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

Full Professor

About Me

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 head of the Knowledge, Transformation & Society section (KiTeS). Besides, he 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. Klaasjan is also co-chair of the ComeniusNetwork.

Expertise

Business & Economics
Ecosystem
Innovation
Innovation Performance
Market Demand
New Product Development
Organizing
Time Constraints
Social Sciences
Innovation

Ancillary Activities

  • ComeniusNetwerk
    Co-chair

Publications

Recent
Coenen, T. B. J. , Volker, L. , & Visscher, K. (2023). Circular infrastructure in terms of institutional logics. In A. Tutesigensi, & C. J. Neilson (Eds.), ARCOM Thirty-Ninth Annual Conference 2023: September 4-6: Proceedings (pp. 731-741). Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM). https://www.arcom.ac.uk/conf-archive-indexed.php
Coenen, T. B. J. , Visscher, K. , & Volker, L. (2023). Circularity in the Built Environment: A Goal or a Means? In G. Lindahl, & S. C. Gottlieb (Eds.), SDGs in Construction Economics and Organization: The 11th Nordic Conference on Construction Economics and Organisation (CREON) (pp. 253-267). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25498-7_18
Johnson, C. , MacLeod, M. A. J. , & Visscher, K. (2022). The Utility of a Peer Review Application in Interdisciplinary Teamwork Arrangements. In H.-M. Jarvinen, S. Silvestre, A. Llorens, & B. V. Nagy (Eds.), SEFI 2022 - 50th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, Proceedings (pp. 1989-1993). Societe Europeenne pour la Formation des Ingenieurs (SEFI). https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788412322262.1151
Visscher, K., Johnson, C. , MacLeod, M. A. J. , & van der Veen, J. (2022). Multi-, inter- and transdisciplinarity in challenge-based engineering education. In H.-M. Jarvinen, S. Silvestre, A. Llorens, & B. V. Nagy (Eds.), SEFI 2022 - 50th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, Proceedings: SEFI Proceedings (pp. 1786-1794). Societe Europeenne pour la Formation des Ingenieurs (SEFI). https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788412322262.1176
MacLeod, M. A. J., Johnson, C. , Poortman, C. L. , & Visscher, K. (2022). Student motivation and disciplinary expertise in Challenge-Based Learning. In H.-M. Jarvinen, S. Silvestre, A. Llorens, & B. V. Nagy (Eds.), SEFI 2022 - 50th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, Proceedings (pp. 2053-2058). (SEFI 2022 - 50th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, Proceedings). Societe Europeenne pour la Formation des Ingenieurs (SEFI). https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788412322262.1202

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Visiting Address

University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Ravelijn (building no. 10), room 5117
Hallenweg 17
7522NH  Enschede
The Netherlands

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University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Ravelijn  5117
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

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