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MULDER Karel Frits
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Completed a Masters thesis on the dynamics of controversies regarding technology (University of Twente, 1987), and a PhD on corporate decision making on R&D projects (University of Groningen, 1992). His thesis analyzed the role of technology networks in decision-making in industrial research. Nine comparable case studies described the development of high performance fibre research in several multinational corporations in Europe, the USA and the Soviet Union.
In 1992 he joined the TA section where he uses case studies and social simulation to study effective ways to steer technological innovation. Dr Mulder supervised the PhD projects of Tempelman (1999, Sustainability of composite materials in transport), and Moors (2000, Radical Process innovation in base metals industry). In 1994, he founded the Technology and Society department of the Netherlands Royal Institute of Engineers and served as its first president until 1999. Since 1998 Dr Mulder has been project leader of the Education for Sustainable Development project. He was the initiator of the series of Engineering Education in Sustainable Development Conferences that took place biannually from 2002. Karel Mulder lectured at various universities abroad and cooperates with several Sustainable Development units at Technical Universities throughout Europe. He published recently the book ‘Sustainable Development for Engineers’ (Greenleaf, translated in Spanish ‘Desarollo Sostenible para ingenieros) and authored various papers regarding the role of technology, technological innovation and technological education in Sustainable Development.
Publications :
Peet, D.J., Mulder, K.F. Globalization and ICT lock in: barriers for capacity building in developing countries? in World Summit on the Information Society. 2005. Tunis, Tunesia. (to be published)
Peet, D.J., Mulder, K.F. Options for a Transition Towards a More Sustainable Information and Communication Technology-Sector. Results of an explorative study for solutions of unsustainabilities, which are related to the ICT-sector. in 11th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference. 2005. Helsinki Finland.
Peet, D.J., Mulder, K.F., Bijma, A. Integrating SD into engineering courses at the Delft University of Technology – The Individual Interaction method. in International Conference on Engineering Education in Sustainable Development. 2004. Barcelona, Spain.
Peet, D.-J. Information Technology and sustainable development: incompatible or merely a paradox. Experiences of creating a society oriented course for Technical Informatics students at Delft University of Technology. in International Conference on Engineering Education in Sustainable Development. 2004. Barcelona: International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE).
Peet, D.J., Mulder, K.F., Bijma, A., Integrating SD into engineering courses at the Delft University of Technology: the individual interaction method. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2004. 5(3): p. 278-288.
Peet, D.J., et al., Albumin recovery with centrifugal adsorption technology (CAT). Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2002. 78(3): p. 237-250.
Peet, D.J., Mulder, K.F. Integrating SD into engineering courses that are not specifically SD targeted: The DRAIA method. in Engineering Education in Sustainable Development. 2002. Delft.
Peet, D.J., Mulder, K.F. Improving Engineering Education as the Key for Sustainable Development: How to Transform SD from a Burden for the Engineer to a Challenge for Integrated Problem Solvers. in The 8th European Roundtable on Cleaner Production. 2002. Cork.
Egyedi, T.M., Peet, D.J., Vakreview Duurzame Ontwikkelng en Informatica. SSN, Nijmegen, 2001. Can also be downloaded from the website of the network of sustainable higher education (DHO)
Mulder, K.F., Peet, D.J. Gaming and gaming software for engineering education in sustainable development. in ENTRÉE Integrated Green Policies, Progress for progress. 2001. Florence, Italy.