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Erik  Vleuten, van der e.b.a.v.d.vleuten@tm.tue.nl Eindhoven University of Technology Faculty of Technology Mangement P.O. Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven THE NETHERLANDS phone: +31 (0)40 247 4544 fax: +31 (0)40 244 4602

Biographical Sketch

Erik van der Vleuten (1968) works at the Department for History, Philosophy and Technology Studies (HPTS), Eindhoven University of Technology. He wrote a Ph.D. dissertation on the electrification of Denmark (Aarhus University, Denmark 1998) and since then worked on contemporary Dutch infrastructure history and the Eindhoven-based programme Transnational infrastructures and the rise of contemporary Europe (www.tie-project.nl, project leader Johan Schot). From 1999 he participated in Tensions of Europe. In its first phase he coordinated (with Arne Kaijser) the theme ‘Networking Europe’ (1999-2005) In its second phase he was a member of the ToE Transition Committee. In its third phase he participates in the ESF funded Inventing Europe programme, co-organizing its Collaborative Research Project on Critical Infrastructures (EUROCRIT, Project Leader Arne Kaijser) and leading the subproject on electricity infrastructures. He is a member of the Tensions of Europe Advisory Board. Erik co-edited (with Arne Kaijser) Networking Europe. Transnational infrastructures and the shaping of Europe, 1850-2000 (Science History Publications, 2006) and (with Geert Verbong) Networked Nation. Transforming technology, society and nature in the Netherlands in the 20th century. Special issue of History & Technology 21,3 (2004). For relevant publications and downloads see www.tie-project.nl.