Austrian Institute of Technology
Michael Bernstein is a scientist at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and Assistant Research Professor at Arizona State University. He applies descriptive and participatory social science research methods to align research and innovation with long-term societal interests, like sustainability. He currently focuses on ethical assessment of new and emerging technologies for the EC-funded TechEthos project, and developing strategic planning tools to support business innovation for social value (The Global KAITEKI Center). From 2017-2019 he served as a work-package leader of the NewHoRRIzon project to assess and advance responsible research and innovation across European R&I funding.