On John Grin...

John Grin is a full professor of ´policy science, especially system innovation´ at the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. 

He is co-director (with Marlies Glasius) of the Programme Group Transnational Configurations, Conflicts and Governance of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR; www.aissr.uva.nl/transnationalconfigurations ).

A physicist by training (BSc, 1983; MSc, 1986), he obtained his PhD in 1990 at the VU University in Amsterdam on a thesis on technology assessment in the area of military technology and international security, he worked on on these issues for another two years at VU University and Princeton University.In 1992 he joined the University of Amsterdam.

The constant throughout his career has been an interest in the relationships between science, technology,society and politics.  In addition to system innovations and transitions, his research interests include policy analysis and design (including technology assessment), policy implementation, policy learning and novel modes of democratic governance. Empirically, much of his work focuses on agrofood, health care, and water management. 

John Grin was co--director and co-founder of the Dutch Knowledge Network on System Innovations (KSI, 2005-2010; www.ksinetwork.nl ), specifically responsible for the KSI sub-programme ongovernancestudies, as well for its interface between research and practice ( www.transitiepraktijk.nl ). He is responsible for a post-graduate course for practitioners engaged in system innovation.  Also, he is member of the Steering Group of the Sustainability Transitions Research Network ( www.transitionsnetwork.org ).

From 2006-2009, Grin was scientific director of the then Amsterdam School of Social science Research (ASSR, one of the predecessors of the AISSR), in which political scientists, sociologists and anthropologists co-operate.  He is a member of Perform, an interdisciplinary research team on new democratic practices.  

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• Mission statement and brief CV

• Publications

• PhD candidates

• Public Activities

• AISSR Programme Group Transnational Configurations, Conflict and Governance

• Knowledge network for System Innovations and transitions

• Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN)

• Competence Site for Transition Professionals

• AFES-PRESS

Forthcoming publications

• Vanja Karadzic, Paula Antunes, John Grin (2012). ' How to learn to be adaptive?' An analytical framework for organizational adaptivity and its application to a fish producers organization in Portugal . J. Cleaner Production. (JIF 2,425; SCI 2,767) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.07.016
• Jan Hassink, Willem Hulsink, John Grin, Care Farms in the Netherlands: An Underexplored Example of Multifunctional Agriculture-Toward an Empirically Grounded, Organization-Theory-Based Typology, Rural Sociology , vol. 77, no. 4. DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2012.00089.x   (JIF 1,886; SCI 1,022)
• Andrew Switzer, Luca Bertolini, John Grin (2013). ' Transitions of Mobility Systems in Urban Regions : A Heuristic Framework'. Accepted by J. Environmental Policy and Planning. (JIF 0.615; SCI 0,444)
• Jan Hassink, John Grin, Willem Hulsink (2013). 'Multifunctional Agriculture Meets Health Care: Applying the Multi-Level Transition   Sciences Perspective to Care Farming in the Netherlands ,' Sociologia Ruralis . (JIF 1,362; SCI 1,089)

    

• Grin (manuscript accepted by Int J Sust Dev)

• Grin (2011). Changing Governments, kitchens...

