Dr. U. (Udo) Pesch

Profile

I am associate professor in ethics of technology at the department of Values, Technology and Innovation of the faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at the TU Delft. I studied philosophy of technology, science and society at the University of Twente and got my PhD in 2005 at the University of Leiden. I have been working in Delft since 2008. I started at the Section for Technology Dynamics and Sustainable Development (TDO) and in 2013 I have become a member of the Section of Ethics and Philosophy of Innovation (EPT).

I am the chair of the human research ethics committee (HREC) of the university and member of the TPM Energy Transition Lab. I teach Technology Dynamics in the Management of Technology Programme at TPM and Engineering ethics for Aerospace engineers.

Research

I have a strong multidisciplinary background in philosophy, policy science, political theory and innovation studies. My main focus is on the democratization of infrastructures, most notably within the context of the energy transition. Other disciplinary interests include responsible innovation, participatory decision-making, environmental politics, public policy, and ethics. My recently published work includes articles on energy justice, sustainable innovation and moral emotions. He has published a wide range of articles and book chapters, among others in Social Studies of Science (SSS), Science, Technology & Human Values (STHV), the Journal of Responsible Innovation (JRI), Science and Engineering Ethics (SEE), and Technological Forecasting and Social Change (TFSC).

MOT 1412 – Technology Dynamics
WM 0324 – Ethics and Technology for Aerospace Engineering

Pesch, U. (2020). Making sense of the self: an integrative framework for moral agency. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 50(1), 119-130. doi:10.1111/jtsb.12230
Pesch, U., Huijts, N. M. A., Bombaerts, G., Doorn, N., & Hunka, A. (2020). Creating ‘Local Publics’: Responsibility and Involvement in Decision-Making on Technologies with Local Impacts. Science and Engineering Ethics. doi:10.1007/s11948-020-00199-0
Pesch, U., & Vermaas, P. E. (2020). The Wickedness of Rittel and Webber’s Dilemmas. Administration & Society, 52(6), 960-979.
Pesch, U., Spekkink, W., & Quist, J. (2019). Local sustainability initiatives: innovation and civic engagement in societal experiments European Planning Studies, 27(2), 300-317. doi:10.1080/09654313.2018.1464549
Pesch, U., & Ishmaev, G. (2019). Fictions and frictions: Promises, transaction costs and the innovation of network technologies. Social Studies of Science, 49(2), 264-277. doi:10.1177/0306312719838339
Pesch, U. (2019). Elusive publics in energy projects: The politics of localness and energy democracy. Energy Research & Social Science, 56, 101225. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2019.101225
Pesch, U., Correljé, A., Cuppen, E., & Taebi, B. (2017). Energy justice and controversies: Formal and informal assessment in energy projects. Energy Policy. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.06.040
Pesch, U., Vernay, A.-L., van Bueren, E., & Pandis Iverot, S. (2017). Niche entrepreneurs in urban systems integration: On the role of individuals in niche formation. Environment and Planning A, 0308518X17705383.
Pesch, U. (2015). Tracing discursive space: Agency and change in sustainability transitions. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 90, Part B(0), 379-388. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2014.05.009
Pesch, U., Huitema, D., & Hisschemöller, M. (2012). A Boundary Organization and its Changing Environment: The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency MNP. Environment and Planning C, 30, 487-503.

More publications

Pesch, U. (2005). The Predicaments of Publicness. An Inquiry into the Conceptual Ambiguity of Public Administration. Delft: Eburon.
Pesch, U. (2017). Het leven in de vrije stad

Dr. ir. Udo Pesch

Associate professor

+31 15 27 88484
u.pesch@tudelft.nl
Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management

Building 31

Room number: B4.200

Department:
Values, Technology and Innovation

Section:
Ethics/Philosophy of Technology
Energy Transition Lab, MT Member

Research interests:
_{Design for values
Management of responsible innovation
Sustainable innovation
The role of the public in the energy transition
Energy controversies}

Additional information

Dr.ir. U. Pesch

publications

Publications in Pure

subjects

2009 - Mathematical Modelling and Society

Code: WM0935TU ECTS Points: 3

2009 - Project Design 1

Code: MTP208 ECTS Points: 7

2009 - Ontwerpen 2 (incl. duurzaamheid)

Code: MT3401 ECTS Points: 3

2008 - Ontwerpen 2 (incl. duurzaamheid)

Code: MT3401 ECTS Points: 3

2008 - Business in Sociological Perspective

Code: WM0404TU ECTS Points: 3

2008 - Project Design 1

Code: MTP208 ECTS Points: 7

2011 - Ontwerpen 2 (incl. duurzaamheid)

