Hoy enfrentamos problemas sociales como la degradación ambiental, carencias
energéticas, creciente desigualdad y cambio demográfico. Las soluciones para estos …

An increasing orientation of technology assessment (TA) and adjacent fields toward future
socio-technological developments is leading scholars to examine, assess and adapt …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is considered a key technology in contemporary societies and is
expected to substantially change sectors as diverse as health, warfare, mobility, and …

During an airport security check, the scenario researcher Selin was asked to remove her
Christmas gift–a snow globe–from her suitcase. In a subsequent article, she reflected:“In an …

The impacts of socio-technical future-making on the governance of innovation processes are
increasingly important in sociological STS research and technology assessment (TA) …

As opposed to the recent tendency in Responsible Research and Innovation and in some
approaches of Technology Assessment (like Vision Assessment) to reduce the role of socio …

A central challenge in nuclear waste governance is the long time frame over which
institutional control of the waste is needed. Most countries favour some kind of underground …

New technologies will have a big impact on our public life-world, suggesting that it is
necessary to have a public debate on innovation. Such a debate is missing: instead of …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is considered a key technology in contemporary societies.
Discursive and public imagination play a pivotal role in envisioning and determining …

This article provides theoretical arguments for a technology assessment (TA) of alternatives
that critically engages in innovation and transformation processes. We draw on an …