Prof.dr.mr.ir. Neelke Doorn

Professor

My name is Neelke Doorn and I am professor Ethics of Water Engineering. I have a background in civil engineering (TU Delft), philosophy (Leiden University) and law (Open University). In my research, resilience plays an important role. I am currently leading an NWO Vidi-project on responsibility arrangements in resilience policy for climate adaptation, in which we look at the impact of a ‘resilience approach’ to climate adaptation on social justice. To give just an example, it is often expected that people take responsibility for climate adaptation in their neighborhood, but not everyone is able to take this responsibility. Doesn’t this lead to great inequalities between affluent neighborhoods with relatively well-organized people and neighborhoods that lack the social capital. In this project, I combine social science and philosophical approaches with agent-based modelling. I am member of the Lab’s Management Team.