Semiannual reports and short studies on current issues and trends as a service for parliamentarians
About
Niklas Gudowsky is a researcher focusing on participatory foresight in the area of technology and sustainability. He is also editor of the ITA-dossiers, a publication series, which summarises core results of current research with a focus on options for actions in politics and society.
Education
PhD programme at the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Vienna (2011-2017). In his doctoral thesis, he analysed development and application of a transdisciplinary foresight method for demand oriented science, technology and innovation governance. Diploma in Biology (MSc) with a focus on Ecology und Human Ecology, studying at the Universities of Vienna, Frankfurt/Main and Lisbon, graduated in 2010 with a thesis on the role of information in participatory processes.
Experience
In April 2014, Niklas Gudowsky joined ITA as a researcher. Between 2012 and 2013 he worked as a process consultant with Innovendo, a consultancy firm specialised in ambient assisted living. From 2010 to 2012, he contributed to different projects in the area of technology and sustainability at ITA. During his education, he was a research assistant at the Department of Anthropology and the Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Vienna.
TA Projects
Publications
His publications mainly focus on the analysis of participatory methods that include lays, experts and stakeholders in research processes and knowledge based policy advice.
Refereed Contributions
Refereed Contributions
- (2023). Augmented futures? Scenarios and implications of augmented reality use in public spaces. Futures 2023, Volume 151, 1-15. doi:10.1016/j.futures.2023.103193.DOIWebsiteRISENWBIB Abstract
As foresight activities continue to increase across multiple arenas and types of organizations, the need to develop effective modes of reviewing future-oriented information against long-term goals and policies becomes more pressing. The activities of institutional sensemaking are vital in constructing potential and desired futures, but remain sensitive to organizational culture and ethos, thus raising concerns about whose futures are being constructed. In viewing foresight studies as a critical component in such sensemaking, this research investigates a method of textual analysis that deploys natural language processing algorithms (NLP). In this research, we introduce and apply the methodology of topic modelling for conducting a comparative analysis to explore how citizen-derived foresight differs from other institutional foresight. Finally we present pros- pects for further employing NLP for strategic foresight and futures studies.
- (2021). Ethical challenges of researching emergent socio-material-technological phenomena: insights from an interdisciplinary mixed-methods project using mobile eye-tracking. Journal Of Information, Communication And Ethics In Society, Vol. 19, 391-408. doi:10.1108/JICES-01-2021-0007.
- (2021). Limits and benefits of participatory agenda setting for research and innovation. European Journal Of Futures Research, Vol. 9, 1-11. doi:10.1186/s40309-021-00177-0.
- (2021). Democratising utopian thought in participatory agenda setting. European Journal Of Futures Research, 9,5. doi:10.1186/s40309-021-00174-3.
- (2021). Sensemaking and Lens-Shaping: Identifying Citizen Contributions to Foresight through Comparative Topic Modelling. Futures 2021, Volume 129, 1-15. doi:10.1016/j.futures.2021.102733.
- (2020). Theoretical and Practical resesarch ethics: three cases. Aoir Selected Papers Of Internet Research, AoIR2020: Panels, 1-11. doi:10.5210/spir.v2020i0.11117.
- (2019). Wrinkles and Smiles — What is Good Aging? A Technology Assessment Perspective. Obm Geriatrics, 3, 26. doi:10.21926/obm.geriatr.1902058.
- (2019). Foresight and Technology Assessment for the Austrian Parliament – Finding new ways of debating the future of Industry 4.0. Futures, 109, 240-251. doi:10.1016/j.futures.2018.06.018.
- (2019). Bridging Epistemologies – Identifying uniqueness of lay and expert knowledge for agenda setting. Futures, 109, 24-38. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2019.04.003.
- (2018). But do they deliver? Participatory agenda setting on the test bed. European Journal Of Futures Research, 6. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1186/s40309-018-0143-y.
- (2018). Participatory foresight for technology assessment – Towards an evaluation approach for knowledge co-creation. Tatup – Technikfolgenabschätzung In Theorie Und Praxis, 27, 53-59. Retrieved from http://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/article/view/135/199.
- (2017). Into Blue Skies – Transdisciplinary Foresight and Co-creation as Socially Robust Tools for Visioneering Socio-technical Change. Nanoethics, 11, 93-106. Retrieved from http://http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11569-017-0284-7.WebsiteRISENWBIB Abstract
Expectations play a distinctive role in shaping emerging technologies and producing hype cycles when a technology is adopted or fails on the market. To harness expectations, facilitate and provoke forward-looking discussions, and identify policy alternatives, futures studies are required. Here, expert anticipation of possible or probable future developments becomes extremely arbitrary beyond short-term prediction, and the results of futures studies are often controversial, divergent, or even contradictory; thus they are contested. Nevertheless, such socio-technical imaginaries may prescribe a future that seems attainable to those involved in the visioneering process, and other futures may thus become less likely and shaping them could become more difficult. This implies a need to broaden the debate on socio-technological development, creating spaces where policy, science, and society can become mutually responsive to each other. Laypeople’s experiential and value-based knowledge is highly relevant for complementing expertise to inform socially robust decision-making in science and technology. This paper presents the evolution of a transdisciplinary, forward-looking co-creation process — a demand-side approach developed to strengthen needs-driven research and innovation governance by cross-linking knowledge of laypeople, experts, and stakeholders. Three case studies serve as examples. We argue that this approach can be considered a method for adding social robustness to visioneering and to responsible socio-technical change.
