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dr. P. Stegmaier (Peter)

Assistant Professor of Knowledge, Governance and Transformation

About Me

RESEARCH

His research interests include social theory and methodology, knowledge and normativity, theories of action and institutionalization, phenomenology, philosophical anthropology and neurology, and the sociologies of science, governance, innovation and citizenship, as well as that of music.

Current research projects:

-       DiscGo: The Governance of Discontinuation of Socio-technical Systems, their Infrastructures and Regimes (Open Research Area NWO-DFG-ANR-ESCR) [LINK][LINK]

Finished research projects at STePS:

-       InnoForESt - Smart information, governance and business innovations for sustainable supply and payment mechanisms for forest ecosystem services (H2020-RUR-2016-2017/H2020-RUR-2017-1) [LINK]

-       EU-MACS: European Market for Climate Services (H2020-SC5-03-2016) [LINK]

-       ResAGorA: Responsible Research and Innovation in a Distributed Anticipatory Governance Frame. A Constructive Socio-normative Approach (7th EU Framework Programme) [LINK]

-       VERA: Forward Visions on the European Research Area (7th EU Framework Programme) [LINK]

-       RIF: Research and Innovation Futures 2030: From explorative to transformative scenarios (7th EU Framework Programme) [LINK]

-       NanoNextNL, 1C program-level activities (STW) [LINK]

Current research interest:

1. Governance in Action

     1.1    The Discontinuation of Socio-Technical Regimes [LINKLINKLINK, LINK, LINK]

     1.2    Innovation in Technoscience-based and Ecosystem-based Services [LINK, LINK, LINKLINK, LINK]

     1.3    Governance of socio-technical systems: energy, sustainability, consumer products [LINK, LINK]

     1.4    Innovations of Intermediary Institutions in Science Governance [LINK]    

     1.5    Governance of Life-Sciences, ELSI/ELSA Genomics, and Nanotechnology [LINK, LINK]

     1.6    Normativity in Law, Science, Technology, Innovation and Research [LINK, LINK, LINK]

     1.7    Office Studies (an approach to study bureaucratisation, administration and bureauisation beyond public/business administration) [LINK]

2. Theory

     2.1     Interactionist Governance Theory; governance-in-action [LINK]

     2.2     ANT, the Sociology of Knowledge and of Governance

     2.3     Mundane Phenomenology and Governance [LINK]

     2.4     Mundane Phenomenology and Technology [LINK, LINK]

3. Methodology

     3.1     Explorative-Interpretative Research [LINK]

     3.2     Grounded Theory Approach

     3.3     Hermeneutic Interpretation in general, of multi-lingual data in particular [LINK]

     3.4     Hermeneutic Interpretation of Web Contents [LINK]

     3.5     Situational Analysis

     3.6     Praxeography [LINK]

     3.7     Constructive Innovation Assessment & Constructive Technology Assessment [LINK, LINKLINK, LINK, LINKLINK]

     3.8     Foresight [LINK, LINK]

4. Didactisation of research methods

     4.1     Explorative-Interpretative Research Design [LINK]

     4.2     Hermeneutic Data Interpretation [LINK]

     4.3     Participation and Observation [LINK]

     4.4     Explorative-Interpretative Governance Research [LINK]

     4.5     Grounded Theory Approach 

Peter also serves as reviewer of research projects for German Research Foundation (DFG), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) and Polish National Science Centre (NCN), as well as for the journals ‘Research Policy’, 'Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions', 'Energy Research & Social Science', 'Human Studies', ‘Symbolic Interaction’, ‘Minerva’, 'Science as Culture', ‘Science and Public Policy’, ‘Environmental Science & Policy’, ‘Nordic Journal of Science and Technology’, 'Technovation', ‘Creativity and Innovation Management’, ‘Journal of Public Policy’, ‘Policy Sciences’, ,’Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie’ ‘Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Rechtswissenschaft’, ‘FQS Forum Qualitative Research’, Energy, Sustainability and Society, 'Policy & Society', 'Policy Sciences', 'Foresight', 'Climate Services', 'GAIA', 'Soziologische Revue', Journal of Responsible Innovation, and ‘Zeitschrift für Theoretische Soziologie’.

