In its book series “Society – Technology – Environment, New Series” the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) publishes works on general conceptual and methodological aspects of technology assessment, conference proceedings as well as project results. The “New Series” is the sequel of a series with the same name which dates back to 1992 and was – together with the “Publications of the Department of Applied Systems Analysis” (the predecessor institution of ITAS) – issued by another publisher.