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SUMMARY:SIG-AI-ACT Kickoff Event: Translating the EU AI Act into Technical Requirements
DESCRIPTION:About the kickoff event\nSIG-AI-ACT is a transdisciplinary initiative aimed at translating the principles of the EU AI Act – such as fairness\, transparency\, privacy\, and robustness – into technical requirements and design practices for AI systems. \nThe SIG is structured into modular subgroups focusing on key topics including risk classification\, transparency\, human oversight\, privacy\, and data governance. Through this structure\, the initiative works towards concrete outputs such as guidelines\, evaluation methods\, and tooling. \nFounded by researchers at TU Delft\, SIG-AI-ACT seeks to operationalise abstract legal and ethical principles through actionable\, value-driven specifications\, with a particular focus on sensitive and high-impact application domains. \nMission\nTo bridge the gap between legal obligations and technical practice in high-risk AI by developing tools\, frameworks\, and design methodologies grounded in the EU AI Act. \nPlease register for the event via our registration form before 25th February. \nSpeakers\n\nProf. Asia Biega — Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SP)\, Germany\nProf. Andreja Zwitter — University of Klagenfurt\, Austria\n\nOrganizers\n\nDr. Megha Khosla (TU Delft\, EEMCS)\nDr. Masoud Mansoury (TU Delft\, EEMCS)\nDr. Helma Torkamaan (TU Delft\, TPM)\nDr. Yanan Xin (TU Delft\, CITG\, SIG-AI-ACT Member)\n\nMore info can be found here!
URL:https://delftdesignforvalues.nl/event/sig-ai-act-kickoff-event-translating-the-eu-ai-act-into-technical-requirements/
LOCATION:TU Delft (Room Frans van Hasseltzaal)\, Mekelweg 5\, Delft\, 2628 CD
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SUMMARY:Delft Design for Values Impact Day
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nOn 5 March 2026\, the Delft Design for Values Institute (DDfV) will organize an impact day for all its members (from the faculties of IO\, BK\, EWI\, CITG and TBM). \nRecently\, the DDfV has established several Special Interest Groups (SIGs) on topics such as open strategic autonomy\, design justice\, education\, and the AI Act\, as well as a number of seed projects (for an overview\, see this page). During this event\, members will be informed about these activities and projects\, explore potential synergies\, and prepare for an externally focused Impact Day to connect insights developed within DDfV to practice*. \nThe event will contribute to collaboration and synergies between different faculties in the area of design for values\, and so help to strengthen the internal ecosystem as well as the possibilities to reach out to relevant external stakeholders. You are cordially invited to participate! \nObjectives\nThe Impact Day aims to: \n\nInform the DDfV community about current SIGs and projects\nIdentify connections and synergies across projects\, SIGs\, and individuals\, and initiate exchanges\n\nProgramme\n09:00 – 09:30 Welcome09:30 – 10:00 Opening10:00 – 11:00 Introductions of SIGs\, projects\, and researchers (2-minute presentations)11:00 – 12:30 Brainstorm on collaborations\, increasing impact\, and matchmaking12:30 – 13:30 Lunch \nRegistration\nPlease register via the registration form  and upload your slides to the shared slide deck before 28 February. We look forward to exploring how we can support each other in advancing our work and projects. \nQuestions\nFor questions\, please contact the organizing committee:Marina Bos-de Vos\, Helma Dokkum\, Monica Natanael \n*During the DfV Impact Day in June we will interact with policymakers and professionals working on (policy for) spatial planning\, housing\, the built environment\, mental health\, open strategic autonomy and digital technologies. We will explore how we can collaboratively advance policy and design practices and how the project outputs and outcomes could contribute to the policy agendas around these themes.
