New European TA magazine [01.02.2012]
One of the activities in the frame of the EU funded project PACITA (Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment) is the publication of a European TA-Magazine dedicated to Technology Assessment and related issues. In VOLTA are involved the fifteen TA institutions collaborating within PACITA. Antoinette Thijssen from the Rathenau Institute is the editor-in-chief of the new magazine. The academic advisory board composed of Sergio Bellucci (TA Swiss), Iva Vancurova (Technology Centre ASCR), Lars Klüver (Danish Board of Technology), and Leonhard Hennen (ITAS).
The magazine "VOLTA – Science, Technology and Society in Europe" was launched in December last year publishing the first issue with a focus on energy supply. From 2012 onward, VOLTA is going to be published twice a year.
The TA-Magazine is available online at the PACITA webpage and on the e-publication platform "issuu".
Further links:
Project PACITA
First issue of VOLTA
VOLTA on the e-publication platform issuu