Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management
Technology, Policy and Management TPM’s Mission The Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management combines insights from the engineering sciences with insights from the humanities and the social sciences. The Faculty’s mission is to develop robust models and designs in order to solve the complex challenges of today’s networked, urbanized knowledge society. Technology, Policy and Management
Organization chart
Faculty in numbers year-end 2017 Technology, Policy and Management
Research Departments
Recent Research Grants Highlights - Recent Research Grants ERC advanced grant Design for Changing Values (2.5mio) ERC consolidator grant Moral Decision Making (2mio) 4TU research programme DeSIRE on Resilience Engineering (4.5mio) Several NWO grants in the field of Responsible Innov. and Energy Transition
Technology, Policy and Management Educational programmes Technology, Policy and Management
The degree programmes of TPM Bsc Technische Bestuurskunde MSc Complex Systems Engineering and Management MSc Management of Technology MSc Engineering and Policy Analysis (located in The Hague) Technology, Policy and Management
The degree programmes of TPM - characteristics Interdisciplinary Sciences and technology Policy and management International orientation Close relationship to research Public and private sector Technology, Policy and Management
Interfaculty / Interuniversity degree programmes MSc Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics (with Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering) MSc Information Architecture (with Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science) MSc Industrial Ecology (with Applied Sciences, University of Leiden, Erasmus University Rotterdam) Technology, Policy and Management
Interfaculty Education Profession-oriented knowledge in fields as economics, management and law Skills (e.g. presenting, reporting) and languages Reflection on technology (e.g. ethics, philosophy and history of science) Professionalization of teaching (Interfaculty Centre for Education Focus) Technology, Policy and Management
Online Education MOOC’s (13) Big Data Strategies Next Generation Infrastructures Responsible Innovation Open Government Cyber Security Economics Robots in Society: Blessing or Curse? Leadership for Engineers ProfEd’s (4) Multi Stakeholder Strategies Advanced Leadership for Engineers Kivi chartered Engineer courses Open Course Ware More than 150.000 subscriptions for TPM online education
Technology, Policy and Management PhD-programme Best Practices Cycle (2 blocks) Five day course TPM research methods and skills Deeper investigation of research methods relevant for the specific research programmes Demand driven symposia Peer groups Coaching by experienced researchers (e.g. on writing a research proposal) Technology, Policy and Management
International Cooperation TPM-Consortium (MIT, George Mason University, Carnegie Mellon University, Instituto Superior Técnico Lisboa) Global Technology of Management Consortium (University of Maryland, CERAM Sophia Antipolis, Asian Institute of Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, National Tsing Hua University) Shell Project Academy, (Shell Global Solutions, University of Cranfield (GB), University of Texas at Austin (USA), Queensland University of Technology at Brisbane (Aus) Harbin University of Technology Council of Engineering Systems Universities Idea League UNITECH Partners Technology, Policy and Management
TPM for Comprehensive Engineering