Dr Joanne Kruijsen MSc PhD
Expertise: interdisciplinary environmental researcher, technology diffusion, knowledge transfer, connecting stakeholders, sustainable urban development, sustainable rural development, renewable energy, innovation and policy management
Summary of relevant work knowledge & experience
Aug. ’10 - onwards Research Fellow, Centre for Understanding Sustainable Practice, Robert Gordon University, UK.
Jan. ’10 - July ’10 Research Assistant, Centre for Understanding Sustainable Practice, Robert Gordon University, UK.
Sept. ’09 - Aug. ‘10 Member of the Curriculum Advisory Board of ICA-HAN (Higher Education Institution Arnhem – Nijmegen) Department of Technology and Society – Sustainable Entrepreneurship.
Jan. ’07 - onwards Director, Ethical Classics, the Netherlands & UK: my own company in ethical clothing, launched Sept. ’07 in the Netherlands and May ’08 in the UK.
Jan. ’03 - Nov. ‘06 Member of the Dutch Parliament for ‘Partij van de Arbeid’, the Dutch social-democratic party; the Dutch electoral system knows national lists instead of constituencies; I was number 20 on the national list (of the 42 social democrats elected, the Dutch Parliament has a total of 150 MPs); I was first spokesperson on nature conservation and rural development, second spokesperson on social housing and environmental issues.
Feb. ’02 - Jan. ’03 Project manager at the Innovation Centre ‘Woonlab’, part of the ‘LievendeKey Vastgoedfonds’, a cooperation of five social housing companies in Amsterdam, Groningen, Lelystad, Nieuwegein en Nijmegen. Main focus of my work was to develop innovative housing concepts and extra services by social housing companies.
Oct. ’99 - Jan. ‘02 Project manager at The International Institute for the Urban Environment (IIUE) in Delft, The Netherlands. Main focus of my work was the coordination of European projects on sustainable urban development. Examples of projects I have been working on:
· ‘It Takes Two’: European project with 13 partners on sustainable regeneration of post-war high-rise areas in Antwerp, Dublin, Gothenburg, Leipzig en Naples; function: co-ordinator.
· ‘EC evaluator’: evaluation of project proposals under the Fifth Framework Programme (Photovoltaics and Urban Development) by order of the European Commission; function: expert evaluator.
· ‘Overijssel’: four scenario’s for sustainable industrial and business parks; function: developing sustainability themes.
· ‘PV Bouwproducten’: development strategies for photovoltiac building products; function: expert advisor and workshop facilitator.
· ‘Evaluatie NOZ-pv’: evaluation of the Dutch Research and Development Programme Solar Energy by order of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs; function: expert advisor.
· ‘Strategi.st:’: European project on organising ‘European Awareness Scenario Workshops (EASW)’; function: organisation of workshops and writing scenario’s.
Apr. ‘95 Nov. ‘99 Interdisciplinary Ph.D. research on Photovoltaic Technology Diffusion; stimulating strategies and instruments. Delft University of Technology in Delft, The Netherlands, Departments of Technology, Policy and Management and of Industrial Design Engineering.
Sep. ‘94 - Nov. ‘94 Freelance research assistant:
At the Section of Environmental Product Development of the Delft University of Technology on projects such as ‘Service Products’ (international workshop) and the evaluation of a Green Wheels project.
At the Inter-departmental Research Programme ‘Sustainable Technology Development’ on the project ‘Containment Technology in the sustainable Mainport Rotterdam in 2040’.
July ‘93 - Sep. ‘93 Research in Sri Lanka on the opportunities for small-scale production of spice packages produced locally with local raw materials.
Publications (selected)
Kruijsen, J.H.J. (2010) Huntly Sustainaiblity Plan. Aberdeen, CUSP.
Kruijsen, J.H.J. (2002) Sunny Developments; the Diffusion of PhotoVoltaic Technologies in the Netherlands. In: Th.J.N.M. de Bruijn & A. Tukker (Eds.) Partnership and Leadership; Building Alliances for a Sustainable Future. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Kruijsen, J.H.J. (2001) Integrale methodiek voor duurzame stedelijke vernieuwing; Lessen uit Europa (Integrated method for sustainable urban development; lessons learned in Europe). In: DuBo-jaarboek 2001. Boxtel: Aeneas.
Deelstra, Tj., Boyd, D. and Kruijsen, J.H.J. (1999) Developing the Economy from Within; Striking the balance between global and local development. Delft: IIUE.
Kruijsen, J.H.J. (1999) Photovoltaic Technology Diffusion; Contact & Interact Delft: Eburon (dissertation).
Kruijsen, J.H.J. (1998) Vier sturingsrichtingen voor PV-diffusie (Four steering directions for Photovoltaic Diffusion). Delft: TUD/TPM.
Kruijsen, J.H.J., I. Bouwmans, M.P.C. Weijnen (1998) Sunny Developments; the Diffusion of PhotoVoltaic Technologies in the Netherlands CD ROM of the 7th International Conference of the Greening of Industry Network, Rome, November 1998.
Kruijsen, J.H.J. (1998) Combining Research and Design: a methodological view of the path to sustainable development. In: Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 7, Nr. 4, 1998, pp.205-255.
Kruijsen, J.H.J. and I. Bouwmans (1998) Strategies for the diffusion of photovoltaic technologies; the role of diffusion networks and product innovation processes Book of Proceedings of 2nd World Conference on PV Solar Energy Conversion, Vienna, July 1998.
Kruijsen, J.H.J. (1998) Voor niets gaat de zon op (Only the sun rises for free) O2 Magazine, Jrg. 6, nr. 1, April 1998, p.10.
Kruijsen, J.H.J. (1997) Solar Cells and Changing Networks Proceedings of the Sixth Greening of Industry Network Conference, 16 November 1997, pp. 112, Santa Barbara.
Kruijsen, J.H.J. (1997) Combining Design & Research Proceedings of the Sixth Greening of Industry Network Conference, 16 November 1997, pp. 83-83, Santa Barbara.
Herder, P.M., J.H.J. Kruijsen & M.P.C. Weijnen (1997) Living Apart Together - Tools in Process and Product Design Artikle for DACE-seminar, November 1997, pp. 5.1-5.20.
Bouwmans, I., J.H.J. Kruijsen & M.P.C. Weijnen (1997) Preventie in het Convenant Verpakkingen II - eindrapport (Prevention in the Convenant Packaging) Convenant Verpakkingen, in opdracht van EcoVerpakkingen, Leidschendam, augustus 1997.
Kruijsen, J.H.J. (1997) Een methodologische beschouwing over ontwerpend onderzoek (A methodology for combined design & research) Promovendies 1997, 17 juni 1997, pp. 115-119, Noordwijkerhout.
Kruijsen, J.H.J. & I. Bouwmans (1997) Let the sun shine! Introduction of solar cell technology into the product innovation process Proceedings of The 1997 International Sustainable Development Research Conference, 8 April 1997, pp. 150-154, Manchester.
Herder, P.M. & J.H.J. Kruijsen (1997) Waarom proces- en productontwerpers elkaar niet begrijpen (Why process and product designers don’t understand each other) PolyTechnisch Tijdschrift, ed. Procestechniek, Vol. 52, No. 1, januari 1997, pp. 29-31.