Dr Nicole Huijts
Nicole Huijts is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at the TU Delft. Her research focuses on the public acceptance and ethical acceptability of technologies, mainly in the domains of energy, transport and the environment.
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The role of values and moral emotions
People often respond emotionally to proposed sustainable innovations, for example when resisting the siting of windmills. This project develops an approach to take such emotions constructively into account in order to develop responsible innovations.
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Acceptable smart grids
New technologies like wind mills and e-vehicles require turning our electricity networks into ‘smart grids’. Examples of values relevant for a successful and responsible transition to smart grids are privacy and reliability.