Publications

2025

Hase Ueta, M., Robaey, Z., & Kunze, S. (2025). The horizons of change: Between past memories and future imaginations in sustainable food transitions. Journal of Rural Studies, 119, 103792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103792

Loonstra, T., Tassone, V. C., Robaey, Z., & Brok, P. den. (2025). The foundations and applications of teaching environmental problems: Paradigms, learning domains, worldviews, and how they interact. Environmental Education Research, 31(4), 701–717. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2024.2405887

Rijssenbeek, J., Robaey, Z., & Blok, V. (2025). Disruptive technologies and intra-value conflicts: The case of naturalness and sustainability in cellular agriculture. Environmental Values, 09632719251347453. https://doi.org/10.1177/09632719251347453

Vlugt, S. E. J. van der, Robaey, Z. H., Fros, J. J., Santos, V. A. P. M. dos, & Asin-Garcia, E. (2025). Scientific and public imaginations of xenobiology. Trends in Biotechnology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2025.05.023

2024

Gerola, A., & Robaey, Z. H. (2024). Capturing the Sun: Solarpunk and the Elite Capture of Imagination. I Castelli Di Yale Online, 12(2), 55–66. https://doi.org/10.15160/2282-5460/2928

Robaey, Z., & Sandin, P. (2024). Bioprospecting microbial biodiversity for sustainable futures: An ethics of exploitation? Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004715509_069

2023

Asin-Garcia, E., Robaey, Z., Kampers, L. F. C., & Martins dos Santos, V. A. P. (2023). Exploring the Impact of Tensions in Stakeholder Norms on Designing for Value Change: The Case of Biosafety in Industrial Biotechnology. Science and Engineering Ethics, 29(2), 9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-023-00432-6

Asveld, L., Robaey, Z. H., Francke, S., & Osseweijer, P. (2023). Capability Approach and Inclusion: Developing a Context Sensitive Design for Biobased Value Chains. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 36(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-023-09901-1

Gerola, A., Robaey, Z., & Blok, V. (2023). What Does it Mean to Mimic Nature? A Typology for Biomimetic Design. Philosophy & Technology, 36(4), 65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-023-00665-0

Horst, M. van der, Robaey, Z. H., García, E. A., & Santos, V. A. P. M. dos. (2023). An exploratory study on embedding Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) in Circular Bioeconomy Research. https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/an-exploratory-study-on-embedding-safe-and-sustainable-by-design-

Müller, A., Hekmatyar, F., Sairam, N. B., Batianis, C., Robaey, Z. H., García, E. A., & Santos, V. A. P. M. dos. (2023). Embedding Safe-by-Design in circular bioeconomy workflows. https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/embedding-safe-by-design-in-circular-bioeconomy-workflows

2022

Aarts, N., Bovenberg, R., Dogterom, M., Est, R. van, Gerritsen, J., Macnaghten, P., Poolman, B., Robaey, Z., Rasmussen, S., & Ruivenkamp, G. (2022). Society and synthetic cells: A position paper by the Future Panel on Synthetic Life.

Bergen, J. P., & Robaey, Z. (2022). Designing in Times of Uncertainty: What Virtue Ethics Can Bring to Engineering Ethics in the Twenty-First Century. In M. J. Dennis, G. Ishmaev, S. Umbrello, & J. van den Hoven (Eds.), Values for a Post-Pandemic Future (pp. 163–183). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08424-9_9

Morales, L. G., Savelkoul, N. H. A., Robaey, Z., Claassens, N. J., Staals, R. H. J., & Smith, R. W. (2022b). Ten simple rules for building an enthusiastic iGEM team. PLOS Computational Biology, 18(3), e1009916. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009916

Rijssenbeek, J., Blok, V., & Robaey, Z. (2022). Metabolism Instead of Machine: Towards an Ontology of Hybrids. Philosophy & Technology, 35(3), 56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-022-00554-y

Robaey, Z., Asveld, L., Sinha, K. M., Wubben, E., & Osseweijer, P. (2022). Identifying practices of inclusive biobased value chains: Lessons from corn stover in Iowa, sugar cane in Jamaica, and sugar beet in the Netherlands. Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy, 100032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clcb.2022.100032

2021

Asveld, L., Robaey, Z. h., & Francke, S. (2021). 12. Inclusive biobased value chains: Building on local capabilities. In Justice and food security in a changing climate (pp. 97–102). Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-915-2_12

Robaey, Z. h., & Sandin, P. (2021). 52. An agent-centred approach to innovation for 21st century challenges of agriculture. In Justice and food security in a changing climate (pp. 337–340). Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-915-2_52

Robaey, Z. h., & Timmermann, C. (2021). 10. Who owns the taste of coffee ? Examining implications of biobased means of production in food. In Justice and food security in a changing climate (pp. 85–90). Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-915-2_10