 

TEACHING

Currently taught courses:

‘Policy Analysis in Public and Technological Domains’, Masters Public Administration, Philosophy of Science and Technology in Society (with Barend van der Meulen)

  • 'Deliberative Governance of Knowledge and Innovation', Masters Public Administration, Philosophy of Science and Technology in Society (with Esther Turnhout, Lodewijk Gelauff & Erik Fisher)
  • 'Technologies in Use', Master Philosophy of Science and Technology in Society (with Patricia Reyes-Benavides)
  • ‘HTHT Minor Governance of Innovation and Socio-Technical Change’ (module)/‘Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation’ (component) (with Kornelia Konrad & Sandra Calkins)
  • ‘PhiloLab’, Master Philosophy of Science and Technology in Society (with Bas de Boer)
  • RESTS-IBA Module 11 CHANGEL sub-module ‘Strategic & Responsible Foresight’, Bachelor International Business Administration (with Barend van der Meulen, Andrea Kottmann)
  • RESTS-CE Module 11 sub-module 'POK-Context'
  • ‘Data Session’ [LINKLINK]
  • UT wide qualitative research coaching [LINKLINK]

For the IGS Datalab, he offers free support for those practicing qualitative research and computer-assisted data analysis with ATLAS.ti. [LINK].

BSc, MSc, and PhD topic areas:

1.       The governance of the discontinuation of socio-technical systems

1.1   Vincent R. Visser: ‘The purposeful governance of technology discontinuation: An exploratory study on the discontinuation of the incandescent light bulb’ (2012, MSc PA/GKI, with co-supervisor Stefan Kuhlmann)

1.2   A. Katharina Schulte: ‘The light industry as actor and factor in the EU discontinuation of the incandescent light bulb’ (2015, MSc PA, with co-supervisor Stefan Kuhlmann)

1.3   Niels Oudelaar: ‘The role of NGOs in the EU Light Bulb ban process’ (2015, MSc PA, with co-supervisor Frans Coenen)

1.4   Marita Bulten: ‘Understanding global discontinuation governance—An explorative study on the global mercury ban by the UN Minamata Convention’ (2016, MSc PA, with co-supervisor Stefan Kuhlmann)

1.5   Evert J. Swarts: ‘ICE transport discontinuation in the Netherlands: What is the the Dutch government doing about it?’ (2016, BSc BSK, with co-supervisor Ariana Need)

1.6   Thilo Berns: 'The discontinuation of the Private Finance Initiative: an analysis of the UK's abolition of the PF2 model' (2019, BSc MST, with co-supervisor Don Westerheijden)

1.7   Celina Jella Bomers: 'Discontinuation or extension - an explorative study on the discontinuation of interim storage for nuclear waste in Ahaus, Germany' (2019, BSc  MST, with co-supervisor Don Westerheijden)

1.8   Laura Vani Kesore: 'The discontinuation of the Airbus A380 product line - a multi-level perspective on governance actors in Germany' (2019, BSc MST, with co-supervisor Don Westerheijden)

1.9   Hannah Michelle Kühn: '(De-)Legitimization strategy: The Discontinuation of Humanitarian Rescue Efforts in the Mediterranean' (2019, BSc MST, with co-supervisor Don Westerheijden)

1.10   Carina Christin Liersch: 'Discontinuing coal in Germany - Keeping the forest above to phase out the coal below: An explorative study of the negotiation process in terms of interests, conflicts and coalitions' (2019, BSc MST, with co-supervisor Don Westerheijden)

1.11   Lisa Adriana Pramann: 'Governing a Discontinuing EU Membership. An explorative study on the EU’s strategy and practise for organising the Brexit process' (2019, BSc MST, with co-supervisor Don Westerheijden)

1.12   Saskia Boswinkel: 'The road to the National Prevention Agreement. A qualitative study of the political factors which resulted in the development of the National Prevention Agreement' (2019, BSc MST, co-supervisor with Harry de Boer)

1.13   Hanna Dittmar: ' Living in a Society without Cash - The Establishment of a Cash-Free Society in Germany and the Netherlands' (2019, BSc MST, co-supervisor with Harry de Boer)

1.14   Erik Schreiner: 'The exit from the G8 upper secondary school reform in Germany - a multiple case study' (2019, BSc MST, co-supervisor with Harry de Boer)

1.15   Esther Steverding: 'Step down - The way to the decision to end compulsory military service in Germany' (2019, BSc MST, co-supervisor with Harry de Boer)

2.       Governance in action

2.1   Franziska C. Raspe: ‘The official positions of the AKP and CHP on Turkey’s EU accession process—a comparative study’ (2011, BSc ES, with co-supervisor Rob Hoppe)

2.2   Daniela K. Müller: ‘Arguments, strategies, roles: the legitimisation of Stuttgart 21’ (2010, MSc PA, with co-supervisor Stefan Kuhlmann)

2.3   Caro Valladares Pasquel: ‘Ecuadorian public policy towards the good living. An interpretive policy analysis from the large scale mining conflict’ (2013, MSc PA; co-supervisor with Ringo Ossewarde)

2.4   Diego Guerrero Melo: ‘A model of public intervention for music festivals as creative industries in small and medium-sized cities: an assessment of the case of Enschede’ (2013, MSc PA; co-supervisor with Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros)