• Hessels et al (manuscrptaccepted by Science and Public Policy

• Grin_IST2012_Copenhagen

• Hassink et al, Rural Sociology

Recent publications

• John Grin (2012). 'Science for Practice', Planning Theoryand Practice , vol. 13, no. 3, p. 472-475. (Interface Section) 
• Boelie Elzen, Marc Barbier, Marianne Cerf and John Grin (2012). 'Stimulating transitions towards sustainable farming systems', Chaper 19 (p. 431-455) in: Ika Darnhofer, David Gibbon and Benoit Dedieu (Eds.) (2012). Farming Systems Research into the 21st century: The new dynamic . Berlin etc.: Springer.
• John Grin, Jos Koffijberg, Wim Hafkamp en Henk Wesseling (2012). ' Problemen en arrangementen in steden: van diagnose naar bestuurlijke oplossingen', Bestuurskunde , vol. 21,no. 1,p. 54-60
• John Grin, 'Changing government, kitchens, supermarkets, firmsand farms: the governance of transitions between societal practices and supply systems.' Chapter 2 (p. 35-56)in: Spaargaren, Gert, Anne Loeber, and Peter Oosterveer (eds.) (2012). Food Practices in Transition. Changing Food Consumption, Retail and Production in the Age of Reflexive Modernity. Routledge. Part III of the series on Transitions towards a Sustainable Development .
• John Grin, 'The governance of transitions and its politics. Conceptual lessons from the earlier agricultural transition and implications for transition management'. Int. J. Sustainable Development  Vol 15 (2012) Nos 1-2, p. 72-89.   (SCI 0,297)
• Laurens K. Hessels, Harro van Lente, John Grin, Ruud E.H.M. Smits (2011). ' Changing struggles for relevance in eight fields ofnatural science', Industry & Higher Education , vol. 25, no. 5, p.   347-357.
• Enza Lissandrello & John Grin (2011): Reflexive Planning as Design and Work: Lessons from the Port of Amsterdam , Planning Theory & Practice , 12:2, 223-248 (SCI 0,485)
• John Grin, Johan Schot, Jan Rotmans, Onpatterns and agency in transition dynamics: Some key insights from the KSI programme. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions vol. 1 (2011) no 1, p. 76-81. 
• Erol Ertuğruloğlu & John Grin (2011). Het daadwerkelijk gebruik van een 'slimme' meter in beeld gebracht . Rapportage in het kader van het project West Orange van Nuon, Liander en anderen. UvA.  
• Laurens K. Hessels, John Grin, Ruud E.H.M.Smits(2011). 'The effects of a changing institutional environment on academic research practices: three casesfrom agricultural science', Science andPublic Policy vol. 38, no. 7, p. 555-586 (SCI 1,211)
• M. Moret-Harman, R. Reuzel, J. Grin,C. Kramers, G.J. vander Wilt (2011), 'Strengthening evaluation through interactive problem structuring: A case study of hospital care after attempted suicide', Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice , vol. 17, no. 1, p. 37-52.  (SCI 0,58)
• Wilma Aarts, John Grin (2011). Zorg op afstand, bestaande techniek voor nieuwedoelgroepen. Monitoringrapportage van een experiment bij Cordaan. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam en Stichting  Interculturele Participatie en Integratie.
• Hans Günter Brauch, Úrsula Oswald Spring, Czeslaw Mes-jasz, John Grin, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Béchir Chourou, Pal Dunay, Jörn Birkmann (Eds.,2011): Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security - Threats, Challenges, Vulnerabilities and Risks. Hexagon Series on Human and EnvironmentalSecurity and Peace, vol. 5 ( Berlin - Heidelberg - New York :Springer-Verlag, December 15, 2010). Includes:
• John Grin & Esther Marijnen, 'Global Threats, Global Changes and Connected Communities in the Agrofood system'   
• Patrick Huntjens, Claudia Pahl-Wostl, John Grin (2010). 'Climate change adaptationin European riverbasins', RegionalEnvironmental Change, vol. 10., no.4,p. 263-284. (SCI 1,125; JIF 1,29).
• Amy-Jane Gielen & John Grin, De betekenissen van "evidencebasedhandelen" en de aard van "evidence". Lessen rond rugscholen en radicalisering. Hoofdstuk 2 (p. 59-78) in: Dries Verlet & Carl Devos (red., 2010). Efficiëntie en effectiviteit vandepubliekesector in de weegschaal. Brussel: Studiedienst van de Vlaamse Regering.
• Adrian Smith, Jan-PeterVoß, John Grin &   (eds., 2010), Special Issue of Research Policy (vol. 39, no. 4; p. 435-510) on ' Innovation and Sustainability Transitions' Includes: 
• Adrian Smith, Jan-Peter Voß and John Grin (2010), ' Innovation studies and sustainability transitions: the allure of adopting a broad perspective, and itschallenges', Research Policy, vol. 39, p. 435-448 (SCI 2,789; JIF 2,27)
• John Grin, Jan Rotmans, Johan Schot (2010). Transitions to Sustainable Development. NewDirections in the Study ofLong term Structural Change. New York : Routledge.   See www.sustainabilitytransitions.com   Paperback edition now available!!!
• John Grin (2010), 'Actinglocally, developing knowledge globally: a transitions perspective on designing climate change adaptation strategies', chapter 5 (p. 95-108) in: Peter P.J. Driessen, Pieter Leroy, Wim van Vierssen, From Climate Change to Social Change: Perspectives on Science Policy Interactions . London : Earthscan.

