Projects per year
Organization profile
Introduction / mission
We research innovation and socio-technical transitions towards a more sustainable society.
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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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Network
Profiles
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Lise Alkema, MSc
- Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Technology, Innovation & Society - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
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Floor Alkemade
- EIRES System Integration - Full Professor
- Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Technology, Innovation & Society - Full Professor
- EAISI Mobility - Full Professor
Person: HGL : Professor
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Frauke Behrendt
- Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Technology, Innovation & Society - Associate Professor
- EAISI Mobility - Associate Professor
Person: UHD : Associate Professor
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uitvoeren van werkzaamheden in het verder helpen ontwikkelen van de concept note Public engagement task binnen de USERS TCP - EGOI210COWQPU/ML
Alkemade, F. & Wieczorek, A. J.
1/01/22 → 15/12/22
Project: Research direct
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HOLON SEMI AUTONOME ENERGIE SYSTEMEN VAN MMIP13
Alkemade, F., Wieczorek, A. J., Bekkers, R. N. A. & Kok, J. K.
1/01/22 → 28/02/23
Project: Research direct
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A grassroots energy revolution? The rise and transformative impacts of bottom-up smart grid experiments: The case of the community-based Virtual Power Plant
van Summeren, L. F. M., 12 May 2022. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic
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A perspective on the future of sustainability transitions research
Truffer, B., Rohracher, H., Kivimaa, P., Raven, R., Alkemade, F., Carvalho, L. & Feola, G., Mar 2022, In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 42, p. 331-339 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Letter to the editor › Academic › peer-review
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Beyond technology transfer: Innovation cooperation to advance sustainable development in developing countries
Pandey, N., de Coninck, H. & Sagar, A. D., 1 Mar 2022, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment. 11, 2, 25 p., e422.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)4 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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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, 1 Feb 2016
Dataset
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Agricultural machinery industry survey Pakistan (Punjab), 1994
Romijn, H. A. (Creator), Tilburg University, 20 Apr 2010
DOI: 10.4121/uuid:69b8ec40-cf09-4473-b89b-291588e29ebe
Dataset
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3PFL: Database of Patents and Publications with a Public-Funding Linkage
de Rassenfosse, G. (Contributor) & Raiteri, E. (Contributor), Zenodo, 23 Jul 2019
Dataset
Prizes
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1st Year of SI Education Award, Nominee
Tur, Elena M. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: TU/e › Other › Scientific
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2014 Freeman Award for The book series Making Europe. Technology and Transformations, 1850-2000
Schot, J. (Recipient), 17 Sep 2014
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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2nd Price Young Investigator's Award Competition
Tjong Tjin Tai, S. (Recipient), 26 May 2012
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Activities
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Emerging AI-based electricity markets: ways to safeguard public values
Irene A. Niet (Speaker), Laura H.G.J. Van den Berghe (Speaker) & Q.C. (Rinie) van Est (Speaker)
25 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
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Eu-SPRI 2022: Challenging Science and Innovation Policy
Irene A. Niet (Organiser) & Anne Marte Gardenier (Organiser)
1 Jun 2022 → 3 Jun 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Conference › Scientific
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Community-based Virtual Power Plants
Laura H.G.J. Van den Berghe (Speaker) & Luc F.M. van Summeren (Speaker)
24 May 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
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Press / Media
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Stories around the campfire – NEMO Kennislink
Harry W. Lintsen
17/05/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Part 3 Of IPCC’s 6th Climate Report Gets Mixed Reaction From The European Media, Not All Pessimistic
9/04/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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The UK’s energy strategy and the latest IPCC report
7/04/22 → 8/04/22
5 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Impacts
Student theses
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Actors' influence on the implementation of MaaS: (re)defining the Dutch MaaS ecosystem and its inherent innovation risks
Author: Leber, B. A. M., 31 Jan 2020Supervisor: Sadowski, B. M. (Supervisor 1), Jeekel, J. F. (Supervisor 2) & Papachristos, G. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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A Decentralised Control Solution to a Centralised Control Problem: Blockchain’s Value Addition in Network Industry : A multi-case study in electricity and telecommunications industry
Author: Gothankar, T., 23 Nov 2021Supervisor: Sadowski, B. (Supervisor 1) & Rood, H. (External person) (External coach)
Student thesis: Master
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Adresseermachines: ontwikkeling en gebruik van adresseermachines in de administratie
Author: Klaassen, J. I. W., 1994Supervisor: Lintsen, H. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
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