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‘The future started yesterday. New technologies need to be embedded in existing systems that resist change. Analysis of the systems developments helps in identifying opportunities for sustainable innovation’
Research profile
Frank Veraart is an Assistant Professor of history of technology at Eindhoven University of Technology. His areas of expertise include Modern and Contemporary History, Environmental Studies, History of Mobility, Spatial Planning and Computing. Frank’s studies focus on how societal developments are influences by technology and choices of actors. Frank researches the historical development of sustainability trade-offs in transnational resource chains. International trade influences well-being and sustainability (social, economic and ecologic) at places of excavation, production and consumption. Frank studies the origins and historical development of the resources chains and its local impacts on sustainability and well-being.
Frank is project coordinator of the project Sustainbility Trade-offs in the Netherlands´ Entangled Modernisation (STONEM), 1900-2020, granted by the Dutch Science foundation NWO. This project studeis how Dutch imports have been affecting economic, social and environmental changes elsewhere in the world. STONEM investigates the commodification process or resources in conjunction with the development of global supply chains and their effect on sustainability in sites of extraction, production, consumption and depletion.
SUPERVISION
Frank Veraart is co-promitor of:
Henk-Jan Dekker (graduated in 2021)
Academic background
Frank Veraart received his PhD in History of Technology from TU/e in 2008, At this time, he was also a member of WTMC, The Netherlands Graduate School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture He also holds an MSc in Technology and Society from TU/e.
Frank is one or the research directors of the research network ‘Drivers and Carriers of Globalisation’ of the NW Posthumus research School for Economic and Social History.
He has authored several book chapters and publishes regularly in key journals, such as Well-being, Sustainability and Social Development, Builders and Planners, Cycling Cities: The European Experience and Hacking Europe.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
University Teaching Qualification (BKO), Eindhoven University of Technology
Award Date: 22 Oct 2010
External positions
Board member, Stichting Bedrijfsgeschiedenis (SBG)
2014 → 2019
Board Member, Koninklijk Instituut van Ingenieurs
2002 → 2018
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Projects
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GREASE: Global REsources And Sustainability of European modernization, 1820-2020
van der Vleuten, E. B. A., van der Vleuten, E. B. A., Veraart, F. C. A., Smits, J. P. H. & Strecker, K.
1/10/18 → 31/01/23
Project: Research direct
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Impuls projects between TU Eindhoven, RWS, and PON
Oldenziel, R., Dekker, H., Petzer, B., Bek, P. K. B., Sun, Q., Jeekel, J. F., Verbong, G. P. J., Veraart, F. C. A., Wieczorek, A. J., Spahn, A. & Kalmbach, K.
16/12/15 → 31/12/20
Project: Research direct
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Historical Roots of the Dutch Sustainability Challenge
Lintsen, H. W., Veraart, F. C. A., Kirkels, A. F., Lambert, A. J. D. & van Hooff, W. H. P. M.
1/02/12 → 31/12/16
Project: Research direct
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DTU SusTrans (Research alliance on Sustainable Transitions to a Low Carbon Society)
Verbong, G. P. J. & Veraart, F. C. A.
1/01/11 → 30/06/14
Project: Research direct
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Bilateral: The politics of low carbon innovation: towards a theory of niche protection
1/10/10 → 31/10/14
Project: Research direct
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Entangling Technological Infrastructures, Material Flows and Environmental Modernities
Arapostathis, S. & Veraart, F. C. A., Sept 2023, In: ICON. 28, 1, p. 9-23Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › Academic › peer-review
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From Kenya with Love... Agents Shaping the Backbone of a Telecoupled Rose System, 1920–2020
Strecker, K. & Veraart, F. C. A., Sept 2023, In: ICON. 28, p. 77-104 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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1929 Unilever wordt een multinationale macht
Veraart, F. C. A., Oct 2022, Nog meer wereldgeschiedenis van Nederland. Heerma van Voss, L., Bouras, N., ´t Hart, M., van der Heijden, M. & Lucassen, L. (eds.). Amsterdam: Ambo Anthos, p. 499-505 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Popular
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Deep Transitions in The Netherlands: Deep Transitions & Transformative Investment in the Netherlands
Veraart, F. C. A., Bouwens, A. M. C. M. & Begemann, S., 19 Apr 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Kalkstein als 'Kritischer' Rohstoff: Eine Stoffgeschichte der Industrialisierung, 1840–1930 [Limestone as a 'critical' raw material: A material history of industrialization, 1840–1930] By Sebastian Haumann. Bielefeld: transcript, 2021. Pp. 362
Veraart, F. C. A., 2 Apr 2022, In: Technology and Culture. 63, 2, p. 595-596 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book review › Academic
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Prizes
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The Sophie Coe Prize
Veraart, Frank C.A. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Activities
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Global Fat Resources: Connecting Themes, Approaches and Narratives, ca. 1850-2022
M. Heymann (Organiser), Ines Prodôhl (Organiser), Elena Kotchetkova (Organiser), Frank C.A. Veraart (Participant), Claition Marcio da Silva (Participant), Giovanni Tonolo (Participant), Shakila Yakob (Participant), Julia Janus (Participant), Ryan Jones (Participant), Hendrik Knutsen (Participant), Peder Fuglevik (Organiser) & Chad Denton (Participant)
23 May 2023 → 24 May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Scientific
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De wetenschap aan het woord!
Frank C.A. Veraart (Speaker)
22 Sept 2022 → 4 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
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Panel - Entangling Technological Infrastructures, Material Flows andEnvironmental Modernities.
Frank C.A. Veraart (Organiser), Stathis Arapostathis (Organiser), Per Högselius (Participant), Robrecht Declercq (Participant), Efi Nakopoulou (Participant), Klara Strecker (Participant), John Martin (Participant) & Sotiris Alexakis (Participant)
1 Jul 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Scientific
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The 10th Tensions of Europe Conference: Technology, Environment and Resources
Frank C.A. Veraart (Organiser), Irene A. Niet (Organiser) & Valérie Schafer (Organiser)
29 Jun 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Scientific
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The 10th Tensions of Europe Conference:
Frank C.A. Veraart (Participant), Irene A. Niet (Participant), Klara Strecker (Participant), Erik B.A. van der Vleuten (Participant), Jonas Van der Straeten (Participant) & M. Heymann (Organiser)
29 Jun 2022 → 1 Jul 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Scientific
Courses
Press/Media
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Eureka. Quest zoekt uit: wat is de beste Nederlandse uitvinding ooit
1/08/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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In de jaren zestig ging het mis
Frank Veraart & H.W. Lintsen
20/06/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Wetenschappers TU/e schreven boek over industriële ontwikkeling: De overgang gaat pijn doen
Frank Veraart & H.W. Lintsen
27/03/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Liefhebber van de ANWB Paddenstoel
9/01/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Thesis
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Geschiedenis van de fiets in Nederland 1870-1940 : van sportmiddel naar massavervoermiddel
Author: Veraart, F. C. A., 30 Jun 1995Supervisor: van Royen, E. J. G. (External person) (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master