Prof.dr.ir. B. Taebi
Prof.dr.ir. B. Taebi
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Behnam Taebi is a Professor of Energy & Climate Ethics and Scientific Director of the Climate Safety & Security Center at Delft University of Technology. He further leads TU Delft | Campus The Hague, which aims to bring engineering knowledge closer to the heart of (international) 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). He is co-editor-in-chief of Science and Engineering Ethics, co-editor of 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). Taebi is also a Member of the Netherlands Scientific Climate Council, which advises the Dutch government and Parliament on climate policy matters.
Publications
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2024
Understanding engineering ethics in countries
Towards an analytical framework
Ali Dizani / Amineh Ghorbani / Behnam Taebi / Ibo van de Poel -
2023-9-5
Climate engineering and the future of justice
Behnam Taebi / Dominic Lenzi / Lorina Buhr / Kristy Claassen / Alessio Gerola / Ben Hofbauer / Elisa Paiusco / Julia Rijssenbeek
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2023
Ethics of socially disruptive technologies
An introduction
Ibo van de Poel / Lily Eva Frank / Julia Hermann / Jeroen Hopster / Dominic Lenzi / Sven Nyholm / Behnam Taebi / Elena Ziliotti -
2023
On the Effectiveness and Legitimacy of ‘Shaming’ as a Strategy for Combatting Climate Change
Behnam Taebi / Azar Safari
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2023
Revisiting the energy justice framework
Doing justice to normative uncertainties
N. Van Uffelen / B. Taebi / Udo Pesch -
Courses 2024
Courses 2023
Media
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2023-02-28
Behnam Taebi in de media 2023
Appeared in: NOS nieuws
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2015-10-13
Volkswagen scandal reveals design flaws: the need for value conscious design
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2015-07-07
Dutch court breaks political stalemate over climate action
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2015-06-05
The Russian nuclear energy proposal: an offer you can't refuse
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2015-05-26
Where should nuclear waste be dumped
Ancillary activities
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2023-06-01 - 2024-12-31
Education
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2023-05-11 - 2025-05-11
Consultancy / research and other
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2023-03-01 - 2025-03-01
Consultancy / research and other