Results of our research

The term technological readiness level indicates how far an innovation has progressed technically. In the same way, we can speak of ethical readiness: what about the ethical aspects?  

The Ethical Readiness Check consists of a number of questions about ‘means and end’ that help ethical reflection on an innovation.

Does the means serve a good purpose?	Is it a good means to an end?
What is the end objective? Is it a good objective? Conflicting values? Ulterior motives?	Does the means work? Better than other means? Abuse? Side effects?

In the stakeholder analysis variant for ethics and technology, the emphasis is on dialogue on values. And everyone involved gets a voice, including voiceless stakeholders such as animals or the environment, and technical things.

The Ethical Stakeholder Dialogue is conducted as a conversation in which as many stakeholders as possible participate, or are represented. 

• What kinds of different stakeholders are there?
• Are there also voiceless groups or things that deserve representation?
• Is there a difference in impact for different groups?
• What (conflicting) interests are at stake? 
• What values are at stake?
• Is it possible to reach a recognition of different perspectives?

The Product Impact Tool consists of a model with influences of technology at different levels (supplemented with explanations and examples in the web version). The tool helps anticipate impact, design for desired impact, and evaluates the impact of technology actually in use.

The background influences are most important when it comes to anticipating the impact of new technology.

• What are the preconditions for successful use? 
• What side effects can counteract success?

More information about the Product Impact Tool can be found here.

• Bults M, van Leersum CM, Olthuis TJJ, Siebrand E, Malik Z, Liu L, Miguel-Cruz A, Jukema JS, den Ouden MEM. Acceptance of a Digital Assistant (Anne4Care) for Older Adult Immigrants Living With Dementia: Qualitative Descriptive Study. JMIR Aging. 2024 Apr 19;7:e50219. doi: 10.2196/50219.

• Dorrestijn e.a. (2024). Ethiek & Technologie, maar dan praktisch. Met bijdragen van de leden van het Saxion lectoraat Ethiek & Technologie. Deventer: Hogeschool Saxion, Ethiek & Technologie. doi:10.5281/zenodo.12683806

• van Leersum, C.M., Bults, M., Siebrand, E., Olthuis, T., Bekhuis, R.E., Konijnendijk, A.A., & den Ouden, M. (2024). Exploring Opportunities and Challenges for the Spread, Scale-up and Sustainability of Mobile Health Apps for Self-management of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Netherlands: A Citizen Science Approach (Preprint). JMIR Diabetes. DOI: 10.2196/56917 

National

• Dorrestijn, S., & Westerink, H. (2023). Rondom Foucaults Bekentenissen van het vlees. Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, 115(1), 1-3. 
  DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5117/ANTW2023.1.001.DORR 
• Gepland: Themanummer Mens en natuur in harmonie: ecologie en gezondheidszorg.

National peer reviewed

• Dorrestijn, S. (2023). Met Foucault over subjectivering, verleiding en techniek. Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, 115(1), 100-113. 
  DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5117/ANTW2023.1.010.DORR  

International peer reviewed

• van Leersum CM, Konrad KE, Siebrand E, Malik ZB, den Ouden MEM and Bults M (2023) Engaging older adults with a migration background to explore the usage of digital technologies in coping with dementia. Front. Public Health. 11:1125834. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1125834 

• Krägeloh, C.U., Bharatharaj, J., Heerink, M. et al. Robots, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and Psychology: a Bibliometric Analysis and a Case Made for Robopsychology. Adv Neurodev Disord 7, 290–299 (2023).
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s41252-023-00318-5 

• Eggink, Dorrestijn, Heijden, "Ethics in Design Education, but completely different: teaching through interactive installations", submitted for publication at "25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education"

International

• Eggink, W., and Dorrestijn, S. (2022) Ethics as Creativity in Design, in Lockton, D., Lenzi, S., Hekkert, P., Oak, A., Sádaba, J., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2022: Bilbao, 25 June - 3 July, Bilbao, Spain.  
  https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.1067

• Dorrestijn, S., & Eggink, W. (2022, July). Human-technology relations down to earth. In 3rd Philosophy of Human-Technology relations conference pHTR2022. 

