Dr. S. (Sjoerd) Bakker

Sjoerd Bakker is a post-doc researcher at OTB and is primarily involved in the NWO funded project on the feasibility and impact of the transition to electric mobility in the Randstad.

Sjoerd completed his PhD as a member of the Innovation Studies group at Utrecht University. In his thesis ‘Competing Expectations – The case of the hydrogen car’ he investigated the role of technological expectations in the competition between emerging technologies.

Before starting his PhD project, Sjoerd worked as researcher at the European Centre for Digital Communication (EC/DC) in Heerlen. At EC/DC he studied the possibilities for exploitation of ICT’s for regional development and the applicability of User Centered Design methods in SME’s. In addition he worked as a consultant on the development of a regional videoconferencing network for cancer specialists.

Sjoerd Bakker holds an MA degree in Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society and a BSc in Chemical Engineering, both from the University of Twente.

Peer-reviewed journal publications

• Bakker, S. and Budde, B. (accepted). Technological Hype and Disappointment: Lessons from the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Case. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management.
• Bakker, S., Van Lente, H. and Engels, R. (in press). Competition in a technological niche - the cars of the future. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management. 
• Bakker, S., Van Lente, H. and Meeus, M.T.H. (available online). Dominance in the Prototyping Phase – the Case of Hydrogen Passenger Cars. Research Policy. 
• Bakker, S., Van Lente, H. and Meeus, M.T.H. (available online). Credible expectations – the US Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Program as enactor and selector of hydrogen technologies. Technological Forecasting & Social Change. 
• Sierzchula, W., Bakker, S., Maat, K. and Van Wee, B. (available online). The competitive environment of electric vehicles: An analysis of prototype and production models. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.
• Bakker, S., Van Lente, H. and Meeus, M. (2011) Arenas of Expectations for Hydrogen Technologies, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, vol.78, no.1 , 152-162.
• Bakker, S. (2010) The car industry and the blow-out of the hydrogen hype, Energy Policy, vol.38, no.11, 6540-6544.
• Bakker, S. (2010) Hydrogen patent portfolios in the automotive industry - The search for promising storage methods, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol.35, no. 13, 6784-6793.
• Van Lente, H. and Bakker, S. (2010) Competing expectations: the case of hydrogen storage technologies, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, vol.22, no.6, 693-709.

Selected other publications 

• Bakker, S. (2011) "Hydrogen: a stack of competing visions" Book chapter in “What is sustainable technology? Perceptions, Paradoxes and Possibilities”, eds. Mulder, K.
• Van Lente, H. and Ferrer-Balas, D. Greenleaf Publishing.
• Bakker, S. and Van Lente, H. (2009) Fuelling or Charging Expectations? A historical analysis of hydrogen and electric vehicle prototypes, 24^thElectric Vehicle Symposium, May 14-16, Stavanger.
• Bakker, S. (2007) Op zoek naar de juiste bron, Milieu, Jaargang 13, nr.4.
• Bakker, S. (2006) Videoconferencing in de IKL regio, project report, European Centre for Digital Communication, Heerlen.
• Bakker, S. (2006) Benchmark report User Centred Design initiatives, project report, European Centre for Digital Communication, Heerlen.
• Bakker, S. and Bierhoff, J. (2006) ICT Proeftuinen voor Limburg, project report, European Centre for Digital Communication, Heerlen.