TY - JOUR AU - Böschen, Stefan AU - Dewald, Ulrich PY - 2018/03/22 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - TA as expertise for contextualization: Between a linear and a reflexive mode JF - TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis JA - TATuP VL - 27 IS - 1 SE - Special topic DO - 10.14512/tatup.27.1.34 UR - https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/article/view/90 SP - 34-39 AB - <p>Since the initial debate on a theory of TA ten years ago, time has not stood still: the quest for transformative science, for a new balancing of innovation systems and their governance as well as debates about the public-political form of expertise are contexts against which TA has to redefine its own position. The core dimensions of a theory of TA – assessing impacts, complying with scientific standards, and providing policy advice – have to be reassessed. Our thesis is that this necessitates conceptualizing TA between a linear and reflexive mode of contextualization.</p> ER -