Ravelijn

prof.dr.ir. K. Visscher (Klaasjan)

Full Professor
BMS-TPS-KiTeS
Ravelijn 5117
k.visscher@utwente.nl
+31534893489
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Klaasjan Visscher is full professor and chair of Innovation in Higher Education & Society. He has a background in ‘Industrial Engineering & Management’ and ‘Philosophy of Science, Technology & Society’ and obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Twente. Klaasjan is an engaged teacher and an educational innovator. He works on transdisciplinary education and studies innovation processes in organizations, ecosystems and society, in particular in the field of higher education. Klaasjan won a Comenius teaching and senior fellowship and obtained funds for various research and innovation projects. His work has been published in academic journals and books.

Klaasjan is scientific co-director for Educational Innovation of DesignLab and Programme Director of the Transdisciplinary master-insert 'Shaping Responsible Futures', which won the Dutch Higher Education Award. 

Expertise

  • Computer Science

    • Innovations
    • Transitions

  • Social Sciences

    • Innovation
    • Ecosystems
    • Students
    • Project
    • Organizations
    • Learning

Organisations

Ancillary activities

  • TechYourFuturemember of the Academic Board

Publications

2025

A Responsible Futuring Approach to Create Spaces of Transdisciplinary Co-Speculation (2025)Journal of Futures Studies (Unpublished). Matos-Castaño, J., Zaga, C., Visscher, K., Baibarac-Duignan, C., Wildevuur, S. & van der Voort, M.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374061942

2024

Transdisciplinaire uitdagingen voor onderwijsvernieuwers (2024)[Book/Report › Inaugural speech]. University of Twente. Visscher, K.Governing the mission-oriented transition towards a circular infrastructure sector: From ideals to new socio-technical systems (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. Coenen, T. B. J.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036560252Experiencing complex stakeholder dynamics around emerging technologies: a role-play simulation (2024)European journal of engineering education, 49(2), 370-388. Visscher, K.https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2023.2196940Pieter Lindenbergh: Boer, bestuurder en bruggenbouwer in de eerste industriĂ«le landbouwcoöperaties (2024)De Spuije(121), 2. Visscher, K.

2023

Circular infrastructure in terms of institutional logics (2023)In ARCOM Thirty-Ninth Annual Conference 2023: September 4-6: Proceedings (pp. 731-741). Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM). Coenen, T. B. J., Volker, L. & Visscher, K.https://www.arcom.ac.uk/conf-archive-indexed.phpTransdisziplinĂ€re Lehre als Change Agent der Hochschulen im AnthropozĂ€n (2023)Forschung, 16(1), 3. Kuhlmann, S., Visscher, K. & Visscher-Voerman, I.Collaboration and innovation beyond project boundaries: exploring the potential of an ecosystem perspective in the infrastructure sector (2023)Construction management and economics, 41(6), 457-474. Vosman, L., Coenen, T. B. J., Volker, L. & Visscher, K.https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2023.2165695Ecosystemen in de infra-sector: innovatie door projectoverstijgende samenwerking (2023)[Book/Report › Report]. University of Twente. Vosman, L., Coenen, T., Volker, L. & Visscher, K.A systemic perspective on transition barriers to a circular infrastructure sector (2023)Construction management and economics, 41(1), 22-43. Coenen, T. B. J., Visscher, K. & Volker, L.https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2022.2151024

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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

Courses academic year 2023/2024

Current projects

Transdisciplinary learning for societal transformations

Scaffolding Transdisciplinary Learning in Responsible Challenge-based Education

Finished projects

Structuring Interdisciplinary Projects for Engineering Students (STRIPES)

Machine-based Mapping of Innovation Journeys

Bringing Technology and Society Together in Class

This project develops and tests a novel didactic method, based on Constructive Technology Assessment, which helps students to reach higher levels of interdisciplinary learning related to emerging sustainable technologies and their embedding in society.

Industrial Innovation in Transition

European Market for Climate Services

Theatrical Technology Assessment

Experiencing stakeholder perspectives and societal implications of quantum and nanotechnologies

Address

University of Twente

Ravelijn (building no. 10), room 5117
Hallenweg 17
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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