2.5   Casper van Hoorn: ‘Local climate change mitigation policy. Frame analysis of stakeholder views on local climate mitigation policy in the small Dutch municipalities Lingewaard and Renkum’ (2014, BSc BSK; co-supervisor with Thomas Hoppe and Pascal Zoetbrood)

2.6   Arjen van der Vegt: ‘Local climate change policy: a comparative analysis of climate mitigation- and adaptation policy between four municipalities in Twente, The Netherlands’ (2015, MSc PA; co-supervisor with Thomas Hoppe)

2.7   Jeroen Veenhuizen: ‘Political markets in Dutch Municipalities. An interpretative policy study of the cases Almere and Hengelo’ (2016, MSc PA, with co-supervisor Pieter-Jan Klok)

2.8   Alexander ter Avest: ‘Hoe de minister beweert te weten wat hij zegt. Een kwalititieve studie over hoe een politicus zijn realiteit communiceert’ (2016, BSc BSK, with co-supervisor Ariana Need)

2.9   Jelle Wigger: 'Developing digitalized academic-level lifelong learning in the Netherlands' (2021, BSc IBA, co-supervisor with Barend van der Meulen)

3.       Practices and institutions of policing

3.1   Nicola A. Jenne: ‘Possible tensions between the protection of borders and human rights in the legal foundations of the external border agencies of the European Union and Australia’ (2013, MSc ES, with co-supervisor Klaus Schubert)

3.2   Mona I. Mester: ‘The administrative approach to organized crime: Exploring the possibility of implementation in the district Borken (Germany)’ (2016, MSc PA, co-supervisor with Annalisa Pelizza)

4.       Governance of Knowledge and Innovation

4.1   Anna-Sophie Reinhardt: ‘Responsible research innovation and the systems of innovation approach within Horizon 2020’ (2014, BSc EPA, co-supervisor with Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros)

4.2   Marc Hansmeier: ‘Are Clusters effective systems for Regional Innovation in North Rhine Westfalia? Illustrated on the AutoCluster.NRW’ (2015, BSc EPA, co-supervisor with Gerhard Wittkämper)

4.3  Jeroen Vonk: 'Organising the public value of Higher Education in blockchain' (2021, MSc PSTS-PA, co-supervisor with Barend van der Meulen)

4.4  Jurre Oosterwijk: 'A socio-technical governance perspective on the roles of the state in the governance of socio-technical change. The European Commission in the governance of Connected, Connective, Automated Mobility in the EU' (2023, MSc PSTS-PA, co-supervisor with Kornelia Konrad and Frans Coenen)

4.5. Raluca Lăzăreanu: 'Innovation Policies and Their Influence on the Innovation Capabilities of Knowledge-intensive Entrepreneurship Firms in the Region of North Brabant' (2023, MSc BA, co-supervisor with Tamara Oukes)

5.       Tentative governance of complex problems

5.1   Inge Rohaan: ‘Tthe influence of actors beliefs on unobvious policy decisions. Two cases of road developments in Dutch demographic decline regions’ (2017, MSc PA, co-supervisor with Frans Coenen)

5.2   Frederik Röse: 'Impact of Participatory Input on final Plan Decisions: An Investigation into the Role of Power and Local Knowledge in the Urban Development Project of the Hamburg Convention Center’s Expansion' (2019, MSc PA, co-supervisor with Frans Coenen)

5.3   Christina Karkalaki: 'The administrative fight against transport emissions' (2020, MSc PA, with co-supervisor Laura Maria Garcia)

5.4  Florian Helfrich: 'eGoBIT - Governance of Blockchain-based Infrastructure Transitions on Energy markets' (PhD thesis in preparation; daily supervisor with Stefan Kuhlmann as promoter)

5.5  Joost Kuijper: 'Smart Specialisation Strategy. Evolution of the regional innovation ecosystem in East-Netherlands 2000-2020' (PhD thesis in preparation; daily supervisor with Barend van der Meulen and Stefan Kuhlmann as promoters)

6.       The governance of health, health policy, and health technology

6.1   Helene Fritzsche: ‘The impact of e-mental health interventions on access to mental healthcare in the European Union. A realist review’ (2016, BSc EPA, co-supervisor with Veronica Junjan)

6.2   Viktor Werner: ‘Sugar tax: The fiscalisation of childhood obseity?’ (2017, MSc PA, with co-supervisor Martin Rosema)

6.3   Davida Flinsenberg: 'Cognitive enabling technologies in the treatment of executive function deficit in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder' (2020, MSc PSTS, co-supervisor with Nils-Frederik Wagner)

