The complexity of socio-technological challenges and the uncertainty of decisions are both increasing. Therefore, there is a need for knowledge-based and option-oriented assessment and advice. Technology assessment (TA) can offer alternative approaches to and perspectives on current decision-making processes. This handbook provides guidance in developing new answers to the problems under investigation. It pursues three objectives. Firstly, it reflects on TA by looking at developments in TA. Secondly, it serves as a compass for orientation by providing heuristics for the systematic contextualisation of TA knowledge. Thirdly and finally, it reveals the prospects for the future development of TA.
With contributions by
Suzana Alpsancar, Manuel Baumann, Richard Beecroft, Alexander Bogner, Stefan Böschen, Helmut Breitmeier, Andrés Checa, Kerstin Cuhls, Bert Droste-Franke, Elisabeth Ehrensperger, Torsten Fleischer, Antje Grobe, Armin Grunwald, Reinhard Grünwald, Martina Haase, Julia Hahn, Christiane Hauser, Roger Häußling, Leonhard Hennen, Nils Heyen, Regine Kollek, Kornelia Konrad, Jürgen Kopfmüller, Bettina-Johanna Krings, Miltos Ladikas, Roh Pin Lee, Annette Leßmöllmann, Peter Letmathe, Ralf Lindner, Andreas Lösch, Jacob Manderbach, Martin Meister, Linda Nierling, Maren Paegert, Oliver Parodi, Walter Peissl, Witold-Roger Poganietz, Christine Rösch, Maximilian Roßmann, Martin Sand, Jens Schippl, Jan C. Schmidt, Christoph Schneider, Jan-Felix Schrape, Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer, Sandra Schwindenhammer, Hans-Jörg Sigwart, Mahshid Sotoudeh, Magdalena Tanzer, Helge Torgesen, Peter Wehling, Christina Wulf, Petra Zapp and Silke Zimmer-Merkle.