- (2017). CIVISTI – A forward-looking method based on citizens’ visions. Special Issue 'Participatory Methods for Information Society'. Public Philosophy &Amp; Democratic Education, 5, 73-86. doi:10.14746/fped.2016.5.2.22.
- (2017). Contributing to an European imaginary of democratic education by engaging multiple actors in shaping responsible research agendas. Special Issue 'Participatory Methods for Information Society'. Public Philosophy &Amp; Democratic Education, 5, 29-50. doi:10.14746/fped.2016.5.2.20.DOIWebsiteRISENWBIB Abstract
Traditionally, expert-based forward looking has been applied to anticipate future challenges, solutions and strategic decisions, but limitations to this approach have become obvious – especially when considering long term perspectives – e.g. failing to include a comprehensive array of opinions. Aiming at producing sustainable strategies for responsible socio-technical change, research funding can benefit from combining forward looking and public participation to elicit socially robust knowledge from consulting with multi-actors, including citizens. In this paper, we give insights into the EU project CIMULACT – Citizen and Multi-Actor Consultation on Horizon 2020. In CIMULACT, more than 4500 citizens, stakeholders and experts from 30 European countries engaged online and offline to co-create research topics. These are supposed to serve as input for the next round of calls in Horizon 2020, national research agendas as well as the ninth framework programme in the making. We investigate key results of this transdisciplinary process focussing on the topic “democratic education” with regard to two levels: What issues concerning the topic were raised? Can we find a common European imaginary for “democratic education”? Our analysis shows that the results contribute to defining and describing challenges for the currently prevailing imaginary of democratic education in Europe.
- (2017). Futures of ageing and technology – comparing different actors’ prospective views. Journal Of Responsible Innovation, 4, 157-176. doi:10.1080/23299460.2017.1360721.DOIWebsiteRISENWBIB Abstract
Ambient and assistive technologies (AT) have the potential to increase individual autonomy, social participation and quality of life for ageing populations. In seeking to implement these technologies, national and supranational funding schemes have strongly supported primarily market-driven research activities. This means that other societally relevant aspects, such as specific social and cultural contexts, are likely to be underestimated if not neglected. In view of the development of RI, this would be a serious misconception. We examine three recent participatory forward-looking technology assessment studies that involved experts, stakeholders and laypersons in discussions about the future of ageing and AT, and identify the diverse futures they imagine. We show different ways an ageing society of the future can be pictured, and contribute to the discourse on European demographic change as a Grand Challenge. In the light of RI, this diversity of imagined futures underlines the finding that answers to societal challenges connected to an ageing population cannot only be found by means of technological solutions, societal aspects will also play an important role.
- (2017). Introduction: Imagining socio-technical futures – challenges and opportunities for technology assessment. Journal Of Responsible Innovation, 4, 85-99. doi:10.1080/23299460.2017.1364617.DOIWebsiteRISENWBIB Abstract
An increasing orientation of technology assessment (TA) and adjacent fields toward future socio-technological developments is leading scholars to examine, assess and adapt different approaches of future studies on various levels. In this special issue of the Journal of Responsible Innovation, a number of members of the extended TA community in Europe seek to advance different approaches to handling the unpredictable, to consider various possible socio-technical futures and to explore a more active role in technology design and shaping of the future as required by concepts such as responsible innovation (RI) or responsible research and innovation (RRI). The three German words ‘Zukunft Macht Technik’ (the title of a TA conference in Vienna in 2015) make a nice little pun in German: they can either be interpreted as the short sentence ‘Future shapes technology’ or as the assembly of the three nouns ‘future power technology.’ Both readings are borne in mind in this special issue. A main insight of this special issue is that we need to explore how the debate on imagined socio-technical futures is enriched by concepts such as R(R)I, taking into account that no future can exist without an awareness of the present setting of innovation processes and technology development.
- (2017). Transdisciplinary forward-looking agenda setting for age-friendly, human centered cities. Futures, 90, 16-30. doi:10.1016/j.futures.2017.05.005.
- (2016). Human centred science and technology – transdisciplinary foresight and co-creation as tools for active needs-based innovation governance. European Journal Of Futures Research, Vol. 4. doi:10.1007/s40309-016-0090-4.DOIWebsiteRISENWBIB Abstract
Current governance structures are increasingly showing inability to address complex issues such as the Grand Challenges. Dealing with these highly interrelated, cross cutting, extensive and potentially open ended issues requires research, development and innovation to be oriented towards societal needs and demands. Here, developing and applying sustainable long term strategies for socio-technical change on the basis of socially robust knowledge seems inevitable and using the tools of anticipatory governance—forward looking and participation—is essential in order to govern innovation actively and responsibly. Yet, expert-based forward looking has its limits, especially when considering long term perspectives, and may fail to include all necessary opinions. Thus, stakeholder engagement has become a norm over the last decades, but including laypeople into forward looking science, technology and innovation (STI) governance is underexplored. Here, strategy and policy programme development may be well suited to function as early entry point for public needs and values into the innovation process. This paper will briefly review the theoretical basis for transdisciplinary forward looking and provide first insights into an ongoing highly deliberative and reflexive foresight and co-creation process engaging science, society and policy makers, CIMULACT—Citizen and Multi-Actor Consultation on Horizon2020. We will especially focus on the role of technology within a collective visioning exercise that allowed for shared explorations of desirable futures, thereby collecting tacit knowledge as well as social needs and values. Integrating these with stakeholders’ and experts’ knowledge serves for co-creating socially robust knowledge for orienting policy and strategy programming towards needs based science, technology and innovation.
