Faculty of Technology, Policy and
Management
8-4-2015
Delft
University of
Technology
Challenge the future
TPM’s Mission
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The Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management intends to
make a significant contribution to sustainable solutions to complex
social problems through internationally oriented education and
research.
TPM is doing so by analyzing the structure and operation of
technical multi-actor systems and by developing intervention
strategies, practices and instruments for designing and improving
systems of this kind.
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Typical TPM research issues
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Typical TPM-problems (2)
How can we prevent electricity liberalization
leading to widespread power failures?
Is there a relationship
between the liberalization
and power failures
elsewhere in the world?
What technological
solutions and institutional
arrangements are worth
recommending?
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Typical TPM-problems (3)
How can air traffic at Schiphol expand within
publicly determined noise limits?
By measuring noise differently,
better sound insulation, steeper
takeoff and landing angles or
smarter air traffic control?
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Typical TPM-problems (4)
How do we deal with water management in
the Netherlands?
A combination of higher
river dikes, sacrificing
polders as storage areas,
more drinking water
reservoirs and cooling
towers for our power
stations? By negotiating with
countries upstream, or
mainly through technical
innovations?
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Typical TPM-problems (5)
How can we use our natural gas reserves
sustainably?
Removing and storing
carbon dioxide underground, mixing biogas or
hydrogen in the natural gas
network? Does our finegrained natural gas network
help us move to a hydrogen
economy more quickly, or is
the dialectics of progress at
work?
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Typical TPM-problems (6)
How can we actualize spatial policy at different
levels of aggregation?
By writing memoranda and
formulating zoning plans? By
mobilizing sustainable stakeholders? By co-production of
policy? By public-private cooperation? Or by a more systematic and design-oriented
approach to the decisionmaking process?
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Typical TPM-problems (7)
How can we ensure the continuity of telecommunication services?
Are technological innovations, such
as third generation mobile telecommunication, the solution?
Should we build a mobile
emergency network? Do we need
a more strict telecom regulator?
What is the role of government and
what can market players solve
themselves?
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Typical TPM-problems (8)
How can organizations seize the strategic
opportunities of ICT?
What are the consequences
for organizations of offering
electronic services? What
technology is needed and
what organizational
adjustments have to be
made? And how can
business processes be
improved by telematics?
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Typical TPM problems occur in
‘multi-actor systems’
Multi-actor systems:
• Require attention to the physical system
• Require attention to the behaviour of actors in the decisionmaking process
• Require attention to the underlying interaction:
the interference between actor behaviour and physical system
raises questions about steering and (process) management
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The object of TPM (1)
Actor behaviour
• Actor behaviour renders the operation of multi-actor systems
complex and dynamic:
Actors (government authorities, businesses, organized interest groups,
consumers, citizens, etc.) use their strategies
The aggregate of strategies leads to an unpredictable decision-making
process and to unintended effects
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The object of TPM (2)
The physical system
• The physical system is complex and dynamic:
It is not usually designed as one single system
Unpredictable behaviour by non-linearities, unforeseeable reactions,
indirect information about the status of components
Nevertheless society demands high quality performance
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The TPM perspective
• System perspective
Analysis of structure and behaviour of physical systems
Focus on interactions between components
• Actor perspective
Analysis of structure and network of actors
Analysis of underlying relationships and interactions: the process of
decision making
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Action perspective
TPM analyzes, designs and develops
tools, concepts, models, strategies, practices of action and
arrangements
which can be used for intervention in, and management and
innovation of multi-actor systems.
