Resources

Books, white papers, toolkits and publications from the Delft Design for Values Institute and the researchers in its network.

Books

Teaching Design for Values

Teaching Design for Values

A Companion

Ed. Roberto Rocco, Amy Thomas & Maria Novas Ferradas

A companion for teachers of design-based disciplines who want to foreground values more explicitly in their classes, with fourteen chapters by TU Delft educators and international contributors.

TU Delft Open, Delft, 2022

White papers & toolkits

White Paper: Design for Human Autonomy
White paper

White Paper: Design for Human Autonomy

The Delft Design for Values Institute white paper for the annual theme Design for Human Autonomy, with contributions from ten researchers across the institute…

Editor: Udo Pesch. Contributors: Ibo van de Poel, Fatima-Zahra Abou Eddahab-Burke, Michael Klenk, Kars Alfrink, Valentijn Visch, Victor Munoz Sanz, Stephen Rainey, Tina Comes, Micah Prendergast & Simon Parkin · 2025

White Paper: Design for Justice
White paper

White Paper: Design for Justice

A 25-page white paper on integrating justice into design, from algorithmic fairness to more inclusive participation by more diverse audiences from the design phase…

Ibo van de Poel, Fernando Secomandi, Edo Abraham, Nynke van Uffelen & Marielle Feenstra · 2024

Project outputs

Publications

2022 4
  • J. K. G. Hopster and C. Arora and C. Blunden and C. Eriksen and L. E. Frank and J. S. Hermann and M. B. O. T. Klenk and E. R. H. O’Neill and S. Steinert

    Pistols, pills, pork and ploughs: the structure of technomoral revolutions Journal Article

    Inquiry, pp. 1–33

  • Ibo Poel and Olya Kudina

    Understanding Technology-Induced Value Change: a Pragmatist Proposal Journal Article

    Philos. Technol., vol. 35, no. 2

  • Luciano Cavalcante Siebert and Maria Luce Lupetti and Evgeni Aizenberg and Niek Beckers and Arkady Zgonnikov and Herman Veluwenkamp and David Abbink and Elisa Giaccardi and Geert-Jan Houben and Catholijn M. Jonker and Jeroen Hoven and Deborah Forster and Reginald L. Lagendijk

    Meaningful human control: actionable properties for AI system development Journal Article

    AI Ethics, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 241–255

  • T. E. Wildt and I. R. Poel and E. J. L. Chappin

    Tracing Long-term Value Change in (Energy) Technologies: Opportunities of Probabilistic Topic Models Using Large Data Sets Journal Article

    Science, Technology, & Human Values, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 429–458

2021 3
  • Taylor Stone

    Design for values and the city Journal Article

    Journal of Responsible Innovation, vol. 8, pp. 364-381

  • Technology and the City: Towards a Philosophy of Urban Technologies Book

    Springer International Publishing, vol. 36, no. 1

  • Tristan De Wildt and Ibo Poel and Emile Chappin

    Tracing Long-term Value Change in (Energy) Technologies: Opportunities of Probabilistic Topic Models Using Large Data Sets Journal Article

    Science, Technology, & Human Values, vol. 47, pp. 016224392110544

2020 11
  • The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering Book

    Routledge

  • Lotje Elizabeth Siffels

    Beyond privacy vs. health: a justification analysis of the contact-tracing apps debate in the Netherlands Other

  • Marjolein Lanzing

    Contact tracing apps: an ethical roadmap Other

  • Andrew S. Hoffmann and Bart Jacobs and Tamar Sharon Hanna Schraffenberger and Berber Pas

    Towards a seamful ethics of Covid-19 contact tracing apps? Other

  • Janna Grunsven

    Perceptual breakdown during a global pandemic: introducing phenomenological insights for digital mental health purposes Other

    Ethics and Information Technology (2020)

  • Lavinia Marin

    Three contextual dimensions of information on social media: lessons learned from the COVID-19 infodemic Other

  • Steffen Steinert

    Corona and value change. The role of social media and emotional contagion Other

  • Tamar Sharon

    Blind-sided by privacy? Digital contact tracing, the Apple/Google API and big tech’s newfound role as global health policy makers Other

  • Michael Klenk and Hein Duijf

    Ethics of Digital Contact Tracing and COVID-19: Who Is (Not) Free to Go? Other

  • Saraleah Fordyce

    Value Sensitive Design: Shaping Technology with Moral Imagination Journal Article

    Design and Culture, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 109–111

  • Mark Reuver and Aimee Wynsberghe and Marijn Janssen and Ibo Poel

    Digital platforms and responsible innovation: expanding value sensitive design to overcome ontological uncertainty Journal Article

    Ethics and Information Technology, vol. 22

2019 3
  • Aimee Wynsberghe and Scott Robbins

    Critiquing the Reasons for Making Artificial Moral Agents Journal Article

    Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 719–735

  • Irene Conversano and Livia Conte and Ingrid Mulder

    Research through Design for accounting values in design Conference Paper

    Proceedings of the fourth biennial Research through Design Conference (RTD 2019) "Method & Critique – Frictions and Shifts in Research through Design", 19-22 March 2019

