Assistant Professor Sustainable Innovation and Transitions at Delft University of Technology
Honoured to have contributed to the opening session of the Fifth Winner conference in The Hague to share experiences on our cooperation and impacts in our collaborative project with IT Bandung in our project on regional energy transitions in Indonesia generously funded under the #MerianProgram by NWO (Dutch Research Council) and the Indonesian government in a project jointly led by prof Kornelis Blok, TU Delft | Technology, Policy and Management en prof Harkunti Rahayu, Institut Teknologi Bandung. I argued that our scientific collaboration did not only lead to joint cutting edge scientific results for the Net Zero Emission 2060 ambition of Indonesia, but equally important also to joint and mutual capacity building for the energy transition among researchers, students, policymakers, and professionals by our combination of research, stakeholder engagement, training and education. My conclusions were as follows: • Cooperation needs face-to-face and exchange trips • Stakeholder engagement important for impact and understanding complexity • Early career and students/education are key building blocks for the future • Collaboration good basis for follow-up & spin-off • Impact oriented research funding like the Merian program essential, as without the Merian program none of our activities and results would have been achieved. More information on project, publications and master thesis research at https://lnkd.in/eSR3TGx2 TU Delft | Global Initiative, WINNER Conference 2024
🕹️ Today Margot Weijnen (NWO), Eppo Bruins (OCW), Agus Haryono (BRIN) and Tatang Muttaqin (Kemendikbudristek) jointly opened the 5th WINNER Conference 2024 in Diligentia, The Hague. WINNER stands for 'Week of INdonesia Netherlands Education and Research'. Theme this year is 'Nurturing Mutually Beneficial Cooperation in Higher Education and Reasearch'. In his opening speech Eppo Bruins, the Dutch Minister of Education, emphasized the importance of knowledge sharing and development to tackle global challenges, together: "Let's give knowledge the chance to grow and multiply over the next few days." 👉 See link for conference program bit.ly/47qPdpL Several Dutch universities will host a session tomorrow: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Radboud University and Universiteit Leiden. Topics: Agri-Food, Water, Energy & Sustainability, Health, Law & Legal, Culture & History. WINNER is powered by our collaegues from Nuffic Southeast Asia, NWO (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek), The Indonesian Young Academy of Science (ALMI) and The National Research and Innovation Agency of The Republic of Indonesia (BRIN) a.o. 🙏
