Handbook of Technology Assessment

Edited by Armin Grunwald

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of technology assessment (TA) practices, theories, methods and cultures across the globe. Highlighting the significant influence of rapidly changing technology on human life and development, it examines diverse perspectives on how TA can be developed to better meet the challenges of the future. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Innovations and Technology; Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
ISBN: 9781035310678
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Technology Assessment , pp 1-10

Armin Grunwald

Ch 2 Technology policy and governance , pp 12-21

Jakob Edler and Florian Wittmann

Ch 3 Technoscience: changing relationships between science, technology and society , pp 22-31

Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent

Ch 4 The changing nature of innovation , pp 32-41

Harro van Lente and Alexandra Supper

Ch 5 Demands for, and motivations of, technology assessment , pp 42-51

Michael Decker and Armin Grunwald

Ch 6 Viewing technology assessment as science advice , pp 54-63

Chris Tyler and Armin Grunwald

Ch 7 Participatory technology assessment: TA and the public , pp 64-76

Lars Klüver

Ch 8 Technology assessment in science and engineering: theory, policy and practice of integration research , pp 77-88

Mareike Smolka and Erik Fisher

Ch 9 Nuclear power: technology assessment and ethics of technology in interaction , pp 90-99

Behnam Taebi, Vincent Lagendijk, Romy Dekker and Rinie van Est

Ch 10 Autonomous vehicles and autonomous mobility , pp 100-110

Torsten Fleischer and Jens Schippl

Ch 11 Assessing chatbots from a sociotechnical perspective , pp 111-120

Rinie van Est, Linda Kool and Lambèr Royakkers

Ch 12 Genome editing for human health , pp 121-130

Steffen Albrecht and Arnold Sauter

Ch 13 Technology assessment for health and care , pp 131-140

Armin Grunwald

Ch 14 Climate engineering: how to present unbiased information to policymakers and the public through technology assessments , pp 141-150

Katrina Pekar-Carpenter and Karen L. Howard

Ch 15 Assessing technologies in industrial production: from old to recent controversies , pp 151-161

Bettina-Johanna Krings and António Moniz

Ch 16 Technology assessment in the United States: reinvention and reinvigoration , pp 163-173

Timothy Persons

Ch 17 Parliamentary technology assessment (PTA) in Latin America , pp 174-183

Raimundo Roberts

Ch 18 China’s progress in technology assessment: a systematic review , pp 184-191

Lei Huang, Liang Mei, Miao Liao and Yandong Zhao

Ch 19 The institutionalisation and practice of technology assessment in India , pp 192-200

Aviram Sharma and Poonam Pandey

Ch 20 Technology assessment and TA-like activities in Japan , pp 201-209

Hideaki Shiroyama and Makiko Matsuo

Ch 21 Technology assessment in Central and Eastern Europe: patterns and catalysts , pp 210-218

Tanja Sinozic-Martinez, Titus Udrea and Michael Nentwich

Ch 22 Technology assessment in engineering education in Russia , pp 219-227

Elena Seredkina, Elena Gavrilina, Natalia Cherepanova and Liliya Tukhvatulina

Ch 23 Technology assessment in Africa: capacity needs and opportunities , pp 228-236

John Ouma Mugabe and Josephine Kaviti Musango

Ch 24 Epistemology: knowledge of and for technology assessment , pp 239-248

Stefan Böschen, Gabriele Gramelsberger and Jan Cornelius Schmidt

Ch 25 Ethics and technology assessment , pp 249-258

Sven Ove Hansson

Ch 26 Technology assessment and democratic theories: a critical review , pp 259-268

Pierre Delvenne and Céline Parotte

Ch 27 Constructive technology assessment: supporting the reflexive co-evolution of technology and society , pp 270-280

Douglas K.R. Robinson

Ch 28 Hermeneutic technology assessment , pp 281-290

Wenzel Mehnert and Armin Grunwald

Ch 29 Techno-anthropological technology assessment , pp 291-300

Lars Botin and Tom Børsen

Ch 30 Design for values , pp 301-309

Ibo van de Poel

Ch 31 Technology assessment in innovation systems , pp 310-321

Ingrid Ott

Ch 32 Technology assessment and evaluation , pp 324-331

Christine Rösch

Ch 33 Beyond systems analysis to a multidimensional approach in technology assessment , pp 332-342

Roh Pin Lee and Witold-Roger Poganietz

Ch 34 Multidirectional knowledge transfer in various technology assessment practices , pp 343-353

Constanze Scherz and Anne-Floor Scholvinck

Ch 35 Technology assessment as transdisciplinary research , pp 354-364

Antonietta Di Giulio and Rico Defila

Ch 36 Participation and engagement , pp 366-375

Phil Macnaghten

Ch 37 Future-oriented technology assessment (FTA): developments via foresight and anticipation , pp 376-386

Fabiana Scapolo, Cristiano Cagnin, Lucia Vesnić-Alujević, Alexandre Polvora and Susana Nascimento

Ch 38 Digital methods for technology assessment , pp 387-396

Pauline Riousset, Anders Koed Madsen, Nicolas Baya-Laffite and Lionel Villard

Ch 39 Hermeneutical understanding , pp 397-407

Nina Janich

Ch 40 Responsible research and innovation , pp 409-417

Alexei Grinbaum

Ch 41 Impact assessment versus technology assessment: distant relatives or different species? , pp 418-429

Alan Bond, Jiří Dusik and Miltos Ladikas

Ch 42 Exploring synergies: comparative analysis of technology assessment and RRI in European industrial contexts , pp 430-439

Emad Yaghmaei, Zenlin Kwee, Martijn Wiarda and Steven Flipse

Ch 43 Technology assessment for a ‘good’ Anthropocene , pp 441-450

Armin Grunwald

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