Code: MT3401 ECTS Points: 3

2009 - Technology Dynamics for Sustainable Innovation

Code: MOT1410 ECTS Points: 6

2010 - Mathematical Modelling and Society

Code: WM0935TU ECTS Points: 3

2010 - Ontwerpen 2 (incl. duurzaamheid)

Code: MT3401 ECTS Points: 3

2010 - Technology Dynamics

Code: MOT1411 ECTS Points: 4

2011 - Mathematical Modelling and Society

Code: WM0935TU ECTS Points: 3

2011 - Technology Dynamics

Code: MOT1411 ECTS Points: 4

2011 - Engineering for Sustainable Development

Code: WM0939TU ECTS Points: 5

2010 - Engineering for Sustainable Development

Code: WM0939TU ECTS Points: 5

2014 - Technology Assessment: Technology, Society, Sustainability

Code: WM0909TU ECTS Points: 3

2013 - Technology Dynamics

Code: MOT1411 ECTS Points: 4

2014 - Mathematical Modelling and Society

Code: WM0935TU ECTS Points: 3

2013 - Philosophy, Technology Assessment and Ethics for CIE

Code: WM0312CIE ECTS Points: 4

2013 - Design Special Subjects

Code: MT3407 ECTS Points: 4

2013 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2014 - Philosophy, Technology Assessment and Ethics for CIE

Code: WM0312CIE ECTS Points: 4

2014 - Technology Dynamics

Code: MOT1412 ECTS Points: 5

2012 - Mathematical Modelling and Society

Code: WM0935TU ECTS Points: 3

2012 - Philosophy, Technology Assessment and Ethics for CIE

Code: WM0312CIE ECTS Points: 4

2012 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2014 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2015 - Technology Dynamics

Code: MOT1412 ECTS Points: 5

2015 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2015 - Philosophy, Technology Assessment and Ethics for CIE

Code: WM0312CIE ECTS Points: 4

2012 - Engineering for Sustainable Development

Code: WM0939TU ECTS Points: 5

2012 - Technology Dynamics

Code: MOT1411 ECTS Points: 4

2013 - Engineering for Sustainable Development

Code: WM0939TU ECTS Points: 5

2012 - Design Special Subjects

Code: MT3407 ECTS Points: 4

2013 - Technology Assessment: Technology, Society, Sustainability

Code: WM0909TU ECTS Points: 3

2016 - Technology Dynamics

Code: MOT1412 ECTS Points: 5

2017 - Philosophy, Technology Assessment and Ethics for CIE

Code: WM0312CIE ECTS Points: 4

2017 - CoSEM Master Thesis

Code: SEN2331 ECTS Points: 30

2017 - Responsible Innovation

Code: SPM9239 ECTS Points: 3

2017 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2017 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2017 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2017 - Technology Dynamics

Code: MOT1412 ECTS Points: 5

2017 - Technology Dynamics

Code: MOT1412 ECTS Points: 5

2017 - Philosophy, Technology Assessment and Ethics for CIE

Code: WM0312CIE ECTS Points: 4

2016 - Technology Dynamics

Code: MOT1412 ECTS Points: 5

2016 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2016 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2016 - Philosophy, Technology Assessment and Ethics for CIE

Code: WM0312CIE ECTS Points: 4

2018 - Philosophy, Technology Assessment and Ethics for CIE

Code: WM0312CIE ECTS Points: 4

2018 - Philosophy, Technology Assessment and Ethics for CIE

Code: WM0312CIE ECTS Points: 4

2018 - CoSEM Master Thesis

Code: SEN2331 ECTS Points: 30

2015 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2018 - Technology Dynamics

Code: MOT1412 ECTS Points: 5

2018 - Technology Dynamics

Code: MOT1412 ECTS Points: 5

2018 - Responsible Innovation

Code: SPM9239 ECTS Points: 3

2018 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2018 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2018 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2019 - Water Ethics

Code: TPM002A ECTS Points: 3

2019 - Water Ethics

Code: TPM003A ECTS Points: 5

2020 - Technology Dynamics

Code: MOT1412 ECTS Points: 5

2020 - Technology Dynamics

Code: MOT1412 ECTS Points: 5

2020 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2020 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2020 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2020 - Water Ethics

Code: TPM003A ECTS Points: 5

2020 - Responsible Innovation

Code: SPM9239 ECTS Points: 3

2020 - Water Ethics

Code: TPM002A ECTS Points: 3

2019 - Philosophy, Technology Assessment and Ethics for CIE

Code: WM0312CIE ECTS Points: 4

2019 - Responsible Innovation

Code: SPM9239 ECTS Points: 3

2019 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2019 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2019 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Points: 3

2019 - Technology Dynamics

Code: MOT1412 ECTS Points: 5

2019 - Technology Dynamics

Code: MOT1412 ECTS Points: 5

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