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

Mission-Oriented Transition Assessment as a reflective approach to mission governance (2025)Technological forecasting and social change, 219. Article 124257. Coenen, T. B. J., Wiarda, M., Visscher, K., Penna, C. C. R. & Volker, L.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2025.124257Implementing Circularity in Organizations by Navigating Institutional Plurality (2025)Business strategy and the environment (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Coenen, T. J., Frederiksen, N., Volker, L. & Visscher, K.https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.70119

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.

Research profiles

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 5109
Hallenweg 17
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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