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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 Downloads
Armin Grunwald
Ch 2 Technology policy and governance , pp 12-21 Downloads
Jakob Edler and Florian Wittmann
Ch 3 Technoscience: changing relationships between science, technology and society , pp 22-31 Downloads
Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent
Ch 4 The changing nature of innovation , pp 32-41 Downloads
Harro van Lente and Alexandra Supper
Ch 5 Demands for, and motivations of, technology assessment , pp 42-51 Downloads
Michael Decker and Armin Grunwald
Ch 6 Viewing technology assessment as science advice , pp 54-63 Downloads
Chris Tyler and Armin Grunwald
Ch 7 Participatory technology assessment: TA and the public , pp 64-76 Downloads
Lars Klüver
Ch 8 Technology assessment in science and engineering: theory, policy and practice of integration research , pp 77-88 Downloads
Mareike Smolka and Erik Fisher
Ch 9 Nuclear power: technology assessment and ethics of technology in interaction , pp 90-99 Downloads
Behnam Taebi, Vincent Lagendijk, Romy Dekker and Rinie van Est
Ch 10 Autonomous vehicles and autonomous mobility , pp 100-110 Downloads
Torsten Fleischer and Jens Schippl
Ch 11 Assessing chatbots from a sociotechnical perspective , pp 111-120 Downloads
Rinie van Est, Linda Kool and Lambèr Royakkers
Ch 12 Genome editing for human health , pp 121-130 Downloads
Steffen Albrecht and Arnold Sauter
Ch 13 Technology assessment for health and care , pp 131-140 Downloads
Armin Grunwald
Ch 14 Climate engineering: how to present unbiased information to policymakers and the public through technology assessments , pp 141-150 Downloads
Katrina Pekar-Carpenter and Karen L. Howard
Ch 15 Assessing technologies in industrial production: from old to recent controversies , pp 151-161 Downloads
Bettina-Johanna Krings and António Moniz
Ch 16 Technology assessment in the United States: reinvention and reinvigoration , pp 163-173 Downloads
Timothy Persons
Ch 17 Parliamentary technology assessment (PTA) in Latin America , pp 174-183 Downloads
Raimundo Roberts
Ch 18 China’s progress in technology assessment: a systematic review , pp 184-191 Downloads
Lei Huang, Liang Mei, Miao Liao and Yandong Zhao
Ch 19 The institutionalisation and practice of technology assessment in India , pp 192-200 Downloads
Aviram Sharma and Poonam Pandey
Ch 20 Technology assessment and TA-like activities in Japan , pp 201-209 Downloads
Hideaki Shiroyama and Makiko Matsuo
Ch 21 Technology assessment in Central and Eastern Europe: patterns and catalysts , pp 210-218 Downloads
Tanja Sinozic-Martinez, Titus Udrea and Michael Nentwich
Ch 22 Technology assessment in engineering education in Russia , pp 219-227 Downloads
Elena Seredkina, Elena Gavrilina, Natalia Cherepanova and Liliya Tukhvatulina
Ch 23 Technology assessment in Africa: capacity needs and opportunities , pp 228-236 Downloads
John Ouma Mugabe and Josephine Kaviti Musango
Ch 24 Epistemology: knowledge of and for technology assessment , pp 239-248 Downloads
Stefan Böschen, Gabriele Gramelsberger and Jan Cornelius Schmidt
Ch 25 Ethics and technology assessment , pp 249-258 Downloads
Sven Ove Hansson
Ch 26 Technology assessment and democratic theories: a critical review , pp 259-268 Downloads
Pierre Delvenne and Céline Parotte
Ch 27 Constructive technology assessment: supporting the reflexive co-evolution of technology and society , pp 270-280 Downloads
Douglas K.R. Robinson
Ch 28 Hermeneutic technology assessment , pp 281-290 Downloads
Wenzel Mehnert and Armin Grunwald
Ch 29 Techno-anthropological technology assessment , pp 291-300 Downloads
Lars Botin and Tom Børsen
Ch 30 Design for values , pp 301-309 Downloads
Ibo van de Poel
Ch 31 Technology assessment in innovation systems , pp 310-321 Downloads
Ingrid Ott
Ch 32 Technology assessment and evaluation , pp 324-331 Downloads
Christine Rösch
Ch 33 Beyond systems analysis to a multidimensional approach in technology assessment , pp 332-342 Downloads
Roh Pin Lee and Witold-Roger Poganietz
Ch 34 Multidirectional knowledge transfer in various technology assessment practices , pp 343-353 Downloads
Constanze Scherz and Anne-Floor Scholvinck
Ch 35 Technology assessment as transdisciplinary research , pp 354-364 Downloads
Antonietta Di Giulio and Rico Defila
Ch 36 Participation and engagement , pp 366-375 Downloads
Phil Macnaghten
Ch 37 Future-oriented technology assessment (FTA): developments via foresight and anticipation , pp 376-386 Downloads
Fabiana Scapolo, Cristiano Cagnin, Lucia Vesnić-Alujević, Alexandre Polvora and Susana Nascimento
Ch 38 Digital methods for technology assessment , pp 387-396 Downloads
Pauline Riousset, Anders Koed Madsen, Nicolas Baya-Laffite and Lionel Villard
Ch 39 Hermeneutical understanding , pp 397-407 Downloads
Nina Janich
Ch 40 Responsible research and innovation , pp 409-417 Downloads
Alexei Grinbaum
Ch 41 Impact assessment versus technology assessment: distant relatives or different species? , pp 418-429 Downloads
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 Downloads
Emad Yaghmaei, Zenlin Kwee, Martijn Wiarda and Steven Flipse
Ch 43 Technology assessment for a ‘good’ Anthropocene , pp 441-450 Downloads
Armin Grunwald

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