Mastering 'Grand Challenges'. The contribution of technology assessment

Michael DECKER, Ralf LINDNER, Stephan LINGNER, Constanze SCHERZ, Mahshid SOTOUDEH (eds.), 2018.

Society - Technology - Environment
New series
Published by the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at KIT Karlsruhe and Prof. Dr. Armin Grunwald.
Vol. 20

The dazzling term Grand Challenges is on everyone's lips and reason for a critical examination of this research-guiding concept. The book contributions address the topic both from a theoretical point of view and with regard to the domains of health, digitalization and the environment.

With contributions from the following topics:

• Grand Challenges
• TA concepts
• Life sciences/health
• Intelligent assistance systems and digitization of society
• Environment, energy, mobility