Karel Mulder

Prof. Mulder (Prof. TUDelft) 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. In 1992 he joined the TA section where he uses case studies and social simulation to study effective ways to steer technological innovation. 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. His research interests include the historic and sociological analysis of technological change especially within industrial production.