Innovation Management - Mastertrack Sustainability Transitions Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)

Overview

On the Innovation Management - Mastertrack Sustainability Transitions degree offered by the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) you will learn how to engage with the challenging process of transitioning towards sustainability. Many actors are involved – from firms to NGOs and from policymakers to civil society – and must navigate complex trade-offs and controversies that arise along the way. 

Transitions towards sustainability ask us to think about systemic change and to deal with the interconnectedness of our global challenges. They require approaches that combine insights from both Innovation Management and Transition Studies.

Careers and opportunities

You will be able to lead and manage processes and teams that work at the intersection of technology, innovation and sustainability, such as:

• the sustainability and innovation departments of companies in order to improve and innovate their processes and actions towards sustainability.

• local, regional, national or international government bodies as a sustainability officer to enable policies and processes for improving sustainability and innovation.

• start-ups that develop innovative technologies for sustainability.

• sustainability consultanting firms that advise consumers, firms or governments on how to transition towards more sustainable actions and approaches.

• NGOs that lobby for and enact sustainability change in specific areas. 

• academia or other knowledge institutes as a researcher, producing more knowledge on the complexities of sustainability transitions and innovation sciences.