Curriculum Vitae Kristian Peters PERSONAL DETAILS Name Dr. Kristian Peters Gender Man Day of birth 15 April 1983 City of birth Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Nationality Dutch Work address Department of Business & ICT, room 260 PO box 800 9700 AV Groningen The Netherlands Work phone +31 (0) 50 2324286 Email k.peters@rug.nl EDUCATION PhD degree - 2011 Thesis title Argument and Innovation: Theoretical and Empirical Explorations of Knowledge Claim Evaluation Keywords: Innovation, Knowledge Management, Argumentation, Epistemology, Case studies Promotores: Prof. Dr. R.J. Jorna and Prof. Dr. Ir. R.J.F. Van Haren; Co-promotor: Dr. L. Maruster. Faculty of Economics and Business (SOM research school), University of Groningen, The Netherlands. BSc. and MSc. degrees 2001 - BSc. and MSc. Business Studies, Faculty of Management and Organization, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Specialization: 5-year BSc/MSc programme Technology Management, Information Technology (IT) - the 5-year programme included an additional specialization year and an extended graduation project. Master dissertation (April 2005 April ): Integrating separate knowledge domains with a Decision Support System: Applying chemical knowledge in the paper industry Keywords: Decision Support Systems (DSS), ICT, Innovation, Knowledge Management and Sustainability.
Research project in collaboration with Big River Innovations, Doetinchem, The Netherlands. Secondary education 1995-2001 Pre-university secondary education (Dutch: VWO/ Atheneum ) at Drachtster Lyceum, Drachten, The Netherlands CARREER HISTORY Academic work experience Current position from April 2012 Post-doc (1,0 fte) Deployment of Sustainability Metrics project (DoSyM) Department of Operations 2010-2012 Lecturer (0,8 fte) Department of Innovation Management & Strategy Department of Business & ICT -2010 PhD candidate (1,0 fte) Department of Strategy and Innovation Department of Business Development 2004- Research assistant Faculty of Management and Organization, University of Groningen Teaching assistant (several positions) Faculty of Management and Organization, University of Groningen Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen Other work experience 2004 - now Owner and part-time manager of record label Sending Orbs, Groningen 2005-2009 Freelance website developer RESEARCH Research interests Innovation processes, in particular, the evaluation and argumentation of knowledge claims about innovation in projects. Knowledge management practices and tools, in particular, decision support system design (user-interface) for sustainable practices. First author publications 2012 PhD thesis Peters, Kristian. Argument and Innovation: Theoretical and Empirical Explorations in Knowledge Claim Evaluation. SOM research school, University of Groningen. Curriculum Vitae Dr. Kristian Peters page 2
2011 2010 2009 Master thesis Peters, Kristian, Laura Maruster and René J. Jorna. 'The evaluation of knowledge claims in an innovation project: a case study, Management Learning, Vol 42 No. 5: 539-565 Peters, Kristian, Laura Maruster and René J. Jorna. 'Knowledge claim evaluation: a fundamental issue for Knowledge Management' Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 14 No. 2: 243-257 Peters, Kristian, Laura Maruster and René J. Jorna (2009). 'The evaluation of knowledge claims: a case study of an innovation project' 1st Symposium on Process Studies, 10-14 June, Cyprus Peters, Kristian, Niels R. Faber and René J. Jorna (). Technology for Knowledge Balancing: A DSS tool for the paper industry. Proceedings of Conference of Ergonomics and Advanced Data Processing, Biarritz, France. Peters, Kristian, Laura Maruster and René J. Jorna (). Knowledge evaluation: a new aim for knowledge management to enhance sustainable innovation. Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Knowledge Management. Barcelona, Spain. Peters, Kristian (). Integrating separate knowledge domains with a Decision Support System: Applying chemical knowledge in the paper industry. Master thesis, University of Groningen. Co-authored publications 2010 research report book chapter Faber, Niels R., Kristian Peters, Laura Maruster and Rob van Haren (2010). A behavioural and knowledge approach towards sustainability Journal of International Studies of Management and Organization, Vol 30, No. 3: pp. 8-22 Maruster, Laura, Niels R. Faber and Kristian Peters (). Sustainable Information Systems: a knowledge perspective Journal of