• Huntjens et al, 2010

• Smith et al.,2010

• Moret et al, 2011

• Aarts&Grin, Rapport over Zorg op Afstand bij Cordaan

• Grin et al, EnvInnovSociet Trans. 2011

• Lissandrello&Grin, Planning Th&Pr

Teaching

In 2012 - 2013 I will be teaching within the political science curriculum:

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• BSc compulsory course Approaches and Debates in Political Science
• MSc Introduction Public Policy and Governance (12 ECTS) 
• MSc elective Policy Analysis as Politics and Craft (10 ECTS)

Within the curriculum on General Social Sciences, I will be teachingthe BSc course Colloqium Science and Society; and within theScience Faculty the MSc programme System Innovations and Transition Management

Selected earlier publications (links to recent publications and to full list below)

• Jan-Peter Voß, John Grin & Adrian Smith (eds., 2009), Special Issue of Policy Sciences   (vol. 43, no. 4, p. 275-427) on Long Term Policy Design, including :
• .                Voß, J-P., Smith, A., Grin, J. (2009). Designing long-term policy: rethinking transition management. Policy Sciences, vol. 43. no. 4, p. 275-302.  (SCI 0,97; JIF 0,727; 12/62)
• Margriet Moret-Hartman, Gert Jan Van Der Wilt, John Grin (2009). ' Involving stakeholders in policy research should not imply that they control the problem definition: lessons from a case study on new analgesics', International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management , Vol., No. 6, p. 361-377. (SCI 0,371)
• Hans Günter Brauch, Úrsula Oswald Spring , John Grin, Czeslaw Mesjasz, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Navnita Chadha Behera, Béchir Chourou, Heinz Krummenacher (Eds.): Facing Global Environmental Change: Environmental, Human, Energy, Food, Health and Water Security Concepts . Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Securityand Peace, vol. 4 ( Berlin - Heidelberg - New York : Springer-Verlag, 2009).
• Bos, Bram & JohnGrin (2008). '"Doing" Reflexive Modernization in Pig Husbandry: The Hard Work of Changing the Course of a River ', Science, Technology & Human Values , vol. 33, no 4, p. 480-507. (SCI 1,768; JIF 1,926; 2/35)
• John Grin (2008). ' The Multi-Level Perspective and the design of system innovations',   chapter 3 ( p. 47-80)   in: J.C.J.M. van den Bergh & F. Bruinsma (eds. in association with R. Vreeker & A. Idenburg), Managing the transition to renewable energy: theory and macro-regional practice . Cheltenham , UK : Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Carolyn M. Hendriks & John Grin, 'ContextualisingReflexive Governance: The politics of Dutch transitions to sustainability', Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning , vol. 9   (2007) nos. 3-4, p. 333-350.  (SCI 1,351)
• John Grin   & Anne Loeber (2007). 'Theories of Policy Learning: Agency, Structure and Change', chapter 15 (p. 201-219) in: Frank Fischer, Gerald J. Miller, Mara S. Sidney (eds.), Handbook of Public Policy Analysis. Theory, Politics, and Methods . CRCPress-Taylor & Francis Group.
• Anne Loeber, Barbara van Mierlo, John Grin, Cees Leeuwis (2007). 'The Practical Value of Theory: Conceptualizing learning in pursuit of sustainable development', chapter 3 (p. 83-97) in Arjen Wals & Tore van der Ley (eds.),   Social Learning towards a sustainable world . Wageningen: Wageningen UP.
• John Grin & Arienne van Staveren (2007). Werken aan systeeminnovaties. Assen: van Gorcum.
• Rob Reuzel, John Grin & Tjitske Akkerman (2007). ' Shaping power, trust and deliberation: The role of the evaluator in an interactive evaluation of cochlear implantation', Int. J. Foresight & Innovation Policy, vol. 3 no. 1, p. 76-94. (SCI 0,371)
• John Grin (2006). Reflexive modernization as a governance issue - or: designing and shaping Re- structuration, p. 54-81 in: Voß,Jan-Peter; Bauknecht, Dierk; Kemp, René (eds.), ReflexiveGovernancefor Sustainable Development . Cheltenham : EdwardElgar.