- (2016). Schlaue Gedanken zu smarter Technik, Konferenzbericht von der TA16. Tatup - Zeitschrift Für Technikfolgenabschätzung In Theorie Und Praxis, 25, 79-86. doi:10.14512/tatup.25.2.91.
- (2013). The Role of Information in Public Participation. Journal Of Public Deliberation, 9, Art. 3. doi:10.16997/jdd.152.
Articles/Book contributions
Articles/Book contributions
- (2020). Informationsmaterial als normative Herausforderung für partizipative TA. In R. Lindner, Decker, M., Ehrensperger, E., Heyen, N. B., Lingner, S., Scherz, C., & Sotoudeh M., (Eds.), Gesellschaftliche Transformationen: Gegenstand oder Aufgabe der Technikfolgenabschätzung? (pp. 256-264). Baden-Baden: Nomos. Retrieved from https://www.nomos-shop.de/titel/gesellschaftliche-transformationen-id-86476/.
- (2020). Transformatives Agendasetting als Aufgabe von TA und Foresight — Ein Vergleich von BürgerInnen- und ExpertInnen-basiertem Orientierungswissen. In R. Lindner, Decker, M., Ehrensperger, E., Heyen, N. B., Lingner, S., Scherz, C., & Sotoudeh M., (Eds.), Gesellschaftliche Transformationen: Gegenstand oder Aufgabe der Technikfolgenabschätzung?. Baden-Baden: Nomos. Retrieved from https://www.nomos-shop.de/titel/gesellschaftliche-transformationen-id-86476/.
- (2020). Der schmale Grat zwischen Option und Empfehlung. In L. Nierling & Torgersen, H. (Eds.), Die neutrale Normativität der Technikfolgenabschätzung, Konzeptionelle Auseinandersetzung und praktischer Umgang (pp. 97-116). Baden-Baden: Nomos. doi:10.5771/9783748907275-97.DOIWebsiteRISENWBIB Abstract
Technology assessment (TA) is committed to impartial expertise as well as basic democratic values. And beyond that? What is the normative framework within which TA operates? Is it always the same or does it differ depending on the topic, societal task or country and political culture? How should TA deal with both normative claims from outside and those that originate from within TA itself? In what ways can it identify and process normative claims, and how can and should TA position itself among conflicting political interests and divergent world views? Is ‘neutral’ expertise a help or a hindrance here, and can there (still) be such a thing at all? The authors of this volume attempt to answer such questions or at least to disentangle the problems that TA, with its evergrowing diversity of approaches, faces in times of increasing political and economic antagonism and accelerated technological development. With contributions by Armin Grunwald, Niklas Gudowsky-Blatakes | Christoph Kehl | Helge Torgersen, Julia Hahn, Jan-Hendrik Kamlage | Julia Reinermann, Marcel Krüger | Philipp Frey, Linda Nierling | Maria Udén, Poonam Pandey | Aviram Sharma, Diana Schneider, Stefan Strauß
- (2019). Mission Control?. Tatup - Technikfolgenabschätzung In Theorie Und Praxis, 79-80. Retrieved from https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/article/view/3271/5850.
- (2019). Industrie 4.0 in Österreich. Foresight & Technikfolgenabschätzung zur gesellschaftlichen Dimension der nächsten industriellen Revolution. In G. Banse, J. Thelen,, & S. Lingner, (Eds.), Industrie 4.0 zwischen Idee und Realität. Ein Ländervergleich. Abhandlungen der Leibniz Sozietät der Wissenschaften (pp. 177-221). Berlin: Trafo Wissenschaftsverlag..
- (2018). Eye of the Storm: Cross examination of R&I-policy oriented foresight methods and results. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA) – Future in the Making. Brussels. Retrieved from https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/sites/jrcsh/files/fta2018-paper_c7-fraunhoferisi-rosa_withbib.pdf.
- (2018). Early detection of potential topics for advice-giving mechanisms in technology assessment. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA) – Future in the Making. Brussels. Retrieved from https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/sites/jrcsh/files/fta2018-paper-c2-gudowsky.pdf.
- (2018). Bedürfnisorientierte Forschung, Technologie und Innovation – Eine europaweite Multiakteurskonsultation zu Horizon 2020. (M. Decker, Lindner, R., Lingner, S., Scherz, C., & Sotoudeh, M., Eds.), NTA7 Proceedings: "Grand Challenges" meistern – der Beitrag der Technikfolgenabschätzung. Baden-Baden: Nomos – edition sigma. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783845283562-11.
