Technology Assessment in Practice and Theory

ISBN-13: 9781138337084 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 254 str.

Armin Grunwald

Opis

This volume (a) gives an overview of motivations of TA, its history and its current practices, (b) develops a fresh theoretical perspective on TA rooted in social theory and philosophy, and (c) draws conclusions from the theoretical perspective for the further development of TA’s practices.

O autorze

Armin Grunwald is Director of the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Director of the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag (TAB). In addition, in 2007 he was appointed Full Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Technology at KIT. His areas of research are concepts and methods of technology assessment, ethics of technology, and theory, concepts and implementation of sustainable development in various fields.