Ellen van Bueren

Ellen van Bueren is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Architecture & the Built Environment, TU Delft, specializing in governance and management of urban and infrastructure redevelopment. She focuses on sustainable development, circular economy, energy transition, and multi-stakeholder collaboration. Her roles include Principal Investigator at the AMS Institute and board memberships in the LDE Centre for Sustainability and DIMI. She teaches in programs like Architecture (BSc), Industrial Ecology (joint with Leiden University), and the Master City Developer (with Erasmus University).

Research Interests

• Sustainable Urban Development: Exploring governance frameworks for integrated urban renewal and climate resilience.
• Circular Economy: Investigating resource management in construction and urban systems, including waste valorization and material recovery.
• Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration: Analyzing partnerships between public, private, and community actors in urban innovation.
• Living Labs and Urban Experimentation: Developing methodologies for participatory urban development and policy evaluation.

Recent Research Trends

Her work emphasizes circular built environment transitions, energy transition processes, and adaptive urban planning for climate resilience. Recent publications highlight challenges in urban living labs, policy coherence for circular cities, and the role of niche entrepreneurs in systems integration.

Awards

• Henk Sol Award (2007) for groundbreaking research on collaborative urban renewal simulation tools.

Advisory Roles and Projects

• Advisory Board Member, Urban Impact Ventures
• Supervisory Board Member, VERDUS Programme (NWO)
• Key contributor to projects like TransCiBo (circular construction transitions) and City-zen (local energy transition games).

Labs and Collaborations

Involved in the Circular Built Environment Hub (transdisciplinary research on sustainable construction) and collaborates with institutions like the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities alliance.