technology policy

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:

10th International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis

Date: 
Wednesday, July 8, 2015, 9:00am - Saturday, July 11, 2015, 12:42am

http://ipa2015.sciencesconf.org

Moniz, António B., Nuno Boavida, Manuel Baumann, Jens Schippl, Max Reichenbach, and Marcel Weil. "Technology transition towards electric mobility - technology assessment as a tool for policy design." In Colloquium Gerpisa 2013. Paris: Université d'Evry, 2013. Abstract

The paper aims to understand the degree of transition towards e-mobility. The assumption is that the degree of convergence between actors of each system (batteries, vehicles, grid, policies, business models and consumers) is an indicator of changes in the present socio-technical regime. After an introduction to the socio-technical transition towards e-mobility, the paper presents and discusses three technology assessment approaches to several projects related to technology, society and politics. There are several thematic crossovers between all projects presented leading to a synergetic technology assessment. This output results from the overlapping areas between the cases and can be used to first assess the extent of changes in the present socio-technical regime, as well as to extract standards and regulations, acceptance/risk analyses and behaviour changes that could be significant in the context of a transition towards electric mobility.

Programme

1. Technology and Society

2. From industrial society to the information society

3. New technologies, work and organisation

4. New technologies and working conditions

5. Introduction of new technologies and labour relations

Students assessment -

a) Continuous assessment or

b) final examination

if a) then a written report or a research paper must be organised and the topics discussed with the teacher (± 30 pages).

everyone much be enrolled at the Moodle webpage of the discipline.

Class: 
Sociology of New Information Technologies (A), add-on
Boavida, Nuno. "Decision making processes based on innovation indicators: which implications for technology assessment?" Enterprise and Work Innovation Studies 7 (2011): 33-55. AbstractWebsite

The present work deals with the use of innovation indicators in the decision-making process. It intends to contribute to the discussion on the construction, use and analysis of indicator systems and also to evaluate its weight on decision-making in innovation. The goal is to help understand how innovation indicators can influence technology policy and through it, society at large. This work will start by analysing the use of indicators (their problems and consistency) and other sources of information that contribute to build the opinions of innovation decision makers. This will be followed by a survey and interviews with main innovation actors. The results will shed light on the impact of the use of indicators by the innovation community – both in terms of technology policy and in the social sphere. Proposals and implications for the future will be advanced, hopefully adding new contributions to the governance of the science, technology and innovation field.