• Akkerman, Tjitske, Maarten A. Hajer & John Grin (2004). 'The interactive state: democratisation from Above?', Political Studies , vol. 52, p. 82-95.
• John Grin (2004). 'Health technology assessment between our health care system and our health. Exploring the potential of reflexive TA,' Poiesis & Praxis vol. 2 no. 2-3, p. 157-174.
• John Grin, Francisca Felix, Bram Bos & Sierk Spoelstra   (2004). 'Practices for reflexive design: lessons from a Dutch programme on sustainable agriculture.' Int. J. Foresight and Innovation Policy , vol. 1, no. 1-2, p. 126-149. (SCI 0,371)
• Rob Hoppe & John Grin (2000). 'Traffic goes through the TA machine: A culturalist comparison, chapter 10 (p. 273-324) in Norman J. Vig & Herbert Passchen (eds.), Parliaments and Technology: the Developmentof Technology Assessment in Europe . SUNY Press, New York .
• John Grin & Armin Grunwald (eds.). Vision Assessment: Shaping Technology in 21st century society. Towards a repertoire for Technology Assessment. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg etc., 2000. [Reihe Wissenschaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung (Hrsg. Caarl Friedrich Gethmann), Band 4.] Including :
•                John Grin, ' Vision assessment to support shaping 21st century society? Technology assessment as a tool for political judgement,' p. 9-30.
• .                John Grin, 'Bloodless war or bloody non-sense? Technology assessment's role in uncovering old propositions behind newairpower concepts,' p. 71-96.
• Henk vande Graaf & John Grin,' Policy Instruments, pratiques réflichés et apprentisage. Implications pour la gouvernabilité à long terme et la démocratie,' Espaces et Sociétés , no. 97-98 (1999), p. 63-90.
• Rob Hoppe & John Grin (1999), 'Pollution through traffic and transport: The praxis of cultural pluralism in parliamentarian technology assessment,' chapter 10 (p. 154-169) in: Michael Thompson, Gunnar Grendstad & Per Sell (eds.) Cultural Theory as Political Science. Routledge/ECPR Studies in Political Science.
• John Grin & Henk van de Graaf (1996). 'Implementation as communicative action. An interpretive understanding of interactions between policy actors and targetgroups,' Policy Sciences vol. 29, no. 4, p. 291-319 (SCI 0,97; JIF 0,727; 12/62)
• John Grin & Rob Hoppe (1995). 'Toward a Comparative Framework for Lear-ning from Experiences with Interactive Technology Assessment', In-dustrial and En-vironmental Crisis Quarterly vol. 9 (1995) no. 1, p. 99-120.
• John Grin & Henk vande Graaf. Technology Assessment as learning', Science, Technology and Human Values , vol. 20 (1996), no. 1, p. 72-99 (SCI 1,768; JIF 1,926; 2/35)
• Wim A. Smit, John Grin & Lev Voronkov (eds.), Military-tech-nological innovation and stability in a chan-ging world. Politically assessing and influencing weapon innovation and military research and development, VU Univer-sity Press, Amsterdam , 1992.
• John Grin (1990), Military-technological choices and political implications. Command and control in established NATO posture and a non-provocative defence, VU University Press/St. Martin's Press, Amsterdam / New York (dissertation).

• Recent and forthcoming publications

• Full list of publications

• Publications in DARE repository

Currently I am (co-)supervising at University of Amsterdam...

Andrew Switzer, Transition strategies for integral, multimodal regional transportation in the Randstad (funded by NWO Programme Duurzame Bereikbaarheid van de Randstad, first promotor prof. dr. Luca Bertolini, AISSR Programme Group Planning, Institutions and Transforming Spaces.

Jesse Hoffman, Power in energy transition initiatives (funded by the NWO Programme on Energy Transitions, in co-operation with Department of Innovation Studies, University of Utrecht; co-supervisor dr. Anne Loeber)

Robert Duiveman , Knowledge development in between science, practice and policy. Lessons from the NICIS programme on urban dynamics (co-funded by NICIS; co-supervisor dr. Henk Wagenaar.

