
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.

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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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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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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How can cities become more resilient and sustainable? The Resilient City Challenge, organized by ITAS and Fraunhofer ISI, yielded nearly 100 innovative ideas for resilient urban development. Three winning entries were rewarded.
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“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







