Research project

New Energy Outlook for the Netherlands

Lighting the way to zero emission energy and mobility

Duration
May 2020 - October 2026
Partners
Technology, Innovation & Society
EIRES
EAISI
Project Manager
Floor Alkemade

NEON is a multidisciplinary research program addressing three interrelated societal challenges: climate action, renewable energy, and smart & sustainable transport. We believe integral research combining societal, economic and technological expertise is the key to understanding and solving todays big challenges. Our research focuses on making impact. Therefore we closely collaborate with over twenty industry partners, multiple governmental institutions and other societal partners. Next to that we are connected to some of the biggest experts in the international research community.

The 33 PhD positions combined in the NEON program are subdivided in the domains: Sustainable energy, Smart & safe mobility, Societal integration and Integral models. Covering everything from chemistry and electrical engineering to law and psychology. All working together with the same drive towards our mutual goal of accelerating the energy and mobility transition through integral, multidisciplinary research.

The NEON methodology is innovative in that it focuses on difficult technological problems while simultaneously evaluating and testing all technological and social options in a system setting through social research, living labs and an integral computer model. This requires integrating and interfacing technological knowledge with knowledge from the social sciences and humanities. Are you interested? See the NEON research project website.

Budget: 10M


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Researchers involved in this project

Full Professor

Floor Alkemade

Full Professor emeritus

Geert Verbong

Full Professor

Rudi Bekkers

Assistant Professor

Arjan Kirkels

Doctoral Candidate

Emiel van Druten

Doctoral Candidate

Sofia Rosero Abad

Doctoral Candidate

Naud Loomans

Doctoral Candidate

Sharif Khaleghparast

Doctoral Candidate

Tessa Leferink

Collaborative Partners

  • Eindhoven University of Technology
  • University of Twente
  • Alliander N.V.
  • Delft University of Technology
  • Prodrive Technologies B.V.
  • European Supply Chain Forum (eSCF)
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Ampyx Power
  • Brainport Eindhoven
  • City of Rotterdam
  • Damen Shipyards Group
  • Dialogic Innovatie en Interactie
  • Stichting ElaadNL
  • Elestor B.V.
  • Heliox B.V.
  • Kitepower
  • Liander N.V.
  • Lightyear
  • Stichting Metalot Circularity Centre
  • nationaal kennisplatform Laadinfrastructuur
  • NXP Semiconductors
  • Planbureau voor de leefomgeving
  • PON Holdings BV
  • Province of Noord-Brabant
  • RAI Automotive Industriy NL
  • Royal IHC
  • Solarge B.V.
  • Soliance
  • ZEnMo solutions
  • Tilburg University
  • Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
  • Breda University of Applied Science
  • Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

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