The goal of technology assessment (TA) is to lend support to society and policy making by
promoting understanding of the problems related to the grand sociotechnical challenges of our
time as well as to assess the available options for managing them. Researchers from Japan and
Europe reflected together in this book on country-specific developments to identify the
conditions that must be present to anchor TA in science politics and society. This book helps
us to learn about different cultures.
