Who we are
The global Technology Assessment Network (globalTA) aims to:
- Develop a global framework and code of conduct for the assessment of impacts of (new) technologies.
- Facilitate global cooperation for the assessment of emerging technologies in order to maximize their benefits and minimize the risks.
- Support adequate anticipatory governance of new technologies that may have significant impacts on the attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
globalTA – is an association of non-profit organizations working in the broadly-based topic of technology assessment, which consists of the (partly overlapping) areas of Technology Assessment (TA), Practical Ethics, Systems Analysis, Risk Research, Sustainable Development, Responsible Innovation, and the scientific disciplines involved in natural, technical, economic and social sciences, political science, law and philosophy.
We understand ourselves as global in two respects:
- We are globally networked and seek scientific exchange with colleagues from around the world.
- We formulate problem-oriented global research questions and work on them together and interdisciplinary.
A main goal of the globalTA networks is to transcend exitsting, mainly national, approaches and tools towards opportunities for collaboratiions and networked solutions, bringing together TA activities from across the world.
For this a common framework based on guiding values and principles is needed to guide technology assessment processes and knowledge sharing.
