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.
The new ITAS anthology shows: Capitalism not only causes the climate crisis but also profits from it. “Green” technologies and net-zero pledges are presented as solutions, but they often reinforce the very structures that exacerbate the crisis.
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The City of Karlsruhe and KIT plan to cooperate more closely. At KIT spark, the new infrastructure for transdisciplinary and human-centered research by ITAS, MuT, and WIN, the KIT President and the Mayor of Karlsruhe signed a memorandum of understanding.
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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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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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"My research aims to better understand digital transformation in order to shape it in the sense of sustainable, human-centered development. I am particularly interested in the impact of digital technologies on individuals, organizations, and society as a whole. At ITAS, I have a wide range of opportunities to pursue these issues, be it in interdisciplinary consortia or with a view to fields of application. This also includes the development of new – especially digital – research methods.”
Linda Nierling, head of the research group “Digital Technologies and Societal Change”