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Martin van Pul serves as an Assistant Professor in the Innovation Studies department at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University. His work centers on education's role in preparing students to transform complex societal systems through sustainability-focused pedagogy.
His research spans Sustainability Education, Higher Education Research, Systems Thinking, and Change Agent Education, investigating how educational interventions influence students' personal development and societal impact using big data analysis, surveys, and longitudinal studies. Professional experience includes designing the Future-Based Learning Model (integrating futuring and systems thinking) and implementing sustainability programs like Young Innovators (engaging 2,500+ Dutch secondary students) and the Erasmus+ YETI project.
Academic background features a Bachelor's from Leiden University College (focusing on just/sustainable societies) and a Master's in Youth, Education, and Society from Utrecht University, where his thesis examined democratizing parental participation in secondary school citizenship education.
- Student Assistant at Utrecht Network for Inclusive Education
- Research Intern at Fontys University of Applied Sciences
- Developer of Future-Based Learning Model for challenge-based education