- (2017). Offenes Agenda-Setting. Partizipative Vorausschau zur Orientierung von Forschung und Innovation an gesellschaftlichen Bedürfnissen. In M. Schraudner, Kaiser, S., Heidingsfelder, M., & Kimpel, K. (Eds.), Neue Methoden für Partizipation in Forschung und Innovation (pp. 136-141). Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag..
- (2017). TA17 – Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt. Tatup – Technikfolgenabschätzung In Theorie Und Praxis, 26, 78-80. Retrieved from http://www.tatup.de/?journal=tatup&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=75&path%5B%5D=133.
- (2016). Technik in Betreuung, Unterstützung und Pflege. In U. Bechtold, Waibel, U., & Sotoudeh, M. (Eds.), DiaLogbuch AAL – Dialoge zu Active and Assisted Living (pp. 23-70). Wien: OCG. Retrieved from https://shop.ocg.at/de/books/dialogbuch-aal.html.
- (2016). Sozio-ökonomische Aspekte von AAL. In U. Bechtold, Waibel, U., & Sotoudeh, M. (Eds.), DiaLogbuch AAL – Dialoge zu Active and Assisted Living (pp. 157-202). Wien: OCG. Retrieved from https://shop.ocg.at/de/books/dialogbuch-aal.html.
- (2016). Participatory Foresight. Experiences with a Qualitative Demand-Side Approach. (C. Scherz, Michalek, T., Hennen, L., Hebáková, L., Hahn, J., & Seitz, S., Eds.), The Next Horizon of Technology Assessment. Proceedings from the PACITA 2015 Conference in Berlin. Prague: Technology Centre ASCR. Retrieved from https://epub.oeaw.ac.at/ita/pacita/pacita-2015-conference-proceedings.pdf.
- (2016). Electronic Participation in Europe. In R. Lindner, Aichholzer, G., & Hennen, L. (Eds.) (pp. 55-132). Cham/Heidelberg/New York/Dordrecht/London: Springer..
- (2015). Future foods – a transdisciplinary prospect of the (Austrian) food system. (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (Zagreb), Ed.)..
- (2015). Ein Schritt vor der Innovation. Eine partizipative vorausschauende Studie zu selbstbestimmtem Leben im Alter. In A. Bogner, Decker, M., & Sotoudeh, M. (Eds.), Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS) (Tran.), Responsible Innovation – Neue Impulse für die Technikfolgenabschätzung? (pp. 241-249). Baden-Baden: Nomos/edition sigma. doi:10.5771/9783845272825-241.
- (2015). Citizens' Visions on Active Assisted Living. In D. Hayn, Schreier, G., Ammenwerth, E., & Hörbst, A. (Eds.), eHealth2015 – Health Informatics Meets eHealth (pp. 43-49). Amsterdam: IOS Press. doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-524-1-43.DOIWebsiteRISENWBIB Abstract
People aged 65 years and older are the fastest growing section of the population in many countries. Great hopes are projected on technology to support solutions for many of the challenges arising from this trend, thus making our lives more independent, more efficient and safer with a higher quality of life. But, as research and innovation ventures are often closely linked to the market, their focus may lead to biased planning in research and development as well as in policymaking with severe social and economic consequences. Thus the main research question concerned desirable settings of ageing in the future from different perspectives. The participatory foresight study CIVISTI-AAL cross-linked knowledge of lay persons, experts and stakeholders to include a wide variety of perspectives and values into productive long-term planning of research and development. Results include citizens’ visions for autonomous living in 2050, implicitly and explicitly containing basic needs towards technological, social and organizational development as well as recommendations for implementation. Conclusions suggest that personalized health and living environments play an important part in the lay persons’ view of aging in the future, but only if technologies support social and organizational innovations and yet do not neglect the importance of social affiliation and inclusion.
- (2015). Zukünfte und Technologieentwicklung – Wechselseitige Beeinflussung als Herausforderung für die Technikfolgenabschätzung. Bericht von der TA’15-Jahrestagung „Zukunft, Macht, Technik“, Institut für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung an der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 24, 121-124. Retrieved from https://www.tatup-journal.de/tatup153_beua15a.php.
- (2014). Responsible Research und TA – Innovationen neu gestalten. Bericht von der 6. Konferenz des Netzwerks TA und der 14. Jahreskonferenz des ITA Wien (NTA6-TA14). Technikfolgenabschätzung – Theorie Und Praxis (Tatup), 23, 106-110. Retrieved from http://www.tatup-journal.de/tatup143_guua14a.php.
- (2014). Leben2050 – Bürgerbeteiligung in einer vorausschauenden Studie zu selbstbestimmtem Leben im Alter in Wien. (M. Schrenk, Popovich, V. V., Zeile, P., & Elisei, P., Eds.), Proceedings REAL CORP 2014. Vienna. Retrieved from http://programm.corp.at/cdrom2014/papers2014/CORP2014_152.pdf.
