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progreSSIon; Safety & Security in a Changing World

Magazine on the occasion of 10 years TU Delft Safety & Security Institute

We live in times of great change. Examples are climate change and the transition to a circular economy, increasing attention for equality and inclusion, new geopolitical developments and the rise of AI and other digital technologies. What are the implications for safety and security? We explore that question in the magazine ProgreSSIon, which presents a snapshot of research on this topic at Delft University of Technology. This magazine is published on occasion of the 10-year anniversary of the TU Delft Safety & Security Institute.

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Contents of the Magazine

Editorial

Editorial Technology Policy & Management

Safety on a Small ánd Large Scale

Image spread Applied Sciences

TU Delft Safety & Security Institute – An Institute Building Bridges Accidents, geopolitical tensions, and an escalating climate crisis – these are only some of the challenges that the TU Delft Safety & Security Institute has been addressing for a decade now. Do the somewhat technology-driven efforts amount to a drop in the ocean, or to a crucial building block? The current director, Behnam Taebi, and his predecessor, Pieter van Gelder, look back and towards the future.

Interview TU Delft Safety & Security Institute

Personal Story of a Safety & Security Researcher: Britte Bouchaut

Technology Policy & Management Personal story

All in for Safety & Security Wanting to feel as safe as possible, society is averse to unwanted events. Whether they are attributable to incidents (safety) or malicious intent (security), unwanted events can be caused by technical imperfections, (unintended) human actions, or a combination of factors. Promoting safety & security therefore is an area of research that greatly benefits from interdisciplinary collaboration between technical, social, and humanities disciplines. New developments must also be swiftly and skilfully translatable into practice, in which various public organisations and government institutions play a significant role. We posed five questions to some of these partners of the TU Delft Safety & Security Institute, focusing on their perspectives and insights in the field.

Interviews

Engineering Human Security

image spread TUD Climate Safety & Security Centre

Is Safety Culture a Matter for the Workplace, Not Science? With the goal of ensuring the safety and well-being of employees, safety culture is certainly a matter for organisations. But developing a strong safety culture is a complex process that requires an integrated approach. Two safety experts from different fields agree that collaboration between science and the workplace is essential.

Technology Policy & Management Delft Reactor Institute Discussion

Profile of a Safety and Security Researcher: Zeki Erkin

Personal story Electrical Egnineering Mathematics & Computer Science

‘'Engineers must learn to talk about ethics” The Delft Safety & Security Institute runs an annual 3-day interdisciplinary course for young researchers, Safe by Design. Scientific director Behnam Taebi reflects with participants on what they have learnt.

Delft Safety & Security Institute Dialogue

A Snapshot of Safety and Security in a Changing World

Profile of a Safety and Security Researcher: Marjan Hagenzieker

The Control Room of the Future

Electrical Engineering Mathematics & Computer Science image spread

Safety & Security in a Transport Sector on the Move How do you keep transportation safe despite, or perhaps with, increasing automation and AI (Artificial Intelligence) usage? How do you balance safety against the need to shift focus to sustainability? What new engineering approaches are needed to deal with the rapid developments in the transportation sector? We talked to four TU Delft researchers that investigate different modes of transport.

Interview Aerospace Engineering Civil Engineering & Geosciences Mechanical Maritime & Materials Engineering Technology Policy & Management

Profile of a Safety & Security Researcher: Riccardo Ferrari

Personal story Mechanical Maritime & Materials Engineering

Beautiful and safe?

image spread Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Towards System Resilience in an Interconnected World When it comes to social security, there is broad consensus in the Netherlands that policy and implementation should focus more on the human dimension instead of the “system’s reality”. And for good reasons. Yet, Fernando Kuipers, Martijn Neef, and Daan Rijnders argue that cybersecurity requires more systems thinking to achieve resilience and respect the human dimension.

Opinion Electrical Engineering Mathematics & Computer Science

Delft Safety & Security Institute Helps Ideas Grow With its seed funding programme, TU Delft Safety & Security Institute aims to increase the joint impact of safety & security research and education at TU Delft. Through a yearly call for proposals, researchers are invited to send in a one-page idea for a project or activity. The idea behind ‘seeding’ is that a small incentivisation (up to 15,000 euros) can make a difference. Ideas must work towards ‘a next step’; something bigger to be achieved with people from different disciplines and have societal relevance. Collaboration with non-academic stakeholders is encouraged. Since the start of the programme, 32 projects have been awarded. Six leading researchers present their funded projects.

Delft Safety & Security Institute Architecture & the Built Environment Civil Engineering & Geosciences Electrical Engineering Mathematics & Computer Science Industrial Design Engineering Aerospace Engineering Technology Policy & Management Applied Sciences Mechanical Maritime & Materials Engineering

Are Sustainability and Safety Incompatible? In the world of biotechnology, safety and sustainability might sometimes be at odds. When conflicts arise, decision-makers must carefully weigh the trade-offs, addressing potential risks and ethical concerns in order to make informed choices. According to two TU Delft professors, safety and sustainability need to go hand in hand to ensure that biotechnological processes and products are developed and managed responsibly.

Dialogue Technology Policy & Management Applied Sciences

The Hidden Research behind CSI

Faculty of Mechanical Maritime and Materials Engineering Interview

Self-Adapting Trail Blaizer

Faculty Electrical Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science image spread

Closing Reflection: Safety and Security in a Changing World

Colofon

© NOVEMBER 2023 PUBLISHED BY the TU Delft Safety & Security Institute PARTICIPATING FACULTIES Aerospace Engineering, Applied Sciences, Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Technology Policy and Management CONCEPT & COORDINATION Ilse Oosterlaken, Eveline Vreede, De Zagerij ontwerpbureau EDITORIAL STAFF Ilse Oosterlaken and Eveline Vreede, who thank the management team of the TU Delft Safety & Security Institute for their valuable inputs DESIGN De Zagerij ontwerpbureau FINAL EDITING Helen Hartmann, Ilse Oosterlaken, Eveline Vreede PRINTED on certified paper from sustainably managed forests.