T.N. (Tom) Coggins
Profile
Tom Coggins is a PhD candidate working on the research line ‘Design for value change in robot systems and artificial intelligence’ within the project ‘Designing for Value Change’. For his PhD research, Tom is investigating the impact self-driving cars and socially adaptive electronic partners have on normative value systems.
Research
Before joining TU Delft in 2019, he completed a research masters in philosophy at the University of Amsterdam and a bachelors degree in philosophy at Anglia Ruskin University. Throughout his studies, he has focused on ethics and the philosophy of technology. His master’s thesis examined the ontological role technology plays within the work of Gilbert Simondon and Karl Marx.

Tom Coggins
PhD Candidate
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Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management
Building 31
Room number: B4.090
Department:
Values, Technology and Innovation
Section:
Ethics/Philosophy of Technology
Research interests:
Design for values
Artificial Intelligence
Robot Ethics
Ethics of AI