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Educational programmes
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The degree programmes of TPM
(portfolio)
• Bsc ‘Technische Bestuurskunde’ (Systems Engineering, Policy
Analysis and Management)
• MSc Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and
Management
• MSc Management of Technology
• MSc Engineering and Policy Analysis
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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 Geomatics (with Architecture, Civil Engineering & Geo-Sciences,
Aerospace Engineering
• MSc Geo-Information Management and Applications (with University of
Utrecht, Wageningen University and ITC)
• MSc Industrial Ecology (with Applied Sciences, University of Leiden,
Erasmus University Rotterdam)
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The degree programmes of TPM
(characteristics)
• Interdisciplinary
• Sciences and technology
• Policy and management
• International orientation
• Close relationship to research
• Public and private sector
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BSc. ‘Technische Bestuurskunde’ (1)
Target group: high-school students with aptitude in the sciences and
interest in policy and management issues in a technological environment
Four fields of application
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Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics
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Energy, Water and Industrial Systems
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Information- and Communication
Technology
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Space: Use and Development
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BSc. ‘Technische Bestuurskunde’ (2)
• Structuring of complex problem situations
• Deducing of correct research questions
• Quantitative and qualitative analytical methods
• Knowledge of the fundamentals of a field of application
• Knowledge of decision making processes
• Communication skills
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MSc. Systems Engineering, Policy
Analysis and Management
Target group: students with a BSc degree in ‘Technische Bestuurskunde’
or an equivalent BSc
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Design of feasible solutions to
unstructured problems in a
complex (public/ private) multiactor context
Design/support of decision making
processes
Thorough knowledge of a field of
application
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MSc Management of Technology
Target group: Bachelors of Science (academic and vocational level)
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Analysis of complex technological
problems in large high tech companies
Decision making on technological
product and process innovations
Knowledge management and R&D
management
Design of technological systems (ICT,
logistics, risk)
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MSc Engineering and Policy Analysis
Target group: Bachelors of Science (academic and vocational level)
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Analysis of problems in large
scale complex systems
(infrastructures)
Focus on public decision
making
Interdisciplinary and
intercultural communication
skills
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MSc Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics
(in cooperation with Civil Engineering and Mechanical
Engineering)
Target group: Bachelors of Science (academic and vocational level)
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Knowledge, understanding and
skills in the field of traffic,
transport, infra-structures and
logistics
Policy analysis and decision
making
Strong technical component
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Interfaculty Education
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Profession-oriented knowledge in fields as
economics, management and law
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Skills (e.g. presenting, reporting) and
languages
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Reflection on technology
(e.g. ethics, philosophy and history of
science)
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Professionalization of teaching
(Interfaculty Centre for Education Focus)
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PhD-programme
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Best Practices Cycle (2 blocks)
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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)
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Research programmes
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Research Portfolio
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Five innovative programmes
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Close relationship to educational portfolio
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Anchored in technology/engineering
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Design and Management of Infrastructures
Research Programmes (1)
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Explaining and managing the
course of infrastructural
developments
Systematic comparison between
infrastructural sectors
Design criteria for infrastructural
networks, market structures and
models for intervention and
management
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Innovation Systems
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Analysis of complex relationships
between actors and institutions on
the one hand and the development
of new products, production
processes and services on the other
Study of the influence of innovation
systems on the commercial viability
of technological designs
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Multi-Actor Systems
Research Programmes (3)
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Focus on solving complex problems regarding
decision making and (process) management in
multi-actor systems
Focus on design and evaluation of innovative
concepts and theories, design guidelines,
methods and techniques
Creative synthesis of insights from policy
analysis, process management and public
management on the one hand and applied
operations research and systems analysis on
the other
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Risk and Design
Research Programmes (4)
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Scientific models and approaches for
policy makers, public administrators
and managers
Objective: prediction and reduction
of the safety, health and
environmental risks of technological
systems
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Reflection on Technology
Research Programmes (5)
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Objective: a better
understanding of modern
technology and of ethical,
technology-related issues
Study of the role of
technology and its impact
on society
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Research participation in joint
projects and centres
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Next Generation Infrastructures (BSIK, 50% funding by Dutch Government)
Transition Sustainable Mobility (BSIK)
Innovative Space Usage (BSIK)
Core themes Delft University of Technology: NGI, ICT, Sustainable Industrial
Processes, Sustainable Urban Areas, Towards Reliable Mobility, Water, Earth
Risk Centre
Delft Centre for Aviation
Delft Centre for Entrepreneurship
Centre for Project Management
3 TU Centre for Ethics and Technology
Centre for Sustainable Development
Centre for Port Innovation and Regional Development
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International Cooperation
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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
Etcetera...
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Organization chart
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Facts and Figures
TPM staff year-end 2013
• Academic staff
• Support staff
Total number of employees
328
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379
Student Intake 2013
• Bachelor SEPAM (TB)
• Master EPA, MoT, SEPAM, TIL
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167
Total active students: ca. 1.234
Total new intake
383
Total PhD students: 121
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TPM for Technology with Policy!
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