The exploration of ways to conceptualize the shaping of the present by socio-technical futures is the aim of this volume. Therefore it brings together contributions from Science and Technology Studies and Technology Assessment, which focus all on the question how socio-technical images of the future shape present processes of innovation and transformation starting from empirical case studies and generalizing specific findings or by tackling conceptual questions from the outset. A white paper of 23 authors, which aims to sensitize researchers and practitioners completes the volume.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Socio technical futures shaping the present. - Part I: Analytical concepts, different kinds and patterns of socio-technical futures. - Part II: Socio-technical futures in different processes of change. - Part III: Intervening into the present through prospective reasoning. - Part IV: White paper on technology assessment and socio-technical futures. - Contributors.
