Dr. Zoë Robaey

Biography

Zoë Robaey is an Assistant Professor in the Ethics of Technology at Wageningen University. Her research explores the conditions of moral responsibility in the face of uncertainty within biotechnology and agriculture. In 2019, she received a VENI grant from the Dutch Research Organization to study the virtues of innovation in practice. Through a combination of conceptual and empirical investigations, she develops the notion of responsibility under uncertainty and works to build practices that connect scientists and farmers. Robaey is also a part of the Management Team at the 4TU Centre for Ethics and Technology, an Associate Editor for the journal Science and Engineering Ethics, and an editor for the European Society for Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. Before joining Wageningen University, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Delft University of Technology, where she worked on the project “Inclusive Biobased Innovations.” She has also contributed to synthetic biology projects at the Rathenau Institute. Robaey holds a PhD for her work titled “Seeding Moral Responsibility Ownership: Deal Uncertain Risks GMOs,” which she defended in January 2017. She holds multidisciplinary degrees in Biology, Science and Technology Studies, and Public Policy, and is actively engaged in public debates about the future of agriculture, participating in events hosted by institutions like Pakhuis de Zwijger and de Balie. In 2019, she was nominated as one of the top five candidates for the 'Wetenschapstalent' prize organized by New Scientist.

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