâo de Tecnologia.
2011. Lissabon
O risco tecnologico em Portugal na area da Radiologia: contributos para os estudos em Sociologia da Tecnologia [Technological risk in Portugal in the field of radiology: contribute to the studies on Sociology of Technology].
2011. Conferencia ’Rumos da Sociologia do Conhecimento, Ciencia e Tecnologia em Portugal’, Lisboa, P, 18 e 10 Novembro de 2011, Konferenz “Rumos da sociologia de conhecimento, ciencia e tecnologia em Portugal”, Universität Lisboa (2011), Lisbon, Portugal, November 18–19, 2011
A avaliação de tecnologia em Portugal: tenděncias recentes.
2011. Conferencia ’Rumos da Sociologia do Conhecimento, Ciencia e Tecnologia em Portugal’, Lisboa, P, 18 e 10 Novembro de 2011, Konferenz “Rumos da sociologia de conhecimento, ciencia e tecnologia em Portugal”, Universität Lisboa (2011), Lisbon, Portugal, November 18–19, 2011