7.       Normativities, or: The daily re-invention of legal norms/regulations

7.1   Frauke de Kort: ‘Mensenrechteneducatie in Maatschappijleerboeken. Een case study’ (2016, Verslag van Onderzoek van Onderwijs voor de eerstegraadsbevoegdheid Leraar Voortgezet Onderwijs Maatschappijleer en Maatschappijwetenschappen, co-supervisor with Margarita Jeliazkova)

7.2   Grety Al Bazi: 'Het verhaal van de vluchtling: het gebruik van narratief leren in burgerschapsonderwijs' (2018, MSc PA, co-supervisor with Margarita Jeliazkova)

7.3   Charlotte C. L. Rettig: Perceptions of Women in Public leadership – Discussing the Imposter Phenomenon in the German News Media' (MSc PA, co-supervisor with Ringo Ossewaarde)

8.       Science and Technology Studies

8.1   Tim Bussmann: 'Citizen perceptions on Biometrics: Surveillance or service?' (2020, MSC PA, co-supervisor with Ringo Ossewaarde)

8.2   Alina Carola Freiin von dem Bussche-Hünnefeld: 'Tweeting about Mars 2020: Good luck Percy! Humanising high tech in Twitter communication' (2021, BSc AT, co-supervisor with Cornelius Schubert)

8.3   Sujin Kim: Progressive Science, Racial Concepts: American Race and Ethnic Classifications, Technologies, and Discourse of Scientific Racism' (2022, MSc PSTS, co-supervisor with Michael Nagenborg)

8.4    Pablo Muñoz'4.0 Engineering and Human Values - Managing Inductive Risk in the Use of Big Data Analytics for the Predictive Maintenance of Railway Systems'  (2022, MSc PSTS, co-supervisor with Koray Koraca)

8.5   Muhammad Unggul Karami: 'Appropriating Cycling in Indonesia : Another Perspective on Technology Transfer' (2023, MSc PSTS, with co-supervisor Kornelia Konrad)

8.6   Fenna Kwakernaak: ' The Digital Currencies of Deities of Our Technological Mythology:  Cryptocurrencies and the Related Policies as the Epitome of the Sacralization of Technique' (in preparation; with co-supervisor Shawn Donnelly)

 

BACKGROUND

Formerly, Peter was a researcher and lecturer at the Universities of Dortmund, Hagen and Düsseldorf, carrying out at the latter two the project ‘Law as a social practice—from everyday legal methods to a legal methodology for everyday work’ (2000–2004). After this, he worked as a lecturer and researcher in criminal and police sociology at the Ruhr University of Bochum, focusing especially on public security institutions (2004–2006). From 2007 to 2009 he held a post-doc position at the Centre for Society and Genomics, Radboud University Nijmegen. There, in the form of an institutional ethnography, he investigated how “society and genomics” research, education and dialogue activities (sometimes called ‘ELSA’ or ‘ELSI’ for ethical, legal, social aspects/implications) in the Netherlands and in the United Kingdom get conceptualized and organized, institutionalized and legitimized in everyday work—as science governance in action. Writing things up is still in progress though ...

Peter Stegmaier studied sociology, social psychology, law, and economics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and at Goldsmiths’ College in London.

Expertise

Social Sciences
Governance
Innovation
Business & Economics
Governance
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Climate
Ecosystem Service
Forest Ecosystem
Innovation
Services

Research

Research

His research interests include social theory and methodology, knowledge and normativity, theories of action and institutionalization, phenomenology, philosophical anthropology and neurology, and the sociologies of science, governance, innovation and citizenship, as well as that of music.

Current research projects:

-       DiscGo: The Governance of Discontinuation of Socio-technical Systems, their Infrastructures and Regimes (Open Research Area NWO-DFG-ANR-ESCR) [LINK, LINK]

Finished research projects at STePS:

 

-       InnoForESt - Smart information, governance and business innovations for sustainable supply and payment mechanisms for forest ecosystem services (H2020-RUR-2016-2017/H2020-RUR-2017-1) [LINK]

-       EU-MACS: European Market for Climate Services (H2020-SC5-03-2016) [LINK]

-       ResAGorA: Responsible Research and Innovation in a Distributed Anticipatory Governance Frame. A Constructive Socio-normative Approach (7th EU Framework Programme) [LINK]

-       VERA: Forward Visions on the European Research Area (7th EU Framework Programme) [LINK]

-       RIF: Research and Innovation Futures 2030: From explorative to transformative scenarios (7th EU Framework Programme) [LINK]

-       NanoNextNL, 1C program-level activities (STW) [LINK]

Current research interest:

1. Governance in Action

     1.1    The Discontinuation of Socio-Technical Regimes [LINKLINKLINKLINKLINK]

     1.2    Innovation in Technoscience-based and Ecosystem-based Services [LINKLINKLINKLINKLINK]

 

