European Union

Project PRISMA RRI

March 13, 2019

PRISMA is an EC project that aims to help companies to better integrate Responsible innovation in their innovation process and business practices.

A project that involves the collaboration of the PhD student Maria João Maia included in the KIT team.

More information can be found at: http://www.rri-prisma.eu/about-us/

Moniz, António B., and Kumi Okuwada. Technology Assessment in Japan and Europe. Karlsruhe: KIT Scientific Publishing, 2016. Abstract

The goal of technology assessment (TA) is to lend support to society and policy making by promoting understanding of the problems related to the grand sociotechnical challenges of our time, as well as to assess the available options for managing them. Researchers from Japan and Europe reflected together in this book on country-specific developments to identify the conditions that must be present to anchor TA in science, politics, and society. This book helps us to learn about different cultures.

5th Meeting of Action COST IS1202

May 26, 2015

5th Meeting of Action COST IS1202 Working Groups,

ESTM-IPL, Peniche, June 3-5, 2015

Multi-Annual Roadmap for call ICT-24 in robotics is now available!

The Multi-Annual Roadmap (MAR) is a detailed technical guide identifying expected progress in robotics. It provides an analysis of the medium term research and innovation goals for the robotics community. It is a companion to the Strategic Research Agenda which gives a strategic overview of the robotics industry.

2nd European Conference on Technology Assessment, Berlin

January 24, 2015

Two European conferences (2013 in Prague and 2015 in Berlin) aimed at taking stock of and supporting exchange on TA capacities available in Europe are being organised in the framework of the FP7 funded project “Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment” (PACITA).

PACITA project network

PACITA is a four-year EU financed project under FP7 aimed at increasing the capacity and enhancing the institutional foundation for knowledge-based policy-making on issues involving science, technology and innovation, mainly based upon the diversity of practices in Parliamentary Technology Assessment (PTA).

Strategy and aims

The PhD Programme on Technology Assessment is a 3rd cycle graduate programme proposed in the context of the European Union “Bologna Treaty”. This programme of doctoral studies is structured to offer students high quality training in interdisciplinary research. It is a programme that combines academic and scientific/technical training, as well as educational and economic goals. The duration of the programme is typically 4 years.

Aims and strategy

The PhD Programme on Technology Assessment ¹ is a 3rd cycle graduate programme proposed in the context of the European Union “Bologna Treaty” reformulations of higher education. This programme of doctoral studies is structured so as to offer students high quality training in research.