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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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AI risks: call for expert assessments

The ITAS project “Systemic and Existential Risks of Artificial Intelligence” is posting several tenders for expert assessments – on systemic risks of interacting AI, on environmental impacts, and on technical conditions for existential risks of AI.

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Energy transition models and their impact

How do models influence our view of energy futures? In a new KIT project, Armin Grunwald and Daniel Lang are contributing knowledge from ITAS on how scientific models can become more transparent and participatory with the help of real-world laboratories.

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Hybrid forms of work and their social implications

The combination of onsite and offsite work has become widespread in Germany in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new TAB study explores the current prevalence of these forms of work, their acceptance, and their health, economic and social impacts.

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On the way to the municipal heat transition

How can we heat in a climate-friendly way in the future? In the KOMM-WÄRME project, ITAS researchers examine how the municipal heat transition can succeed with measures at the interface between technology and society.

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