Udo Pesch

Udo Pesch is an Associate Professor at Delft University of Technology, affiliated with the Department of Values, Technology and Innovation within the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management. His work bridges responsible innovation, science and technology studies, environmental politics, and institutional theory.

• Fields of Interest: Responsible innovation, science and technology studies, technology dynamics, environmental politics, public administration, philosophy.

His research explores:

• Energy justice frameworks in flood risk management and heat infrastructure.
• Normative paradigms in tackling wicked problems through design thinking.
• Public engagement and imagined publics in hydrogen and shale gas development.
• Interdisciplinary approaches to sustainability transitions and institutional reform.

Recent publications analyze energy citizenship, regional heat infrastructure tensions, and justice implications in hydrogen development. He also investigates the role of values in smart city development and sustainability controversies.

The Predicaments of Publicness (2005, Eburon) remains a foundational text in his exploration of public administration and institutional ethics.