ITA: TA Topics

Technology assessment is as multifaceted as technologies themselves and their fields of application. The ITA team deals with a number of topics which derive from the four research focuses defined in its Medium Term Research Programme.These topics overlap in parts and we look at them always from a TA perspective. Here we give on overview about current and reoccuring topics, followed by a list of current and past projects.

Selected Issues

Security

Technology is frequently presented as an infallible guarantee for security. But what do we really need in order to be secure?

Nanotechnology

The ITA analyses the regulation of nanotechnologies, and identifies potential health and environmental risks.

Privacy

In this age of digitised data, to protect our privacy has become more important than ever.

Technology Controversies

Today, the way the public judges and thinks about new technologies has changed – protests have become rare.

Engineering Education

Technology Assessment helps students to evaluate the benefits and risks of technical innovations.

Smart Grids

Smart Grids are supposed to help us save energy. Our research focuses on criteria for a user-friendly implementation.