Francisca Grommé , Governance in Surveillance Society (ASSR funded; co-supervisor dr. Amâde M 'charek).   

Erica ter Haar-van Twillert, The impact of system innovative projects onthehealth care system, (Bsik progamme KSI funded; co-supervisor dr. Jan van Tatenhove, Wageningen UR).

Tjerk-Jan Schuitmaker, Persistent problems in the current health care system: Understanding their roots and exploring potential governance strategies, (ASSR funded; co-supervisor dr. Amâde M 'charek) .

Jan Hassink, Understanding the transition to Green Care in the Netherlands ,   ((external candidate, employed by Wageningen UR; second promoter prof. dr. Wim Hulsink, Erasmus University, Rotterdam).

Sjef Orbons, Non-lethal weapons: a political assessment , (external candidate, employed by Netherlands Defence Academy )

Odile Keulers, Kenniscirculatie bij stedelijke vernieuwing in Rotterdam, (external candidate, employed by Netherlands Defence Academy Hogeschool Rotterdam)

I am co-supervising at other universities...

• Vanja Karadzic, Transition towards a sustainable fishery in Portugal (Universidade Nova de Lisboa; second promotor, first promoter: prof. dr. Paula Antunes)
• Erik Paredis, Transition management and its potential as long-term policy for sustainable development ( Universiteitvan Gent, eerste promotor prof dr. Dries Lesage; co-promotor dr. Thomas Block)
• Douwe de Goede , Robustness and sustainable agriculture (W ageningen University ; first promotor: prof. dr Bart Gremmen)

Defended dissertations which I supervised...

I was promotor of...

Marlous Blankesteijn,

Tussen wetten en weten. De rol van kennis in waterbeheer in transitie. (Amsterdam: Boom). University of Amsterdam, funded by Bsik programme KSI; co-supervisor: dr. Chunglin Kwa)

Victor Toom, Dragers van Waarheid. Normatieve Aspecten van Twintig Jaar Forensisch DNA-onderzoek in Nederland (Carriers of Truth. Normative Aspects of Twenty Years of Forensic DNA Research in the Netherlands) , University of Amsterdam, funded by NWO, co-supervisor dr. Amâde M 'charek.

Patrick Huntjens, The role of adaptive and integrated water management in developing climate change adaptation strategies to deal with floods and droughts - A comparative analysis of eight sub basins in Africa, Asia, and Europe . Universität von Osnabrück; second promoter; first promotor: prof. dr. Claudia Pahl-Wostl ( summa cum laude ).

Laurens Hessels, Science and the Struggle for Relevance , Utrecht University, funded by Bsik Programme KSI, first promotors: prof. dr. Ruud Smits and prof dr.Harro van Lente.

Janvan de Beek, Kennis, Macht en Moraal:De productie van wetenschappelijke kennis over de economische gevolgen van migratie naar Nederland, 1965-2005 (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2010).    University of Amsterdam, funded by ASSR, co-supervisor prof. dr. Jan Rath.

Anne Loeber, Practical wisdom in Risk Society. Methods and practice of interpretive analysis on questions of sustainable development ,University of Amsterdam , funded by Faculty of Political and Social Sciences. University of Amsterdam, 2004. first promoter: prof. dr. Rob Hoppe.

I was co-promotor of:

Mei Li Vos, International cooperation between politics and practice: how Dutch Indonesian cooperation changed remarkably little after a diplomatic rupture . University of Amsterdam, 2001, promotor prof. dr. Rob Hoppe

Rinie van Est, Winds of Change. A Comparative Study of the Politics of Wind Energy Innovation in California and Denmark , University of Amsterdam , 1999, promotor prof. dr. Rob Hoppe

Jan Eberg , Waste Policy and Learning: Policy Dynamics of Waste Management and Waste Incineration in the Netherlands and Bavaria . Delft: Uitgeverij Eburon. University of Amsterdam, 1999, promotor prof. dr. Rob Hoppe ( cum laude)

 

Recent public activities include...

