Horst Complex

dr. M. Rajabali Nejad (Mohammad)

Assistant Professor
ET-SERVICES-MA
Horst Complex BH206
m.rajabalinejad@utwente.nl
+31534893278
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Dr Mohammad Rajabali Nejad is an Assistant Professor at the University of Twente, working at the intersection of safety, systems engineering, and the integration of complex socio-technical systems. His work focuses on understanding and designing safety across the full system lifecycle, combining technical, organisational, human, and contextual perspectives.

He has a multidisciplinary background in civil, mechanical, industrial, and design engineering, and has studied and worked in several international academic and industrial environments. His research addresses both technical and non-technical aspects of safety, including system integration, resilience, decision-making under uncertainty, and governance of complex systems.

Dr Rajabali Nejad is actively involved in education at bachelor, master, and postgraduate levels, where he teaches courses related to safety, systems engineering, and design. He has led and contributed to multiple academic–industry research projects and regularly collaborates with public and private stakeholders.

He previously initiated and scientifically led the Human Plus and SIRA (System Integration for Railway Advancement) research projects. He is the founding editor of the independent journal Safety.Science and serves on editorial boards of scientific journals. He has also organised and chaired special sessions and special issues at international conferences and journals.

Expertise

  • Computer Science

    • Design
    • Models
    • Application
    • System Analysis

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Flood
    • Defense
    • Utilization

  • Engineering

    • Integration

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Publications

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2026

When One Life Becomes Humanity — Moral Amplification, Responsibility, and the Conditions of Freedom (2026)Safety.Science, 1(1), 1. Rajabali Nejad, M.https://doi.org/10.65620/safetyscience.editorial.2026.002Safety When Systems Fracture — An editorial reflection on interaction breakdown, escalation, and responsibility (2026)Safety.Science, 1(1). Rajabali Nejad, M.https://doi.org/10.65620/safetyscience.editorial.2026.001

2025

Launching Safety.Science: An Invitation to the Integrated Safety Community (2025)Safety.Science, 1(1). Rajabali Nejad, M.https://doi.org/10.65620/safetyscience.editorial.2025.001Pre-Failure Signal Distortion as a Barrier to Integration in Socio-Technical Systems (2025)Safety.Science, 1(1). Rajabali Nejad, M.https://doi.org/10.65620/safetyscience.conceptual.2025.002

2023

MOSAIC: A Structured Multidisciplinary Analysis for Managing the Integration of Inter-Organizational Changes (2023)Engineering Management Journal, 35(4), 405-419. Ramtahalsing, M., Haanstra, W., Braaksma, J., Rajabalinejad, M. & van Dongen, L.https://doi.org/10.1080/10429247.2022.2143709Coordinated interorganizational decision-making: Dealing with project complexity in the Dutch Railway context (2023)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Jakubeit, N.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036555937

2022

Facilitating digital collaboration through knowledge management: a case study (2022)Knowledge management research & practice, 20(6), 797-813. Abbas, Y., Martinetti, A., Rajabalinejad, M., Schuberth, F. & van Dongen, L. A. M.https://doi.org/10.1080/14778238.2022.2029597Advancing knowledge management for system integration: Improving the management of lessons learned to enhance organisational learning and railway system performance (2022)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Abbas, Y.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036554237Co-Designing Sustainable Coordination to Support Inter-Organizational Decision Making (2022)Sustainability (Switzerland), 14(11). Article 6467. Jakubeit, N., Haanstra, W., Braaksma, J., Rajabalinejad, M. & van Dongen, L.https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116467Investigating Interdependencies Between Key Features of Lessons Learned: An Integral Approach for Knowledge Sharing (2022)Journal of information & knowledge management, 21(2). Article 2250019. Abbas, Y., Martinetti, A., Frunt, L., Klinkers, J., Rajabalinejad, M. & van Dongen, L. A. M.https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219649222500198

2021

Coordinating Project Complexities in Inter-Organizational Railway Projects – a Multiple Case Study Highlighting the Importance of Relational Coordination (Part II) (2021)In TESConf 2021 - 10th International Conference on Through-Life Engineering Services. Jakubeit, N., Braaksma, J., Rajabalinejad, M. & van Dongen, L. A. M.https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3945142Systems Control in Railway Transport, Challenges Towards Managing Integration (2021)In 10th International Conference on Through-life Engineering Service. Social Science Research Network (SSRN). Ramtahalsing, M. M., Haanstra, W., Braaksma, J., Rajabalinejad, M. & van Dongen, L. A. M.Climate Change in Dutch Railway Infrastructure: Towards a Framework for Adaptation Strategies (2021)In 10th International Conference on Through-life Engineering Service. Social Science Research Network (SSRN). Ramtahalsing, M. M., Kuiper-Hutten, L., Haanstra, W., Braaksma, J., Rajabalinejad, M. & van Dongen, L. A. M.Coordinating Project Complexities in Inter-Organizational Railway Projects – An Operationalization of the Complexity-Response Framework (Part I) (2021)In TESConf 2021 - 10th International Conference on Through-Life Engineering Services. Jakubeit, N., Braaksma, J., Rajabalinejad, M. & van Dongen, L. A. M.https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3945138Lessons Learned from System Integration: A Strategic Synopsis (2021)In 10th International Conference on Through-life Engineering Service 16-17 November 2021, University of Twente, The Netherlands. Abbas, Y., Martinetti, A., Rajabalinejad, M., Frunt, L. & van Dongen, L. A. M.https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3944608

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Courses academic year 2024/2025

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