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Ethics of technology is not only about avoiding “bad” outcomes. We should also focus on the positive: how to innovate technologies that contribute to the good life and enhance social values?
Research profile
Andreas Spahn is an associate professor with the Philosophy& Ethics research group at the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. His research focusses on ethics of technology, particularly ethics of energy technologies. He has worked and published on ethics of behavior change technologies and persuasive technologies, ethics of energy systems, and environmental ethics.
The transition towards sustainability requires both technological innovations and a change of user behavior. How can we design technologies in a way that they meet our social values, such as sustainability and well-being? How can we persuade users to change their behavior? What are the ethical limits to technological persuasion?
Academic background
Andreas Spahn studied at the University of Essen (Germany) and at the University of Notre-Dame (Indiana, USA). In 2007, after obtaining his doctorate at the Ruhr-Universität-Bochum (Germany), Dr. Spahn moved to Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e, the Netherlands), where he was appointed as assistant professor with the Philosophy& Ethics research group at the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. He is the author of many articles and book chapters on ethics of technology, ethics of behavior change and environmental ethics.
He has contributed to numerous research projects on persuasive technologies (NWO 2009-2013; NWO 2013-2014), energy technologies (NWO 2011-2015; 2014-current), and questions of co-creation in energy technologies (EU Horizon 2020, 2018-current). The Horizon 2020 project SCALINGS investigates the role that moral values play in co-creation processes of urban energy technologies. Dr. Spahn was member of the management team of 4TU.Ethics (2014-2017) is currently chairing the taskforce sustainability of 4TU.Ethics.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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ESDiT: Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (ESDiT)
Müller, V. C. (Project Manager), Spahn, A. (Project communication officer), van der Puil, R. (Project member), Frank, L. E. (Project communication officer), Bombaerts, G. (Project communication officer), Nickel, P. J. (Project communication officer), O'Neill, E. (Project communication officer), Royakkers, L. M. M. (Project communication officer), IJsselsteijn, W. A. (Project Manager), Hummel, P. (Project member), Dennis, M. (Project communication officer), IJsselsteijn, W. A. (Project Manager), Sullivan, E. (Project member), Perugia, G. (Project communication officer), Matzat, U. (Project communication officer), Dennis, M. (Project member), Spahn, A. (Project Manager), IJsselsteijn, W. A. (Project member), Royakkers, L. M. M. (Project member), Müller, V. C. (Project member), Sullivan, E. (Project member), van der Puil, R. (Project member), Dennis, M. (Project member), Hummel, P. (Project member), Perugia, G. (Project member), Bombaerts, G. (Project member), Frank, L. E. (Project member), Nickel, P. J. (Project member) & Bahçeci, B. (Project member)
1/01/19 → 31/12/28
Project: Second tier
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Scaling up Co-creation: Avenues and Limits for Integrating Society in Science and Innovation
Bombaerts, G. (Project Manager), Tsui, S. (Project member), Astola, M. (Project member), Laes, E. J. W. (Project member), Wieczorek, A. J. (Contact Person invoices), Benckhuijsen-Mertens, P. (Contact Person invoices), Reymen, I. M. M. J. (Contact Person invoices), Martin, D. A. (Project member), Royakkers, L. M. M. (Project member) & Spahn, A. (Project member)
1/05/18 → 31/07/21
Project: Research direct
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Impuls projects between TU Eindhoven, RWS, and PON
Oldenziel, R. (Project Manager), Dekker, H.-J. (Project member), Petzer, B. (Project member), Bek, P. K. B. (Project member), Sun, Q. (Project member), Jeekel, J. F. (Project member), Verbong, G. P. J. (Project member), Veraart, F. C. A. (Project member), Wieczorek, A. J. (Project member), Spahn, A. (Project member) & Kalmbach, K. (Project member)
16/12/15 → 31/12/20
Project: Research direct
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Developing and Implementing Smart Grids in India
Spahn, A. (Project member), Höffken, J. I. (Project Manager), Verbong, G. P. J. (Contact Person invoices) & Pols, A. J. K. (Contact Person invoices)
1/05/15 → 31/01/20
Project: Research direct
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Wise Choices and Smart Savings: Effectiveness and Acceptability of Persuasive technology for Household Energy Saving (MORALPT)
Spahn, A. (Project Manager)
31/01/13 → 31/01/14
Project: Research direct
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"The first generation to end poverty and the last to save the planet?"-Western individualism, human rights and the value of nature in the ethics of global sustainable development
Spahn, A., 3 Jun 2018, In: Sustainability. 10, 6, 16 p., 1853.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Design for the values of democracy and justice
Pols, A. J. K. & Spahn, A., 2015, Handbook of Ethics, Values and Technology Design. Hoven, van den, J., Vermaas, P. & Poel, van de, I. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer, p. 335-363 29 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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Why and how should we represent future generations in policymaking?
Beyleveld, D., Düwell, M. & Spahn, A., 2015, In: Jurisprudence. 6, 3, p. 549-566Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Can technology make us happy? : ethics, spectator's happiness and the value of achievement
Spahn, A., 2015, Well-being in contemporary society. Søraker, J. H., Rijt, van der, J.-W., Boer, de, J., Wong, P.-H. & Breij, P. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer, p. 93-113 21 p. (Happiness Studies Book Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
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And lead us (not) into persuasion…? : persuasive technology and the ethics of communication
Spahn, A., 2012, In: Science and Engineering Ethics. 18, 4, p. 633-650Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
87 Citations (Scopus)15 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Best Teacher Award
Spahn, A. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Best Teacher Award
Spahn, A. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Best Teacher Award
Spahn, A. (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Best Teacher Award
Spahn, A. (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Activities
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Attention as practice. Virtue ethical and Buddhist responses to attention controlling technologies
Bombaerts, G. (Speaker), Anderson, J. (Speaker), Dennis, M. J. (Speaker), Frank, L. E. (Speaker), Gerola, A. (Speaker), Hannes, T. (Speaker), Hopster, J. K. G. (Speaker), Marin, L. (Speaker) & Spahn, A. (Speaker)
6 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
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Intercultural ethics and the design of the attention economy
Bombaerts, G. (Speaker), Anderson, J. (Speaker), Dennis, M. J. (Speaker), Frank, L. E. (Speaker), Hopster, J. K. G. (Speaker), Hannes, T. (Speaker) & Spahn, A. (Speaker)
27 Jan 2022 → 28 Jan 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
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Technikgeschichte (Journal)
Hessler, M. (Guest editor), Hitzer, B. (Guest editor), Kalmbach, K. (Guest editor), Schmidt, A. (Guest editor) & Spahn, A. (Guest editor)
2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
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The Multifaceted Relationship between Fear and Technology,
Kalmbach, K. (Organiser) & Spahn, A. (Organiser)
10 Oct 2018 → 12 Oct 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Conference › Scientific
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Ethical Challenges Raised by Behaviour Change Technologies
Frank, L. (Speaker), Spahn, A. (Speaker) & Anderson, J. (Speaker)
21 Feb 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific