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The drive for autonomous technology spans from workplaces to personal lives, promising breakthroughs in safety, healthcare, and daily conveniences. But this raises a crucial question: What happens to human autonomy? And how to enhance it through design? Historically seen as a tool to enhance our freedom, today’s technology risks undermining human control and agency.

Apps such as Google Maps, Apple Maps and Waze can tell drivers when they are approaching speed cameras or random breath testing stations. Countries such as Germany, France and Switzerland have banned apps from displaying these enforcement locations. But what effect are these apps having in Australia – are they helping drivers break road rules? Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios, expert on responsible risk management, explains in this article.

How can we make room for innovation in the chemical sector while making sure that new chemicals and chemical processes are safe and sustainable? The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (I&W) and Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) have just published a collection of eleven essays by experts. Two of them were written by TU Delft researchers.

Safety and security sciences boast a rich and multidisciplinary history of nearly two centuries of intriguing and impactful research and development. Nevertheless, these fields are still on the fringe of formal scientific recognition and public awareness of their influence on daily life remains limited. The TU Delft Section of Safety and Security Science (Department of Values, Technology, and Innovation) created a series of enlightening posters to help remedy this.

Eleonora Papadimiriou and Justin Dauwels about their personal connection with the TU Delft Safety & Security Institute, whether security and safety concerns are sufficiently addressed by engineers and the plans for the institute in the coming years.

In June 2024 TU Delft Safety & Security Institute will again organize its annual course for young scholars (PhD students and postdocs) on the safe (& sustainable) by design approach.

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?

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.