Digital platforms and responsible innovation: expanding value sensitive design to overcome ontological uncertainty
Summary. Digital platforms create unpredictable value impacts that traditional design methods cannot anticipate. The authors expand value sensitive design to handle ontological uncertainty—situations where even complete information cannot predict how users will actually employ platforms. They propose extending design across a platform's entire lifecycle, adding reflexive learning about which values matter, and introducing moral sandboxing and prototyping tools to navigate this uncertainty.
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Reuver, M. D., Wynsberghe, A. V., Janssen, M., & Poel, I. V. D.. (2020). Digital platforms and responsible innovation: expanding value sensitive design to overcome ontological uncertainty. Ethics and Information Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-020-09537-z
Reuver, Mark de, et al. “Digital platforms and responsible innovation: expanding value sensitive design to overcome ontological uncertainty.” Ethics and Information Technology, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-020-09537-z.
Reuver, Mark de, Aimee van Wynsberghe, Marijn Janssen, and Ibo van de Poel. 2020. “Digital platforms and responsible innovation: expanding value sensitive design to overcome ontological uncertainty.” Ethics and Information Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-020-09537-z.
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author = {Mark de Reuver and Aimee van Wynsberghe and Marijn Janssen and Ibo van de Poel},
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year = {2020},
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- 10.1007/s10676-020-09537-z
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- Netherlands
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- innovation-theory, broadband-and-digital, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28