PhD

CV (English)

(Last updated: July 15, 2024)

Thesis Project II

Semester: 
Summer
Offered: 
2021
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Preparation and organisation of the PhD Conference on Technology Assessment

Presentation of the reviewed Thesis Plans and inclusion of preliminary results of the research made

Follow-up seminars based on the topics of the different thesis

Moniz, António Brandão. Designing a Technology Assessment post-graduation programme: experiences, limits and needs. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, IET-Research on Enterprise and Work Innovation, Faculty of Science and Technology, 2010. Abstract

The post-graduation in the field of Technology Assessment (TA) is recent and that are several and different ways to be organised. Most experiences are related with the Masters diplom level (2nd cycle of graduation in high education). Just one in PhD level is explicit in the field of TA, and some other PhD courses include also TA topics in their programme structure. In this chapter we will analyse the problems related with the design of a post-graduation (MA, MSc or PhD) programme in the field of TA using as reference some international experiences. Hereby, the main conclusion seems to address labour market needs in the specialised knowledge of TA, of technology management or technology innovation. In this sense TA should be included as “minor” into post-graduation courses which may range from engineering disciplines to social sciences. As a graduation programme it can fill an expertise gap between technicians,engineers, scientists and the strategic decision makers or policy makers.