October 8:''Groen' redt ons uit de crisis', Financieel Dagblad . Mede-ondertekenaar, met vijftig hoogleraren, 150 bedrijven en 12 milieu-organisaties. Cf http://www.degroenezaak.com/upload/documents/FD-20121008-brief%20FD.pdf

August 31: Paper 'Exploring transition dynamics at the level of society as a whole: lessons from 19th century Amsterdam ' at the Third International Conference on Sustainability Transitions, Kopenhagen, August 29-31

September 10 and 12: Two contributions through Skype to workshop ' Towards a Fourth Sustainability Revolution and Sustainable Peace:. Visions and Strategies for Long Term Transformative Change to Sustainable Development in the 21st Century, ' Morelos , Mexico .

June 28, Presenter and panelist at Workshop Cooperation for a Green Transformation , organized by Center for Global Cooperation Research , Duisburg, Germany
June 21, introduction on usable knowledge production, Advisory Council of Radboud Hospital, Nijmegen. June 14, discussant during a meeting on sustainable transition of the Duurzaamheidsoverleg Politieke Partijen, Utrecht .

June 11, presentation at Network Meeting Sustainability in Higher Education, UvA/HvA

April 19, Discussant Meeting on Interactive Knowledge Production, ZONmw Programma Gezondheidsonderzoek, Utrecht.

April 6, (met Jan Rotmans & Johan Schot), 'Maak duurzaamheid kern van beleid',  Friesch Dagblad .

March 30, 'Beginstand: wat weten we nu (nog niet)?', column op het Boekenbal n.a.v. het verschijnen van drie nieuwe delen in de Routledge Series on Sustainability Transition ( www.sustainabilitytransitions.com ). Eindhoven .

March 21-22, Participant /presenter during Workshop Participation, politics and actor dynamic inlow carbon energy transitions, University of East Anglia , Norwich .

February 16, 2012. 'Sterke steden anno 2012: Opmaken voor een omwenteling?' Voordracht tijdens de sessie 'Decentralisaties in het sociale domein', op het Festival der Bestuurskunde, Rotterdam.

December, 21, 2011. 'Plan-Borsele II is te wankel', artikel van 69 hoogleraren in NRC Handelsblad , 21 december 2011.

November 17, Interview, opgenomen in Janne Chaudron, 'Duurzaamheid komtvan doeners, en niet meer van vergadertijgers', Trouw.

November 11, Lid panel (met Paul Doop, Roland Waardenburg en Loulou van Ravensteijn) tijdens Duurzame toekomst: hoe zetten we wensen om in duurzaam beleid.

October 20, 'De rol van de overheid intransities: mogelijkheden voor nu', inleiding op het symposium 'De toekomst van transitiesturing', geirganiseerd dor de Vereniging voor milieuprofessionals, sectie Innovatie en Maatschappelijke Systemen,Utrecht.

October 11, 'From institutionalized design towards designing institutions', lecture atthe seminar Minisymposium 'Kentering en toekomst van het veehouderijonderzoek', Animal Sciences Group-WUR, Lelystad

June 30, 2011. "Theorising energy transitions: what we know, and what we don't know". Lecture at the first Seminar ( Exploring Transitions: towards a research agenda) at the ESCR Seminar series on Sustainability Transitions. University of Liverpool . UK .    

June 17, 2011. "Technology Assessment in Late Modernity," lecture at Future of Science and Technology in Society in Honour of Arie Rip

June 14, 2011. " Towards a novel mode of transition governance in Dutch agriculture? Lessons from recent experiences." Paper presented at the session Transition to sustainable agriculture in Japan and Central European countries , organized by Hideaki Shiroyama and John Grin at the 2 nd International Conference on Sustainability Transitions - Diversity, plurality and change: breaking new grounds in sustainability transition research, June 13-15, 2011, Lund , Sweden .

June 9, 2011. Panel member at a Symposium on 'Sturen zondergeld' organized by Interproviciaal Overleg and Leren voor   Duurzame Ontwikkeling. The Hague .