Systems and Information Technology, Vol. 10 No. 3, pp. 218-231 Maruster, Laura, Niels R. Faber and Kristian Peters (). Sustainable Information Systems: A Knowledge Perspective in Proceedings of the Forum at the CAiSE'08 conference, pp. 57-60. Montpellier, France. Jansen, Don, Kristian Peters and Niels R. Faber (). Eindrapport Tipstar oogstprognose. Groningen: University of Groningen. Jorna, René J., Niels R. Faber, Laura Maruster and Kristian Peters (). The entrepreneur is a knowledge manager! Reflections on entrepreneurial cognition and the Sustainability of Knowledge. Proceedings of the Corporate Responsibility Research Conference. Leeds, United Kingdom. Faber, Niels R., Kristian Peters, René J. Jorna and Rob J.F. van Haren, (). Simulation in agricultural value chains: innovation in the starch potato industry. Farming Systems Design. Cantania, Sicily, Italy. Faber, Niels R. and Kristian Peters (). Know what you're blending! A tool for a sustainable paper industry. In: R. J. Jorna (Ed.), Curriculum Vitae Dr. Kristian Peters page 3
Sustainable Innovation: the human, organizational and knowledge dimension (Chapter 12, pp. 165-186), Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing Cie. Faber, Niels R., Kristian Peters and René J. Jorna (). Technology for Knowledge Crossover: A tool for sustainable paper industry. In: M. Cecília, C. Baranauskas & K. Liu (Eds.), International Congres of Organization Semiotics Proceedings. Campinas, Brasil. Research projects 2009-2010 PhD case study II: study of knowledge claim evaluation in sixteen innovation innovation projects in the Kennis op de Akker innovation programme in the Dutch arable agriculture sector. Study is part of the project bijdrage van collectieven aan innovaties, commissioned by ZLTO and Transforum (The Netherlands) PhD case study III: study of knowledge claim evaluation in the Customer Portal project at GEON, Groningen (The Netherlands). -2009 PhD case study I: study of knowledge claim evaluation in the Pricing@Siemens project at Siemens Building Technology Headquaters, Zug (Switzerland), together with Sander van Slooten (Siemens BT) Research project: Environments for Innovation Stimulation in the Dutch horticultural/greenhouse sector, assigned by Innovatienetwerk (The Netherlands) together with René Jorna (RUG) and Louk Paul (RUG). - Design project: Tipstar / Agrobiokon software, user-interface design and implementation of the Tipstar crop-growth simulation model for starch potato farmers and starch factory planners. Together with Niels Faber (RUG), René Jorna (RUG), Rob van Haren (AVEBE) and Don Jansen (WUR). TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching experience 2004-now Business & ICT courses Introduction IT for Technology Management, 1 st year s BSc. course, course coordinator & lecturer (2010-2012) Information Management for Technology Management, 3 rd year s BSc. course, lecturer (2011-2012) Business & ICT for Business Economics, 2 nd year s BSc. course, course coordinator & lecturer (2010-2012) Business & ICT for Accountancy and Controlling, 3 rd year s BSc. course, course coordinator & lecturer (2010-2011) Information Management for Technology Management, 3 rd year s BSc. Course, lecturer (2010-2011) Orientation 2 for Industrial Engineering, 1 st year s BSc. course, Curriculum Vitae Dr. Kristian Peters page 4
lecturer (2010-2011) Innovation and Knowledge management courses Innovation Management for MNEs, 2 nd year s BSc. course, instructor (2011-2012) Knowledge Management, 3 rd year s BSc. course, lecturer (- 2012) Knowledge Management and Innovation, BSc course, guest lecturer (2009-2010) General business courses Organization and Management Theory, 1 st year s BSc. course, instructor (2011-2012) Technology Business Plan, MSc. Course, tutor (2011-2012) Practicum II, 2 nd year s BSc. course, instructor (2011-2012) Methods and Techniques for Design-oriented Research, 2 nd year s BSc course, lecturer (2009-2011) MSc. Thesis, supervisor (-, 2011-2012) Honors Bachelor Business (HBB) students, 1 st year s Honors program, tutor (-2009) Statistics, Training in Empirical Research, Computer Applications, teaching assistant (2004-2005) ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER SERVICES Other services 2011-now Tutor & student counseling BSc. Study Success Groups Ad-hoc referee for Management Learning 2005- Responsible for website of research center Sustainable Innovation, Date curriculum vitae prepared May 1, 2012 Curriculum Vitae Dr. Kristian Peters page 5