Sophie van Baalen
I have a broad, interdisciplinary background in Technical Medicine and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Society, and a wide-ranging interest in everything related to emerging technologies and their impact on society. Currently, I am primarily concerned with emerging digital technologies and the social issues associated with them. This includes, for example, Agentic AI and its impact on work and society, but also digital sovereignty and the role of AI in Health Care and public administration. With my interdisciplinary approach, I combine different perspectives on these technologies: technical, social, ethical, epistemological, and administrative. In doing so, I hope to contribute to technological developments that benefit society.
PUBLICATIONS
van der Weij, F. H., Bührman, E. A. M., van El, C. G., Arets, D. J. A. M., Timmis, J. K., & van Baalen, S. J. (2026). Towards societal alignment in the governance of human germline genome editing in the Netherlands. Journal of Responsible Innovation, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2025.2587982
Martani, A., van der Weij, F., van Baalen, S., & van Beers, B. (2025). Repoliticizing heritable human genome editing: discursive narrowing and technomoral change in the international debate on human germline modification. New Genetics and Society, 44(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2025.2598071
van Baalen, S., Boon, M. Understanding disciplinary perspectives: a framework to develop skills for interdisciplinary research collaborations of medical experts and engineers. BMC Med Educ 24, 1000 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05913-1
van Baalen, S., Srinivas, K.R., He, G. (2023). Challenges of Global Technology Assessment in Biotechnology—Bringing Clarity and Better Understanding in Fragmented Global Governance. In: Hennen, L., Hahn, J., Ladikas, M., Lindner, R., Peissl, W., van Est, R. (eds) Technology Assessment in a Globalized World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10617-0_8
van Baalen S, Boon M, Verhoef P. From clinical decision support to clinical reasoning support systems. J Eval Clin Pract. 2021; 27: 520–528. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.13541