International peer reviewed

• Dorrestijn, S. (2023). Met Foucault over subjectivering, verleiding en techniek. Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, 115(1), 100-113. 
  DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5117/ANTW2023.1.010.DORR  

International peer reviewed

• Eggink, W., Dorrestijn, S., van der Heijden, K., and Ouwens, I. (2022) Ethics, design, and creativity: A fruitful combination, in Lockton, D., Lenzi, S., Hekkert, P., Oak, A., Sádaba, J., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2022: Bilbao, 25 June - 3 July, Bilbao, Spain.  
  https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.158 

• Eggink, W., van der Heijden, K., Dorrestijn, S., & Ouwens, I. (2022). Tool-based Ethics Education for engineers; Wonderberries and Wisdom tiles. In DS 117: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2022), London South Bank University in London, UK. 8th-9th September 2022. 
  DOI: 10.35199/EPDE.2022.5 

• Christian U. Krägeloh, Jaishankar Bharatharaj, Jordi Albo-Canals, Daniel Hannon and Marcel Heerink (2022) The Time is Ripe for Robopsychology. Frontiers in Psychology.  

• Dossier Burgerwetenschap: De dimensies voor gezondheid verkennen (Dorrestijn, S., Jukema, J., Remmers, G., Siebrand, E., & Wildevuur, S.). TVZ-Verpleegkunde in praktijk en wetenschap, 130(5), 16-18. download concept · springerlink download

• Foucaults Bekentenissen van het vlees. Online publicatie, jan. 2020. website uitgeverij Boom · download concept (iets uitbereidere versie)

• Ethical Considerations of Using Machine Learning for Decision Support in Occupational Health: An Example Involving Periodic Workers' Health Assessments (Six Dijkstra MWMC, Siebrand E, Dorrestijn S, et al.). Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation 30(3), 343-353.
  DOI: 10.1007/s10926-020-09895-x.

• A Tool for the Impact and Ethics of Technology: The Case of Interactive Screens in Public Spaces. In Heather Wiltse (Ed.), Relating to Things: Design, Technology and the Artificial (151-172). London & New York: Bloomsbury. download draft · publisher website

• Care of the Self and Discipline in Smart Cities: Sensors in Singapore (Joost Alleblas and Steven Dorrestijn). In Gregory Bracken (Ed.), Contemporary Practices of Citizenship in Asia and the West: Care of the Self (pp. 173-184), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. download draft · publisher website

• The design and testing of a tool for developing responsible innovation in start-up enterprises (Long, T. B., Blok, V., Dorrestijn, S., & Macnaghten, P.). In Journal of Responsible Innovation 7(1), pp. 45-75. [online first 2019]. open access download

• Domotica, een punt van aandacht. (Hielke Kiewiet en Egbert Siebrand). Nurse Academy O&T, 2019 nr. 2, 26-29. read online
• Vasten gedurende de Ramadan en het omgaan met gezondheid, ziekten en dood binnen de Islam (Interview met Saïda Aoulad Baktit door Karin van der Heijden), Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidszorg en ethiek 29(4), 116-118.
• Leestafel (Innovatie in de zorg met een filosofische en ethische visie) (Bespreking van Bram Wicherink, Tussen kwetsbaarheid en kracht: Technologie in het hart van zorg en welzijn. Coutinho, Bussum, 2018). In Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidszorg en Ethiek 29(1), p. 27. download concept
• Smart city technologies and figures of technical mediation (Hans Voordijk & Steven Dorrestijn). In Urban Research & Practice, [1-26; online first 2019] download from publisher website

• Nieuwe mythes en het Antropoceen: van oog-in-oog naar hand-in-hand met Gaia (Dyon Temming, Yvonne Cuijpers & Steven Dorrestijn 2018). In Podium Bio-ethiek 25(4), pp. 22-15. download concept · website Podium Bio-ethiek 
• Philosophy of Technology x Design: the Practical Turn (Eggink, W. & Dorrestijn, S.). In Storni, C. et.al. (Eds.), Proceedings of DRS 2018: Design as a catalyst for change (Vol. I, pp. 190-200). London: Design Research Society. download (excerpt from proceedings online)
• Editorial: Philosophical Tools in Design Research: From Empirical Turn to Practical Turn (Eggink, W. & Dorrestijn, S.) (Editorial and editing of section: Philosophical Tools in Design Research: From Empirical Turn to Practical Turn). In Storni, C. et.al. (Eds.) (2018), Proceedings of DRS 2018: Design as a catalyst for change (Vol. I, pp. 188-189). London: Design Research Society. download (excerpt from proceedings online)