Science, Technology and Policy Studies (STəPS)

Faculty of Business Administration and Technology

Section head: prof. dr. N.E.J.Oudshoorn

Website: http://www.mb.utwente.nl/steps/

Keywords: constructive technology assessment; user-centred design; user-initiated innovation

The research of the Centre within CTIT aims to understand how the future use of information and communication technologies (ICT) is anticipated during the design and implementation of the technology in order to understand the successes and failures of technological innovations. This research builds on recent insights that successful technological innovation requires a dynamic process of continuous interactions between the design of ICT and the contexts of use. Researchers at the centre have developed a specific methodology (constructive technology assessment, CTA) to facilitate the integration of social criteria in the development of technology. Current research projects focus on the construction of the user in governmental electronic services; the dynamics of user-initiated innovation in open-source software; privacy and security aspects of ICT in health care; and changing configurations of innovation and care in telemedicine.

Key persons: prof.dr. N.E.J.Oudshoorn; dr. E.C.J. van Oost

Projects:

National funding:

o	Social robots. Expectations and repertoires

o	Telemonitoring technologies and changing pratices of care

o	Living Lab as new innovation practice. Learning about technology in daily practices (vacancy)

o	Telecare at home: Anticipating conflicting norms in telemonitoring technologies for chronic patients

o	The socio-spatial effects of video-surveillance in urban nightlife districts

Presentation User-technology relations in ICTs (presentation for CTIT Management, February 2009)