URL:https://delftdesignforvalues.nl/event/delft-design-for-values-internal-research-day/
LOCATION:Connect & Innovate @Mondai | House of AI\, Molengraaffsingel 29\, Delft\, 2629 JD
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SUMMARY:PhD Course: Design for Well-being
DESCRIPTION:Technology holds great promise for enhancing human well-being\, improving health\, safety\, connection\, and comfort\, yet it can also create new forms of stress\, inequality\, and harm. This intensive PhD course explores the complex relationship between technology and human well-being.\n\nWhat you will explore\n\n\n\nWhat does human well-being entail?\nHow do technologies promote or undermine it?\nWho gets to design technologies that shape our well-being?\nWhat values are embedded\, prioritized\, or neglected in these designs?\n\n\n\nTopics Covered\n\n\n\nTechnology and values — Historical overview of values in philosophy of technology\nEmbedding values in technology — Key theories and philosophical accounts\nDesign for Values — Value Sensitive Design\, participatory design\, value conflicts and change\nUnderstanding well-being — Different conceptualizations and theories\nWell-being and technology — How technology can enhance or undermine flourishing\nDesigning for well-being — Practical approaches\, examples\, and case studies (including AI and digital health)\n\n\n\nLearning Outcomes\n\nAfter completing this course\, you will be able to: \n\nUnderstand the relation between technology\, values\, and human well-being\nArgue why technology can or cannot embody values\nDifferentiate main approaches to designing for human well-being\nEvaluate technology in terms of its impact on human well-being\n\n\n\nLecturers\n\n\nSteffen Steinert (TU Delft)\nIbo van de Poel (TU Delft)\nPieter Desmet (TU Delft)\nNaomi Jacobs (University of Twente)\nMatthew J. Dennis (TU Eindhoven)\nIulia Lefter (TU Delft)\nand guest lecturers\n\n\nPractical Details\n\nDates: 9–13 February 2026\nLocation: TU Delft Campus\nCredits: 5 ECTS\nTarget group: PhD students (ReMa students welcome if places available)\nRegistration deadline: 27 January 2026\n\nCosts\n\n\n\nFree — Members of 4TU Ethics\, OZSW\, or another Dutch research school in the Humanities (LOGOS)\n€300 — All others\n\n\n\nAssessment\n\nActive participation required. Participants must complete required readings before each session and write a blog post as final assignment.\n\nRegister\n\nRegister via OZSW\n\nContact\n\nSteffen Steinert and Ibo van de Poel (TU Delft)\ni.r.vandepoel@tudelft.nl\nOrganised by: OZSW\, 4TU Ethics\, Delft Design for Values Institute
URL:https://delftdesignforvalues.nl/event/phd-course-design-for-well-being/
LOCATION:TU Delft – Campus
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SUMMARY:SIG Talks: Design for Justice – Exploring Biases in Green Colonialism in Engineering and Policy Discourse
DESCRIPTION:About the SIG Talk\nAs part of the Design for Justice Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Delft Design for Values Institute (DDfV)\, this SIG Talk presents an exploratory study on how colonial biases embedded in the Western development paradigm shape moral and policy framings of contemporary “green” transitions. The research builds on earlier work within the DDfV seed project “Design for Values and Critical Raw Materials: A Decolonial Justice Perspective”\, funded by the Delft Design for Values Institute. \nPresentation\nExploring Biases in the Western Development Paradigm: Traces of Green Colonialism in Engineering and Policy Discourse \nPresenters:Tristan de Wildt & Anna Melnyk \nDescription\nThis exploratory study investigates how colonial biases embedded in the Western development paradigm shape moral and policy framings of “green” transitions. The analysis focuses on the Aitik copper mine in northern Sweden\, one of Europe’s largest open-pit copper mines\, which supplies raw materials for the energy transition while affecting Sámi traditional lands and reindeer herding. This makes Aitik a compelling case for examining how sustainability\, justice\, and responsibility are differently framed across discourses. \nThe study compares three domains: \n\n\nIndigenous discourse (Sámi Council\, Sametinget\, Protect Sápmi)\, which foregrounds relationality\, sovereignty\, and justice-based worldviews. \n\n\nPolicy and regulatory discourse (Swedish and EU)\, which situates mining within sustainable development\, security\, and strategic autonomy narratives. \n\n\nCorporate and industrial discourse (Boliden and sectoral organisations)\, which emphasises innovation\, responsibility\, and green growth. \n\n\nDrawing on emerging indicators of green colonialism (e.g. domination\, resource transfer\, land appropriation\, exploitative labour\, and the erasure of Indigenous lifeways)\, the study analyses value framings\, agency distributions\, and dominant metaphors. The findings reveal how technocratic “green transition” narratives\, epistemic hierarchies\, and instrumental views of land perpetuate colonial power dynamics\, while Indigenous discourse articulates alternative moral frameworks grounded in reciprocity\, cultural continuity\, and self-determination. \nTo join online\, please contact: a.melnyk@tudelft.nl
URL:https://delftdesignforvalues.nl/event/sig-talks-design-for-justice-exploring-biases-in-green-colonialism-in-engineering-and-policy-discourse/
LOCATION:TU Delft\, TPM-Hall I\, 31.A1.250\, Jaffalaan 5\, Delft\, 2628 BX\, Netherlands
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