Technology assessment – where is it going?
by Alison Dale, Denis Loveridge
International Journal of Technology Management (IJTM), Vol. 11, No. 5/6, 1996

Abstract: The papers in this special edition of the International Journal of Technology Management demonstrate the variety of activities and approaches that can be clustered under the heading of 'Technology Assessment'. In this paper the underlying themes from the various contributions are drawn together, though the interpretation is that of the authors alone. They conclude that there are two streams of activity that have been called TA over the past two decades. One has been oriented to wide and general issues relating to technology policy, and the other being targeted more specifically at the applications of technology and its outcomes. However, TA-type activity has also been evident in other areas that do not associate themselves closely with TA, such as Environmental Impact Assessment, Product Liability, and Health and Safety. In asking, ''where is TA going?'', the authors question the value of differentiating TA from such activities and ask what TA has to offer that is worth promoting and developing for it to be successful in addressing its ambitious stated aims – to search for the positive and negative effects of technological development, and through doing so to influence national policies for science and technology that are acceptable to the polity.

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