Dr. habil. Rick Hölsgens

Research Associate
Coordinator of the research area Transformative governance in cities and regions

Focus of work:
Social innovation
Sustainability transitions
Climate change adaptation
Transdisciplinary research
STS

CV

Since 2019: Member Editorial Board NOvation: Critical Studies of Innovation
Since 2016: Research Associate, Social Research Center (sfs), Research area Transformative governance in cities and regions
2012–2016: PhD Candidate in economic history at the University of Groningen (NL) (Dissertation title: Energy Transitions in the Netherlands: Sustainability Challenges in a Historical and Comparative Perspective)
October, November 2014: Visiting researcher, Lund University (SE), Department of Economic History
November 2011–January 2012: Researcher at the University of Twente (NL), Department of Science, Technology and Policy Studies
2011: MSc Science and Technology Studies (Maastricht University, NL)
September 2010 until December 2010: Research internship at DSM, Corporate Operations & Responsible Care, Heerlen (NL)
2009: MA Science and Technology Studies (Maastricht University, NL)
February 2009 until August 2009: Exchange semester at Aalborg University, (DK), specialization "Innovation Systems, Social and Ecological Change"
2008: BSc Industrial Design (Eindhoven University of Technology, NL)

iResilience: Social innovations and smart city infrastructures for the resilient city of the future

Social Research Center Dortmund
(Sozialforschungsstelle, sfs)
Evinger Platz 17, room 6
Email: henricus.hoelsgens@tu-dortmund.de
Tel.: +49 231 755 90229
Fax: +49 231 755 90205