Dr. Marc Steen

About

Marc Steen works as a senior research scientist at TNO, a research and technology organization in The Netherlands. He earned MSc, EngD and PhD degrees in Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology, and an LLM degree (summa cum laude) in Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence at the Open Universiteit. He is an expert in Responsible Innovation, Human-Centred Design, Value-Sensitive Design, Applied Ethics of Technology, and Virtue Ethics.

Marc’s mission is to promote the design and application of technologies in ways that help to create a just society in which people can live well together. He is especially interested in the ethics involved in the design and deployment of data, algorithms and so-called “artificial intelligence” systems. His first book, Ethics for people who work in tech, was published in 2022.

During his Fellowship, Marc exchanged ideas with experts at the Weizenbaum Institute, as input for writing a book for a broad audience, about how citizens can use technologies to live well together. The book’s goal is to bring a basic understanding of various technologies to citizens, for their empowerment and self-determination. Its key message is that people can act as citizens – not as passive consumers – and can use technology to promote conviviality, freedom, justice, and democracy.

Former Research Fellow, Open Fellowship Program Research Group: Technology, Power and Domination