Vol. 35 No. 2 (2026): Science fiction and technology assessment: Fiction, speculation, and the future of emerging technologies

Published: 2026-07-06

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Editorial

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  Mahmud Farooque

  3-3

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TA Focus

• TA Focus 35/2 (2026): News for the TA community

  Jonas Moosmüller

  6-7

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Special topic

• Exploring technologies through imaginary worlds: At the intersection of science fiction and technology assessment

  Wenzel Mehnert, Isabella Hermann, Andreu Belsunces Gonçalves, Lars Schmeink, Syamsuriatina Ishak

  9-15

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• What fiction does within and outside technoscience: Science fiction, fictional technofutures, and sociotechnical fictions

  Andreu Belsunces Gonçalves, Wenzel Mehnert

  16-21

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• Ectogenesis: An example of science fiction’s relevance to technology assessment

  Isabella Hermann, Christopher Coenen

  22-27

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• Beyond ‘The Circle’: Triangles, stories, and sociotechnical futures

  Nanditha Krishna, Alessandro Ianniello

  28-35

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• Science fiction in UK Advanced Air Mobility innovation: Conceptual resource and sensemaking tool

  Will Mason-Wilkes

  36-42

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• Anticipating sociotechnical and ethical challenges of future digital mental health technologies: A case for applied science fiction

  Christine Aicardi, Stephen Oram, Zoë Firth, Helen Fisher

  43-48

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• Seven science fictional affordances for technology assessment

  Joey Eschrich, Ed Finn, Ruth Wylie

  49-55

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• Beyond poetic nostalgia: Imagination and the Sinophone trajectory of speculative fiction

  Yuan Feng

  56-61

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• Between science and science fiction – the case of the Manhattan project: H. G. Wells, L. Szilard, and the nuclear narratives of World War II from U.S.A. to U.S.S.R.

  Sebastian Korenič Tratnik

  62-68

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Special topic [all articles]

• Science fiction and technology assessment: Fiction, speculation, and the future of emerging technologies

  Wenzel Mehnert, Isabella Hermann, Andreu Belsunces Gonçalves, Lars Schmeink, Syamsuriatina Ishak (Special topic editors)

  8-68

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Research

• Technology assessment meets anthropology: Technology, technological consequences, and the question of what it means to be human

  Armin Grunwald

  69-74

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• Teaching technology assessment in a learning factory environment: An educational match?

  Heike Eder, Christian Ramsauer, Kai Rüdele, Verena Schnaitter

  75-81

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Interview

• The future of space depends on the stories we tell. Interview with Arne Sönnichsen

  Isabella Hermann, Arne Sönnichsen

  82-85

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Reflections

• Meeting report: “13th Annual ASU Winter School on Emerging Technologies & 3C-AZ ‘Nuclear Waste Forms & Futures: Insights and Imagination’”. 2026, Phoenix, AZ, US

  Clemens Ackerl

  86-87

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News from the editorial office

• TATuPDates 35/2 (2026): News from the editorial office

  TATuP editorial office

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