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Preliminary empirical research conducted by the leading author has shown that design students using biological analogies, or models across different contexts, often misinterpreted these, intentionally or unintentionally, during design. By copying shape or form without integrating the main function of the mimicked biological model, students failed to consider the process or system directing that function when attempting to solve the design need. This article considers the first step in the development of an applicable educational model using distant analogies from nature, by means of biomimicry thinking methodology. The analysis examines results from a base-line exercise taken by students in the Minor Design with Nature during the Spring semester of Industrial Design Engineering at The Hague University of Applied Sciences in 2019, verifying that students without biomimicry training use this hollow approach automatically. This research confirms the gap between where students are at the beginning of the semester and where they need to be as expert sustainable designers when they graduate. These findings provide a starting point for future interventions in biomimicry workshops to improve systematic design thinking through structural and scientifically based iterations of analogical reasoning.
Laura Stevens; Helen Kopnina; Karel Mulder; Marc De Vries. Biomimicry design thinking education: a base-line exercise in preconceptions of biological analogies. International Journal of Technology and Design Education 2020, 31, 797 -814.
AMA StyleLaura Stevens, Helen Kopnina, Karel Mulder, Marc De Vries. Biomimicry design thinking education: a base-line exercise in preconceptions of biological analogies. International Journal of Technology and Design Education. 2020; 31 (4):797-814.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLaura Stevens; Helen Kopnina; Karel Mulder; Marc De Vries. 2020. "Biomimicry design thinking education: a base-line exercise in preconceptions of biological analogies." International Journal of Technology and Design Education 31, no. 4: 797-814.
In recent years, it has become a commonplace to argue that cities should be the focus point of sustainable development
Karel F. Mulder. Sustainable Urban Innovation Strategies. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5013 .
AMA StyleKarel F. Mulder. Sustainable Urban Innovation Strategies. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (18):5013.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKarel F. Mulder. 2019. "Sustainable Urban Innovation Strategies." Sustainability 11, no. 18: 5013.
Sabine Eijlander; Karel F. Mulder. Sanitary Systems: Challenges for Innovation. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems 2019, 7, 193 -212.
AMA StyleSabine Eijlander, Karel F. Mulder. Sanitary Systems: Challenges for Innovation. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems. 2019; 7 (2):193-212.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSabine Eijlander; Karel F. Mulder. 2019. "Sanitary Systems: Challenges for Innovation." Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems 7, no. 2: 193-212.
The challenge of sustainable development requires cities to aim for drastic improvements in the systems that support its vital functions. Innovating these systems can be extremely hard, and might take lots of time. A transparent and democratic strategy is important to guarantee support for change. Such a process should aim at developing consensus regarding a basic vision to guide the process of systems change. This paper sketches future options for the development of sanitation- and urban drainage systems in industrialized economies. It will provide an analysis of relevant trends for sewage system innovation. In history, sewage systems have emerged from urban sewage and precipitation removal systems, to urban sewage and precipitation removal and cleaning systems. The challenge for the future is recovering energy and resources from sewage systems while maintaining/improving its sanitary service and lowering its emissions.
Karel Mulder. Future Options for Sewage and Drainage Systems Three Scenarios for Transitions and Continuity. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1383 .
AMA StyleKarel Mulder. Future Options for Sewage and Drainage Systems Three Scenarios for Transitions and Continuity. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (5):1383.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKarel Mulder. 2019. "Future Options for Sewage and Drainage Systems Three Scenarios for Transitions and Continuity." Sustainability 11, no. 5: 1383.
Micha Blanken; Cees Verweij; Karel Mulder. Why Novel Sanitary Systems are Hardly Introduced? Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems 2019, 7, 13 -27.
AMA StyleMicha Blanken, Cees Verweij, Karel Mulder. Why Novel Sanitary Systems are Hardly Introduced? Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems. 2019; 7 (1):13-27.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMicha Blanken; Cees Verweij; Karel Mulder. 2019. "Why Novel Sanitary Systems are Hardly Introduced?" Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems 7, no. 1: 13-27.
