Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS)

About: Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Life-cycle assessment & Sustainability. The organization has 167 authors who have published 318 publications receiving 6738 citations.

The Olympia Declaration.

Abstract: Yannis P. Pitsiladis, MMEDSci, PhD; Manolis Abatzis-Papadopoulos, MD, MSc; Nemer Ali, MD; Stelios Aggeloudis, LLB; Caroline Atkinson, BSc, MBA; Beatrice Constandache, MD; Yuri Ganus, ML, MEng; Nikos Geladas, PhD; Savvas I. Giakoumakis, MD, PhD; Rüştü Güner, MD, PhD, PhD; David Howman, BA, LLB; Giscard Humberto Oliveira Lima, MSc; Evgeny Khristenko, MSA; Maria Koskolou, PhD; Vassilis Klissouras, BSc, MSc, DPE; Miltos Ladikas, PhD; Sigmund Loland, PhD; Michael J. McNamee, PhD; Borja Muñiz Pardos, PhD; Konstantinos Natsis, MD, PhD, BSc, FFIMS, FEBSM; Peter Nicholson, LLM, MBA; Jonathan Ospina Betancurt, PhD; Konstantinos Angeloudis, MSc, BSc; Evangelos Pappas, MD, PhD, MSc; Maksim Peteraitis, BA; Andrea Petróczi, PhD, PhD; Theodora Papadopoulou, PhD, MD; Fabio Pigozzi, MD, PhD; Martial Saugy, PhD; Perikles Simon, MD, PhD; Patrick Singleton, BA; Ekaterina Sizikova, MMS; Pierre-Edouard Sottas, PhD; Masashi Tanaka, PhD, MD; Guan Wang, PhD; and Huanming Yang, PhD

Life Cycle Assessment in Chemical and Micro Reaction Engineering

Abstract: Life cycle assessment (LCA) has become increasingly popular in chemical industry as a standardized methodology for analysis of the environmental impact of products during their whole life cycle. Changes in process design by novel approaches like micro reaction engineering and the respective influence on the use of life cycle assessment are reviewed. The available literature on LCA in early research and development is comprehensively explored for conventional chemical and micro reaction engineering.

Identity Politics: Participatory Research and Its Challenges Related to Social and Epistemic Control

Abstract: Over the past 20 years, the participation of laypersons or representatives of civil society has become a guiding principle in processes of research and innovation. There is now a significant litera...

Understanding social processes of shopping destination choice - An approach to model stability and variability

Abstract: Transport systems are affected by fundamental technical and social dynamics. For planners and researchers, travel demand models are an important tool to gain insights into possible effects of these dynamics and to find appropriate ways of dealing with them. However, most state-of-the-art travel demand models underestimate social aspects of travel choices, which we consider essential for understanding stability and variability of travel behavior. Based on a qualitative interview study, the paper presents an interdisciplinary approach to consider social aspects for modeling shopping destination choice. Starting point for our considerations is that people are social beings, moving around to build and maintain relationships, and that these relationships only unfold in relation to overall sociotechnical structures. The interview study provides evidence for relationships between stores and customers. Relationships can be distinguished in two dimensions. First, in terms of the nature of a relationship: having a relationship either with the owner of a specific store or towards specific brands. Second, in terms of the meaning: if the relationships is perceived meaningfull or obligatory. Findings are represented in a first modeling approach. The results show that the more seldom relationships to owners of a store can be modeled easily, while the more typical relationships to brands require further research.