Academy for Technology Assessment

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The Academy for Technology Assessment in Baden-Württemberg (TA Academy, AFTA) was a scientific institution for technology assessment . From 2001 to 2003, the sociologist of technology Ortwin Renn was the last director of the academy, after having been a member of the Academy's board of directors together with the biologist and scientific theorist Hans Mohr since 1992 .

According to the statutes, the purpose of the foundation was "to research and evaluate the consequences of technology and to initiate and coordinate the social discourse on technology assessment." It was founded in 1991 by the state government of Baden-Württemberg as a foundation under public law and began operations on April 1, 1992. In November 2002, the state government decided to close it at the end of 2003 for cost reasons. Employees and Greens criticized the closure as politically motivated.

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  1. uni-stuttgart.de: Editorial ( Memento from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 29 kB) Lexicon of Sustainability , accessed on October 22, 2011
  2. ^ Academy for Technology Assessment , accessed on October 21, 2011

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