The ‘Grand Challenges’ of our times, like climate change, resource depletion, global inequity and the destruction of wildlife and biodiversity can only be addressed by innovating cities. This paper will analyse major options for innovating cities, main barriers for these innovations that are rooted in the paradigms of the experts running urban systems and educational reforms that might contribute overcoming these barriers.
Karel Mulder. Creating Circular, Efficient and Symbiotic Cities: And How Higher Education Should Contribute to Create the Solutions that are Required. World Sustainability Series 2017, 699 -710.
AMA StyleKarel Mulder. Creating Circular, Efficient and Symbiotic Cities: And How Higher Education Should Contribute to Create the Solutions that are Required. World Sustainability Series. 2017; ():699-710.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKarel Mulder. 2017. "Creating Circular, Efficient and Symbiotic Cities: And How Higher Education Should Contribute to Create the Solutions that are Required." World Sustainability Series , no. : 699-710.
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Karel Mulder. Urban Symbiosis as a Strategy for Sustainabilising Cities: An Overview of Options and their Potential, Pitfalls and Solutions. Civil Engineering Research Journal 2017, 2, 1 .
AMA StyleKarel Mulder. Urban Symbiosis as a Strategy for Sustainabilising Cities: An Overview of Options and their Potential, Pitfalls and Solutions. Civil Engineering Research Journal. 2017; 2 (3):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKarel Mulder. 2017. "Urban Symbiosis as a Strategy for Sustainabilising Cities: An Overview of Options and their Potential, Pitfalls and Solutions." Civil Engineering Research Journal 2, no. 3: 1.
Karel Mulder; Didac Ferrer; Harro Van Lente. Conclusions: perceptions, paradoxes and possibilities. What is Sustainable Technology? 2017, 236 -242.
AMA StyleKarel Mulder, Didac Ferrer, Harro Van Lente. Conclusions: perceptions, paradoxes and possibilities. What is Sustainable Technology?. 2017; ():236-242.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKarel Mulder; Didac Ferrer; Harro Van Lente. 2017. "Conclusions: perceptions, paradoxes and possibilities." What is Sustainable Technology? , no. : 236-242.
Karel Mulder; Didac Ferrer; Harro Van Lente. What is sustainable technology? What is Sustainable Technology? 2017, 1 -7.
AMA StyleKarel Mulder, Didac Ferrer, Harro Van Lente. What is sustainable technology? What is Sustainable Technology?. 2017; ():1-7.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKarel Mulder; Didac Ferrer; Harro Van Lente. 2017. "What is sustainable technology?" What is Sustainable Technology? , no. : 1-7.
In the current discourses on sustainable development, one can discern two main intellectual cultures: an analytic one focusing on measuring problems and prioritizing measures, (Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), Mass Flow Analysis (MFA), etc.) and; a policy/management one, focusing on long term change, change incentives, and stakeholder management (Transitions/niches, Environmental economy, Cleaner production).These cultures do not often interact and interactions are often negative. However, both cultures are required to work towards sustainability solutions: problems should be thoroughly identified and quantified, options for large change should be guideposts for action, and incentives should be created, stakeholders should be enabled to participate and their values and interests should be included in the change process. The paper deals especially with engineering education. Successful technological change processes should be supported by engineers who have acquired strategic competences. An important barrier towards training academics with these competences is the strong disciplinarism of higher education. Raising engineering students in strong disciplinary paradigms is probably responsible for their diminishing public engagement over the course of their studies. Strategic competences are crucial to keep students engaged and train them to implement long term sustainable solutions
Karel Mulder. Strategic competences for concrete action towards sustainability: An oxymoron? Engineering education for a sustainable future. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2017, 68, 1106 -1111.
AMA StyleKarel Mulder. Strategic competences for concrete action towards sustainability: An oxymoron? Engineering education for a sustainable future. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2017; 68 ():1106-1111.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKarel Mulder. 2017. "Strategic competences for concrete action towards sustainability: An oxymoron? Engineering education for a sustainable future." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 68, no. : 1106-1111.
Anne Lorène Vernay; Karel F. Mulder. Organising urban symbiosis projects. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability 2016, 169, 181 -188.
