Does the TA community need to reflect on its role in assessing the impacts and repercussions of weapons technology?
The guest editors of the current special topic on future warfare, argue that TA cannot stand aside and ignore the challenges posed by rapid change in international relations.
Article "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly":
➡️ https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.7305
Full issue "TA and future warfare":
➡️https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/issue/view/186
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 TA can address this development.
Read the full issue 35/1 (2026) "Technology assessment and future warfare":
➡️ https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/issue/view/186
Many thanks 🙏 to our special topic editors & to all the authors!
#technologyassessment #warfare, #dualuse @ITAS @KIT_Karlsruhe
How is generative AI reshaping parliamentary TA?
The second part of our series shares insights from TAB’s experiments – from AI‑supported trend analysis to chatbot‑based feedback.
👉 Read here: https://www.tab-beim-bundestag.de/english/generative-ai-and-parliamentary-ta-between-potential-practice-and-reflection.php
We welcome input and perspectives for the upcoming parts of the series.
Watch the Enshittificator
"Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved into enshittification and how to resist it. The report shows how this phenomenon affects both consumers and society at large, but that it is possible to turn the tide." >>
https://vimeo.com/1168468796
#Enshittification #PlatformDecay #crapification #platforms #degradation #BigTech #BusinessModel #SocialMedia #services #accountability #laws #transparency #TechnologyAssessment #TA #internet
How do policymakers, scientists, and the public engage with technology assessments and how do they use them?
In the latest globalTA webinar Sarah Harvey and Karen L. Howard, Directors of Science and Technology Assessment at the US Government Accountability Office, presented approaches to assess the impact of their work and how these insights inhelp to better meet policymakers’ needs.
Webinar video:
▶ 🎥 https://youtu.be/co6YTmAOy-M?si=WBb9c6NEPzPRyJxr
The function of technology assessment is not to measure but to warn. We cannot predict quantitatively the value or the cost of a new technology. What we can do is to look ahead and identify snags and traps. With luck, we may see the traps far enough ahead so that we can avoid walking in to them.
-- Freeman J. Dyson
How does digitalization influence science and society on the path toward more sustainable futures? This question lies at the heart of the Interdisciplinary International Graduate Summer School.
Great possibility to deep-dive into this and a lot more questions by our #DiTraRe project partner Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse @ITAS 👏
https://www.itas.kit.edu/veranstaltungen_2026_summerschool.php
#digitalisation #AI #summerschool @KIT_Karlsruhe @fiz_karlsruhe @AnnaJacyszyn @Feelix #science #technologyassessment
globalTA Webinar on "Science Sparring – Policy Red Teaming" 🌍💡
#ScienceSparring 🥊 strengthens the evidence base of policy development by bringing researchers and policymakers together at the critical early stage.
In the globalTA webinar Linda Lammensalo and Laura Väliniemi , knowledge brokers from the 🇫🇮 The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, explain how and why they initiated this approach.
Video of the webinar:
https://youtu.be/p-5IMZcG3xk?si=Xi439rYvF9low2i6
Out now and just in time for the festive season: ❄️🎄 TATuP's winter issue 2025 "Deeply sustainable technologies: Beyond extractivism, exploitation, and exclusion" 34/3 (2025)
The new TATuP Special topic brings together contributions that scrutinize the feasibility of deeply sustainable socio-technical innovations.
Find all articles #openaccess at ➡️ https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/issue/view/185
#technologyassessment #convivialtechnology #deepsustainability #solidarity #care @KIT_Karlsruhe @technikfolgen @ITAS
⛵ Auftakt der neuen Staffel der #Podcast-Serie «Digitale Piraten» mit TA-SWISS
🧮 Martina von Arx unterhält sich in der ersten Folge mit Dominik Neuffer von GreenITSolutions über Social-Scoring-Systeme, die laufende Studie von TA-SWISS.
👂 Jetzt reinhören: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYA5QldYnys
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