Prof.dr.ir. B. (Behnam) Taebi
Profile
Behnam Taebi is Full Professor of Energy & Climate Ethics and Scientific Director of the Safety & Security Institute at Delft University of Technology. He further leads TU Delft | The Hague, which is a university wide initiative with the aim to bring engineering knowledge closer to the heart of public policy and politics.
Taebi studied Material Science and Engineering (2006) and received his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Technology (2010). He was affiliated with Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (2014-2020) and a member of The Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (DJA-KNAW, 2016-2021). Taebi is the co-Editor-in-Chief of Science and Engineering Ethics, and co-editor a volume on The Ethics of Nuclear Energy (Cambridge University Press, 2015) and the author of a monograph on Ethics and Engineering. An Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 2021). He has further served on the OECD Expert Panel that published the report Addressing societal challenges using transdisciplinary research (OECD, 2020).
Research
His research interests are in energy ethics, nuclear ethics, responsible innovation and engineering ethics.
- Taebi, Behnam. 2021. Ethics and Engineering. An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Taebi, Behnam, Jan H. Kwakkel, and Céline Kermisch. 2020. “Governing Climate Risks in the Face of Normative Uncertainties.” WIREs Climate Change 11 (5): e666. available online
- Taebi, B. 2017. Bridging the gap between social acceptance and ethical acceptability. Risk Analysis 37 (10): 1817-1827. available online
- Doorn, N, and B. Taebi. 2018. “Rawls’ Wide Reflective Equilibrium as a Method for Engaged Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Potentials and Limitations for the Context of Technological Risks.” Science, Technology and Human Values 43 (3): 487–5
- Taebi, B. and S. Roeser, eds. 2015. The Ethics of Nuclear Energy: Risk, Justice and Democracy in the post-Fukushima Era. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. available online
- Taebi, B. and I. R. Van de Poel. 2015. Socio-technical challenges of nuclear power production and waste disposal in the post-Fukushima Era. Editors' overview. Journal of Risk Research 18 (3): 267-272. available online
- Taebi, B. and J. L. Kloosterman. 2015. Design for values in nuclear technology. In Handbook of Ethics, Values, and Technological Design: Sources, Theory, Values and Application Domains, edited by J. van den Hoven, P. Vermaas and I. Van de Poel. Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media: 805-829 available online
- Taebi, B., A. Correljé, E. Cuppen, M. Dignum and U. Pesch. 2014. Responsible innovation and an endorsement of public values: the need for interdisciplinary research. Journal of Responsible Innovation 1 (1): 118-124. available online
- Taebi, B. 2012. Multinational nuclear waste repositories and their complex issues of justice. Ethics, Policy & Environment 15 (1): 57-62. available online
- Taebi, B., S. Roeser and I. Van de Poel. 2012. The ethics of nuclear power: social experiments, intergenerational justice, and emotions. Energy Policy (51): 202-206. available online
- Taebi, B. 2011. The Morally Desirable Option for Nuclear Power Production. Philosophy & Technology 24 (2): 169-192. available online
- Taebi, B. and A.C. Kadak. 2010. Intergenerational Considerations Affecting the Future of Nuclear Power: Equity as a Framework for Assessing Fuel Cycles. Risk Analysis 30 (9):1341-1362. available online
- Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (link to: www.esdit.nl/): NWO Gravitation Program
- Ethics and Governance of Multinational Nuclear Waste Repositories, Personal Veni grant funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
- Responsible innovation: linking formal and informal assessment in decision-making on Energy projects, Joint Interdisciplinary Project (see the link below for the project team), funded in the Responsible Innovation Scheme, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
He teaches a philosophy courses on ‘Climate Ethics’ (WM0535TU) and co-teaches several interdisciplinary courses, including ‘Ethics and Impact of Global Interventions’ (EPA1133) and ‘Climate Change: Science and Ethics’ (CIE4510).
- Member of the Young Academy, part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Member the OECD Global Science Forum Expert Group on ‘Transdisciplinary Research'
- Taebi, Behnam. 2021. Ethics and Engineering. An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Taebi, B, and S Roeser, eds. 2015. The Ethics of Nuclear Energy: Risk, Justice and Democracy in the Post-Fukushima Era. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Taebi, B. and S. Roeser, eds. 2015. The Ethics of Nuclear Energy: Risk, Justice and Democracy in the post-Fukushima Era. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. available online
- Podcast: Geo-engineering de noodrem voor klimaatverandering
- Dutch) Interview met het radioprogramma De kennis van nu over de gevaren van kernenergie.
- http://www.dekennisvannu.nl/site/media/Podcast---Kernenergie/6074
- Doorn, N. and B. Taebi. Volkswagen Scandal Reveals Design Flaws: The Need for Value Conscious Design. The Huffington Post, October 13, 2015
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/behnam-taebi/volkswagen-scandal-reveal_b_8280708.html
- Taebi, B. Dutch Court Breaks Political Stalemate Over Climate Action. The Huffington Post, July 7, 2015.
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/behnam-taebi/dutch-court-breaks-politi_b_7742622.html
- Taebi, B. and M. Mayer. The Russian Nuclear Energy Proposal: An Offer You Can't Refuse. The Huffington Post, June 5, 2015.
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/behnam-taebi/the-russian-nuclear-energ_b_7519564.html
- Taebi, B. and E. Cuppen. 2015. Innovation to Tackle Climate Change Must Be Socially Responsible. Thomson Reuters Foundation, April 20, 2015.
- http://news.trust.org//item/20150420120307-djt7u/?source=jtBlogs
- Araújo, K. and B. Taebi. 2015. Where Should Nuclear Waste be Dumped? The National Interest, May 26, 2015.
- http://nationalinterest.org/feature/where-should-nuclear-waste-be-dumped-12961
- B. Taebi. 2014. The Intergenerational and International Justice Dilemmas of Multinational Nuclear Waste Repositories. Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, 7 June 2014.
- http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publications/ethics_online/0094
- B. Taebi. 2014. The Missing Debate About Nuclear Security. Reuters.com, 24 March 2014.
- http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate-uk/2014/03/24/the-missing-debate-about-nuclear-security/
- B. Taebi. 2013. Multinational repositories can address nuclear waste stockpile,Reuters.com, 25 November 2013.
- http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate-uk/2013/11/25/multinational-repositories-can-address-nuclear-waste-stockpile/
- Reprinted in The Bangkok Post, The Daily News Egypt and The Jerusalem Post.
- B. Taebi. 2010. The Burden of Nuclear Waste. The New York Times (International Herald Tribune), August 30 2010
- http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/opinion/30iht-edtaebi.html
Behnam Taebi
Full Professor
- +31 15 27 87511
- B.Taebi@tudelft.nl
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Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management
Building 31
Room number: B4.190
Department:
Values, Technology and Innovation
Section:
Ethics/Philosophy of Technology
Research interests:
Design for values
Management of responsible innovation
Responsible risk management
Energy ethics
Nuclear ethics
Responsible innovation and engineering ethics
Additional information
Prof.dr.ir. B. Taebi
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2021-08-01 - 2023-12-01
Education
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2020-01-01 - 2024-01-01
Education