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Persoonlijk profiel
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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 gerelateerd aan duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen van de VN
In 2015 stemden de VN-lidstaten in met 17 wereldwijde duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen (Sustainable Development Goals, SDG's) om armoede te beëindigen, de planeet te beschermen en voor iedereen welvaart te garanderen. Het werk van deze persoon draagt bij aan de volgende duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstelling(en):
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Samenwerkingen en hoofdonderzoeksgebieden uit de afgelopen vijf jaar
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ESDiT: Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (ESDiT)
Müller, V. C. (Project Manager), Spahn, A. (Project communicatie medewerker), van der Puil, R. (Projectmedewerker), Frank, L. E. (Project communicatie medewerker), Bombaerts, G. (Project communicatie medewerker), Nickel, P. J. (Project communicatie medewerker), O'Neill, E. (Project communicatie medewerker), Royakkers, L. M. M. (Project communicatie medewerker), IJsselsteijn, W. A. (Project Manager), Hummel, P. (Projectmedewerker), Dennis, M. (Project communicatie medewerker), IJsselsteijn, W. A. (Project Manager), Sullivan, E. (Projectmedewerker), Perugia, G. (Project communicatie medewerker), Matzat, U. (Project communicatie medewerker), Dennis, M. (Projectmedewerker), Spahn, A. (Project Manager), IJsselsteijn, W. A. (Projectmedewerker), Royakkers, L. M. M. (Projectmedewerker), Müller, V. C. (Projectmedewerker), Sullivan, E. (Projectmedewerker), van der Puil, R. (Projectmedewerker), Dennis, M. (Projectmedewerker), Hummel, P. (Projectmedewerker), Perugia, G. (Projectmedewerker), Bombaerts, G. (Projectmedewerker), Frank, L. E. (Projectmedewerker), Nickel, P. J. (Projectmedewerker) & Bahçeci, B. (Projectmedewerker)
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. (Projectmedewerker), Astola, M. (Projectmedewerker), Laes, E. J. W. (Projectmedewerker), Wieczorek, A. J. (Contactpersoon facturen), Benckhuijsen-Mertens, P. (Contactpersoon facturen), Reymen, I. M. M. J. (Contactpersoon facturen), Martin, D. A. (Projectmedewerker), Royakkers, L. M. M. (Projectmedewerker) & Spahn, A. (Projectmedewerker)
1/05/18 → 31/07/21
Project: Onderzoek direct
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Impuls projects between TU Eindhoven and PON
Oldenziel, R. (Project Manager), Dekker, H.-J. (Projectmedewerker), Petzer, B. (Projectmedewerker), Bek, P. K. B. (Projectmedewerker), Sun, Q. (Projectmedewerker), Jeekel, J. F. (Projectmedewerker), Verbong, G. P. J. (Projectmedewerker), Veraart, F. C. A. (Projectmedewerker), Wieczorek, A. J. (Projectmedewerker), Spahn, A. (Projectmedewerker) & Kalmbach, K. (Projectmedewerker)
16/12/15 → 31/12/20
Project: Onderzoek direct
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Developing and Implementing Smart Grids in India
Spahn, A. (Projectmedewerker), Höffken, J. I. (Project Manager), Verbong, G. P. J. (Contactpersoon facturen) & Pols, A. J. K. (Contactpersoon facturen)
1/05/15 → 31/01/20
Project: Onderzoek 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: Onderzoek 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 blz., 1853.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › 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. (uitgave). Dordrecht: Springer, blz. 335-363 29 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Hoofdstuk in Boek/Rapport/Congresprocedure › Hoofdstuk › 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, blz. 549-566Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › 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. (uitgave). Dordrecht: Springer, blz. 93-113 21 blz. (Happiness Studies Book Series).Onderzoeksoutput: Hoofdstuk in Boek/Rapport/Congresprocedure › Hoofdstuk › 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, blz. 633-650Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
87 Citaten (Scopus)15 Downloads (Pure)
Prijzen
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Best Teacher Award
Spahn, A. (Ontvanger), 2016
Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk
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Best Teacher Award
Spahn, A. (Ontvanger), 2012
Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk
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Best Teacher Award
Spahn, A. (Ontvanger), 2008
Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk
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Best Teacher Award
Spahn, A. (Ontvanger), 2007
Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk
Activiteiten
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Attention as practice. Virtue ethical and Buddhist responses to attention controlling technologies
Bombaerts, G. (Spreker), Anderson, J. (Spreker), Dennis, M. J. (Spreker), Frank, L. E. (Spreker), Gerola, A. (Spreker), Hannes, T. (Spreker), Hopster, J. K. G. (Spreker), Marin, L. (Spreker) & Spahn, A. (Spreker)
6 okt. 2022Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Aangemelde presentatie › Wetenschappelijk
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Intercultural ethics and the design of the attention economy
Bombaerts, G. (Spreker), Anderson, J. (Spreker), Dennis, M. J. (Spreker), Frank, L. E. (Spreker), Hopster, J. K. G. (Spreker), Hannes, T. (Spreker) & Spahn, A. (Spreker)
27 jan. 2022 → 28 jan. 2022Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Aangemelde presentatie › Wetenschappelijk
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Technikgeschichte (Tijdschrift)
Hessler, M. (Gastredacteur), Hitzer, B. (Gastredacteur), Kalmbach, K. (Gastredacteur), Schmidt, A. (Gastredacteur) & Spahn, A. (Gastredacteur)
2019Activiteit: Types publicaties van collegiale toetsing en redactioneel werk › Redactioneel werk › Wetenschappelijk
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The Multifaceted Relationship between Fear and Technology,
Kalmbach, K. (Organisator) & Spahn, A. (Organisator)
10 okt. 2018 → 12 okt. 2018Activiteit: Types deelname aan of organisatie van een evenement › Congres › Wetenschappelijk
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Ethical Challenges Raised by Behaviour Change Technologies
Frank, L. (Spreker), Spahn, A. (Spreker) & Anderson, J. (Spreker)
21 feb. 2018Activiteit: Types gesprekken of presentaties › Aangemelde presentatie › Wetenschappelijk