Books/Editorships
Research Reports
Research Reports
- (2024). BIOTECHNOLOGIE IN EINER ZUKUNFTSFÄHIGEN BIOÖKONOMIE - Dokumentation Expert:innen und Stakeholderworkshop (Berlin, 24.10.2023) und Nachbefragung. Wien. doi:/10.1553/ITA-pb-2024-01.
- (2023). Wald: Brände und Wiederherstellung. Wien. Retrieved from https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/fachinfos/zukunftsthemen/150_waldbraende.pdf.
- (2023). Proteinwende – Alternative Eiweißquellen breitenwirksam nutzen. Wien. Retrieved from https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/fachinfos/zukunftsthemen/149_proteinwende.pdf.
- (2023). Foresight und Technikfolgenabschätzung: Monitoring für das Österreichische Parlament, Ausgabe November 2023 (p. 53). Wien. doi:/10.1553/ITA-2023-03.
- (2023). Foresight und Technikfolgenabschätzung: Monitoring für das Österreichische Parlament, Ausgabe Mai 2023 (p. 49). Wien. doi:/10.1553/ITA-2023-02.
- (2023). Dürreresilienz. Wien. Retrieved from https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/fachinfos/zukunftsthemen/146_duerreresilienz.PDF.
- (2023). Umweltwirkungen der Raumfahrt. Wien. Retrieved from https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/fachinfos/zukunftsthemen/145_umwelt-raumfahrt.PDF.
- (2023). CityFoodBasket - Nachhaltig konsumieren leicht gemacht - Projektergebnisse. Retrieved from https://epub.oeaw.ac.at/0xc1aa5576_0x003e3033.pdf.
- (2022). Foresight und Technikfolgenabschätzung: Monitoring für das Österreichische Parlament, neue Themen, Ausgabe November 2022 (p. 428). Wien. doi:/10.1553/ITA-pb-AIT-19.
- (2022). Foresight und Technikfolgenabschätzung: Monitoring für das Österreichische Parlament, neue Themen, Ausgabe Mai 2022 (p. 396). Wien. doi:/10.1553/ITA-pb-AIT-18.
- (2021). Länger leben. Wien. Retrieved from https://www.parlament.gv.at/ZUSD/FTA/123_laenger_leben.pdf.
- (2021). Foresight und Technikfolgenabschätzung: Monitoring für das Österreichische Parlament, neue Themen, Ausgabe November 2021. Wien. doi:/10.1553/ITA-pb-AIT-15.
- (2021). Foresight und Technikfolgenabschätzung: Monitoring für das Österreichische Parlament, neue Themen, Ausgabe Mai 2021 (p. 326). Wien. doi:/10.1553/ITA-pb-AIT-14.
- (2021). Phosphorrecycling. Wien. Retrieved from https://www.parlament.gv.at/ZUSD/FTA/118_phosphorrecycling.pdf.
- (2021). Klimaschutzrisiko Digitalisierung. Wien. Retrieved from https://www.parlament.gv.at/ZUSD/FTA/111_digitalisierung_klima.pdf.
- (2020). Technische Arbeitsplatzüberwachung. Wien. Retrieved from https://www.parlament.gv.at/ZUSD/FTA/103_arbeitsplatzueberwach.pdf.
- (2020). Fernerkundung mit KI. Wien. Retrieved from https://www.parlament.gv.at/ZUSD/FTA/102_fernerkundung_KI.pdf.
- (2020). CO2 als Ressource. Wien. Retrieved from https://www.parlament.gv.at/ZUSD/FTA/101_co2_ressource.pdf.
- (2020). Foresight und Technikfolgenabschätzung: Monitoring von Zukunftsthemen für das Österreichische Parlament Berichtsversion: November 2020 (p. 294). Wien. doi:/10.1553/ITA-pb-AIT-13.
- (2020). Foresight und Technikfolgenabschätzung: Monitoring für das Österreichische Parlament, neue Themen, Ausgabe Juni 2020. Wien. Retrieved from https://epub.oeaw.ac.at/ita/ita-projektberichte/FTA-Monitoringbericht_kurz_Mai_2020.pdf.
Conference Papers/Speeches
Conference Papers/Speeches
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11/12/2023
, Berlin (online)
Gudowsky, Niklas
Biotechnologie-Zukünfte. Chancen für den Natur- und Klimaschutz? Einblicke aus der Technikfolgenabschätzung
NABU-Talk: Die Bioökonomie in planetaren Grenzen
Other Lecture -
17/11/2022
, Halle
Gudowsky, Niklas Kowalski, Jacqueline Bork-Hüffer, Tabea
Augmentierte öffentliche Zukünfte: Szenarien augmentierter Realitäten in öffentlichen Räumen
Tagung „Räume Digitaler Zukünfte“, Netzwerktreffen Digitale Geographien
Other Lecture -
03/06/2022
, Innsbruck (online)
Gudowsky, Niklas Kowalski, Jacqueline
DigitAS scenarios – four possible futures of Augmented Reality use in public spaces
The entanglements of people, materialities and technologies: A joint DigitAS / beYOND workshop
Other Lecture -
06/05/2021
, online
Kaufmann, Katja Bork-Hüffer, Tabea Kollert, Andreas Gudowsky-Blatakes, Niklas Rutzinger, Martin
Contested meanings in entangled spaces: The in-situ perception of public places by social media users
4th International Geomedia Conference – Off the Grid
Other Lecture -
30/10/2020
, online
Kaufmann, K. Rauhala, M. Gudowsky-Blatakes, N. Rutzinger, M. Bork, T.
Integrating mobile eye-tracking in a mixed methods research design: Ethical standards and practical requirements
21st Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
Other Invited Lecture -
25/09/2020
, online
Kaufmann, K. Bork-Hüffer, T. Gudowsky-Blatakes, N. Rutzinger M.
How digital media and augmented reality change the perception of public spaces. Presentation of the go!digital Next Generation funded research project "The Digital, Affects and Space (DigitAS)
dha go!es digital Day 2020
Other Invited Lecture -
05/11/2019
, Bratislava
Kaufmann, K., Gudowsky, N., Bork-Hüffer, T., Rutzinger, M.
The Digital, Affects and Space: Methodological Advances in Researching the Relation of Augmented Realities, Spatial Perception and Societal Impacts
4th European Technology Assessment Conference
Other Lecture -
05/11/2019
, Bratislava
Sotoudeh, M.; Bettin, S.; Gudowsky, N
Power of visions on digitalisation for food security from farm to grocery and landfill
Fourth European Technology Assessment Conference
Other Lecture -
11/09/2019
, Göteborg
Niklas Gudowsky Mahshid Sotoudeh
Transdisciplinary agenda setting for research and innovation
ITD 2019 – International Trandisciplinary Conference 2019
Other Lecture -
30/08/2019
, London
Bork-Hüffer, T., Rutzinger, M., Kaufmann, K., Gudowsky, N.
Creative methodologies for researching the socio-spatial impact of augmented urban futures.
Royal Geographical Society – Institute of British Geographers Annual International Conference 2019
Other Lecture -
23/05/2019
, Frankfurt
Bork-Hüffer, T., Rutzinger, M. Kaufmann, K., Gudowsky-Blatakes, N.,
The Digital, Affects and Space (DigitAS)
DFG-Netzwerktreffen Digitale Geographien
Other Lecture -
17/05/2019
, Innsbruck
Bork-Hüffer, T., Rutzinger, M. Kaufmann, K., Gudowsky-Blatakes, N.,
The Digital, Affects and Space (DigitAS), Opening Lecture
Reflections on the Societal Consequences of a Future in Mixed Realities
Other Lecture -
25/04/2019
, Hotel Altes Kloster/Hainburg
Peissl, Walter Gudowsky, Niklas
Wünschenswerte Zukünfte
Workshop zur Gestaltung der Seestadt – Etappe Nord
Other Invited Lecture -
08/11/2018
, Karlsruhe
Gudowsky, Niklas Sotoudeh, Mahshid
Informationsmaterial als normative Herausforderung in partizipativer TA
NTA8 – Gesellschaftliche Transformationen: Gegenstand oder Aufgabe der Technikfolgenabschätzung?
Other Lecture -
07/11/2018
, Karlsruhe
Sotoudeh, Mahshid Gudowsky, Niklas
Digitalisierung und Ernährung – Chancen und Risiken für Produktion und Konsum von Lebensmitteln im Kontext nachhaltiger Entwicklung
NTA8 – Gesellschaftliche Transformationen: Gegenstand oder Aufgabe der Technikfolgenabschätzung?
Other Lecture -
07/11/2018
, Karlsruhe
Gudowsky, Niklas Rosa, Aaron
Transformatives Agendasetting als Aufgabe von TA und Foresight — Ein Vergleich von BürgerInnen- und ExpertInnen-basiertem Orientierungswissen
NTA8 – Gesellschaftliche Transformationen: Gegenstand oder Aufgabe der Technikfolgenabschätzung?
Other Lecture -
30/07/2018
, Wien
Gudowsky, Niklas Peissl, Walter
Ergebnisse und Anwendbarkeit von CIMULACT – Citizen and Multi-Actor Consultation on Horizon 2020
Austrian Standards
Other Lecture -
07/06/2018
, Wien
Gudowsky, Niklas Peissl, Walter
Ergebnisse und Anwendbarkeit von CIMULACT – Citizen and Multi-Actor Consultation on Horizon 2020
FFG – Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft
Other Lecture -
05/06/2018
, Brussels
Rosa, Aaron B. Cuhls, Kerstin Warnke, Philline Gudowsky, Niklas
Eye of the Storm: Cross examination of R&I-policy oriented foresight methods and results
"Future in the Making" – 6th International Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA)
Other Lecture -
29/09/2017
, Wien
Gudowsky, Niklas
Partizipatives Agenda-Setting: Neue Wege in der Governance von Wissenschaft und Innovation
NTA-Jahrestreffen
Other Lecture
Short Articles
Short Articles
- (2024). Biotechnologie - Chance für den Klima- und Naturschutz? ITA Dossier Nr. 76 (März 2024; Autor: Niklas Gudowsky-Blatakes). Wien. doi:10.1553/ita-doss-076.DOIWebsiteDownloadRISENWBIB Abstract
-> Unser derzeitiges Lebensmittelsystem bietet relative Ernährungssicherheit auf Kosten von Umwelt und Gesundheit. Es wird den Herausforderungen des Klimawandels nicht gerecht. -> Regionale (Direkt-) Vermarktung überwiegend pflanzlicher (Bio-) Produkte kann den Übergang zu einem klimagerechten Lebensmittelsystem wesentlich fördern. -> Mögliche alternative Zukünfte zur Förderung regionaler Ernährungsweisen zeigen Handlungsoptionen und den politischen und gesellschaftlichen Gestaltungsspielraum
- (2023). Regional Food Futures. ITA-Dossier No 71en (April 2023; Authors: Mahshid Sotoudeh, Niklas Gudowsky-Blatakes). Wien. doi:10.1553/ita-doss-071en.DOIWebsiteDownloadRISENWBIB Abstract
-> Temporary housing as a topic in urban development has received very little attention so far. -> However, as a qualitative niche option, temporary forms of housing can certainly have an impact. -> Using the city of Vienna as an example, various scenarios and specific models have been developed and optimised with regard to their sustainability. -> In the future, strategic urban planning as well as real-world projects can build on these designs.
