Walter Peissl (Institute of Technology Assessment, Austrian Academy of Sciences)

Participation is seen as an important instrument and therefore gains increasing influence in TA. After having discussed theoretical and methodological issues related to participatory TA in session XII, this session devoted to exchange of practical experiences made during pTA projects. Projects from across Europe and from different technological and political domains were presented. In order to learn from the experiences made, plenty of time was left to compare and discuss the common grounds and differences.

The abstracts of the session can be read here.

Presentations of the session:

• P. Stankiewicz

Governing energy transitions in post-communist countries. The case of Polish Nuclear Energy Programme

• J. Hahn/ S. Seitz

What can TA learn from “the people”?  A case study of the German citizen´s dialogues on future technologies

• S. Gram / B. Bedsted

Participatory – Climate Change Adaptation: The Case of Kalundborg

• M. Sotoudeh/ W. Peissl

CIVISTI method for future studies with strong participative elements