Dr. Ir. Peter Joore is Professor of Systemic Design at NHL Stenden. He investigates how small, incremental innovations can contribute to major societal transitions. In both his research and teaching, he consistently seeks to connect practice, science, and society. From 2008 to 2024, he served as chair of the university’s community of over thirty lecturers, helping to further shape practice-based research within NHL Stenden.
Peter has a background in Industrial Design Engineering. He began his career as a product designer in the private sector, working among other projects on the interior of a Fokker aircraft and the signage system for the Mass Transit Railway in Hong Kong. Later, he became a senior researcher and advisor at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and contributed to the establishment of the Faculty of Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology.
Peter earned his PhD at the Faculty of Industrial Design at TU Delft, where he remains involved as a guest researcher. In addition, he is an affiliated researcher at the AMS Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions and co-founder and chair of the national Network of Applied Design Research (NADR), where professors from various domains work together and share knowledge.
Professorship: Systemic Design
Projects
Publications
- Van Turnhout, K., Joore, P., Nachtigall, T., Van der Lugt, R., Terzieva, L. (Eds.) (2025). Applied Design Research: The Societal Impact. CRC Press / Taylor and Francis Publishers.
- Dijkstra, A., Joore, P. (2025). The Urban Living Lab Way of Working Handbook. AMS Institute of Advanced Metropolitan Solutions.
- Joore, P., Overdiek, A., Smeenk, W., Van Turnhout, K. (Eds.). (2024). Applied Design Research in Living Labs and Other Experimental Learning and Innovation Environments. CRC Press / Taylor and Francis Publishers.
- Den Hollander, M., Idema, M., Joore, P. (2024). Circular Design Research in The Netherlands. Delft University Press.
- Dijkstra, A. M., Tiekstra, S. M., Boonstra, M., & Joore, P. (2023). Festivals as Living Labs for System Innovation: Experiences from the interdisciplinary innovation programme DORP. In D. Schuurman (Ed.), Proceedings of the Open Living Lab Days Conference 2023: “Living Labs for an Era of Transitions" How human-centric innovation is changing our lives (pp. 28-47). European Network of Living Labs
- Joore, P., Björklund, T., Thong, C., & Zancul, E. (2022). Co-creating the future through design-based education in innovation hubs. CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation, 6(2).
- J.P. Joore, G. Stompff, J. van den Eijnde (Eds.) (2022). Applied Design Research: A Mosaic of 22 Examples, Experiences and Interpretations Focussing on Bridging the Gap between Practice and Academics. CRC Press / Taylor and Francis Publishers.
- Baars, S., Schellings, G.L.M., Joore, J.P., Van Wesemael, P.J.V. (2023). Physical learning environments’ supportiveness to innovative pedagogies: students’ and teachers’ experiences. Learning Environments Research 26 (2), 617-659.
- Baars, S., Schellings, G. L., Joore, J. P., van Wesemael, P. J. (2022). Physical learning environments’ supportiveness to innovative pedagogies: students’ and teachers’ experiences. Learning Environments Research.
- Dijkstra, A., Boonstra, M., (2021). Festival Experimentation Guide - A Practical Guide for Sustainable Innovators on How to Design, Implement and Evaluate Experiments at Festivals. NHL Stenden.