Policy-Oriented Technology Assessment Across Europe : Expanding Capacities / edited by Lars Klüver, Rasmus Øjvind Nielsen, Marie Louise Jørgensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klüver, Lars

PACITA (Project)

Contributor:

Klüver, Lars., Editor.

Øjvind Nielsen, Rasmus., Editor.

Jørgensen, Marie-Louise, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer engineering.

Computer networks.

Political science.

Political planning.

Social sciences.

Humanities.

Public administration.

Computer Engineering and Networks.

Political Theory.

Public Policy.

Humanities and Social Sciences.

Political Science.

Public Administration.

Local Subjects:

Computer Engineering and Networks.

Political Theory.

Public Policy.

Humanities and Social Sciences.

Political Science.

Public Administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 171 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book is open access under a CC-BY license. Policy-making to address grand challenges faces greater complexity than any previous project of modernization. Future scenarios are haunted by uncertainty and there is real ambivalence as to the values that policy should strive for. In this situation decision-makers look to research and innovation to provide answers and solutions. But neither can the great transitions ahead be planned by science, nor will conventional methods of innovation bring such transitions about. A turn to interactive governance is therefore underway with policy-makers and citizens becoming increasingly involved in processes of deliberating futures. Technology Assessment (TA) is the art of structuring such processes. TA goes beyond traditional expert policy analysis by systematically combining a multi-disciplinary evidence base with participatory approaches to policy deliberation. TA thus seeks to act as a hub for serious and transparent dialogue between policy, industry, science, and society about the challenges ahead and the available options for overcoming them responsibly. This volume offers an up-to-date account of the expansion of technology assessment capacities across new European member states. The contributions of this volume are written by leading European researchers and practitioners in technology assessment (TA) and are based on the PACITA (Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment) project. Lars Klüver is Director of the Danish Board of Technology, Copenhagen, Denmark. Rasmus Øjvind Nielsen is Researcher at the Danish Board of Technology, Copenhagen, Denmark. Marie Louise Jørgensen is Project Manager at the Danish Board of Technology, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Introduction: On the Concept of Cross- European Technology Assessment

The TA Manifesto

Part I Expanding Technology Assessment

1 Seeing Technology Assessment with New Eyes

2 Expanding the TA Landscape - Lessons from Seven European Countries

3 Adopting TA in Central and Eastern Europe - An Organizational Perspective

4 Technology Assessment for Parliaments - Towards Reflexive Governance of Innovation

5 Doing Cross-European Technology Assessment

Part II Exemplifying Cross-European

6 The Future Panel on Public Health Genomics - Lessons Learned and Future Perspectives

7 The Future of Ageing - Stakeholder Involvement on the Future of Care

8 Europe Wide Views on Sustainable Consumption

Part III Building Capacities for Cross-European TA

9 Making Technology Assessment Accessible to New Players

10 Training TA Professionals

11 Building Community - Or Why We Need an Ongoing Conference Platform for TA

12 E-Infrastructure for Technology Assessment

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781137561718

1137561718

OCLC:

954579887