technology assessment

3rd Winter School programme

09:00h - 09:30h: Reception
09:30h - 09:45h: Introduction to the Winter School
        Prof. Dr. António Moniz (Coordinator of the PhD programme)
09:45h - 10:15h: Dr. Judith Simon (ITAS-KIT) - "(Re)Thinking TA: Knowing and Deciding in Complex Socio-Technical Environments"
10:15h - 10:35h: Discussion
10:35h - 11:00h: Coffee break

Provisional programme 2012

3rd Winter School (provisional) programme

Moniz, A.  2010.  Designing a Technology Assessment post-graduation programme: experiences, limits and needs, 2010. , Monte de Caparica: IET Abstract

The post-graduation in the field of Technology Assessment (TA) is recent and that are several and different ways to be organised. Most experiences are related with the Masters diplom level (2nd cycle of graduation in high education). Just one in PhD level is explicit in the field of TA, and some other PhD courses include also TA topics in their programme structure. In this chapter we will analyse the problems related with the design of a post-graduation (MA, MSc or PhD) programme in the field of TA using as reference some international experiences. Hereby, the main conclusion seems to address labour market needs in the specialised knowledge of TA, of technology management or technology innovation. In this sense TA should be included as “minor” into post-graduation courses which may range from engineering disciplines to social sciences. As a graduation programme it can fill an expertise gap between technicians,engineers, scientists and the strategic decision makers or policy makers.