AMA StyleAnne Lorène Vernay, Karel F. Mulder. Organising urban symbiosis projects. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability. 2016; 169 (5):181-188.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnne Lorène Vernay; Karel F. Mulder. 2016. "Organising urban symbiosis projects." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability 169, no. 5: 181-188.
Karel Mulder. Technology Assessment. Foresight in Organizations 2016, 129 -144.
AMA StyleKarel Mulder. Technology Assessment. Foresight in Organizations. 2016; ():129-144.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKarel Mulder. 2016. "Technology Assessment." Foresight in Organizations , no. : 129-144.
Purpose – This paper aims at identifying factors that could contribute to the motivation of students in sustainable development (SD) education. The underlying idea of the paper is that SD education is not always as attractive among students and lecturers as many would like it to be. Design/methodology/approach – The paper briefly reviews literature regarding behavioral change for long-term benefits. It identifies four motivators that could be effective to make people pursue longer-term objectives. It identifies if these motivators were present in five cases of successful SD education. Findings – The four motivators for students that were identified in the literature review (a sense of autonomy, a challenge of reflection on the future role, connection with others, self-fulfillment, focus on the individual learning need) could be observed in the cases of successful SD education, although to various degrees. Individual autonomy in learning was not observed, but group autonomy was present in all cases. Research limitations/implications – The case studies were all electives. It is unclear how the motivators could work out in mandatory courses. Moreover, the curriculum as a whole will affect the success of single courses. Successful courses being “the exception” of the curriculum might be judged differently if they would be part of the curriculum in which such courses would be the main stream. Further research is required to check if the motivators are effective in mandatory and not specifically SD-targeted courses. It is also not clear how various motivators could be applied most effectively in a curriculum. Practical implications – The paper gives guidance to lecturers and educational managers to design attractive and effective SD education. Originality/value – The paper treats SD education from a novel perspective: how to convey a credible behavioral message, and how to motivate students for education for SD.
Karel Mulder; Didac Ferrer; Jordi Segalas Coral; Olga Kordas; Eugene Nikiforovich; Kateryna Pereverza. Motivating students and lecturers for education in sustainable development. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 2015, 16, 385 -401.
AMA StyleKarel Mulder, Didac Ferrer, Jordi Segalas Coral, Olga Kordas, Eugene Nikiforovich, Kateryna Pereverza. Motivating students and lecturers for education in sustainable development. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 2015; 16 (3):385-401.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKarel Mulder; Didac Ferrer; Jordi Segalas Coral; Olga Kordas; Eugene Nikiforovich; Kateryna Pereverza. 2015. "Motivating students and lecturers for education in sustainable development." International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 16, no. 3: 385-401.
Karel Mulder. Strategic competencies, critically important for Sustainable Development. Journal of Cleaner Production 2014, 78, 243 -248.
AMA StyleKarel Mulder. Strategic competencies, critically important for Sustainable Development. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2014; 78 ():243-248.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKarel Mulder. 2014. "Strategic competencies, critically important for Sustainable Development." Journal of Cleaner Production 78, no. : 243-248.
This chapter presents an overview of positive motivators for students, lecturers, and educational managers to prioritize Sustainable Development in education. Very often, we implicitly assume that students and colleagues should all be motivated by the great challenges that the world faces. And if they appear not to react sufficiently to these challenges, we sometimes tend to give these challenges an apocalyptic character. But is this the right motivator for students and colleagues to work on Sustainable Development? We all know that if you only use a stick and no carrot… So why don’t we use more carrots? The bureaucracy that comes with tools for checking/auditing/evaluating the (SD content of) programs/curricula is not particularly a strong motivator for university lecturers. And building courses that add another subject to the erudition of the graduate might not be the right motivators for students that want to make a difference. We are often still in the process of convincing university managers to add SD to the curriculum, convincing colleagues to address SD, and convincing students to pick SD electives and address SD in their projects. How to motivate them to do this when this gives them no direct personal reward and even might increase their workload? The paper will explore options to develop motivating educating by reviewing case studies on educational renewal in four universities. It concludes that there are various options for more motivating education. However, to fully utilize these options, more priority should be given to education.
Karel F. Mulder; Didac Ferrer-Balas; Jordi Segalas-Coral; Olga Kordas; Eugene Nikiforovich; Katerina Pereverza. Being Scared is not Enough! Motivators for Education for Sustainable Development. Sustainability Assessment Tools in Higher Education Institutions 2013, 29 -45.
