Title :
Systems analysis as interactive construction: how to distinguish between reliable results and nonsense?
Author_Institution :
Res. Centre, Inst. for Technol. Assess. & Syst. Anal., Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
The quality assurance of integrative and interdisciplinary research raises specific problems. It is shown that results of systems analysis-being considered as a tool for integrative research in technology assessment-depend on a manifold of preempirical decisions which are made due to ethically, politically or socially relevant criteria. This fact leads to the necessity for interactivity in designing integrative projects
Keywords :
professional aspects; quality control; social aspects of automation; systems analysis; ethics; interdisciplinary research; politics; quality assurance; social aspects; systems analysis; technology assessment; Air pollution; Environmental factors; Marine pollution; Oceans; Ontologies; Problem-solving; Protection; Quality assessment; Quality assurance; Water pollution;
Conference_Titel :
Technology and Society, 2000. University as a Bridge from Technology to Society. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5803-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISTAS.2000.915596
