Prof.dr.mr.ir. N. (Neelke) Doorn
Prof.dr.mr.ir. N. (Neelke) Doorn
Profiel
Professor Neelke Doorn is distinguished Antoni van Leeuwenhoek professor ‘Ethics of Water Engineering’ at the Department Values, Technology and Innovation and Director of Education of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management. Neelke holds master's degrees in Civil Engineering (TU Delft 1997, cum laude), Philosophy (Leiden 2005, cum laude), and Law (Open University 2016, cum laude). In May 2011, she obtained her PhD degree from the TU Delft for her thesis on Moral Responsibility in R&D Networks.
Onderzoeksinteresses
Professor Doorn's work centres around moral questions in water engineering and policy, and climate change more generally, for which she combines philosophical approaches with empirical investigations and modelling techniques.
Academische achtergrond
In 2013, professor Doorn received a personal NWO-Veni grant for her project 'The ethics of flood risk management'. In 2019, she received a personal NWO-Vidi grant for her project 'Responsibility arrangements in resilience policy for climate adaptation'. Professor Doorn is research fellow in the 10-year Gravitation project 'Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies'. In the past years, she also received multiple grants within the NWO Responsible Innovation scheme. Professor Doorn is author of Water Ethics: An Introduction published with Rowman & Littlefield in 2019, and, together with Diane Michelfelder, co-editor of The Routledge Handbook for the Philosophy of Engineering.
Expertise
Publicaties
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2022
Flexibility for intergenerational justice in climate resilience decision-making
an application on sea-level rise in the Netherlands
Jose D. Teodoro / N. Doorn / J. Kwakkel / T. Comes -
2021
Artificial intelligence in the water domain
Opportunities for responsible use
Neelke Doorn -
Media
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2017-09-21
Solidariteit moet voorop staan bij aanpak overstromingsschade
Verscheen in: Het Financieele Dagblad
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2017-05-14
Denk ook aan verliezers van transitie naar een duurzame economie
Verscheen in: Het Financieele Dagblad
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2016-11-01
Het Experiment: Bestaat het neutrale getal?
Verscheen in: Filosofie Magazine
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2016-01-31
Ethics in business and engineering
Verscheen in: Business Spotlight
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2015-10-13
Volkswagen scandal reveals design flaws: the need for value conscious design
Prijzen
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2019
Responsibility arrangements in resilience policy for climate adaptation: Developing a philosophical framework for assessing ethical acceptability and effectiveness
NWO Talent Scheme - Vidi
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2013
The ethics of flood risk management: Reconciling equity and efficiency in flood risk management
NWO Talent Scheme - Veni
Nevenwerkzaamheden
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2024-01-01 - 2025-12-31
Advisering/onderzoek en overig
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2023-09-01 - 2025-08-30
Onderwijs
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2024-01-01 - 2025-12-31
(Afval)waterbeheer en sanering
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2024-01-01 - 2025-12-31
(Afval)waterbeheer en sanering
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2023-03-01 - 2026-03-02
Openbaar bestuur, overheid, sociale verzekering