Hello, my name is Sander Mooren. I work as a PhD Candidate at the University of Twente's Faculty of Engineering Technology. Previously, I finished the master Civil Engineering & Management at the UT. In my research I develop simulation models to support transport infrastructure agencies in addressing deep uncertainty. Specifically, I apply exploratory modelling and analysis to the road, rail and waterway network.
My PhD research is part of the NGinfra project PRONTO where the overarching goal is to uncover the role and potential of open strategizing for asset managers to overcome cross-sectoral infrastructure transition challenges. Six public partners are involved as part of NGInfra: Alliander, Port of Rotterdam, Province of North Holland, Rijkswaterstaat, ProRail, and Vitens.
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2023
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Courses academic year 2024/2025
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Current projects
OPEN STRATEGIZING FOR INFRASTRUCTURES IN TRANSITION (PRONTO)
Infrastructure agencies are increasingly aware of the challenges that socio-technical transitions pose to their infrastructure systems and they have started to interact more strategically with various stakeholders in infrastructure planning processes. However, these more open forms of strategic planning, labelled as ‘open strategizing’, remain exceptions rather than the rule. The legacy of institutionalized sector-focused planning processes and the need of bringing together multiple internal and external interests create organizational and institutional tensions and dilemmas that constrain cross-sectoral strategy forming. In practice, infrastructure agencies experience difficulties synchronizing their infrastructure plans to facilitate transitions. The research project PRONTO addresses these difficulties by answering the following research question: What practices of open strategizing are enacted in planning processes for infrastructure in transitions to achieve coordinated cross-sectoral infrastructure strategies, and what governance and modelling approaches support these practices? By adopting a multi-disciplinary approach and integrating governance and modelling dimension of planning processes, PRONTO provides unique insights in the pluralistic planning realities of infrastructure agencies and generates a rich and nuanced understanding on how processes of long-term infrastructure strategizing can be opened up to achieve a more cross-sectoral planning coordination. The research outcomes of PRONTO feed into the development of specific training modules and a serious game which both will facilitate learning for open strategizing of infrastructure professionals and the next generation of infrastructure planners.
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