Dr.ir. B. (Behnam) Taebi

Profile

Behnam Taebi is Associate Professor in ethics of technology and Scientific Director of the Safety & Security Institute at Delft University of Technology. He is also affiliated with Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University (2014-2020). Taebi studied Material Science and Engineering (2006) and received his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Technology (2010). His research interests are in energy ethics, risk governance, responsible research and innovation (RRI) and engineering ethics.

Taebi is the co-Editor-in-Chief of Science and Engineering Ethics. He has further guest edited (and co-edited) several special issues of a number of leading journal, and a volume on The Ethics of Nuclear Energy, published with Cambridge University Press (2015). He is currently writing a monograph on Ethics and Engineering (under contract with Cambridge University Press).

Taebi is a member of The Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (in Dutch: DJA-KNAW) and a member of the OECD Expert Group on ‘Transdisciplinary Research for Addressing Global Challenges’.

Research

His research interests are in energy ethics, nuclear ethics, responsible innovation and engineering ethics.

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

More publications

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, 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

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Behnam Taebi

Associate Professor

+31 15 27 87511
B.Taebi@tudelft.nl
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}

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Dr.ir. B. Taebi

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2007 - Ethics and Engineering

Code: WM0320TN ECTS Punten: 3

2007 - Ethics and Engineering

Code: WM0329TU ECTS Punten: 6

2009 - Milieufilosofie

Code: WM0346TU ECTS Punten: 4

2008 - Milieufilosofie

Code: WM0321TU ECTS Punten: 3

2009 - Project Construeren en Sterkte 2

Code: MTP207 ECTS Punten: 5

2008 - Milieufilosofie

Code: WM0321TU ECTS Punten: 3

2008 - Project Construeren en Sterkte 2

Code: MTP207 ECTS Punten: 5

2010 - Project Construeren en Sterkte 2

Code: MTP207 ECTS Punten: 5

2010 - Milieufilosofie

Code: WM0346TU ECTS Punten: 4

2010 - Debates and Highlights in Climate Change

Code: WM0352TU ECTS Punten: 3

2010 - Climate Ethics

Code: WM0353TU ECTS Punten: 3

2010 - Climate Ethics (Advanced)

Code: WM0354TU ECTS Punten: 6

2010 - Introduction Values and Technology

Code: WM0336TU ECTS Punten: 3

2011 - Climate Ethics

Code: WM0353TU ECTS Punten: 3

2011 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Punten: 3

2011 - Societal Perspectives on Urban Climate Change

Code: WM0356TU ECTS Punten: 3

2011 - Climate Change: Science & Ethics

Code: CIE4510 ECTS Punten: 4

2011 - Technology Development and Impact Assessment

Code: EPA1132 ECTS Punten: 5

2011 - Shaping our Energy Future(s): Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Future of Energy

Code: WM0333TU ECTS Punten: 5

2014 - Technology Development and Impact Assessment

Code: EPA1132 ECTS Punten: 5

2014 - Renewable Energy

Code: SET4011TU ECTS Punten: 5

2013 - Climate change: science and ethics

Code: CIE4613 ECTS Punten: 5

2013 - Climate Change: Science & Ethics

Code: CIE4510 ECTS Punten: 4

2013 - Climate Ethics

Code: WM0353TU ECTS Punten: 3

2012 - Climate change: science and ethics

Code: CIE4613 ECTS Punten: 5

2013 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Punten: 3

2013 - Technology Development and Impact Assessment

Code: EPA1132 ECTS Punten: 5

2012 - Ethics and Engineering for Aerospace Engineering

Code: WM0324LR ECTS Punten: 3

2015 - Climate Ethics

Code: WM0353TU ECTS Punten: 3

2015 - Technology Development and Impact Assessment

Code: EPA1132 ECTS Punten: 5

2013 - Renewable Energy

Code: SET3012 ECTS Punten: 4

2013 - Renewable Energy

Code: SET4011TU ECTS Punten: 5

2012 - Climate Ethics

Code: WM0353TU ECTS Punten: 3

2011 - Shaping our Energy Future(s): Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Future of Energy

Code: WM0333TU ECTS Punten: 5

2012 - Climate Change: Science & Ethics

Code: CIE4510 ECTS Punten: 4

2012 - Technology Development and Impact Assessment

Code: EPA1132 ECTS Punten: 5

2017 - Climate Change: Science & Ethics

Code: CIE4510 ECTS Punten: 4

2017 - Ethics and Impacts of Global Interventions

Code: EPA1133 ECTS Punten: 5

2015 - Climate Change: Science & Ethics

Code: CIE4510 ECTS Punten: 4

2017 - Ethics and Impacts of Global Interventions

Code: EPA1133 ECTS Punten: 5

2017 - Ethics and Impacts of Global Interventions

Code: EPA1133 ECTS Punten: 5

2017 - Climate Ethics

Code: WM0353TU ECTS Punten: 3

2015 - Renewable Energy

Code: SET4011TU ECTS Punten: 5

2016 - Ethics and Impacts of Global Interventions

Code: EPA1133 ECTS Punten: 5

2016 - Climate Ethics

Code: WM0353TU ECTS Punten: 3

2016 - Climate Change: Science & Ethics

Code: CIE4510 ECTS Punten: 4

2018 - Climate Change: Science & Ethics

Code: CIE4510 ECTS Punten: 4

2018 - Climate Ethics

Code: WM0353TU ECTS Punten: 3

2018 - Ethics and Impacts of Global Interventions

Code: EPA1133 ECTS Punten: 5

2018 - Ethics and Impacts of Global Interventions

Code: EPA1133 ECTS Punten: 5

2018 - Ethics and Impacts of Global Interventions

Code: EPA1133 ECTS Punten: 5

2015 - Renewable Energy

Code: SET3012 ECTS Punten: 4

2015 - Climate change: science and ethics

Code: CIE4613 ECTS Punten: 5

2020 - Verantwoord omgaan met risico en veiligheid

Code: TBM015A ECTS Punten: 3

2019 - Verantwoord omgaan met risico en veiligheid

Code: TBM015A ECTS Punten: 3

2020 - Ethics and Impacts of Global Interventions

Code: EPA1133 ECTS Punten: 5

2019 - Ethics and Impacts of Global Interventions

Code: EPA1133 ECTS Punten: 5

2020 - Climate Change: Science & Ethics

Code: CIE4510 ECTS Punten: 4

2020 - Climate Change: Science and Ethics

Code: CIE4510-20 ECTS Punten: 4

2019 - Climate Change: Science & Ethics

Code: CIE4510 ECTS Punten: 4

2020 - Climate Ethics

Code: WM0353TU ECTS Punten: 3

2019 - Climate Ethics

Code: WM0353TU ECTS Punten: 3

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