AMA StyleKarel F. Mulder, Didac Ferrer-Balas, Jordi Segalas-Coral, Olga Kordas, Eugene Nikiforovich, Katerina Pereverza. Being Scared is not Enough! Motivators for Education for Sustainable Development. Sustainability Assessment Tools in Higher Education Institutions. 2013; ():29-45.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKarel F. Mulder; Didac Ferrer-Balas; Jordi Segalas-Coral; Olga Kordas; Eugene Nikiforovich; Katerina Pereverza. 2013. "Being Scared is not Enough! Motivators for Education for Sustainable Development." Sustainability Assessment Tools in Higher Education Institutions , no. : 29-45.
Frida De Jong; Karel Mulder; Tineke Egyedi; Donna Mehos. Citizen-Driven Collection of Waste Paper (1945–2010): A Government-Sustained Inverse Infrastructure. Inverse Infrastructures 2013, 1 .
AMA StyleFrida De Jong, Karel Mulder, Tineke Egyedi, Donna Mehos. Citizen-Driven Collection of Waste Paper (1945–2010): A Government-Sustained Inverse Infrastructure. Inverse Infrastructures. 2013; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrida De Jong; Karel Mulder; Tineke Egyedi; Donna Mehos. 2013. "Citizen-Driven Collection of Waste Paper (1945–2010): A Government-Sustained Inverse Infrastructure." Inverse Infrastructures , no. : 1.
Rodrigo Lozano; Francisco J. Lozano; Karel Mulder; Donald Huisingh; Tom Waas. Advancing Higher Education for Sustainable Development: international insights and critical reflections. Journal of Cleaner Production 2013, 48, 3 -9.
AMA StyleRodrigo Lozano, Francisco J. Lozano, Karel Mulder, Donald Huisingh, Tom Waas. Advancing Higher Education for Sustainable Development: international insights and critical reflections. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2013; 48 ():3-9.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRodrigo Lozano; Francisco J. Lozano; Karel Mulder; Donald Huisingh; Tom Waas. 2013. "Advancing Higher Education for Sustainable Development: international insights and critical reflections." Journal of Cleaner Production 48, no. : 3-9.
Sofie Pandis Iveroth; Anne-Lorène Vernay; Karel F. Mulder; Nils Brandt. Implications of systems integration at the urban level: the case of Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm. Journal of Cleaner Production 2013, 48, 220 -231.
AMA StyleSofie Pandis Iveroth, Anne-Lorène Vernay, Karel F. Mulder, Nils Brandt. Implications of systems integration at the urban level: the case of Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2013; 48 ():220-231.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSofie Pandis Iveroth; Anne-Lorène Vernay; Karel F. Mulder; Nils Brandt. 2013. "Implications of systems integration at the urban level: the case of Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm." Journal of Cleaner Production 48, no. : 220-231.
Karel Mulder. Chlorofluorocarbons: Drivers of their emergence and substitution. What is Sustainable Technology?: Perceptions, Paradoxes and Possibilities 2013, 21 -38.
AMA StyleKarel Mulder. Chlorofluorocarbons: Drivers of their emergence and substitution. What is Sustainable Technology?: Perceptions, Paradoxes and Possibilities. 2013; ():21-38.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKarel Mulder. 2013. "Chlorofluorocarbons: Drivers of their emergence and substitution." What is Sustainable Technology?: Perceptions, Paradoxes and Possibilities , no. : 21-38.
Karel Mulder; Didac Ferrer; Harro Van Lente. What is sustainable technology? What is Sustainable Technology?: Perceptions, Paradoxes and Possibilities 2013, 1 -7.
AMA StyleKarel Mulder, Didac Ferrer, Harro Van Lente. What is sustainable technology? What is Sustainable Technology?: Perceptions, Paradoxes and Possibilities. 2013; ():1-7.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKarel Mulder; Didac Ferrer; Harro Van Lente. 2013. "What is sustainable technology?" What is Sustainable Technology?: Perceptions, Paradoxes and Possibilities , no. : 1-7.