Safe by Design Regulation for Academic Experimentation and Value Conflicts: An Exploration of Solution Directions

Georgy Ishmaev, Pieter E. Vermaas, Dick Hoeneveld and Pieter van Gelder
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Georgy Ishmaev: Department of Software Technology, EEMCS, TU Delft, 2628 XE Delft, The Netherlands
Pieter E. Vermaas: Department of Ethics/Philosophy of Technology, TU Delft, 2628 BX Delft, The Netherlands
Dick Hoeneveld: Department of Safety and Security Science, TU Delft, 2628 BX Delft, The Netherlands
Pieter van Gelder: Department of Safety and Security Science, TU Delft, 2628 BX Delft, The Netherlands

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-13

Abstract: In this paper, we explore solution directions for the implementation of Safe by Design (SbD) in safety regimes for academic experimentation. SbD is a dynamic and anticipatory strategy for safety regulation in academic research. In this strategy, safety is taken in a broader sense including not only issues of technical precaution of avoiding risks of experimentation but also the societal responsibility of researchers and research institutes of identifying possible future risks. In our research, we have interviewed academic researchers from different disciplines and university support personnel about the factors that enable and limit the possibilities of researchers to implement SbD in safety regimes for experimentation. We articulate our findings in terms of a core set of research values and in terms of conflicts between safety and these research values. And we argue that tools for resolving value conflicts as originating in design for values research can provide directions to solve the value conflicts, and thus help academic researchers to adopt SbD in their experimentation.

Keywords: Safe by Design; academic experimentation; safety regimes; value conflicts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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