     1.3    Governance of socio-technical systems: energy, sustainability, consumer products [LINKLINK]

     1.4    Innovations of Intermediary Institutions in Science Governance [LINK]    

     1.5    Governance of Life-Sciences, ELSI/ELSA Genomics, and Nanotechnology [LINKLINK]

     1.6    Normativity in Law, Science, Technology, Innovation and Research [LINKLINKLINK]

     1.7    Office Studies (an approach to study bureaucratisation, administration and bureauisation beyond public/business administration) [LINK]

2. Theory

     2.1     Interactionist Governance Theory; governance-in-action [LINK]

     2.2     ANT, the Sociology of Knowledge and of Governance

     2.3     Mundane Phenomenology and Governance [LINK]

     2.4     Mundane Phenomenology and Technology [LINKLINK]

3. Methodology

     3.1     Explorative-Interpretative Research [LINK]

     3.2     Grounded Theory Approach

     3.3     Hermeneutic Interpretation in general, of multi-lingual data in particular [LINK]

     3.4     Hermeneutic Interpretation of Web Contents [LINK]

     3.5     Situational Analysis

     3.6     Praxeography [LINK]

     3.7     Constructive Innovation Assessment & Constructive Technology Assessment [LINKLINKLINKLINKLINKLINK]

     3.8     Foresight [LINK]

4. Didactisation of research methods

     4.1     Explorative-Interpretative Research Design [LINK]

     4.2     Hermeneutic Data Interpretation [LINK]

     4.3     Participation and Observation [LINK]

     4.4     Explorative-Interpretative Governance Research [LINK]

     4.5     Grounded Theory Approach 

Peter also serves as reviewer of research projects for German Research Foundation (DFG), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) and Polish National Science Centre (NCN), as well as for the journals ‘Research Policy’, 'Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions', 'Energy Research & Social Science', 'Human Studies', ‘Symbolic Interaction’, ‘Minerva’, 'Science as Culture', ‘Science and Public Policy’, ‘Environmental Science & Policy’, ‘Nordic Journal of Science and Technology’, 'Technovation', ‘Creativity and Innovation Management’, ‘Journal of Public Policy’, ‘Policy Sciences’, ,’Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie’ ‘Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Rechtswissenschaft’, ‘FQS Forum Qualitative Research’, Energy, Sustainability and Society, 'Policy & Society', 'Policy Sciences', 'Foresight', 'Climate Services', 'GAIA', 'Soziologische Revue', Journal of Responsible Innovation, and ‘Zeitschrift für Theoretische Soziologie’.


 

Publications

Recent
Stegmaier, P. (2024). Discontinuation through enforcement of the law: court rulings as leverage for stopping delegitimised practices and technologies. Paper presented at NetWork Annual Workshop 2024, on: Decommissioning Aging Installations and Declining Technologies: Burden or Inspiration, Asnières-sur-Oise, France.
Stegmaier, P. (2023). The Incandescent Light Bulb Phase-out Pathways of Discontinuation Governance. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Políticas Públicas & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologia e Sociedade, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná 2023
, Curitiba, Brazil.
Stegmaier, P. (2023). Exiting sustainable innovations as discontinuation issue. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Políticas Públicas da Universidade Federal do ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil.
Stegmaier, P. (2023). Remarks from a Discontinuation Governance Studies Viewpoint. How do large socio-technical systems reproduce themselves and come apart? - Insights from Science and Technology Studies and their application to ‘irreversible’ nuclear disarmament. University of York, Dept. of Politics and International Relations.
Stegmaier, P. (2023). Discontinuation through application of the law: court rulings as leverage for exit. Outline of a project idea. Paper presented at Snapshot Seminar, Knowledge, Transformation and Society (KiTeS) section, University of Twente
, Enschede, Netherlands.
Stegmaier, P. (2023). The withering away of sustainable innovations as discontinuation target. Paper presented at 14th International Sustainability Transitions Conference, IST 2023, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Stegmaier, P. (2023). Exiting from sustainable innovations as discontinuation issue. Paper presented at BMS Emerging Technologies & Societal Transformations Conference 2023, Enschede, Netherlands.
Koretsky, Z. , Stegmaier, P. (Ed.), Turnheim, B. (Ed.) , & van Lente, H. (Ed.) (2022). Conclusions and continuations: Horizons for studying technologies in decline. In Z. Koretsky, H. van Lente, B. Turnheim, & P. S. (Eds.), Technologies in Decline: Socio-technical approaches to discontinuation and destabilisation (pp. 261-272). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003213642-12
Koretsky, Z. , van Lente, H., Turnheim, B. , & Stegmaier, P. (Eds.) (2022). Introduction: The relevance of technologies in decline. In Z. Koretsky, H. van Lente, B. Turnheim, & P. S. (Eds.), Technologies in Decline: Socio-technical approaches to discontinuation and destabilisation (pp. 1-12). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003213642-1
Stegmaier, P., Joly, P.-B., Johnstone, P. , Kuhlmann, S., & Stirling, A. (Eds.) (2022). Technologies of Discontinuation: Towards Transformative Innovation Policies. Edward Elgar.
Stegmaier, P. , & Aukes, E. J. (2021). Reconceptualising the innovation journeys perspective. Paper presented at Eu-SPRI 10th Anniversary Conference 2021, Oslo, Norway.

