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Department of Social Sciences

Dr. habil. Rick Hölsgens

 

Social Research Center Dortmund (sfs)

Evinger Platz 17, Room 6

Email:

Tel.: +49 231 755 90229

Fax: +49 231 755 90205

 

Picture of Dr. Rick Hölsgens © justfotography​/​sfs

Research Associate
Research area Transformative governance in cities and regions

Focus of work

Social innovation
Sustainability transitions
Climate change adaptation
Transdisciplinary research
STS

  • 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)

Publications

You can also find a list of publications on the Dortmund University Bibliography page.