Purpose – To identify safeguards against threats and vulnerabilities posed by the emerging world of ambient intelligence. Design/methodology/approach – Dark scenarios were constructed to highlight the threats and vulnerabilities; safeguards are identified to address those threats and...

Abstract Ubiquitäres Computing (UbiComp) bezeichnet eine alles durchdringende Informatisierung und Vernetzung u.a. auch im Arbeitsleben. Es fügt sich in der industriellen Fertigung in die seit langem zu beobachtenden Trends der Rationalisierung und Flexibilisierung ein, beschleunigen diese und...

This paper discusses the approach adopted to carry out a techno-economic foresight on the creative content industries, within the European Perspectives on the Information Society project. The novelty of the methodology lies in the mix of tools used, the embedding in an adaptive foresight...

In this special section of this issue of Science and Public Policy, authors are reflecting the fundamental challenges that the rapid progress in science and technology poses for human rights and privacy in particular. They aim to find new answers to the question how a (global) governance of...

New and emerging technologies often raise both ethical and privacy issues. The analysis and assessment of such issues is the task of privacy impact assessments and ethical impact assessments. Although there are various privacy impact assessment methodologies and ethical impact assessment...

Thema des Buches ist die Geschichte des Innovationssystems in Deutschland seit Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Die Autoren stellen die Entwicklung der Wissenschaftsausgaben in diesem Zeitraum zusammen und rekonstruieren daraus den Anteil für Forschung und Entwicklung. Anhand von Publikations- und...