UT Research Information System

Google Scholar Link

Education

TEACHING

Currently taught courses:

‘Policy Analysis in Public and Technological Domains’, Masters Public Administration, Philosophy of Science and Technology in Society (with Barend van der Meulen)

  • 'Deliberative Governance of Knowledge and Innovation', Masters Public Administration, Philosophy of Science and Technology in Society (with Esther Turnhout, Lodewijk Gelauff & Erik Fisher)
  • 'Technologies in Use', Master Philosophy of Science and Technology in Society (with Patricia Reyes-Benavides)
  • ‘HTHT Minor Governance of Innovation and Socio-Technical Change’ (module)/‘Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation’ (component) (with Kornelia Konrad & Sandra Calkins)
  • ‘PhiloLab’, Master Philosophy of Science and Technology in Society (with Bas de Boer)
  • RESTS-IBA Module 11 CHANGEL sub-module ‘Strategic & Responsible Foresight’, Bachelor International Business Administration (with Barend van der Meulen, Andrea Kottmann)
  • RESTS-CE Module 11 sub-module 'POK-Context'
  • ‘Data Session’ [LINKLINK]
  • UT wide qualitative research coaching [LINKLINK]

For the IGS Datalab, he offers free support for those practicing qualitative research and computer-assisted data analysis with ATLAS.ti. [LINK].

BSc, MSc, and PhD topic areas:

1.       The governance of the discontinuation of socio-technical systems

1.1   Vincent R. Visser: ‘The purposeful governance of technology discontinuation: An exploratory study on the discontinuation of the incandescent light bulb’ (2012, MSc PA/GKI, with co-supervisor Stefan Kuhlmann)

1.2   A. Katharina Schulte: ‘The light industry as actor and factor in the EU discontinuation of the incandescent light bulb’ (2015, MSc PA, with co-supervisor Stefan Kuhlmann)

1.3   Niels Oudelaar: ‘The role of NGOs in the EU Light Bulb ban process’ (2015, MSc PA, with co-supervisor Frans Coenen)

1.4   Marita Bulten: ‘Understanding global discontinuation governance—An explorative study on the global mercury ban by the UN Minamata Convention’ (2016, MSc PA, with co-supervisor Stefan Kuhlmann)

1.5   Evert J. Swarts: ‘ICE transport discontinuation in the Netherlands: What is the the Dutch government doing about it?’ (2016, BSc BSK, with co-supervisor Ariana Need)

1.6   Thilo Berns: 'The discontinuation of the Private Finance Initiative: an analysis of the UK's abolition of the PF2 model' (2019, BSc MST, with co-supervisor Don Westerheijden)

1.7   Celina Jella Bomers: 'Discontinuation or extension - an explorative study on the discontinuation of interim storage for nuclear waste in Ahaus, Germany' (2019, BSc  MST, with co-supervisor Don Westerheijden)

1.8   Laura Vani Kesore: 'The discontinuation of the Airbus A380 product line - a multi-level perspective on governance actors in Germany' (2019, BSc MST, with co-supervisor Don Westerheijden)

1.9   Hannah Michelle Kühn: '(De-)Legitimization strategy: The Discontinuation of Humanitarian Rescue Efforts in the Mediterranean' (2019, BSc MST, with co-supervisor Don Westerheijden)

1.10   Carina Christin Liersch: 'Discontinuing coal in Germany - Keeping the forest above to phase out the coal below: An explorative study of the negotiation process in terms of interests, conflicts and coalitions' (2019, BSc MST, with co-supervisor Don Westerheijden)

1.11   Lisa Adriana Pramann: 'Governing a Discontinuing EU Membership. An explorative study on the EU’s strategy and practise for organising the Brexit process' (2019, BSc MST, with co-supervisor Don Westerheijden)

1.12   Saskia Boswinkel: 'The road to the National Prevention Agreement. A qualitative study of the political factors which resulted in the development of the National Prevention Agreement' (2019, BSc MST, co-supervisor with Harry de Boer)

1.13   Hanna Dittmar: ' Living in a Society without Cash - The Establishment of a Cash-Free Society in Germany and the Netherlands' (2019, BSc MST, co-supervisor with Harry de Boer)