Sandin, P., & Robaey, Z. (2021). Modern Biotechnology, Agriculture, and Ethics. In D. C. Poff & A. C. Michalos (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics (pp. 1–4). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_1256-1

van Gelder, P., Klaassen, P., Taebi, B., Walhout, B., van Ommen, R., van de Poel, I., Robaey, Z., Asveld, L., Balkenende, R., Hollmann, F., van Kampen, E. J., Khakzad, N., Krebbers, R., de Lange, J., Pieters, W., Terwel, K., Visser, E., van der Werff, T., & Jung, D. (2021). Safe-by-Design in Engineering: An Overview and Comparative Analysis of Engineering Disciplines. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126329

2019

Robaey, Z. (2019). Sue Booth and John Coveney: Food Democracy: from Consumer to Food Citizen. (SpringerBriefs in Public Health). Food Ethics, 4(1), 113–115. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41055-019-00050-8

Robaey, Z., Bailey, A., & Asveld, L. (2019). Towards an inclusive bioeconomy? Capitals of farming communities in Jamaica. In Sustainable governance and management of food systems (1–0, pp. 109–114). Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-892-6_14

Stemerding, D., Betten, W., Rerimassie, V., Robaey, Z., & Kupper, F. (2019e). Future making and responsible governance of innovation in synthetic biology. Futures, 109, 213–226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2018.11.005

Teunisse, W., Robaey, Z., & Asveld, L. (2019). Potentiële Safe-by-Design Strategieën door Directed Evolution Onderzoeksrapport voor het Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat [This report was part of a research collaboration between Delft University of Technology and the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.]

2018

Robaey, Z. (2018). Dealing with risks of biotechnology: Understanding the potential of Safe-by-Design [This report was commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.]. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331073590_Dealing_with_risks_of_biotechnology_understanding_the_potential_of_Safe-by-Design

Robaey, Z., Asveld, L., & Osseweijer, P. (2018). Roles and responsibilities in transition? Farmers’ ethics in the bio-economy. In Professionals in food chains (1–0, pp. 49–54). Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-869-8_5

Robaey, Z., Spruit, S. L., & Poel, I. van de. (2018). The Food Warden: An Exploration of Issues in Distributing Responsibilities for Safe-by-Design Synthetic Biology Applications. Science and Engineering Ethics, 24(6), 1673–1696. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-017-9969-0

Robaey, Z., & Timmermann, C. (2018). Fair agricultural innovation for a changing climate. Food Justice, the Environment, and Climate Change. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, 213–230.

2017

Robaey, Z. (2017). Rethinking ownership of genetically modified seeds. Asian Biotechnology & Development Review, 19(2).

Robaey, Z. (2017). Seeding Moral Responsibility in Ownership: How to deal with uncertain risks of GMOs. [PhD Thesis]

van de Poel, I., & Robaey, Z. (2017). Safe-by-Design: From Safety to Responsibility. NanoEthics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-017-0301-x

2016

Doorn, N., Spruit, S., & Robaey, Z. (2016). Editors’ Overview: Experiments, Ethics, and New Technologies. Science and Engineering Ethics, 22, 607–611. PMC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-015-9748-8

Rerimassie, V., Van Est, R., Stemerding, D., van Keulen, I., Robaey, Z., Peters, M., & Malsch, I. (2016). Moderne biotechnologie in Nederland: Informatie ter voorbereiding AO Biotechnologie.

Robaey, Z. (2016). Gone with the Wind: Conceiving of Moral Responsibility in the Case of GMO Contamination. Science and Engineering Ethics, 22(3), 889–906. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-015-9744-z

Robaey, Z. (2016). Transferring Moral Responsibility for Technological Hazards: The Case of GMOs in Agriculture. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 29(5), 767–786. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-016-9636-5

Timmermann, C., & Robaey, Z. (2016). Agrobiodiversität, das Gemeinschaftserbe-Prinzip und Marktanreize. Biopatente, 109–132.

Timmermann, C., & Robaey, Z. (2016). Agrobiodiversity Under Different Property Regimes. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 29(2), 285–303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-016-9602-2

2015

Robaey, Z. (2015). Looking for Moral Responsibility in Ownership: A Way to Deal with Hazards of GMOs. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 28(1), 43–56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-014-9517-8

Robaey, Z., & Simons, A. (2015). Responsible Management of Social Experiments: Challenges for Policymaking. In B.-J. Koops, I. Oosterlaken, H. Romijn, T. Swierstra, & J. van den Hoven (Eds.), Responsible Innovation 2 (pp. 87–103). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17308-5_5

Spruit, S. L., Robaey, Z., & Spoelstra, A. (2015). Impact! http://www.blurb.com/b/6400438-impact

2014

Robaey, Z. (2014). A commentary on engineering ethics education, or how to bring about change without needing scandals. Journal of Responsible Innovation, 1(2), 248–249. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2014.922345