Oosterlaken, E.T. (Ilse)

Research profile

Since September 2009 Ilse is a PhD candidate within the multidisciplinary research project Technology & Human Development - A Capability Approach (project’s public progres report Jan, 2012). The project is funded by NWO (The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) and Ilse was initiator of and co-applicant for the grant application.

Her publications address different audiences, having appeared a.o. in the journals Design Issues, the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities and in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. Together with Jeroen van den Hoven she edited the volume The Capability Approach, Technology and Design, which is forthcoming with Springer in spring 2012.

Ilse is the main organizer of the 2011 conference of the Human Development & Capability Association (HDCA), which took place from September 6-8th in The Hague (theme: ‘innovation, development & human capabilities’). She is also one of the initiators & coordinators of the HDCA thematic group ‘Technology & Design’.

Academic CV Ilse Oosterlaken (with all publications, below a selection).
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Educational background

Ilse Oosterlaken studied ‘Technology & Society’ at Eindhoven University of Technology (combined B.Sc./M.Sc. degree). Her areas of specialization within this program were (1) architecture & construction management and (2) technology & development studies. During her studies, she gained international experience in Tanzania, South Africa and Thailand. She graduated in 2001. She also has a B.A. in philosophy (plus minor in journalism) from the University of Utrecht, where she was a part-time student from September 2003 until August 2007.

Previous work experience

From November 2006 to August 2009 Ilse was coordinator / policy officer of 3TU.Ethics, working closely with and supporting its managing director and scientific director. In the period 2001-2007 Ilse has a.o. worked for Eindhoven University of Technology as lecturer and researcher construction management & engineering, for HBO University Netherlands as a lecturer in real estate management and for EIRENE Nederland (a small Dutch peace and development organisation) as coordinator / policy & communication officer.

3TU.Ethics Projects

Technology and Human Development; A Capability Approach

Scientific publications (selection)

Oosterlaken, Ilse. 2012. "Is Pogge a capability theorist in disguise? A critical examination of Thomas Pogge�s defence of Rawlsian resourcism". Ethical Theory & Moral Practice, on-line first, accepted for publication January 27, 2012; DOI 10.1007/s10677-012-9344-9. available online

Oosterlaken, Ilse. 2012. "The capability approach, technology and design � Taking stock and looking ahead". In: The Capability Approach, Technology and Design (eds. Ilse Oosterlaken & Jeroen van den Hoven). Dordrecht: Springer.available online

Oosterlaken, Ilse. 2012. "Inappropriate artefacts, unjust design? � Human diversity as a key concern in the capability approach and inclusive design". In: The Capability Approach, Technology and Design (eds. Ilse Oosterlaken & Jeroen van den Hoven). Dordrecht: Springer.available online

Oosterlaken, Ilse; David Grimshaw & Pim Janssen. 2012. "Marrying the capability approach with appropriate technology and STS - The case of podcasting devices in Zimbabwe". In: The Capability Approach, Technology and Design (eds. Ilse Oosterlaken & Jeroen van den Hoven). Dordrecht: Springer.available online

Oosterlaken, Ilse. 2011. Inserting technology in the relational ontology of Sen�s capability approach. In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, vol. 12, no. 3, August 2011, pp. 425-432.available online

Oosterlaken, Ilse & Jeroen van den Hoven. 2011. "Editorial: ICT and the capability approach". In: Ethics and Information Technology 13(2) (special issue).

Oosterlaken, Ilse. 2010. Dise�o de tecnolog�a para el desarrollo humano - un enfoque de capacidades. En: Tecnolog�a para el Desarrollo Humano, Ayuda Humanitaria y Emergencias. Actas de las jornadas. 7 y 8 de mayo de 2009. Editor: Centro de Cooperaci�n al Desarrollo, Universidad Polit�cnica de Valencia. Valencia: Editorial UPV (ISBN: 978-84-8363-536-0).available online

Oosterlaken, Ilse. 2009. "Design for Development; A Capability Approach". In: Design Issues, 25(4).

Professional/Popular publications (selection)

Oosterlaken, Ilse. 2012. "Introduction: The Capability Approach and Innovation/Technology/Design." In: theme issue on this topic of Maitreyee, the e-bulletin of the Human Development & Capability Association (HDCA).available online

Oosterlaken, Ilse. 2010. �Autonomer �n afhankelijker�. Review of 'In de Greep van de Technologie; Nieuwe Toepassingen en het Gedrag van de Burger', edited by Marguerite van den Berg, Corien Prins en Marcel Ham. In: Sociologie 6(3), 102-104.

Oosterlaken, Ilse. 2010. Review of "Philosophy and Engineering - An Emerging Agenda", edited by Ibo van de Poel and David Goldberg. In: Science and Engineering Ethics, 16(3), 629-630.

Oosterlaken, Ilse. 2009. �Racistische viaducten; Langdon Winner over politiek en techniek� In: De Politiek der Dingen. Frits Bolkestein, Jeroen van den Hoven, Ibo van de Poel en Ilse Oosterlaken (eds). Budel: Damon.

Heersmink, Richard & Oosterlaken, Ilse (2009). Responsible Innovation; An International Inventory of Research Activities and Knowledge Dissemination Pathways. Delft: TU Delft (report for NWO, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research).

Verbeek, Peter-Paul; Hoven, Jeroen van den & Oosterlaken, Ilse (2009). "Ethics and Technology: Responsible Innovation and Value Sensitive Design". In: Omgevingsanalyses van de gezamenlijke researchcentra van de 3TU.Federatie. Delft/Eindhoven/Twente: 3TU.Federation.available online

Oosterlaken, Ilse. 2008. �De waarde(n) van het Elektronisch Kinddossier�. In: TBM Quarterly, jaargang VI, no. 3. (Report covering an expert debate, also appeared in the English version of TBM Quarterly as �The value of an Electronic Child Dossier�.)available online