News, media & events News & Media Appearances Open menu Search 23 results Open menu 09 November 2023 Profile of a Safety & Security Researcher: Britte Bouchaut Read more 09 November 2023 Is Safety Culture a Matter for the Workplace, Not Science? Read more 09 November 2023 Reflection: Safety and Security in a Changing World Read more 03 July 2023 Safer railway system through new incident and accident investigation methodology Rail freight and passenger transport is expected to continue to grow. This poses risks to the safety of rail workers, passengers and people living near railways. To prevent accidents and incidents, a well-functioning safety management system is essential. Bart Accou, TU Delft PhD student and Head of Safety & Operations at the European Union Agency for Railways, developed a new method to investigate incidents and accidents in a structured way: SAfety FRactal ANalysis (SAFRAN). Read more 19 June 2023 More openness benefits safety and effectiveness at Defence Within the Defence organisation, safety is paramount. To ensure this safety, employees are expected to work according to protocols. Research by TU Delft PhD student and Aviation psychologist Leonie Boskeljon shows that for employees in the field, working according to rules does not always improve safety and effectiveness. Read more Page 1 Page 2 You are on page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Science Stories Reading time: 5 min How TU Delft is contributing to the healthcare transition Surgery waiting lists are getting longer, healthcare staff shortages have never been more dire, and the population is aging rapidly. Rigorous changes in the healthcare sector will be needed in order to avoid even greater problems in the future. reading time: 3 min Blame culture an obstacle to safety in the chemical sector Everyone knows small mistakes can have large consequences. Yet when things go wrong in the chemical industry the results can be disastrous, as the recent incident in Beirut shows. Genserik Reniers, Professor of Safety of Hazardous Materials at TU Delft, wants to put safety on the map better than today, in order for human suffering and economic losses to be minimised as much as possible: ‘There's a lot we can achieve relatively easy.’ More science stories Events Open menu 03 June 2024 09:00 till 05 June 2024 17:00 Safe by Design | PhD & Postdoc Course 2024 Read more 22 November 2023 20:00 till 22:00 Van Hasselt lecture: existential catastrophe multigenerational view Many people now believe that there is a significant risk of an existential catastrophe befalling humanity within the next century. Assuming this conviction is well-founded, how should we respond? Read more 07 November 2023 11:00 till 17:00 Save the date: Official launch of the TPM Institute for Health Systems Science After months of smaller events, lots of networking, and building momentum for Health & Care at TPM, we are now ready to officially launch the Institute for Health Systems Science. Read more More events Share this page: Facebook Linkedin Twitter Email WhatsApp Share this page