Neelke Doorn

Neelke Doorn (1973) is full professor "Ethics of Water Engineering" at the Section Ethics and Philosophy of Technology at the Technical University Delft. Neelke's current research concentrates on moral issues in technological risk and water governance, with a special focus on how a resilience approach affects the distribution of responsibilities in risk and water governance. In 2013, she was awarded a prestigious Veni-grant for outstanding researchers from the Netherlands Organization for...See more

Neelke Doorn (1973) is full professor "Ethics of Water Engineering" at the Section Ethics and Philosophy of Technology at the Technical University Delft. Neelke's current research concentrates on moral issues in technological risk and water governance, with a special focus on how a resilience approach affects the distribution of responsibilities in risk and water governance. In 2013, she was awarded a prestigious Veni-grant for outstanding researchers from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). She was shortlisted for the engineer of the year award 2014 from the Dutch professional engineering organization (KIVI) for her work on the interface of ethics and engineering. Neelke is Editor-in-Chief of Techné Research in Philosophy and Technology (Journal of the Society for Philosophy and Technology). She has authored over 70 peer reviewed publications and is regularly invited to give public talks about topics on the interface of technology, risk, and morality. See less