1. Lecturer : Oscar Oviedo Trespalacios(TU delft University)

2. Title : When Engineers Meet Ethics: Innovation for Safer, Just Mobility

3. Date & Venue : October 30th(Thur), 16~17:30, L409

4. Abstract : Transport research is often framed around technical progress and efficiency. Yet governments and major research agendas, including Horizon Europe, increasingly highlight ethics, justice, and societal readiness as critical to innovation. For engineers and transport practitioners, this means that engaging with ethics is not just a matter of responsibility — it is also a source of advantage and creativity. In this seminar, I will draw on my work in human–technology relations to show how ethical tensions open new research directions. Using examples from connected, cooperative, and automated mobility (CCAM) and recent studies on large language models applied to safety analysis, I will illustrate how safety, security, and justice are deeply entangled. By reframing ethics as a driver rather than a constraint, we can design transport systems that are not only technologically advanced, but also fair, resilient, and future-ready.