- (2023). Regionale Lebensmittel-Zukunft. ITA Dossier Nr. 71 (April 2023; Autorinnen: Niklas Gudowsky-Blatakes, Mahshid Sotoudeh). Wien. doi:10.1553/ita-doss-071.DOIWebsiteDownloadRISENWBIB Abstract
-> Unser derzeitiges Lebensmittelsystem bietet relative Ernährungssicherheit auf Kosten von Umwelt und Gesundheit. Es wird den Herausforderungen des Klimawandels nicht gerecht. -> Regionale (Direkt-) Vermarktung überwiegend pflanzlicher (Bio-) Produkte kann den Übergang zu einem klimagerechten Lebensmittelsystem wesentlich fördern. -> Mögliche alternative Zukünfte zur Förderung regionaler Ernährungsweisen zeigen Handlungsoptionen und den politischen und gesellschaftlichen Gestaltungsspielraum
- (2022). Augmented reality in public spaces. ITA Dossier No 66en (September 2022, Author: Niklas Gudowsky-Blatakes). Wien. doi:10.1553/ita-doss-066en.
- (2022). Augmented Reality im öffentlichen Raum. ITA Dossier Nr. 66 (Juli 2022; Autor: Niklas Gudowsky-Blatakes). Wien. doi:10.1553/ita-doss-066.
- (2021). Länger Leben (Infografik), fachinfos.parlament.gv.at. Wien. Retrieved from https://fachinfos.parlament.gv.at/politikfelder/arbeit-soziales/laenger-leben/.
- (2021). Phosphorrecycling (Infografik), fachinfos.parlament.gv.at. Wien. Retrieved from https://fachinfos.parlament.gv.at/fachinformationen/analysen/zukunftsthemen/phosphorrecycling/.
- (2021). Klimaschutz und zunehmende Digitalisierung, ein Widerspruch? (Infografik), fachinfos.parlament.gv.at. Wien. Retrieved from https://fachinfos.parlament.gv.at/fachinformationen/analysen/zukunftsthemen/klimaschutz-und-zunehmende-digitalisierung-ein-widerspruch/.
- (2020). Technische Arbeitsplatzüberwachung (Infografik), fachinfos.parlament.gv.at. Wien. Retrieved from https://fachinfos.parlament.gv.at/politikfelder/arbeit-soziales/technische-arbeitsplatzueberwachung/.
- (2020). CO2 als Ressource (Infografik), fachinfos.parlament.gv.at. Wien. Retrieved from https://fachinfos.parlament.gv.at/fachinformationen/analysen/zukunftsthemen/co2-als-ressource/.
- (2020). Fernerkundung mit KI (Inforgrafik im Fachinfobereich), https://fachinfos.parlament.gv.at/fachinformationen/analysen/zukunftsthemen/umwelt-fernerkundung-mit-ki/. Wien. Retrieved from https://fachinfos.parlament.gv.at/fachinformationen/analysen/zukunftsthemen/umwelt-fernerkundung-mit-ki/.
- (2020). Künstliche Intelligenz im Gesundheitswesen (Infografik), fachinfos.parlament.gv.at. Wien. Retrieved from https://fachinfos.parlament.gv.at/politikfelder/arbeit-soziales/kuenstliche-intelligenz-im-gesundheitswesen/.
- (2019). Die Rolle von BürgerInnenbeteiligung in Foresight-Prozessen – ein Beispiel auf europäischer Ebene. (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH (VDI TZ),, & Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Deutschland),, Eds.), Itb Infoservice, 49-52. Retrieved from http://www.kooperation-international.de/fileadmin/public/downloads/itb/info_18_12_20_SAG.pdf.
- (2019). Foresight und Technikfolgenabschätzung: Monitoring für das Österreichische Parlament, neue Themen, Ausgabe Juni 2019. Wien. Retrieved from https://epub.oeaw.ac.at/ita/ita-projektberichte/FTA-Monitoringbericht_gesamt_Juni_2019.pdf.
