Rutger van der Brugge

Expert on transitions, scenarios & adaptive water management

+31(0)88335 7725

Rutger.vanderBrugge@deltares.nl

Dr. 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

Research project BASE (Bottom-up Climate Adaptation Strategies towards a Sustainable Europe)

EU, 2013 - present
Planning for Climate Adaptation in the IJsselVecht-delta

The Netherlands, 2013 - present
Research project RISES (Responses to coastal climate change: Innovative Strategies for High End Scenarios)

EU, 2013 - present
Interreg project Watercap Taskforce

EU, 2013 - present
Self-supporting river systems

The Netherlands, 2011 - present
Pilot Adaptive Delta Management

The Netherlands, 2011-2012
Development of the Deltascenarios for the Delta Program

The Netherlands, 2010-2012

Institutional and socio-cultural analysis of adaptation pathways.

(submitted)
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.
The transition in Dutch water management.

2005
Van der Brugge, R., Rotmans, J., & Loorbach, D. Regional Environmental Change, 5, 164-176.

Rutger van der Brugge

Working experience

Research project BASE (Bottom-up Climate Adaptation Strategies towards a Sustainable Europe)

Planning for Climate Adaptation in the IJsselVecht-delta

Research project RISES (Responses to coastal climate change: Innovative Strategies for High End Scenarios)

Interreg project Watercap Taskforce

Self-supporting river systems

Pilot Adaptive Delta Management

Development of the Deltascenarios for the Delta Program

Institutional and socio-cultural analysis of adaptation pathways.

A perspective-based simulation game to explore future pathways of an interacting water-society system.

Scenario analysis of perspective change to support climate change adaptation: lessons from a pilot study on Dutch river management

Transforming water infrastructure by linking water management and urban renewal in Rotterdam.

Linking Water Policy Innovation and Urban Renewal

Transition dynamics in Social-ecological systems.

Governance in the energy transition: Practice of transition management in the Netherlands

Facing the Adaptive Management Challenge: Insights from Transition Management.

Towards Transition Management of European Water Resources.

The transition in Dutch water management.

Activities