Alexander Peine
Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development - Innovation
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
Alexander Peine holds a tenured position as Assistant Professor of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies (STI-Studies) at Utrecht University. He serves as a Vice President of the European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP), where he chairs the Active Ageing & Design Committee. He also is on the Societal Advisory Board of the EU's Joint Programming Initiative "More Years, Better Lives" (JPI-MYBL), and he convenes a pan-European commitment on "Active Ageing and the Built Environment" in the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP-AHA). Before joining Utrecht University, Alexander was the laureate of a prestigious Max Weber post-doctoral fellowship at the European University Institute in Florence, and a Principal Investigator at the Centre for Technology and Society at Berlin University of Technology. Alexander’s research analyses innovation dynamics in the ICT sectors and the built environment, covering topics like Internet of Things, Smart Homes and Active & Assisted Living (AAL). In this context, he is particularly interested in how new technologies can best serve the quality of life, social engagement and evolving needs of older persons (“Gerontechnology”).
Research Interest
Coordinating Societal Change
Publications
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Peine, A., Rollwagen, I. & Neven, L.B.M. (2014). The rise of the "innosumer" -Rethinking older technology users. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 82 (February 2014), (pp. 199-214) (16 p.).
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Peine, Alex, Faulkner, Alex, Jæger, Birgit & Moors, Ellen (2015). Science, technology and the ‘grand challenge’ of ageing—Understanding the socio-material constitution of later life - Science, Technology and the “Grand Challenge†of Ageing. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 93, (pp. 1-9) (9 p.).
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Peine, Alex, van Cooten, Vivette & Neven, Louis (31.08.2016). Rejuvenating Design - Bikes, Batteries, and Older Adopters in the Diffusion of E-bikes. Science Technology and Human Values (31 p.). 10.1177/0162243916664589.
