WM (Wander) van Baalen, MA

Biography

Wander van Baalen is a postdoctoral researcher at Delft University of Technology and a lecturer in the Humanities Department at Erasmus University College.

His work explores the promises and challenges of transdisciplinary knowledge practices and art-science collaborations. His PhD research focused on initiatives that aim to reimagine dominant modes of knowledge production, particularly in relation to complex societal issues. Drawing on feminist science and technology studies, sociology, philosophy of education, and speculative and empirical philosophy, his research has informed curriculum development, teacher training, and transdisciplinary practices at TU Delft and the Rotterdam Arts & Sciences Lab.

He is currently affiliated with the Convergence consortium (EUR, Erasmus MC, TU Delft), where his research continues to engage with questions around the (e)valuation of knowledge practices, the formation of public issues, and power dynamics within transdisciplinary education and research.

Wander is co-editor of This Is Not a Gardening Book: The Cultivation of Transdisciplinary Practices (2023) and has published peer-reviewed articles on transdisciplinarity, knowledge politics, and the practicalities and potential of art-science collaborations in higher education.