Title: Technology assessment in the Danish socio-political context

Authors: Tarja Cronberg

Addresses: Unit of Technology Assessment, Technical University of Denmark, Building 208, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark

Abstract: Technology Assessment (TA) in the Danish context is focused on public debate, social experiments and dialogue/scenario workshops. The early controversy between a part and a more holistically oriented assessment has been resolved and both the trade unions and industry have been actively enrolled on the TA-scene. The major discourse has been one of proactive technology assessment, while technology itself has been |black boxed|. This is today changing as social experiments have provided an arena for the social shaping of information technology.

Keywords: technology assessment; social experiments; social dynamics; technology management; Denmark; information technology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1996.025456

International Journal of Technology Management, 1996 Vol.11 No.5/6, pp.613 - 629

Published online: 22 May 2009 *

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