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welvaart van Nederland 1850-2050. Naar een circulaire economie, was published
as a book by Prometheus, also in 2018. Contributions to various chapters were made
by Fred Lambert (Chaps. 2, 4, 5, 9, 14, 19 and 24), Rick Hölsgens (Chaps. 2, 6, 10,
17 and 22), Ben Gales (Chaps. 2, 3, 6, 10, 17 and 22), Lilianne Laan (Chap. 3) and
Frank Notten. Research support was additionally provided by Martijn Anthonissen
(TU/e, Chaps. 3 and 9), Truus Lintsen (Chap. 5) and Önder Nomaler (TU/e, Chaps.
3 and 5). André Burger (Cement and Concrete Centre), Petra van Dam (Free
University of Amsterdam), Rutger Hoekstra (CBS), Hans Renes (University of
Utrecht) and Ab Stevels (Technical University Delft) were all solicited for advice on
various aspects of the programme. Giel van Hooff researched the illustrations and
wrote the accompanying captions. Brigitte Möller, Nena van As and Marissa
Damink helped to prepare the texts for the two publishers.
The manuscript, Well-being and Sustainability in the Netherlands 1850–2010,
that served as the basis for both the above publications, was discussed at length in
the course of an international workshop held on March 3 and 4, 2017, in Eindhoven.
Participants were Vanesa Castan Broto (University College London), Nil Disco
(University of Twente), Rutger Hoekstra (Statistics Netherlands), Elena Kochetkova
(National Research University, Higher School of Economics of St. Petersburg),
Fridolin Krausman (Alpen Adia University), Magnus Lindmark (Umea University),
Peter Scholiers (Free University Brussels), Johan Schot (SPRU, University of
Sussex), Geert Verbong (TU/e) and Jan Luiten van Zanden (University of Utrecht).
The members of the research team also participated in the workshop. The English-
language manuscript discussed at the workshop as well as the English-language
publication with Springer was based on a prior Dutch text. Nil Disco was respon-
sible for the translation. The authors revised the publications for Springer and
Prometheus in line with the workshop commentary.
The chair in history of technology at the TU/e (in particular Mila Davids and
Ruth Oldenziel) and the Foundation for the History of Technology, both under the
leadership of Erik van der Vleuten, were sources of inspiration for the research pro-
gramme. Simac Techniek NV and the TU/e were crucial in preparing the publica-
tions with Springer and Prometheus.
We are extremely grateful to all participants for the contributions they made to
the research programme.
January 2018
Eindhoven, The Netherlands Harry Lintsen
Eindhoven, The Netherlands Frank Veraart
The Hague, The Netherlands Jan-Pieter Smits
Amsterdam, The Netherlands John Grin
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