Project Leader
Vári, Anna
Coordinator
Martin Patel, Utrecht University, Department of Science, Technology and Society / Copernicus Institute
Consortium members
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Beneficiary name |
Beneficiary short name |
Country |
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Utrecht University, Department of Science, Technology and Society / Copernicus Institute |
UU |
Netherlands |
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
NTNU |
Norway |
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Technical University of Denmark |
DTU |
Denmark |
|
Dialogik |
Dialogik |
Germany |
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Ecological Economics and Management Centre – Foundation of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon |
UNL |
Portugal |
|
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich |
ETH |
Switzerland |
|
Institut Symlog |
SYMLOG |
France |
|
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Finnish Environment Institute |
SYKE |
Finland |
|
Gent University |
UG |
Belgium |
|
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
IIASA |
Austria |
|
Hungarian Academy of Sciences Institute of Sociology (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia) |
MTA |
Hungary |
|
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
UAB |
Spain |
|
Pré Consultancy |
PRE |
Netherlands |
|
GreenDeltaTC |
GD |
Germany |
|
FORTH |
FORTH |
Greece |
|
Solvay |
Solvay |
Belgium |
|
OWS |
Organic Waste Systems |
Belgium |
|
Nokia |
Nokia |
Finland |
|
Tolsa |
Tolsa |
Spain |
|
HeiQ Materials AG |
HeiQ |
Switzerland |
|
Paul Scherrer Institute |
PSI |
Switzerland |
|
Sony Ericsson |
Sony Ericsson |
Sweden |
|
DSM |
DSM |
Netherlands |
|
Radboud University Nijmegen |
RU |
Netherlands |
Participants (Institute of Sociology, HAS)
Vári, Anna
Ferencz, Zoltán
Kárpáti, Zoltán
The research
The main goal of PROSUITE is to develop a coherent, scientifically sound, and widely accepted methodology for the sustainability assessment of current and future technologies over their life cycle. This project will be specific by delivering actual sustainability estimates for four technology cases with close consultation of the stakeholders involved. The project will show (i) how to combine technology forecasting methods with life cycle approaches, (ii) how to develop and combine the three sustainability dimensions in a standardized, comprehensive, and feasible way.
The project started in November 2009, therefore it is too early to evaluate the work. The first step has been the review of the literature associated with sustainability indicators. The MTA SZKI team is expected to explore social sustainability indicators of new technologies, with special regard to the Central-East European context.
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