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OAT is now member of ETAG

December 17, 2018

The Observatory of Technology Assessment, unit of the research centre CICS.NOVA, is now member of the European Technology Assessment Group (ETAG).

Since October 2005 a group of European scientific institutes - with the Institute of Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany as the leading partner - has been providing scientific services for the European Parliament on social, environmental and economic aspects of new technological and scientific developments.

9th Winter School on Technology Assessment

December 17, 2018

The 9th Winter School on Technology Assessment took place at Universidade Nova Lisbon last November 30st. The whole program and the links to presentations can be found here: https://eventos.fct.unl.pt/winterschool-ta/announcements/9th-winter-school-technology-assessment

Erasmus Seminar on “Sociology of Innovation”

September 28, 2018

The Erasmus Seminar on “Sociology of Innovation” will take place at Universidade Nova de Lisboa from 3 to 9 October with the following sessions:

Applications for the PhD research on Technology Assessment (2018-2022)

May 15, 2018

The applications for the PhD programme on TA are already open (1st phase, 2018-2022). The links to follow are:

The application process will be open until July 16, 2018

Curricular structure (published at DR 2.ª série, N.º 2, 3/1/2018)

March 19, 2018

It was published on the "Diário da República" the changes to the PhD programme curricular structure. These changes were approved by the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology (University NOVA Lisbon) in December 2016. They were later registered at the Directorate-General of Higher Education in July 2017 ("As alterações ao ciclo de estudos foram objeto de registo na Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior com o número R/A -Ef 3062/2011/AL01 de 6 de julho de 2017").

In annex, you can find the information at DR:

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Thesis of Manuel Baumann (KIT) defended

March 14, 2018

Manuel Baumann was our student since 2013 and recently defended his thesis on "Battery storage systems as balancing option in intermittent renewable energy systems - A transdisciplinary approach under the frame of Constructive Technology Assessment" with a very high success. The thesis was supervised by Dr.-Ing. Marcel Weil (KIT) and the main examiners were Prof. Dr. Manuel Costa Matos (University of Porto) and Prof. Dr. Guy Fournier (Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences). The other members of the jury were Prof. Dr. Manuel Laranja (University of Lisbon) Prof. Dr.

Lecture series (2-4 May, 2018)

March 14, 2018

Prof. António B. Moniz will provide a series of lectures at University NOVA Lisbon for the PhD programme on Technology Assessment about the topic "Work and Technology under the Industry 4.0 debate".

The lectures will take place at Caparica Campus from 2 to 4 May. Registrations can be made at abm@fct.unl.pt

8th Winter School on Technology Assessment

December 3, 2017

The 8th Winter School on Technology Assessment will take place next Tuesday at CICS.NOVA (Edificio ID, Av. Berna 26C, Lisbon).

7th Doctoral Conference on TA

May 15, 2017

The 7th Doctoral Conference on Technology will be held on the June 30st, 2017. Confirmed is the participation of the MEP Carlos Coelho that will talk about the Portuguese participation on TA initiatives. MEP Coelho is Panel Member of STOA.

For further informations please follow the link here

3rd European Technology Assessment Conference

May 9, 2017

The 3rd European Technology Assessment Conference will take place in University College Cork (UCC) on May 17th - 19th 2017. The aim of the conference is to discuss how technology assessment and related activities such as science and technology studies, responsible research and innovation (RRI), public engagement, and foresight can strongly contribute to knowledge-based policy-making on science, technology and innovation, to engage policymakers and other stakeholders in this endeavour, and to learn from each other’s perspectives.  

Constructive Technology Assessment approaches and emerging technology fields

February 27, 2017

Dr. Douglas Robinson (Teqnode and Univ. Paris-Est) will provide a conference at Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Univ. NOVA Lisbon-UNL next 27th March 2017, on Caparica Campus, from 10h until 12h30m. The topic of lecture will be about "Constructive Technology Assessment approaches and emerging technology fields: dynamics and interactions".

The conference will have the support of the Doctoral Programme of UNL, from CICS.NOVA, Univ. Paris-Est and ITAS-Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Seminar on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI)

February 17, 2017

Prof. Andoni Ibarra, from the University of Basque Country, will provide a seminar on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) for the PhD students of Technology Assessment. Other PhD students can also apply, for example from CICS.NOVA or from the LCI-FCT.UNL.
The topics are:

Accreditation for the next 6 years approved

February 9, 2017

The Doctorate Programme on Technology Assessment at University NOVA Lisbon is from now on accredidated for the next six years by the national evaluation agency (A3ES) and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal.
The programme now has less courses, more consistent add-on courses, two optional tracks (one on Governance on TA, and the other on Health TA) and a joint doctorate initiative with ITAS-KIT.

Scientific Board of NovaFCT approves PDAT-2

October 6, 2016

The Scientific Board of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Universidade Nova approved the proposal sent by Department of Applied Social Sciences for restructuring the Doctoral Programme on TA (PDAT). The proposal was sent to the national Agency of High Education (A3ES).

The course structure (60 ECTS) will have less units, and is designed to be completed in one year. The other changes already announced are still in the proposal.

Secção temática Conhecimento, Ciência e Tecnologia (APS)

September 19, 2016

A secção temática Conhecimento, Ciência e Tecnologia da Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia vai passar a estar associada aos eventos públicos do programa doutoral. Será feita a divulgação dos eventos (Escola de Inverno e Conferência Doutoral, entre outros), e haverá espaço para os membros da secção apresentarem os seus trabalhos e participarem nos debates.

Trata-se de uma colaboração que se pretende manter e vir a ser ampliada.