Center for technology and society
| Center for technology and society | |
|---|---|
| Category: | University institute |
| Carrier: | Technical University of Berlin |
| Legal form of the carrier: | Public corporation |
| Facility location: | Berlin |
| Type of research: | applied basic research |
| Areas of expertise: | Interdisciplinary |
| Basic funding: | State of Berlin |
| Management: | Gabriele Wendorf, managing director Martina Schäfer, managing director |
| Homepage: | www.tu-berlin.de/ztg |
The Center for Technology and Society (ZTG) is a central research facility of the Technical University of Berlin (TU) and is one of the largest institutes in Germany in the field of social science technology research. The subject of research is the interactions between technical and social development. Above all, it works and researches in an interdisciplinary manner .
aims
- Preparation, implementation and supervision of multidisciplinary research projects in the field of society and technology
- Strengthening interdisciplinary teaching at the TU in the area of society and technology
- Forum for a discourse on the relationship between society and technology
structure
Research at the ZTG is divided into five thematic areas:
- Information and communicationtechnology
- Climate and energy
- Land use and consumption patterns
- Mobility and space
- Security - risk - privacy
Within these subject areas, several projects are started, supervised and evaluated promptly.
In addition, there are five theoretical-methodological areas at the ZTG:
The scientific director of the Center for Technology and Society is Hans-Liudger Dienel , the deputy scientific director is Martina Schäfer. The scientific coordinator of the ZTG is Leon Hempel. Members of the scientific council are Nina Baur, Hans-Liudger Dienel, Leon Hempel, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers, Jan Kratzer, Sebastian Möller, Elke Pahl-Weber , Werner Rammert , Martina Schäfer, Jürgen Siegmann, Gabriele Wendorf and Felix Ziegler.
history
The ZTG was founded by a resolution of the Academic Senate of the TU Berlin on December 7, 1994 as an interdisciplinary research focus (FSP). On December 1, 1995, the ZTG began its work for the first time. After the ZTG had only worked on a trial basis, it became an integral part of the TU in September 2003.
When it was founded, the Center for Technology and Society had six members. In 2012, around 50 employees worked in the changing projects in the management of projects or as research assistants. Her disciplinary background ranges from engineering in various fields to psychology, sociology, design, political science, history and German studies to architecture, urban and landscape planning, cultural studies and computer science.
The Kieperthaus was the headquarters of the ZTG until March 2003, after which it moved to rooms on the main campus of the TU Berlin. In April 2011 the institute moved into new office space in the former IHK building at Hardenbergstrasse 16-18.
Important publications
Publication series "Blickwechsel"
- 2004 - Volume 1: The new closeness. Spatial partnerships combine contrasting spaces (Ed .: Hans-Liudger Dienel, Hans-Peter Meier-Dallach, Carolin Schröder) ISBN 3-515-08492-4
- 2005 - Volume 2: 100 Years of Berlin Water Supply and Sewage Supply 1840–1940 (Shahrooz Mohajeri) ISBN 3-515-08541-6
- 2005 - Volume 3: Guidelines for Interdisciplinary Research Groups: Initiating Projects - Shaping Collaboration (Christine von Blanckenburg, Birgit Böhm, Hans-Liudger Dienel, Heiner Legewie ) ISBN 3-515-08789-3
- 2006 - Volume 4: Understanding based on trust - the basis of interdisciplinary project work (Birgit Böhm) ISBN 978-3-515-08857-2
- 2006 - Volume 5: Sustainable Mobility Concepts in Tourism (Angela Jain) ISBN 3-515-08873-3
- 2006 - Volume 6: Usefulness on the Internet. A needs analysis for a science portal using the example of environmental psychology (Jens Eitmann) ISBN 3-515-08901-2
- 2009 - Volume 7: Expanding Renewable Energies! Experiences and perspectives of regional actors in East and West (Dorothee Keppler, Heike Walk, Eric Töpfer, Hans-Liudger Dienel, eds.) ISBN 978-3-515-09321-7
- 2010 - Volume 8: Actors in district development: How administration, politics and citizenship define participation (Carolin Schröder) ISBN 978-3-515-09434-4
The publication series “Blickwechsel” was published by Franz Steiner Verlag until 2006, and subsequently by Oekom-Verlag.
