Sandra Hasanefendic is an assistant professor in Breakthrough Technology Innovation at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where she also serves as associate lead of the Breakthrough Tech Innovation research group. With over a decade of research experience, she investigates R&D and technology upscaling processes for sustainability. Dr. Hasanefendic has published in leading journals including Energy Research & Social Science, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews,Sustainable Cities and Society, Sustainability, Technology Forecasting & Social Change, and Renewable Energy. She collaborates with startups, universities, and public institutions to translate innovation into real-world impact. She holds a double PhD from ISCTE-IUL in Lisbon and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her international collaborations span Portugal, the U.S., Japan, and Sweden. She is also a sought-after speaker and thought leader, regularly presenting at academic conferences and industry forums worldwide.
Sandra Hasanefendic
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Assistant Professor, Amsterdam Sustainability Institute
Assistant Professor, AIMMS
Master course Business, Innovation and Value Creation in the Life Science Industry
Master SBI Thesis and Project (coordination of final thesis projects)
Master course Science Project
Master course Chemtech to Market Value Creation Lab (Master Chemistry VU, UVA)
Bachelor course Research Design and Methodology
Bachelor course Innovation Project Energy
I regularly supervise bachelor projects, master thesis and PhD candidates (11 PhDs from all over the World).
Portuguese Science and Foundation Scholarship for PhD studies (2013 – 2017), Lisbon, Portugal National
Scholarship for students with extraordinary achievements by the Ministry of Education and Sport of the Republic of Serbia (2009 – 2011), Belgrade, Serbia
Best Students’ Award, Republic of Serbia (2005 – 2009), Belgrade, Serbia
KA171 Erasmus- Japan (funding of cc 50.000 Euros) with partners from Osaka, Kyoto, Hitotsubashi
Horizon 2020 ITN (partner) – “ADAPTED” Eradicating poverty: pathways towards achieving sustainable development goals, Bochum University, Sorbonne University, University of Western Cape South Africa, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Erasmus University and others
(with colleagues from CIS Henk van den Heuvel, IVM Philipp Pattberg and Faculty of Law Galina Cornelisse)
Grant award: cc. total 3.9 million Euros
Horizon 2020 SWAF (partner) – SoftSkills4PhDs via video games with University Rovira i Virgili, Spain, Gecon company and Innsbruck University
Grant award: total 300.000 Euros
Erasmus + KA107 Mobility Cambodia – In collaboration with Prof. Dr. Maiza Campos Ponce (healthcare, Faculty of Science)
Grant amount: 30.000 Euros
Erasmus + KA107 Mobility Chile – In collaboration with Prof. Dr. Erik Verhoef (spatial economics, School of Business and Economics) (started 2019)
Grant amount: 25.000 Euros
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