About SIET
We are a platform of researchers at Delft University of Technology. We are working on projects that are inherently multidisciplinary - i.e. on the boundary of technology, engineering and social sciences - and with a focus on social innovation. We facilitate researchers within and outside Delft University of Technology who conduct research in this field. Currently, our team consists of the following persons: Dr. Tamara Metze (chair) and Dr. Gerdien de Vries.
Dr. Tamara Metze (1972) is a full professor in Public Administration at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology. Trained in Political Science and Technology Studies (both 'cum laude'), with a PhD form University of Amsterdam in Public Administrstion. Metze is an experienced projectleader of transdisciplinary projects in which is experimented with boundary crossing collaborations for the governance of sustainability transitions (e.g. enery, food and the circular economy). In her research there is a special focus on the role of boundary objects, (visual) framing, conflict, and on knowledge cocreation through research by designing and scenario development. She has extensive experience in the coordination of and lecturing in courses in interdisciplinary research, on framing, discourse theory, political theory, innovative designs, and the energy transition. Metze is a co-editor of Beleid en Maatschappij (Policy and Society). She is a member of the college of the International Public Policy Association, and on the editorial board of Critical Policy Studies. She is Principal Investigator of the Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Metropolitan Solutions.
Dr. Gerdien de Vries is an associate professor in Climate Psychology at the Technology, Policy, and Management faculty at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. She also leads the Energy Transition Lab of this faculty and is one of the founders of the SIET Platform. Dr. de Vries has a social psychology background and integrates psychological theories and research methods with other scientific disciplines to unravel human behaviour in the climate and energy domain. Furthermore, she assesses how policy and technology influence this behaviour. Dr. de Vries advocates team science and open science and shares her knowledge and research insights with a large audience.