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Organization profile
Introduction / mission
We research innovation and socio-technical transitions towards a more sustainable society.
Highlighted phrase
Inventions are great, but an invention is not yet an innovation, and not all innovations have a positive impact on society.
Organisational profile
Technological innovations offer many opportunities to address key societal challenges in areas like sustainable energy, mobility, Europeanization and Globalization. However, change is not only about the mere availability of such innovative technologies (like renewable energy technologies or cleaner cars), but rather requires a transformation of existing socio-technical systems: a transition. This includes changes in firm strategies, consumer behavior, social practices, institutions and regulations, etc. Different aspects of such transition processes cannot be studied in isolation, but require a broader, systems-oriented perspective. In our view, society shapes technological progress, but technological progress also shapes our society. Technologies intertwine with radical transformations in work, travel, communication, and private life.
The Technology, Innovation & Society (TIS) group at TU/e is unique in combining questions on innovation and long-term transitions, and aspire to be a leading group in this field worldwide. We have a strong embedding in relevant social science and humanities disciplines such as innovation studies, economics of innovation, Science- and Technology Studies (STS) TS, sustainability transition studies, and history of technology. We study sustainable innovation and transitions in systemic, transdisciplinary, and transnational perspective.
Societal relevance is at the heart of almost all we do at the TIS group. Many of our studies involve governments, companies, NGOs, and users. This helps us to enable smooth transitions and leverage the benefits of innovations, but interaction with these parties has also resulted in new research methodologies and approaches as well as significant contributions to theory development and refinement. With our work, we aim to contribute to a more sustainable society.
The research focus of TIS covers both short term processes (innovations) and long term, pervasive processes (transitions), and addresses multiple aspects of the innovation journey – invention, innovation, diffusion, appropriation, governance, policy intervention, and societal implications locally and globally. Moreover, we believe that innovation/transition questions should be studied in a close linkage with technology. Being part of a technical university, TIS fully uses the opportunities that arise from this unique positioning and has collaboration with other departments at its core.
Our work is along three main axes:
- The systemic axis: from individual elements to the system level;
- The temporal axis: from short term experiments to long term transitions;
- The geographic axis: local, regional, national, European, global and the entanglements between these scales.
We have a special focus on the application domains of sustainable energy, sustainable mobility, and (green) ICT.
Our group works with many collaborative partners, including:
- Dialogic Innovatie & Interactie
- Dutch Statistics (CBS)
- Foundation for the History of Technology SHT (our in-house research partner)
- PON (automotive, bicycles, industry)
- Rathenau Institute
- Rijkswaterstaat (Department of Waterways and Public Works, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management)
- Solar Energy Application Centre (SEAC)
We also operate in many academic networks, including:
- Eurotech Universities
- Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN)
- Tensions of Europe: Research network on history, technology, and Europe. (international network based in Eindhoven)
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Profiles
Floor Alkemade
- Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Technology, Innovation & Society - Full Professor
Person: HGL : Professor
Patrick K.B. Bek, MA
- Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Technology, Innovation & Society - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
Rudi N.A. Bekkers
- Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Technology, Innovation & Society - Full Professor
Person: HGL : Professor
Projects
GREASE
van der Vleuten, E., van der Vleuten, E., Veraart, F. C. A. & Smits, J. P. H.
1/10/18 → 30/09/21
Project: Research direct
Scaling up Co-creation: Avenues and Limits for Integrating Society in Science and Innovation
Bombaerts, G., Bombaerts, G., Tsui, S., Astola, M., Laes, E. J. W., Wieczorek, A. J., Spahn, A., Benckhuijsen - Mertens, P., Reymen, I. M. M. J. & Royakkers, L. M. M.
1/05/18 → 31/07/21
Project: Research direct
Research Output
Achieving interoperability for EV roaming: Pathways to harmonization: Report D6.2 for the evRoaming4EU project
van der Kam, M. & Bekkers, R. N. A., May 2020, Netherlands Knowledge Platform for Public Charging Infrastructure (NKL) . 34 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional
Open Access
File
Achieving socially robust energy systems: common challenges and solutions from responsible research and innovation, value sensitive design and energy justice scholarship
Jenkins, K. E. H., Spruit, S., Milchram, C., Höffken, J. I. & Taebi, B., Jan 2020, (Submitted) In : Energy Research and Social Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
A holistic approach to evaluate building performance gap of green office buildings: A case study in China
Wu, X., Lin, B., Papachristos, G., Liu, P. & Zimmermann, N., 15 May 2020, In : Building and Environment. 175, 15 p., 106819.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Citation
(Scopus)
Datasets
Agricultural machinery industry survey Pakistan (Punjab), 1994
Romijn, H. A. (Creator), Tilburg University, 2010
http://data.4tu.nl/repository/uuid:69b8ec40-cf09-4473-b89b-291588e29ebe
Dataset
Disclosed Standard Essential Patents (dSEP) Database
Bekkers, R. N. A. (Creator), Catalini, C. (Creator), Martinelli, A. (Creator), Simcoe, T. (Creator), Righi, C. (Creator), Published by the creators of the dataset, Feb 2016
Dataset
Prizes
2014 Freeman Award for The book series Making Europe. Technology and Transformations, 1850-2000
Johan Schot (Recipient), 17 Sep 2014
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
2nd Price Young Investigator's Award Competition
Sue-Yen Tjong Tjin Tai (Recipient), 26 May 2012
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Alternative presentation WTMC list of publications
Tanja Manders (Recipient) & Mignon L. Wuestman (Recipient), 24 Nov 2017
Prize: Other › Scientific
Activities
Current developments in the community energy: cVPP and the MoRe model
Anna J. Wieczorek (Invited speaker)30 Jun 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
ENERGY COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING THE ENERGY TRANSITION
Anna J. Wieczorek (Organiser)24 Jun 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Conference › Scientific
Community energy for a just European energy transition
Natascha van Bommel (Speaker)15 Jun 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
Press / Media
-Eindhoven University of Technology: 'Research talent programme' worth EUR12.7M launched by university alliance EuroTech; 'EuroTechPostdoc2' Program to be coordinated by Eindhoven University of Technology
Ingrid M.H. Vliegen, Jan M. Smits & Jan-Pieter P.H. Smits
23/06/20
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
'Research talent programme’ worth €12.7M launched by university alliance EuroTech
Ingrid M.H. Vliegen, Jan M. Smits & Jan-Pieter P.H. Smits
22/06/20
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Mathematical Simulations for Safe Concerts in Muziekgebouw Eindhoven
Rudi A. Pendavingh, Frits C.R. Spieksma, Jan M. Smits & Jan-Pieter P.H. Smits
18/06/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Student theses
Actors' influence on the implementation of MaaS: (re)defining the Dutch MaaS ecosystem and its inherent innovation risks
Author: Leber, B., 31 Jan 2020Supervisor: Sadowski, B. M. (Supervisor 1), Jeekel, J. (. (Supervisor 2) & Papachristos, G. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
File
Adresseermachines: ontwikkeling en gebruik van adresseermachines in de administratie
Author: Klaassen, J. I., 1994Supervisor: Lintsen, H. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
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Aggregators and flexibility in the Dutch electricity system
Author: Juffermans, J., 21 Dec 2018Supervisor: Verbong, G. (Supervisor 1), Wieczorek, A. (Supervisor 2) & Nguyen, H. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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