Governance in Japan and Belgium: Building on Experiments with Technology Assessment and TA-like Activities

This poster presents a bilateral Belgian-Japanese research study that probes the direction and quality of science and technology governance within the context of new knowledge production and responsible innovation. Drawing on recent experiences with technology assessment (TA) and TA-like activities in the regions of Flanders and Wallonia (Belgium) and the country of Japan, it asks how future-oriented science and technology governance processes are locally enacted and how they compare. Four research objectives are discerned: 1. To describe how TA concepts and practices, as well as related TA ac... Mehr ...