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ITAS Newsletter

Welcome to the leading international institution for technology assessment!

Scientific and technological progress does not only improve our lives, but frequently has unexpected and often undesirable effects. At ITAS, we contribute to realizing its potential while minimizing its risks. 

Our addressees are politics, business, and society – the actors who shape scientific and technological progress. We offer them knowledge for action and point out possible solutions to global challenges.

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TAB News HR
Potentials and challenges of data-driven personnel management

HR analytics supports human resources by digitally consolidating and analyzing data. A new TAB report highlights possible fields of application as well as requirements for data protection, traceability and responsible decision-making processes.

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When technology reads our emotions

New technologies are becoming increasingly adept at recognizing how we feel and responding accordingly. In the ShiftAffect project, researchers at ITAS investigate what this means for our daily lives, our health, and our understanding of emotions.

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Plastic waste in the oceans: technological options for reducing it

The new TAB study examines how technological solutions can help reduce the amount of plastic waste in rivers, coastal areas and the oceans, and which policy instruments can support their effective implementation.

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New TATuP Issue: “Technology assessment and future warfare”

Military force or the threat thereof is increasingly shaping international relations—and technology plays a key role in this. The current TATuP Special topic examines how technology assessment can address this development.

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Researchers in Focus

“I have been working in the fields of innovation and sustainable mobility for many years. Currently, I am particularly interested in how automated vehicles develop in interaction with the mobility system and society. My research activities include empirical work on social acceptance as well as governance issues and the development of conceptual and methodological TA approaches in order to provide robust knowledge for innovations ‘in the making.’”
 

Jens Schippl, expert for socio-technical change in the mobility sector