Autonomous Weapons and Design for Values; Prize for TU Delft Master Thesis

A master thesis written at Delft University of Technology on “Agency perception and moral values related to Autonomous Weapons; An empirical study using the Value-Sensitive Design approach” recently received a prize.

The prize was awarded by EuroISME (International Society for Military Ethics) in Toledo (Spain) on 13 May 2018 for the best student (MA) theses written on military ethics. The 1st Prize of the 2018 edition went to Major Ilse Verdiesen (MSc), who wrote before mentioned thesis. Verdiesen currently works part-time for the Dutch army and part-time as a PhD student at Delft University of Technology. The glass trophy was handed out by Admiral Juan Martinez Núñez, Secretary of defense for political affairs at the Spanish Ministry of Defense.

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