  • Batya Friedman and David Hendry

    Value Sensitive Design: Shaping Technology with Moral Imagination Book

2018 10
  • Ibo Poel

    Design for value change Journal Article

    Ethics and Information Technology

  • Taylor Stone

    The Value of Darkness: A Moral Framework for Urban Nighttime Lighting Journal Article

    Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 607–628

  • Virginia Dignum

    Responsible artificial intelligence: designing AI for human values Journal Article

    ITU Journal: ICT Discoveries, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-8

  • Carola Hein

    Oil Spaces: The Global Petroleumscape in the Rotterdam/The Hague Area Journal Article

    Journal of Urban History, pp. 0096144217752460

  • Digital Twins in Health Care: Ethical Implications of an Emerging Engineering Paradigm Journal Article

    Frontiers in Genetics, vol. 9, pp. 31

  • Steven M Flipse and Steven Puylaert

    Organizing a Collaborative Development of Technological Design Requirements Using a Constructive Dialogue on Value Profiles: A Case in Automated Vehicle Development Journal Article

    Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 49–72

  • Parada Mar Palmeros and Asveld Lotte and Osseweijer Patricia and Posada John A.

    Setting the design space of biorefineries through sustainability values, a practical approach Journal Article

    Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 29-44

  • Niek Mouter and Auke Geest and Neelke Doorn

    A values-based approach to energy controversies: Value-sensitive design applied to the Groningen gas controversy in the Netherlands Journal Article

    Energy Policy, vol. 122, pp. 639 - 648

  • Filippo Santoni Sio and Jeroen Hoven

    Meaningful Human Control over Autonomous Systems: A Philosophical Account Journal Article

    Frontiers in Robotics and AI, vol. 5, pp. 15

  • Stefano Bennati and Ivana Dusparic and Rhythima Shinde and Catholijn M Jonker

    Volunteers in the Smart City: Comparison of Contribution Strategies on Human-Centered Measures Journal Article

    Sensors, vol. 18, no. 11

2017 11
  • Ibo Poel

    Dealing with Moral Dilemmas Through Design Book Chapter

    Designing in Ethics

  • Designing in Ethics Book

    Cambridge University Press

  • Theo Toonen and Neelke Doorn

    Good Governance for the Commons: Design for Legitimacy Book Chapter

    Cambridge University Press

  • Jeroen Hoven

    The Design Turn in Applied Ethics Book Chapter

    Designing in Ethics

  • Maurice Harteveld

    The Quest for Public Space: Changing Values in Urban Design, The City as Learning Lab and Living Lab Conference Paper

    The Entrepreneurial City; 10th Conference of the International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU)

  • Scott Robbins and Adam Henschke

    Designing For Democracy: Bulk Data and Authoritarianism Journal Article

    Surveillance & Society, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 582-589

  • Anna Pohlmeyer and Pieter Desmet

    From good to the greater good Book Chapter

    Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design, pp. 469-486

  • Maaike Harbers and Mark A. Neerincx

    Value sensitive design of a virtual assistant for workload harmonization in teams Journal Article

    Cognition, Technology & Work, vol. 19, no. 2-3, pp. 329–343

  • Batya Friedman and David G Hendry and Alan Borning

    A Survey of Value Sensitive Design Methods Journal Article

    Foundations and Trends® in Human–Computer Interaction, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 63-125

  • Jeroen Hoven

    Ethics for the Digital Age: Where Are the Moral Specs? Conference Paper

    Informatics in the Future, pp. 65–76

  • Marijn Janssen and Ricardo Matheus and Justin Longo and Vishanth Weerakkody

    Transparency-by-design as a foundation for open government Journal Article

    Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 2-8

2016 7
  • Aimee Wynsberghe

    Service robots, care ethics, and design Journal Article

    Ethics and Information Technology, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 311–321

  • Marloes Dignum and Aad Correljé and Eefje Cuppen and Udo Pesch and Behnam Taebi

    Contested Technologies and Design for Values: The Case of Shale Gas Journal Article

    Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 1171-1191

  • Marina Bos - Vos and Hans Wamelink and Leentje Volker

    Trade-offs in the value capture of architectural firms: the significance of professional value Journal Article

    Construction Management & Economics

  • Peter Waart and Ingrid Mulder and Cees Bont

    A Participatory Approach for Envisioning a Smart City Journal Article

    Social Science Computer Review, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 708-723

  • Nynke Tromp and Paul Hekkert

    Assessing methods for effect-driven design: Evaluation of a social design method Journal Article

    Design Studies, vol. 43, pp. 24 - 47

  • Pieter M A Desmet and Steven F Fokkinga and Deger Ozkaramanli and JungKyoon Yoon

    Emotion-Driven Product Design Book Chapter

    Emotion Measurement, pp. 405 - 426

  • Carola Hein and Mohamad Sedighi

    Iran’s Global Petroleumscape: The Role of Oil in Shaping Khuzestan and Tehran Journal Article

    Architectural Theory Review, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 349-374