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Biomimicry design thinking education: a base-line exercise in preconceptions of biological analogies

Stevens, L.L. (author), Kopnina, Helen (author), Mulder, K.F. (author), de Vries, M.J. (author)

Preliminary empirical research conducted by the leading author has shown that design students using biological analogies, or models across different contexts, often misinterpreted these, intentionally or unintentionally, during design. By copying shape or form without integrating the main function of the mimicked biological model, students...

journal article 2020

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Why novel sanitary systems are hardly introduced?

Blanken, Micha (author), Verweij, Cees (author), Mulder, K.F. (author)

Innovations are required in urban infrastructures due to the pressing needs for mitigating climate change and prevent resource depletion. In order to address the slow pace of innovation in urban systems, this paper analyses factors involved in attempts to introduce novel sanitary systems. Today new requirements are important: sanitary systems...

journal article 2019

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Future options for sewage and drainage systems three scenarios for transitions and continuity

Mulder, K.F. (author)

The challenge of sustainable development requires cities to aim for drastic improvements in the systems that support its vital functions. Innovating these systems can be extremely hard, and might take lots of time. A transparent and democratic strategy is important to guarantee support for change. Such a process should aim at developing...

journal article 2019

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Sanitary systems: Challenges for innovation

Eijlander, Sabine (author), Mulder, K.F. (author)

Global society is confronted with various challenges: climate change should be mitigated, and society should adapt to the impacts of climate change, resources will become scarcer and hence resources should be used more efficiently and recovered after use, the growing world population and its growing wealth create unprecedented emissions of...

journal article 2019

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Sustainable urban innovation strategies

Mulder, K.F. (author)

contribution to periodical 2019

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Energy Transition in Existing Districts in The Hague, a Bottom up Approach

Zoller, Fred (author), Mulder, K.F. (author)

conference paper 2018

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Niet zonder conflicten

Mulder, K.F. (author)

Duurzame ontwikkeling in het ingenieursonderwijs blijkt geen snelle conflictloze strategie voor verduurzaming. Met als gevolg dat het breder leren denken van de ingenieur in opleiding nog in de kinderschoenen staat.

journal article 2018

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Creating Circular, Efficient and Symbiotic Cities: And How Higher Education Should Contribute to Create the Solutions that are Required

Mulder, K.F. (author)

The ‘Grand Challenges’ of our times, like climate change, resource depletion, global inequity and the destruction of wildlife and biodiversity can only be addressed by innovating cities. This paper will analyse major options for innovating cities, main barriers for these innovations that are rooted in the paradigms of the experts running urban...

book chapter 2018

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Urban Symbiosis as a strategy for sustainabilising cities: An overview of options and their potential, pitfalls and solutions

Mulder, K.F. (author)

journal article 2017

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Strategic competences for concrete action towards sustainability: An oxymoron? Engineering education for a sustainable future

Mulder, K.F. (author)

In the current discourses on sustainable development, one can discern two main intellectual cultures: an analytic one focusing on measuring problems and prioritizing measures, (Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), Mass Flow Analysis (MFA), etc.) and; a policy/management one, focusing on long term change, change incentives, and stakeholder management ...

journal article 2017

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Urban symbiosis: A new paradigm in the shift towards post-carbon cities

Mulder, K.F. (author)

The metabolic flows of cities have to be reduced. Thus far, efforts have been mainly directed to providing the city with renewable resources, diminish resource consumption, and/or reuse the wastes and emissions. The dense fabric of urban infrastructures does not only provide a high level of services. By the proximity of infrastructures symbiosis...

journal article 2016

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Management of Innovation in a Flat World: Growing Complexity, Globalisation and Citizen Participation

Mulder, K.F. (author)

journal article 2016

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Organising urban symbiosis projects

Vernay, A.L. (author), Mulder, K.F. (author)

Urban symbiosis is a strategy to create a more efficient metabolism of cities. However, urban symbiosis requires the integration of different systems, which is hard to achieve. Actors involved in existing systems can hardly develop ‘the bridges’ that are required to connect the thus far unrelated worlds of pre-existing systems. This paper...

journal article 2016

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Does the boat float? - The impact of teaching sustainable development in design and engineering

De Eyto, A. (author), McMahon, M. (author), Mulder, K.F. (author), Wever, R. (author), De Werk, G. (author), Overschie, M.G.F. (author)

Education for sustainable development fundamentally calls for a change in the way we educate (teaching methodologies), what we teach (the curriculum and subject matter), and why we do it (learning outcomes & professional impact) (Bhamra & Dewberry, 2007). But what should this change look like in Engineering and Design? This paper outlines and...

conference paper 2013

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Scenario based learning regarding contested articulations of sustainability: The example of hydropower and Sweden's energy future

Mulder, K.F. (author), Petrik, O. (author), Parandian, A. (author), Grondahl, F. (author)

Providing electricity from renewable sources is of key importance both to reduce depletion of fossil fuels and reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses. Many of the renewable energy technologies are not ideal for electricity networks. Reservoir hydropower is one of the most ideal renewable sources as it can store energy efficiently, and can be made...

journal article 2012

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Technology assessment

Mulder, K.F. (author)

De toekomst is misschien wel belangrijker dan onze geschiedenis. Of je nu student bent, ambtenaar op een ministerie of in een kleine gemeente, een technostarter, innovatiemanager bij een groot bedrijf, de toekomst is een uiterst belangrijk speelveld.

book chapter 2012

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Transition in public participation in Chinese water management

Song, X. (author), Mulder, K.F. (author), Frostell, B. (author), Ravesteyn, W. (author), Wennersten, R. (author)

journal article 2011

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Systems integration: Condition for success. The case of Hammarsby, Sjöstad and Eva-Lanxmeer

Vernay, A. (author), Pandis, S. (author), Mulder, K.F. (author), Brandt, N. (author)

Today, many new urban areas, such as cities, towns, villages, or districts, are being built worldwide and their completion requires the development of a number of infrastructures. Traditionally, these infrastructures are planned in parallel. However, increased environmental awareness is pushing cities to improve their environmental performance....

conference paper 2011

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What has to be learnt for sustainability? A comparison of bachelor engineering education competences at three European universities

Segalas, J. (author), Ferrer-Balas, D. (author), Svanström, M. (author), Lundqvist, U. (author), Mulder, K.F. (author)

In a period of harmonisation of the higher education system in Europe, a question is if also learning about sustainability at the universities is converging and what advantages this may have. This paper is an effort to present and advance the work on describing desired sustainability competences for engineering Bachelor graduates in three...

journal article 2009