Hans Voordijk holds a Master in Economics and a Master in Philosophy from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a PhD in Economics and Business Administration from Maastricht University. He was Director of the Engineering Doctorate (EngD) Program in Civil Engineering at the UT, project manager at the Netherlands Organization of Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Assistant Professor at Tilburg University and lecturer at Asmara University, Eritrea. He was also member of the Board of Supervisory Directors of Ubbink B.V. He started his career as Research Assistant at the Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) of Maastricht University.
Existing functions:
Program Manager Joint Innovation Centre UT TNO on Digital Lifecycle Management
Coordinator Engineering Doctorate Programs of Twente University
Honorary Associate Professor, School of Property, Construction & Project Management, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
Expertise
Social Sciences
- Project
- Construction
- Approach
- Process
- Construction Industry
- Case Studies
Computer Science
- Design
- Case Study
Organisations
Hans focuses on two major research fields:
- Philosophy of technology and design in civil engineering
- Digitalization and circularity in construction supply chains
Publications
2025
Shared team mental models when using Building Information Models in construction projects (2025)Project Leadership and Society, 6. Article 100180. Siebelink, S., Voordijk, H., Endedijk, M. & Adriaanse, A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plas.2025.100180Reuse Challenges in Circular Deconstruction: Lessons from Explorative Case Studies (2025)In Proceedings of the Circular Building Sector Conference 2025 (CBSC2025) (pp. 15-24). University of Lund. Jiang, L., van den Berg, M., Voordijk, H. & Hartmann, A.https://doi.org/10.52202/080684The development of a typology and guideline for selecting innovation-encouraging procurement strategies in civil engineering (2025)Innovation : the European journal of social science research, 38(2), 736-770. Lenderink, B., Boes, J., Halman, J. I. M., Voordijk, H. & Dorée, A. G.https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2022.2094898Operatorsâ Experiences with Intelligent Compaction Systems in Road Pavement: A Technological Mediation Approach (2025)In Engineering and Value Change (pp. 233-248) (Philosophy of Engineering and Technology; Vol. 48). Springer. Voordijk, H., Miller, S. R. & Vahdatikhaki, F.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-83549-0_14Circularity assessment across construction project phases with Building Information Modelling (2025)Developments in the Built Environment, 22. Article 100663. Jiang, L., van den Berg, M., Voordijk, H. & Adriaanse, A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dibe.2025.100663Digital twinâbased asset inspection and userâtechnology interactions (2025)Journal of engineering design and technology, 23(2), 406-422. Voordijk, H., Vahdatikhaki, F. & Hesselink, L.https://doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-03-2023-0121Actor-role configuration for ecosystems to emerge in the construction industry (2025)[Contribution to conference › Paper] 41st Annual ARCOM Conference 2025 - Building Regenerative Cities. van de Waerdt, G., Volker, L. & Voordijk, H.Exploring strategies for managing maturity variations among project partners: from underperformance and controlling weak links to stretching capabilities (2025)Construction management and economics, 43(4), 243-261. Siebelink, S., Voordijk, H. J. T., Endedijk, M. D. & Adriaanse, A. M.https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2024.2409456Visualizing value creation and value capture beyond the buyer-supplier relation (2025)In IPSERA 2025 âRoom for Talentâ: Rotterdam, the Netherlands, March 30 - April 2: Book of Abstracts (pp. 384-384). Article 219. International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA). van de Waerdt, G., Voordijk, H. & Volker, L.Visualizing values across stakeholders in inter-organizational innovation multi-project settings: an exemplary case study from the infrastructure sector (2025)[Contribution to conference › Paper] 25th European Academy of Management Conference. van de Waerdt, G., Volker, L. & Voordijk, H.
2024
Coping with uncertainties: challenges for decision makers in healthcare (2024)Journal of Facilities Management, 22(5), 883-899. Aarninkhof-Kamphuis, A., Voordijk, H. & Dewulf, G.https://doi.org/10.1108/JFM-06-2022-0067Materializing responsible futures: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of circular design experiences in construction (2024)Sustainable Production and Consumption, 51, 92-104. van den Berg, M., Schraven, D., De Wolf, C. & Voordijk, H.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2024.09.005Lost in interpretation: Making sense of equivocalities and tensions in approaches to interoperability (2024)Journal of information technology (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Sloot, R. N. F., Voordijk, H. & Volker, L.https://doi.org/10.1177/02683962241295785Usability analysis of virtual-reality-enabled digital twin for the inspection of sewage pumping stations (2024)International journal of construction management, 24(13), 1419-1430. Hesselink, L., Vahdatikhaki, F., Harmsen, Y. & Voordijk, H.https://doi.org/10.1080/15623599.2023.2219941Information-Driven Processes for Circular Material Reuse in Construction: Digital Technologies and Challenges (2024)In 1 st International Conference âCircular Economy: the pathway towards a sustainable developmentâ of the Hellenic Society for Circular Economy: Book of abstracts (pp. 172-175). Jiang, L., van den Berg, M., Voordijk, H. & Hartmann, A.https://hsce.gr/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BoA-HSCE2024.pdfPromise in peril? How an innovation development project surfaced conflicting institutional logics (2024)In Fortieth Annual Conference 2024 September 2-4: Working Papers (pp. 85-94). Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM). olde Scholtenhuis, L. & Voordijk, H.Developing project-based supplier relations in a programmatic multi-project context: an exemplary case study from the construction industry (2024)International journal of managing projects in business, 17(8), 72-91. van de Waerdt, G., Volker, L., Vosman, L. & Voordijk, H.https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-09-2023-0222Dynamic adaptive decision support for strategic decision-making in healthcare organizations (2024)Journal of health organization and management, 38(5), 638-661. Aarninkhof-Kamphuis, A., Voordijk, H. & Dewulf, G.https://doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-07-2023-0229Revealing the project and asset management divide: Why infrastructure agencies struggle with IT transformation (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Sloot, R. N. F.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036560573Operator guidance systems in road construction: a technological mediation perspective (2024)Frontiers in Engineering and Built Environment, 4(2), 116-129. Voordijk, H., Miller, S. R. & Vahdatikhaki, F.https://doi.org/10.1108/FEBE-07-2023-0031Change in a project-based organization: The mutual shaping of institutional logics and change programs (2024)International journal of project management, 42(3). Article 102589. Sloot, R. N. F., Troje, D., Voordijk, H. & Volker, L.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2024.102589Technological mediation and 3D visualizations in construction engineering practice (2024)AI & society, 39, 207-220. Voordijk, H. & olde Scholtenhuis, L. L.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-022-01420-3Constructing common ground: Sensemaking & sensegiving in public tenders (2024)[Contribution to conference › Paper] 40th Annual ARCOM Conference 2024: Looking back to move forward. Sloot, R. N. F., Volker, L. & Voordijk, H.Philosophical Reflections on Ethnography in Construction Research (2024)In Embracing Ethnography: Doing Contextualised Construction Research (pp. 79-91). CRC Press. Voordijk, H.https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003379584-9Samen bouwen aan duurzame samenwerking: hoe programma's relaties in de bouwsector veranderen (2024)[Book/Report › Report]. University of Twente. van de Waerdt, G., Volker, L., Vosman, L. & Voordijk, J. T.
Research profiles
- Supervision of MA and BA thesis projects
- MA course Construction Supply Chains & Digitization
- Pre-MA course Design project Urban Development
Courses academic year 2025/2026
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
Courses academic year 2024/2025
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