Rutger van der Brugge

Expert on transitions, scenarios & adaptive water management
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Rutger.vanderBrugge@deltares.nlDr. Rutger van der Brugge is an expert in the field of transition processes and adaptive water management. He is interested in the governance issues of complex problems related to climate adaptation and sustainability.
Fields of expertise
-Transition management
-Adaptation & transition pathways
-Strategy development under uncertainty
-Multi-stakeholder processes
-Policy analysis
-Scenario analysis
-Resilience
-Innovation management
Working experience
2009 - present | Deltares | Senior Researcher & Consultant |
2004 - 2009 | Erasmus University Rotterdam | PhD-researcher & consultant |
2002 - 2004 | Maastricht University | Researcher & consultant |
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Research project BASE (Bottom-up Climate Adaptation Strategies towards a Sustainable Europe)
EU, 2013 - present
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Planning for Climate Adaptation in the IJsselVecht-delta
The Netherlands, 2013 - present
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Research project RISES (Responses to coastal climate change: Innovative Strategies for High End Scenarios)
EU, 2013 - present
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Interreg project Watercap Taskforce
EU, 2013 - present
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Self-supporting river systems
The Netherlands, 2011 - present
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Pilot Adaptive Delta Management
The Netherlands, 2011-2012
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Development of the Deltascenarios for the Delta Program
The Netherlands, 2010-2012
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Institutional and socio-cultural analysis of adaptation pathways.
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Van der Brugge, R., Roosjen, R Int. Journal of Water & Climate -
A perspective-based simulation game to explore future pathways of an interacting water-society system.
2011
Valkering, P. Van der Brugge, R. Vreugdenhill, H. Simulation and Gaming -
Scenario analysis of perspective change to support climate change adaptation: lessons from a pilot study on Dutch river management
2010
Valkering, P. Van der Brugge, R., Offermans, A. Rijkens –Klomp, N.. Regional Environmental Change. Published online: 02 September 2010. -
Transforming water infrastructure by linking water management and urban renewal in Rotterdam.
2010
De Graaf, R. E., Van der Brugge, R. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 77, 1282-1291. -
Linking Water Policy Innovation and Urban Renewal
2010
Van der Brugge, R. & De Graaf, R.E.. Water policy. -
Transition dynamics in Social-ecological systems.
2009
Van der Brugge, R. The case of Dutch water management. Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. PhD-dissertation -
Governance in the energy transition: Practice of transition management in the Netherlands
2008
Loorbach, D., Van der Brugge, R., & Taanman, M.. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 9, 294-315. -
Facing the Adaptive Management Challenge: Insights from Transition Management.
2007
Van der Brugge, R. & Van Raak, R. Ecology and Society, 12. -
Towards Transition Management of European Water Resources.
2007
Van der Brugge, R. & Rotmans, J. Water Resources Management, 21, 249-267.
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The transition in Dutch water management.
2005
Van der Brugge, R., Rotmans, J., & Loorbach, D. Regional Environmental Change, 5, 164-176.
Activities
2009 | Member | Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN) http://www.transitionsnetwork.org |