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Prof Dr R.P.M. Kemp

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Projects I am working on at the moment are:

TransB, a four year study about multiple value creation, in collaboraton with water companies in the Netherlands, based on participatory design thinking and system analysis to find synergetic solutions. 

Recent projects on which I worked in the last 5 years are:

  • TRANSIT, an EU research project that will develop a theory of transformative social innovation which is about empowerment and the humanization of the economy. It runs for four years, from January 2014 until December 2017. http://www.transitsocialinnovation.eu/
  • URB@Exp, a transdisciplinary research project about urban experiments for urban governance in five cities: Maastricht, Malmo, Antwerpen, Graz and Leoben. http://www.urbanexp.eu/
  • “Knowledge base about transformations and transitions” project, a literature review of 5 bodies of knowledge. In this project, funded by the European Environment Agency (EEA), I am surveying the literature on socio-economic transformations, to examine their relevance for sustainable development policy. 
  •  “Energy Efficiency of Households in Cities: A Multi-method Analysis” together with the Chinese Academy of Science (CEEP).
  • Smarterlabs, a project about smart mobility Living Lab experiments in four cities: Bellinzona, Brussels, Graz and Maastricht. The project is funded by the Urban Europe programme.  www.smarterlabs.eu 
  • I am scientific project leader of projects 2, 4 and 5. Two other projects I am involved in (as principal investigator) are:
  • The SINCERE project (Sino-European Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency) about resource efficiendy. In this project researchers from Europe and China examine historical patterns between resource indicators, trade and macro-economic performance, develop new economic models for explaining and managing resource-use. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sincere
  • Green.eu, a network of European and international researchers, policy makers and stakeholders in the fields of eco-innovation, green economy, and sustainable development. In this project I am working on eco-innovation measurement and green industrial policy.

More info about the projects and myself can be found at my personal webpage http://kemp.unu-merit.nl/