Handbook of Technology Assessment (Research Handbooks in Science and Technology Studies series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1035310678 ISBN 13: 9781035310678

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2024

Synopsis

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of technology assessment (TA) practices, theories, methods and cultures across the globe. Highlighting the significant influence of rapidly changing technology on human life and development, it examines diverse perspectives on how TA can be developed to better meet the challenges of the future.

Covering both theory and methodology, expert contributors analyse the deep changes caused by technological advances at the individual, collective and global level. They identify approaches and methods that can lead to informed, considered decisions on technology and responsible handling of their consequences. Chapters explore a wide range of TA applications across different cultural contexts as well as in various fields including AI, climate engineering, healthcare and work.

Drawing on extensive practical experiences from a global movement, this Handbook is an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners of technology assessment. It is also an important guide for students of science and technology studies, the ethics of technology, risk assessment, and responsible research and innovation.

About this title

About the Author

Edited by Armin Grunwald, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Technology and Director, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and Director, Office of Technology Assessment, German Bundestag, Germany

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1035310678
• ISBN 13: 9781035310678
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 494
• Editor: Grunwald Armin