- (2018). Steering mobility through pricing. ITA-Dossier no. 41en (November 2018; Authors: Tanja Sinozic, Stefanie Peer, Mahshid Sotoudeh, Niklas Gudowsky). Wien. doi:10.1553/ita-doss-041en.DOIDownloadRISENWBIB Abstract
-> Traffic congestion costs the EU over €80 billion annually.
-> All major European cities face the challenge of reducing congestion, pollution and accidents in the years to come.
-> Currently, there is no single consistent mobility pricing scheme in Austria. Various approaches for different transport modes co-exist.
-> Mobility behaviour can be governed sustainably by optimising pricing patterns for all modes of transport and directing them towards common goals.
Authors: Tanja Sinozic, Stefanie Peer, Mahshid Sotoudeh, Niklas Gudowsky - (2018). Mobilität über Preise steuern. ITA-Dossier Nr. 41 (November 2018; AutorInnen: Tanja Sinozic, Stefanie Peer, Mahshid Sotoudeh, Niklas Gudowsky). Wien. doi:10.1553/ita-doss-041.DOIDownloadRISENWBIB Abstract
-> Staus kosten die EU jährlich über 80 Milliarden Euro.
-> Alle großen europäischen Städte stehen aktuell vor der Herausforderung, Staus, Umweltverschmutzung und Unfälle zu reduzieren.
-> Derzeit gibt es in Österreich kein einheitliches Mobilitätspreissystem, sondern parallele Ansätze für verschiedene Verkehrsträger.
-> Mobilitätsverhalten kann nachhaltig gesteuert werden, indem die Preise für alle Verkehrsträger optimiert und auf gemeinsame Ziele ausgerichtet werden.
AutorInnen: Tanja Sinozic, Stefanie Peer, Mahshid Sotoudeh, Niklas Gudowsky - (2018). Manipulation in Social Media. ITA-Dossier no. 38en (July 2018; Authors: David Heckenberg, Niklas Gudowsky). Wien. doi:10.1553/ita-doss-038en.DOIDownloadRISENWBIB Abstract
-> So-called “social bots” can create and send automated messages, thus potentially influencing political and other decisions.
-> Based on the data collected, messages can be tailored to personal preferences and address small groups or individuals.
-> Laws are required to describe when and to what extent social media operators need to restrict activities of social bots. - (2018). Manipulation in Sozialen Medien. ITA-Dossier Nr. 38 (Juli 2018; Autoren: David Heckenberg, Niklas Gudowsky). Wien. doi:10.1553/ita-doss-038.DOIDownloadRISENWBIB Abstract
-> Sogenannte „Social Bots“ können automatisiert Nachrichten verschicken und damit eventuell politische und andere Entscheidungen beeinflussen.
-> Auf Basis gesammelter Daten können Nachrichten zielgerichtet auf persönliche Vorlieben zugeschnitten werden und kleine Gruppen sowie Einzelne ansprechen.
-> Es sollte gesetzlich festgelegt werden, wann und inwieweit BetreiberInnen von Sozialen Medien verpflichtet sind, die Aktivitäten von Social Bots einzugrenzen. - (2017). Decentralising transactions with the Blockchain. ITA-Dossier no. 30en (November 2017; Authors: Tanja Sinozic, Niklas Gudowsky). Wien. doi:10.1553/ita-doss-030en.DOIDownloadRISENWBIB Abstract
-> Blockchain is a decentrally organised database that archives and manages an evergrowing list of transactions.
-> All information on transactions is permanently stored in a database that parallely exists at all nodes of a peer-to-peer network.
-> Blockchain provides autonomy for individuals away from ‘middlemen’ such as public authorities and banks.
-> However, this decentralisation rapidly reduces current forms of regulatory control.
-> Possible negative social and economic consequences become less predictable and manageable. - (2017). Blockchain – Transaktionen dezentralisieren. ITA-Dossier Nr. 30 (November 2017; AutorInnen: Tanja Sinozic, Niklas Gudowsky). Wien. doi:10.1553/ita-doss-030.DOIDownloadRISENWBIB Abstract
-> Blockchain ist eine dezentral organisierte Datenbank, die eine ständig wachsende Liste von Transaktionen archiviert und verwaltet.
-> Alle Informationen über Transaktionen werden permanent in einer Datenbank gespeichert, die an allen Knotenpunkten des Netzwerkes parallel vorliegt.
-> Blockchain bietet Autonomie für Einzelpersonen abseits von zentralen „Zwischenhändlern“ wie Behörden und Banken.
-> Diese Dezentralisierung reduziert jedoch die derzeitigen Formen der regulatorischen Kontrolle.
-> Mögliche negative soziale und ökonomische Folgen werden weniger vorhersehbar und handhabbar.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- (2023). CityFoodBasket - Nachhaltig konsummieren leicht gemacht - Flyer. Retrieved from https://epub.oeaw.ac.at/0xc1aa5576_0x003e3031.pdf.
- (2016). Transdisciplinary Foresight – Co-Creating Research Agendas Using Multi-Actor Engagement. (European Foresight Platform, Ed.), EFP Brief. Retrieved from http://www.foresight-platform.eu/brief/efp-brief-no-262-transdisciplinary-foresight-co-creating-research-agendas-using-multi-actor-engagement/.
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