Series "Writings from the Center for Technology and Society"
- 1999 - Volume 1: Leisure traffic. Innovative analyzes and solutions in a multidisciplinary field of action (Ulrich Brannolte, Kay Axhausen, Hans-Liudger Dienel, Andreas Rade (eds.)) ISBN 3-7983-1798-4
- 2000 - Volume 2: Housing and Sustainability. Interdisciplinary research on the doorstep (Hans-Joachim Harloff, Hans-Liudger Dienel, Kees Christiaanse, Gabriele Wendorf, Klaus Zillich (eds.)) ISBN 3-7983-1842-5
- 2001 - Volume 3: Mobility and Transport Research. Newer empirical methods in comparison (Hans-Liudger Dienel, Gunter Heinickel (Ed.)) ISBN 3-7983-1882-4
- 2004 - Volume 4: Stories and Pictures of the City. Quality of life and tourism in historic quarters of Florence and Berlin (Heiner Legewie (ed.)) ISBN 3-7983-1926-X
- 2006 - Volume 5: Qualitative Knowledge Management. New knowledge-based services in knowledge coaching and knowledge structuring (Nico de Abreu, Christine von Blanckenburg, Hans-Liudger Dienel, Heiner Legewie) ISBN 978-3-7983-2004-8
Other publications
- March 1996: Volume 1 of the book series Technology Interdisciplinary (Ed., Among others, ZTG) (Verlag Gordon & Breach)
- 1999: Natural gas and electric vehicles in Berlin . Series of publications, Volume 1 (Ed. By Hans-Liudger Dienel et al.) (Edition Sigma) ISBN 3-89404-831-X
- Spring 2006: Community use strategies for local sustainable development . (Ed. By Ingrid Bonas and others) (oekom Verlag) ISBN 3-936581-87-8 (research results of the ZTG project "Community use strategies")
- 2006: City and Traffic. Information on modern city history, 2nd German Institute for Urban Studies (Ed. Dienel, Hans-Liudger) ISSN 0340-1774 .
- 2007: From the field to the plate. (Nölting, Benjamin; Schäfer, Martina) (oekom Verlag), ISBN 978-3-86581-032-8 .
- 2007: Transport history on new paths (Transport Infrastructure and Politics). Yearbook for Economic History 1. (Ed. Dienel, Hans-Liudger) (Akademieverlag) ISBN 978-3-05-004331-9 .
- 2007: Constellation Analysis Manual. An interdisciplinary bridge concept for sustainability, technology and innovation research. (Schön, Susanne; Kruse, Sylvia; Meister, Martin; Nölting, Benjamin; Ohlhorst, Dörte) (oekom verlag) ISBN 978-3-86581-044-1 .
- 2008: Rethinking the climate. A socio-ecological perspective on local, national and international climate policy. (Brunnengräber, Achim; Dietz Kristina; Hirschl Bernd; Walk, Heike; Weber, Melanie) (Verlag Westfälisches Dampfboot) ISBN 978-3-89691-732-4 .
- 2008: Participative Governance. Forms of participation and participation rights in the multi-level system of climate policy. (Walk, Heike) (Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften) ISBN 978-3-531-15524-1
- 2010: The modern street. Planning, construction and transport from the 18th to the 20th century. Deutsches Museum, Contributions to Historical Transport Research, Volume 11. (Eds. Dienel, Hans-Liudger; Schiedt, Hans-Ulrich) (Campus Verlag), ISBN 978-3-593-39157-1 .
- 2010: visibility regime; Surveillance, Security and Privacy in the 21st Century. (Hempel, Leon; Krasmann, Susanne; Bröckling, Ulrich) ISBN 978-3-531-16411-3 .
- 2011 - Volume 9: Old and Young in the Craft. Training mentors and intergenerational responsibility as a success factor for professional practice (Ed .: Christine Blanckenburg, Hans-Liudger Dienel) ISBN 978-3-515-09645-4