Oosterlaken, E.T. (Ilse)
Research profile
Since September 2009 Ilse is a PhD candidate within 3TU.Ethics, working on the relevance and implications of the capability approach of Nussbaum and Sen for the domain of technology, engineering and design, with a special focus on the context of development and global justice.
She 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 initiator & coordinator of the HDCA thematic group ‘Technology & Design’.
Academic CV Ilse Oosterlaken (with all publications, below a selection). See also:
Educational background
Ilse Oosterlaken studied ‘Technology & Society’ at the Faculty of Technology Management, Eindhoven University of Technology (BSc/MSc). 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 has a bachelor degree 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 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. 2009. "Design for Development; A Capability Approach". In: Design Issues, 25(4).
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.
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.
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.
Oosterlaken, Ilse. Forthcoming. "Is Pogge a capability theorist in disguise? A critical examination of Thomas Pogge’s defence of Rawlsian resourcism". Accepted for publication on January 27, 2012 by Ethical Theory & Moral Practice.
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. Diseño de tecnología para el desarrollo humano - un enfoque de capacidades. En: Tecnología para el Desarrollo Humano, Ayuda Humanitaria y Emergencias. Actas de las jornadas. 7 y 8 de mayo de 2009. Editor: Centro de Cooperación al Desarrollo, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Valencia: Editorial UPV (ISBN: 978-84-8363-536-0).available online
Professional/Popular publications (selection)
Oosterlaken, Ilse. 2010. “Autonomer én 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.
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
