Dr. W. (Wim) Ravesteijn
Profile
Wim Ravesteijn is an Associate Professor of Responsible and Sustainable Innovation. He is coordinating a Responsible Port Innovation research group, co-managing the TU Delft TPM China Cluster as well as the Scientific Coordinator of the joint TPM - Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT, China) Engineering & Policy Analysis student exchange and double degree master programme. He is a part-time Contract Professor at HIT and a Honorary Professor at Beijing Information Science & Technology University.
Research
“The Tao of Responsible Innovation” is his main research project, with participation of various Chinese visiting PhD students. It comprises social-ethical research into Port Planning for the new Maritime Silk Road development programme initiated by the Chinese Government, focussed on moral and cultural values.
Master Engineering & Policy Analysis:
- EPA1132 Technology Development & Impact Assessment
- EPA1132 Technology Development & Impact Assessment online
- EPA2542 Management of Large Technological Projects (Harbin Institute of Technology)
- EPA2590 Preparation Master Thesis (Harbin Institute of Technology)
Minor International Entrepreneurship & Development:
- WM0942TU Development, Sustainability & Culture
- WM0927TU Intercultural Internship
Other courses:
- WM0903TU Technology & Global Development
- Master Thesis projects
- Towards low carbon based economic development: Shanghai as a C40 city. Science of The Total Environment 576 (2017): 538-548 (with Z. Li, M.J. Galeano Galván & Z. Qi)
- What makes renewable energy successful in China? The case of the Shandong province solar water heater innovation system. Energy Policy 86 (2015): 684-696 (with S. Goess & M. de Jong)
- Under the wings of the Great Garuda: responsible port innovation in the Jakarta Bay area. WIT Transactions on The Built Environment 148 (2015): 51-62 (with B.A. Priyambodho & C. Qin)
- Responsible Port Innovation in China: The Case of the Yangshan Port Extension Project. International Journal of Critical Infrastructures 11 (2015) 4: 297-315 (with L. Song)
- Responsible Innovation in Port Development: the Rotterdam Maasvlakte 2 and the Dalian Dayao Bay Extension Projects. Water Science & Technology 72 (2015) 5: 665-677 (with Yi Liu & Ping Yan)
- Responsible innovation and stakeholder management in infrastructures: The Nansha Port Railway Project. Ocean & Coastal Management 100 (2014) 1-9 (with J. He & C. Chen)
- Responsible Resource Management: The Predicament and Reform Path for Chinese Wetland Conservation. Journal of Wetlands Ecology and Management, published online 14 March 2014 (with D. Zheng, J. Mi & F. Qiu)
- Facing global water problems: The legacy of Yu the Great. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment 172 (2013): 113-124
International positions:
- Contract professor Harbin Institute of Technology*
- Honorary Professor Beijing Information Science & Technology University*
- Member International Scientific Advisory Committee, International Conference on Coastal Cities and their Sustainable Future, Wessex Institute of Technology, UK, 2014-
- Member International Scientific Advisory Committee, International Conference on Marine Technology, Wessex Institute of Technology, UK, 2014-
- Irrigation Revisited: An Anthology of Indonesian-Dutch Cooperation 1965-2014. Delft: Eburon, 2016 (with J. Kop & K. Kop)
- For Profit and Prosperity: The Contribution made by Dutch Engineers to Public Works in Indonesia, 1800-2000. Zaltbommel/Leiden: Aprilis/KITLV Press 2008 (with J. Kop)
- Appropriate Technology in Industrialized Countries. Delft: Delft University Press 1989 (with W. Riedijk & J. Boes)
Forthcoming:
- Tapak Tilas Irigasi: Bunga Rampai Kerja Sama Indonesia-Belanda 1965-2014 (with J. Kop & K. Kop)
- Engineering the Dutch Empire: Irrigation and the Colonial State in Java 1832 – 1942

Wim Ravesteijn
Guest
- +31 15 27 84910
- w.ravesteijn@tudelft.nl
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Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management
Building 31
Room number: B3.390
Department:
Values, Technology and Innovation
Section:
Ethics/Philosophy of Technology
Secretary:
Nathalie van den Heuvel
Research interests:
Design for values
Management of responsible innovation
Responsible port innovation
Civil Engineering in Indonesia
Additional information
Dr. W. Ravesteijn
Contact
- W.Ravesteijn@tudelft.nl
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31.b3.390