Paulien Herder
Paulien Herder
Director of Research
Our research endeavours really bring together engineers and social scientists.
Projects
TBM goes CSITPM plays a key role in fighting crime. |
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Five years of IPSE StudiesThe Centre for Innovation and Public Sector Efficiency Studies (IPSE Studies) carries out research into the effectiveness of the public sector in the Netherlands. |
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Energy Delta Gas Research (EDGaR)Pondering the ideal mix of gas and renewable energy |
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Inaugural lecture by Frances BrazierOther paradigms are needed in order to design technical, social and eco-systems. |
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Optimal crosspollination between academia and practiceThe soon-to-be-launched Delft School for Public Management and Technology, an access portal to the TU Delft campus. |
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Inaugural lecture by Yao-Hua TanHow ICT strengthens trust between the public and private sectors. |
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TPM's highly appreciated research groupsI know of no other research programme that |
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TPM research leads the way internationallyTPM enjoys a leading position at the pinnacle of internationalscience. |
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Perfect simulations for the strategy most likely to succeed Together with TPM, INITI8 is investigating the further integration of business intelligence and simulation... |
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TPM scientists about ICT in the healthcare sector “How do you guarantee that the requirements for keeping information secure and human values (especially privacy) are respected?" |
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Market forces in health care: A subtle operation Market forces in the healthcare sector are a difficult issue. Jos Blank and Adrie Dumaij immerse themselves in the subject on a daily basis... |
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Scientists abroad “Ithaca is Gorges!” Caspar Chorus in Ithaca |
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International student Hadi Ashgari wins IBM Thesis Prize MoT Master’s student Hadi Asghari has recently won the prestigious IBM thesis prize with his thesis ‘Botnet Mitigation and the Role of ISPs’. |
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“I know a thing or two about building a crane like that” The view from his workspace on the 17th floor of a Rotterdam office building is just as varied as his job at APM Terminals... |
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Serious gaming useful in planning future scenarios for railways To what extent can serious gaming play a role in the future of railway traffic in the Netherlands? ProRail and TU Delft have been putting this to the test... |
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"The Netherlands is safe thanks to its network of dykes. Or is it?"Our low-lying country is well protected against water. At least that is what we all like to think. How safe are we behind our dykes? | |
TPM and District Water Control Board join forces for Delfland EUWFD policy monitorThe European Water Framework Directive (EUWFD) came into force in 2000. The Delfland District Water Control Board called on Leon Hermans, assistant professor in Policy Analysis... | |
"The world of water is fascinating like no other"Water is a very wide-ranging area. 7 Years ago, the TPM faculty made a decision to focus particularly on the design aspects of the subject. This was an enlightened choice, believes dr Tineke Ruijgh-van der Ploeg... | |
"The people at TPM really are bridge-builders" When it comes to coastal management, the Netherlands is a world leader. But there is still a great deal of room for improvement, according to Dr Jill Slinger, assistant professor in Policy Analysis... | |
Nobel Prize helps develop TPM's body of ideas It was announced in mid-October that Elinor Ostrom was one of the winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics. She has been working for some time with a small group of international academics on a conceptual framework for... | |
Startling results with online learningHow do children and young people learn in the digital era? How should education be designed to accommodate them? These are perfect questions for Wim Veen, professor in Education and Technology... | |
Container terminal of the futureAPM Terminals is responsible for loading and unloading large container ships in many ports around the world. The company, part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, is constantly seeking innovative technologies... | |
The latest generation of simulation technologiesIt's pouring with rain. Suddenly the sirens sound on the oil platform. The supervisor immediately sets out to investigate and identifies a leak in an oil tank. There's a loud explosion and fire breaks out... | |
Working on an up-to-the-minute issue Should the tram arrive at the east or the west side of the new public transport terminal in Utrecht? ProRail and the Utrecht Municipal Authorities cannot agree about this. As part of the Process Management module... | |
Philosophers go on a retreat Two years ago, an international visitation committee designated the philosophers of technology from the universities of Delft, Eindhoven and Twente as 'excellent'. Fortunately, the philosophers in Delft did not see this as... | |
Sustainable Accesibility of the Randstad Last July, NWO [the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research] honoured four research proposals relating to the Sustainable Accessibility of the Randstad programme. All four proposals were designated... | |
Randstad Rail more complex than expected On the evening of Wednesday 29 November 2006, two RandstadRail trams derailed shortly after each other at the Ternoot and Forepark stops in The Hague. Seventeen passengers were injured in the Forepark derailment... | |
NWO subsidy for TPM research Government services need clever, flexible IT if they are to respond swiftly to fast-changing legislation. At present, this is proving difficult. Their IT infrastructure is often too rigid or works on a step-by-step basis... | |