June 9, 2011. "Learning from the projects: implications for urban governance." Opening remarks at the Seminar on Challenges of Urban Governance. Organized by NICIS, The Hague March 3, 2011, Grethe van Geffen & John Grin. "Arabische lente kwam niet als 'verrassing.' Buitenlands beleid   was beter voorbereid als tegenspraak niet onmiddellijk was weggehoond. NRC Handelsblad

February, 9, 2011, 'Telecare for specific client groups: lessons from an experiment by Cordaan', Final Conference Project Zorg op Afstand: bestaande techniek voor nieuwe groepen', organized by Cordaan, Rode Hoed, Amsterdam

December 11, 2010. Interview, included in Evert Nieuwenhuis, 'Het groenevergezicht - duurzame energie nog ver weg', Vrij Nederland , p. 28-33.

December 4, 2010. Co-signer (with Wubbo Ockels, Jan Rotmans and ten other professors) of an essay on coal plants' impact on sustainable innovations, that drew wide attention from TV and newspapers.

November 23, 2010, 'Reflexive design: rationale, approach, institutional aspects, examples ', keynote address at the workshop Researching the transition towards a low carbon society, organized by the Aston Center for Critical Infrastructure & Servioces,Aston University, Birmingham, UK.

November 17, 2010. Transitions to a sustainable society: a governance perspective. Systemwissenschaftliches Kolloquium, 17 noember 2010, Institut für Umweltsystemforschung , Universität Osnabrück.

November 11, 2010. Breakfast addressto the participants in the Sustainability Tour Noord-Holland at Sustainability Day 2010.

September, 28, 2010. Workshop 2 -zorg weer mensenwerk makenat the Sigra Visieconferentie 2010: de arbeidsmarkt in 2025.Zorgvoor de TKMST. 

August 31, Sustainable development in the Amsterdam Port. Seminar, University of Tokyo

August 30, 2010, 'TA in the context of transition management', Lecture at the Public Symposium "Practices of Technology Assessment (TA) and Issues for the Institutionalization of TA in Japan.Tokyo.

June 4, Jan Rotmans, John Grin, Johan Schot, 'De groene economie past bij ons', de Volkskrant , p. 21.

June 3-4, Co-organizer and speaker at Final Conference of the Knowledge Network System innovations and transitions, ss Rotterdam .

May 18, Debate organized by KSI in co-operationwith Royal Academy of Sciences on our recent book John Grin, Jan Rotmans, Johan Schot (2010). Transitions to Sustainable Development. New Directions in the Study of Longterm Structural Change . New York : Routledge. Cf. www.aissr.uva.nl April 20.

Lead interview in Kien-Nieuwsbrief Directie Kennis en Innovatie, Ministerie van LNV. http://venik.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/lnv_kien5_nieuwsbrief_web.pdf

April 9. 'Between governments, kitchens, firms and farms: the governance of transitions between societal practices and supply systems', Session Transition Governance at the 14 th Annual Conference of the International Research Society onPublic Management, Bern, Switzerland, April 7-9.

March 27, 2010.Interview in Thomas van Heste, ''Megastal: tijdbom of wijsheid', Vrij Nederland 27/3/2010. Cf. www.transforum.nl/content/view/331/71/lang,nl

February 13, 2010. 'Transitions-a reflexive governance perspective'. Keynote contribution to Workshop Transition Management for Sustainable Society - European Experience and Japanese Context. Integrated System for Sustainability Science, University of Tokyo .

February 1, 2010. 'Sociaal maatschappelijke visie op keuzevraagstukken bij duurzaam beheer van de ondergrond', Voordracht op het Startcongres SKB, Duurzame ontwikkeling van de ondergrond, Den Haag.

January, 28, 2010. 'Praktijken voor Workplace Health Promotion:een transitie perspectief', Seminar Systeeminnovaties Gezondheidsmanagement. Wageningen University .

January 21,2010.  ' Advice for action: What to do when society cannot wait   for full, uncontested knowledge?' Invited Lecture a the First international conference on Frontiers in Shallow Subsurface Technology , Delft , 20-22 January 2010.

November, 26,2009. 'Financial Aspects of Sustainable Development: a transition perspective', Crystal City , Amsterdam .

September 28, 2009. 'Strategies for Green Care: a Transitions Perspective', Key Note Lecture at a Cost Conference on Green Care, Antalya , Turkey , Sept 28-30.

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