Erik van der Vleuten

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Name	Erik van der Vleuten
Academic title(s)	Prof.Dr.Ir.
Institute	Eindhoven University of Technology / Foundation for the History of Technology SHT
Department	Eindhoven History Lab
Country	The Netherlands
Visible Email Address	e.b.a.v.d.vleuten[at]tue.nl
Short biography	Erik van der Vleuten (1968) is Professor and Chair of History of Technology at Eindhoven University of Technology TUE, and scientific director of the Foundation for the History of Technology SHT. He studies the historical co-construction of infrastructure, societal, and environmental changes. Erik participated in the Tensions of Europe founding meeting in 1999, and acted as network Chair in 2013-2015. He (co)directed the ToE research programs Networking Europe (1999-2005) ; The Making of Europe’s Critical Infrastructure EUROCRIT (2008-2013); and Global resources and sustainability (2018-2021). He was part of the Making Europe author team. Since 2016 he serves on the ToE management committee, where he initiated and coordinates the ToE umbrella research program Technology & Global Societal Challenges, ca. 1800-2050.
Recent publications	This list may not be up to date. Please consult google scholar for a complete list. Also see my personal page at the Eindhoven History Lab website. Frank Veraart, Jan-Pieter Smits, Erik van der Vleuten, “Connected by oil: A framework to analyze the connected sustainability histories of the Niger and Rhine Deltas, 1950-2015.” The Extractive Industries and Society Vol.7. nr.1 (2020): 50-67 Erik van der Vleuten, “Technology, Societal Challenges, and Global Sustainability History.” ICON: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology 24 (2019): 34-52. Erik van der Vleuten, “Radical Change and Deep Transitions: Lessons from Europe’s Infrastructure Transition.” Environmental Innovation and Sustainability Transitions 32 (2019): 22-32. Erik van der Vleuten, Ruth Oldenziel, Mila Davids. Engineering the Future, Understanding the Past: A Social History of Technology (Amsterdam University Press, 2017) Erik van der Vleuten, Torsten Feys (eds.), Borders and Frontiers in Global and Transnational History. Special issue of the Journal of Modern European History 14/1 (2016). Per Högselius, Arne Kaijser, Erik van der Vleuten, Europe’s Infrastructure Transition: Economy, War, Nature (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016) Per Högselius, Anique Hommels, Arne Kaijser, Erik van der Vleuten (eds). The Making of Europe’s Critical Infrastructure: Common Connections and Shared Vulnerabilities (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). citations (google scholar) downloads (research gate)
Role in Tensions of Europe	Management Committee
Research interests	Security, Migration, Health, Mobilty, Energy, ICT, Environment, Financial Crises
Additional research interests	global resource infrastructure, entangled history, global history, historiography, socio-technical transitions, deep transitions, sustainability history