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50
Citations
9454
World Ranking
2783
National Ranking
112

Overview

Vincent Blok is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, and Social Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Management of Technology and Innovation, Cognitive Neuroscience, Global and Planetary Change, and Strategy and Management.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
  • Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
  • Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems
  • Innovation, Technology, and Society
  • Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development

Vincent Blok has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication sites include the Journal of Responsible Innovation, Philosophy & Technology, Foundations of Science, Techné Research in Philosophy and Technology, and Environmental Values.

Recent published papers include:

  • Improve alignment of research policy and societal values, 2020, Science
  • Social labs as an inclusive methodology to implement and study social change: the case of responsible research and innovation, 2020, Journal of Responsible Innovation
  • Steering Representations-Towards a Critical Understanding of Digital Twins, 2021, Philosophy & Technology
  • What's wrong with global challenges?, 2021, Journal of Responsible Innovation
  • Reconceptualising responsible research and innovation from a Global South perspective, 2021, Journal of Responsible Innovation

The scientist often collaborates with others, having frequent co-authors such as Eugen Octav Popa, Mark Ryan, Róbert Braun, R. Wesselink, and Edurne A. Iñigo.

Vincent Blok has authored books published by Springer Nature (Netherlands), Open Book Publishers, and Wageningen University & Research. Notable titles include Putting Responsible Research and Innovation into Practice (2022), Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (2023), and The Critique of Management: Towards a Philosophy and Ethics of Business Management (2021).

Best Publications

  • Encouraging sustainability in the workplace: a survey on the pro-environmental behaviour of university employees

    Vincent Blok;Renate Wesselink;Oldrich Studynka;Ron Kemp

  • Learning apart and together: towards an integrated competence framework for sustainable entrepreneurship in higher education

    Thomas Lans;Vincent Blok;Renate Wesselink

  • Barriers to the adoption and diffusion of technological innovations for climate-smart agriculture in Europe: evidence from the Netherlands, France, Switzerland and Italy

    Thomas B. Long;Vincent Blok;Ingrid Coninx

  • The Emerging Concept of Responsible Innovation. Three Reasons Why It Is Questionable and Calls for a Radical Transformation of the Concept of Innovation

    Vincent Blok;Pieter Lemmens

  • Lessons for Responsible Innovation in the Business Context: A Systematic Literature Review of Responsible, Social and Sustainable Innovation Practices

    Rob Lubberink;Vincent Blok;Johan van Ophem;Onno Omta

  • Toward a Validated Competence Framework for Sustainable Entrepreneurship

    Lisa Ploum;Vincent Blok;Thomas Lans;Onno Omta

  • Pro-environmental behaviour in the workplace and the role of managers and organisation

    Renate Wesselink;Vincent Blok;Jarno Ringersma

  • Individual Competencies for Corporate Social Responsibility: A Literature and Practice Perspective

    E. R. Osagie;R. Wesselink;V. Blok;T. Lans

  • How the characteristics of innovations impact their adoption: An exploration of climate-smart agricultural innovations in South Africa

    Mmapatla Precious Senyolo;Mmapatla Precious Senyolo;Thomas B. Long;Vincent Blok;Onno Omta

  • Innovation systems for transformations towards sustainability? Taking the normative dimension seriously

    Michael P. Schlaile;Sophie Urmetzer;Vincent Blok;Allan Dahl Andersen

  • Individual competencies for managers engaged in corporate sustainable management practices

    Renate Wesselink;Vincent Blok;Sebastiaan van Leur;Thomas Lans

  • Stakeholder engagement for responsible innovation in the private sector: critical issues and management practices

    V. Blok;L. Hoffmans;E.F.M. Wubben

  • From best practices to bridges for a more sustainable future: advances and challenges in the transition to global sustainable production and consumption: Introduction to the ERSCP stream of the Special volume

    Vincent Blok;Thomas B. Long;A. Idil Gaziulusoy;Nilgun Ciliz

  • Critical success factors for the transition to business models for sustainability in the food and beverage industry in the Netherlands

    Thomas B. Long;Arnold Looijen;Vincent Blok

  • Ecological Innovation : Biomimicry as a New Way of Thinking and Acting Ecologically

    Vincent Blok;Bart Gremmen

  • Show me your network and I'll tell you who you are: social competence and social capital of early-stage entrepreneurs

    Thomas Lans;Vincent Blok;Judith Gulikers

  • Look who's talking: responsible innovation, the paradox of dialogue and the voice of the other in communication and negotiation processes

    Vincent Blok

  • Responsible innovation in business: a critical reflection on deliberative engagement as a central governance mechanism

    Teunis Brand;Vincent Blok

  • Strengthening the socio-ethical foundations of the circular economy: Lessons from responsible research and innovation

    Edurne A. Inigo;Vincent Blok

  • Responsible Research and Innovation in Industry—Challenges, Insights and Perspectives

    André Martinuzzi;Vincent Blok;Alexander Brem;Bernd Stahl

  • Dealing with the Wicked Problem of Sustainability: The Role of Individual Virtuous Competence

    V. Blok;H.G.J. Gremmen;R. Wesselink

  • Moral “Lock-In” in Responsible Innovation: The Ethical and Social Aspects of Killing Day-Old Chicks and Its Alternatives

    M. R. N. Bruijnis;V. Blok;E. N. Stassen;H. G. J. Gremmen

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Mulder
Martin Mulder Wageningen University & Research
Donald Huisingh
Donald Huisingh University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Carlo Ingrao
Carlo Ingrao University of Bari Aldo Moro
Jacopo Bacenetti
Jacopo Bacenetti University of Milan
Rodrigo Lozano
Rodrigo Lozano University of A Coruña
Anastasia Zabaniotou
Anastasia Zabaniotou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Andreas Pyka
Andreas Pyka University of Hohenheim
Tomás B. Ramos
Tomás B. Ramos Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Sandra Caeiro
Sandra Caeiro Universidade Aberta
Mangi Lal Jat
Mangi Lal Jat International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

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