1.14   Erik Schreiner: 'The exit from the G8 upper secondary school reform in Germany - a multiple case study' (2019, BSc MST, co-supervisor with Harry de Boer)

1.15   Esther Steverding: 'Step down - The way to the decision to end compulsory military service in Germany' (2019, BSc MST, co-supervisor with Harry de Boer)

2.       Governance in action

2.1   Franziska C. Raspe: ‘The official positions of the AKP and CHP on Turkey’s EU accession process—a comparative study’ (2011, BSc ES, with co-supervisor Rob Hoppe)

2.2   Daniela K. Müller: ‘Arguments, strategies, roles: the legitimisation of Stuttgart 21’ (2010, MSc PA, with co-supervisor Stefan Kuhlmann)

2.3   Caro Valladares Pasquel: ‘Ecuadorian public policy towards the good living. An interpretive policy analysis from the large scale mining conflict’ (2013, MSc PA; co-supervisor with Ringo Ossewarde)

2.4   Diego Guerrero Melo: ‘A model of public intervention for music festivals as creative industries in small and medium-sized cities: an assessment of the case of Enschede’ (2013, MSc PA; co-supervisor with Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros)

2.5   Casper van Hoorn: ‘Local climate change mitigation policy. Frame analysis of stakeholder views on local climate mitigation policy in the small Dutch municipalities Lingewaard and Renkum’ (2014, BSc BSK; co-supervisor with Thomas Hoppe and Pascal Zoetbrood)

2.6   Arjen van der Vegt: ‘Local climate change policy: a comparative analysis of climate mitigation- and adaptation policy between four municipalities in Twente, The Netherlands’ (2015, MSc PA; co-supervisor with Thomas Hoppe)

2.7   Jeroen Veenhuizen: ‘Political markets in Dutch Municipalities. An interpretative policy study of the cases Almere and Hengelo’ (2016, MSc PA, with co-supervisor Pieter-Jan Klok)

2.8   Alexander ter Avest: ‘Hoe de minister beweert te weten wat hij zegt. Een kwalititieve studie over hoe een politicus zijn realiteit communiceert’ (2016, BSc BSK, with co-supervisor Ariana Need)

2.9   Jelle Wigger: 'Developing digitalized academic-level lifelong learning in the Netherlands' (2021, BSc IBA, co-supervisor with Barend van der Meulen)

3.       Practices and institutions of policing

3.1   Nicola A. Jenne: ‘Possible tensions between the protection of borders and human rights in the legal foundations of the external border agencies of the European Union and Australia’ (2013, MSc ES, with co-supervisor Klaus Schubert)

3.2   Mona I. Mester: ‘The administrative approach to organized crime: Exploring the possibility of implementation in the district Borken (Germany)’ (2016, MSc PA, co-supervisor with Annalisa Pelizza)

4.       Governance of Knowledge and Innovation

4.1   Anna-Sophie Reinhardt: ‘Responsible research innovation and the systems of innovation approach within Horizon 2020’ (2014, BSc EPA, co-supervisor with Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros)

4.2   Marc Hansmeier: ‘Are Clusters effective systems for Regional Innovation in North Rhine Westfalia? Illustrated on the AutoCluster.NRW’ (2015, BSc EPA, co-supervisor with Gerhard Wittkämper)

4.3  Jeroen Vonk: 'Organising the public value of Higher Education in blockchain' (2021, MSc PSTS-PA, co-supervisor with Barend van der Meulen)

4.4  Jurre Oosterwijk: 'A socio-technical governance perspective on the roles of the state in the governance of socio-technical change. The European Commission in the governance of Connected, Connective, Automated Mobility in the EU' (2023, MSc PSTS-PA, co-supervisor with Kornelia Konrad and Frans Coenen)

4.5. Raluca Lăzăreanu: 'Innovation Policies and Their Influence on the Innovation Capabilities of Knowledge-intensive Entrepreneurship Firms in the Region of North Brabant' (2023, MSc BA, co-supervisor with Tamara Oukes)

5.       Tentative governance of complex problems

5.1   Inge Rohaan: ‘Tthe influence of actors beliefs on unobvious policy decisions. Two cases of road developments in Dutch demographic decline regions’ (2017, MSc PA, co-supervisor with Frans Coenen)

5.2   Frederik Röse: 'Impact of Participatory Input on final Plan Decisions: An Investigation into the Role of Power and Local Knowledge in the Urban Development Project of the Hamburg Convention Center’s Expansion' (2019, MSc PA, co-supervisor with Frans Coenen)

5.3   Christina Karkalaki: 'The administrative fight against transport emissions' (2020, MSc PA, with co-supervisor Laura Maria Garcia)

5.4  Florian Helfrich: 'eGoBIT - Governance of Blockchain-based Infrastructure Transitions on Energy markets' (PhD thesis in preparation; daily supervisor with Stefan Kuhlmann as promoter)

