About us

The Delft Design for Values Institute (DDfV) is a collaboration between five of TU Delft’s faculties: Technology, Policy and Management (TPM), Industrial Design Engineering (IDE), Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CEG) and Electric Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science (EEMCS). The institute contributes to the realization of the mission of TU Delft “to make a significant contribution towards a sustainable society” and to train “scientists and engineers with a genuine commitment to society” in order to contribute to “technological innovations with both economic and social value”. Learn more about the organisation here.

Design for values requires the integration of different kinds of expertise and skills. It requires knowledge of and expertise in design, philosophical knowledge of values and relevant moral theories, and domain knowledge of specific technologies. TU Delft is uniquely positioned to bring such knowledge and skills together in one institute. It is well known for its excellence in engineering and design, but it also has unique expertise in philosophy and ethics of technology. In the last few decades, researchers from TU Delft have internationally played a prominent role in (further) developing the design for values approach.