Neelke Doorn

Professor Neelke Doorn is distinguished Antoni van Leeuwenhoek professor ‘Ethics of Water Engineering’ at the Department Ethics and Philosophy of Technology and Director of Education of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management. She holds master 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. Professor Doorn’s primary research is dedicated to moral questions in water governance and engineering, particularly in relation to climate change and resilience policy. In 2013, she received a personal NWO Veni grant for her project The Ethics of Flood Risk Management. In the past years, she received multiple grants within the NWO Responsible Innovation scheme and the NWO Smart Culture - Creative Cities scheme. She is also involved in several H2020 projects.