About EPTA
The EPTA partners advise parliaments on the possible social, economic and environmental impact of new sciences and technologies.
The common aim is to provide impartial and high quality accounts and reports of developments in issues such as for example bioethics and biotechnology, public health, environment and energy, ICTs, and R&D policy.
Such work is seen as an aid to the democratic control of scientific and technological innovations, and was pioneered in the 1970s by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of the US Congress.
EPTA aims to advance the establishment of technology assessment as an integral part of policy consulting in parliamentary decision-making processes in Europe, and to strengthen the links between TA units in Europe.
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Recent Policy Briefs from EPTA members
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Biometrics: The body as universal ID? ITA-Dossier No 55en (April 2021; Authors: Stefan Strauss, Felix Schaber, Walter Peissl) (ITA)
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How fair is the AMS Algorithm? ITA-Dossier No 52en (March 2021; Authors: Astrid Mager, Doris Allhutter) (ITA)
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La phagothérapie: médecine d’hier et de demain (OPECST)
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Strategic communications as a key factor in countering hybrid threats (STOA)
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New space – new dynamics in space exploration (TAB)
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When AI is working for us. ITA dossier no 50en Jannuary 2021; Authors: Johann Čas, Jaro Krieger-Lamina) (ITA)
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L’exposome, un défi scientifique (OPECST)
