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Behnam Taebi is a Dutch-Iranian ethicist and academician who is known for his research at the interface of Ethics and Nuclear Energy. He is currently an Associate Professor in ethics of technology at Delft University of Technology, and Associate with the Kennedy School's
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. In 2016, Taebi has been appointed to the Young Academy at the
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ( nl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbreviated: KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed ...
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Background

Taebi studied Material Science and Engineering (2006) and received his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Technology (2010) at TU Delft in the Netherlands. He went to Harvard University in the US to perform his post-doctorate research where he established a firm tie with American research institute in ethical technology. His research interests are in energy ethics, nuclear ethics, responsible research and innovation (RRI) and engineering ethics. Taebi has finished a Veni project (2014-2018) and he is currently working on a joint RRI project on understanding controversies in energy technologies (both projects awarded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research).


Academic career and coverage

His work around the safety and ethical aspects of nuclear energy technology and systems or his contribution in critical nuclear debates have been extensively covered by media outlet in the USA such as
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, Reuters, and academic media such as National Interest and
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and Carnegie Council and also in the Netherlands media.


Publication

In addition to scholarly articles Taebi published within the ethics and technology, he authored the book 'The Ethics of Nuclear Energy Risk, Justice, and Democracy in the Post-Fukushima Era' published by
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, later became known as a standard text within the field. Taebi is also the author of 'The Morally Desirable Option for Nuclear Power Production (2011)' and the editor of several volumes, including 'The Socio-Technical Challenges of Nuclear Power Production and Waste Management (2015)' and also a co-author for 'Responsible Innovation in Energy Projects: Values in the Design of Technologies, Institutions and Stakeholder Interactions (2015)'.


See also

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Ethics of technology The ethics of technology is a sub-field of ethics addressing the ethical questions specific to the Technology Age, the transitional shift in society wherein personal computers and subsequent devices provide for the quick and easy transfer of info ...
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Digital ethics Information ethics has been defined as "the branch of ethics that focuses on the relationship between the creation, organization, dissemination, and use of information, and the ethical standards and moral codes governing human conduct in society". I ...
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Engineering ethics Engineering ethics is the field of system of moral principles that apply to the practice of engineering. The field examines and sets the obligations by engineers to society, to their clients, and to the profession. As a scholarly discipline, it is ...
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Philosophy of technology The philosophy of technology is a sub-field of philosophy that studies the nature of technology and its social effects. Philosophical discussion of questions relating to technology (or its Greek ancestor ''techne'') dates back to the very dawn of ...


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