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Marjolein Hoogstraaten is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Organizational Technological Innovation at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She has built expertise around the importance of institutional change in innovation transition processes, with a specific focus on how institutional change agents contribute to innovation for sustainability. Her empirical research mainly revolves around the life sciences domain, particularly medical technology innovations, e-health, global health, and public-private partnerships in sustainable food systems. Marjolein is dedicated to connecting multiple disciplinary fields of science to tackle grand societal challenges. She has extensive experience in designing and organizing transdisciplinary research collaborations and has published in renowned journals such as Environmental Innovation and Sustainability Transitions. Her research line is focused on innovation for planetary health, examining the interdependence between the health of the planet and human health. This line of work investigates organizational, technological, and socio-institutional levels of transition in planetary health innovations, with a critical approach to degrowth and deinstitutionalization of current practices. Marjolein holds a PhD in innovation transition studies from the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University.
Administered under the Department of Clinical Psychology for Master's in Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology.