Belarus, like many countries around the world, faces the challenge of diversifying its energy mix and enhancing its energy security while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions. One of its priorities is to lower its heavy reliance on natural gas imports from Russia by producing more low-emission...

Oil exports play a major role in the economic development of Kazakhstan, the largest petroleum producer in Central Asia. But the country’s vast plains also hold significant renewable energy potential that remains largely untouched, particularly solar and wind power. This major potential could...

To reduce its heavy dependence on imported fossil fuels, achieve its ambitious climate goals and meet growing energy demand, the Moroccan government has launched a comprehensive plan to increase the share of renewable energy and improve energy efficiency. It set a target of 42% of its installed...

Die Begriffe der Inter- und Transdisziplinarität prägen die Beschreibung der modernen Wissenschaft. Vor dem Hintergrund eines kurzen historischen Rückblicks wird mit Blick auf die gegenwärtige Wissenschaft die These entwickelt, dass wir sowohl mit dem Begriff der Inter- als auch dem der...

The public and even scientists consider prevention and promotion of technologies as technology assessments’ primary task. This view is incompatible with democracy and devoid of any scientific foundation. Evaluating the cost and benefits of a technology affords value judgements, and the...

Media, telecommunications, and computing/information systems (commonly referred to as information and communication technology, or ICT) have long been associated with economic development and social/cultural change. Historically, analyses of ICT and social change have relied on measures of the...

This essay is a result of many years of thinking about the role of technology in human life and about the ways in which new technologies develop. It may be viewed in two ways: either as a history of technology since earliest times to the present, with emphasis on ways in which technology...