5.5  Joost Kuijper: 'Smart Specialisation Strategy. Evolution of the regional innovation ecosystem in East-Netherlands 2000-2020' (PhD thesis in preparation; daily supervisor with Barend van der Meulen and Stefan Kuhlmann as promoters)

6.       The governance of health, health policy, and health technology

6.1   Helene Fritzsche: ‘The impact of e-mental health interventions on access to mental healthcare in the European Union. A realist review’ (2016, BSc EPA, co-supervisor with Veronica Junjan)

6.2   Viktor Werner: ‘Sugar tax: The fiscalisation of childhood obseity?’ (2017, MSc PA, with co-supervisor Martin Rosema)

6.3   Davida Flinsenberg: 'Cognitive enabling technologies in the treatment of executive function deficit in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder' (2020, MSc PSTS, co-supervisor with Nils-Frederik Wagner)

7.       Normativities, or: The daily re-invention of legal norms/regulations

7.1   Frauke de Kort: ‘Mensenrechteneducatie in Maatschappijleerboeken. Een case study’ (2016, Verslag van Onderzoek van Onderwijs voor de eerstegraadsbevoegdheid Leraar Voortgezet Onderwijs Maatschappijleer en Maatschappijwetenschappen, co-supervisor with Margarita Jeliazkova)

7.2   Grety Al Bazi: 'Het verhaal van de vluchtling: het gebruik van narratief leren in burgerschapsonderwijs' (2018, MSc PA, co-supervisor with Margarita Jeliazkova)

7.3   Charlotte C. L. Rettig: Perceptions of Women in Public leadership – Discussing the Imposter Phenomenon in the German News Media' (MSc PA, co-supervisor with Ringo Ossewaarde)

8.       Science and Technology Studies

8.1   Tim Bussmann: 'Citizen perceptions on Biometrics: Surveillance or service?' (2020, MSC PA, co-supervisor with Ringo Ossewaarde)

8.2   Alina Carola Freiin von dem Bussche-Hünnefeld: 'Tweeting about Mars 2020: Good luck Percy! Humanising high tech in Twitter communication' (2021, BSc AT, co-supervisor with Cornelius Schubert)

8.3   Sujin Kim: Progressive Science, Racial Concepts: American Race and Ethnic Classifications, Technologies, and Discourse of Scientific Racism' (2022, MSc PSTS, co-supervisor with Michael Nagenborg)

8.4    Pablo Muñoz'4.0 Engineering and Human Values - Managing Inductive Risk in the Use of Big Data Analytics for the Predictive Maintenance of Railway Systems'  (2022, MSc PSTS, co-supervisor with Koray Koraca)

8.5   Muhammad Unggul Karami: 'Appropriating Cycling in Indonesia : Another Perspective on Technology Transfer' (2023, MSc PSTS, with co-supervisor Kornelia Konrad)

8.6   Fenna Kwakernaak: ' The Digital Currencies of Deities of Our Technological Mythology:  Cryptocurrencies and the Related Policies as the Epitome of the Sacralization of Technique' (in preparation; with co-supervisor Shawn Donnelly)

Affiliated Study Programmes

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Master

Other

Courses Academic Year  2023/2024

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  2022/2023

Projects

RESEARCH

His research interests include social theory and methodology, knowledge and normativity, theories of action and institutionalization, phenomenology, philosophical anthropology and neurology, and the sociologies of science, governance, innovation and citizenship, as well as that of music.

Current research projects:

-       DiscGo: The Governance of Discontinuation of Socio-technical Systems, their Infrastructures and Regimes (Open Research Area NWO-DFG-ANR-ESCR) [LINK][LINK]

-       He participates in the ‘UT Text analysis Café’ [LINK]

Finished research projects at STePS:

-       InnoForESt: Smart information, governance and business innovations for sustainable supply and payment mechanisms for forest ecosystem services (H2020-RUR-2016-2017/H2020-RUR-2017-1) [LINK]

-       EU-MACS: European Market for Climate Services (H2020-SC5-03-2016) [LINK]

-       ResAGorA: Responsible Research and Innovation in a Distributed Anticipatory Governance Frame. A Constructive Socio-normative Approach (7th EU Framework Programme) [LINK]

-       VERA: Forward Visions on the European Research Area (7th EU Framework Programme) [LINK]

-       RIF: Research and Innovation Futures 2030: From explorative to transformative scenarios (7th EU Framework Programme) [LINK]

-       NanoNextNL, 1C program-level activities (STW) [LINK]

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University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Ravelijn (building no. 10), room 5113
Hallenweg 17
7522NH  Enschede
The Netherlands

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University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Ravelijn  5113
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

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