Education. | Tom A. Daamen

EDUCATION

In Delft, I co-design, co-organise and lecture in several BSc, MSc, and professional master courses. In addition, I also love to design and organise international study trips for professionals in the field. Supervising MSc graduation and PhD research projects is a quite rewarding part of my job, as it allows me to develop specific research topics together with very diverse and talented people. Finally, I am a grateful and returning lecturer at several universities and institutes in The Netherlands and abroad. Guest talks at Columbia University in New York City and Tongji University in Shanghai count as highlights in my career.

Delft University of Technology

Co-Initiator of the project 'Values in Urban Area Development: A Quick Start Video for Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations, 2019-2020
Co-Developer of the TU Delft DIMI Innovation Airports Initiative, Airport Regions theme, 2016-2017
Co-Developer of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) Center for Metropolis & Mainport (currently: Port City Futures), 2015-2017.

Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment (BK)

Professional Master Programs

Academic Co-Director of the Master City Developer (MCD) program with prof.dr. Frank van Oort, 2021-present
Lecturer and Co-Developer of the Professional Education Course 'Strategie in Gebiedsontwikkeling' for the Amsterdam School of Real Estate, 2020-present
Module Coordinator for Master City Developer (MCD), 2016-present
Program Manager and Module Coordinator for Master City Developer (MCD), a post-experience M.Sc. program in collaboration with the Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2010-2016
Module Coordinator and Lecturer in the Master of Strategic Urban Studies (MSUS), Module The Investing City, in association with the Netherlands School of Public Administration, 2008-2013.

In 2023, I co-developed a new education course for professionals in the field who focus on urban area transformations.

This product is the first step in creating a state of the art learning environment and education curriculum for planners, developers, designers, consultants, and others active in the field.

AR2MBE030 Urban Development Management
AR2R025 Urban (Re)Development Game: Integrating Planning, Design & Property Development
AR3R010 Graduation Laboratory Management in the Built Environment (MBE)
BK6ON5 BSc Gebiedsontwikkeling in het Metropolitane Landschap.

Dag van de Gebiedsontwikkeling 2023 - students present their development plans in front of a professional audience at TU Delft BK (above).

PhD and MSc research supervision

Promotor of PhD candidate Reann Kersenhout on the Relational Qualities of Public-Private Partnerships in Area Development, 2024-present
Promotor of PhD candidate Paul van den Bragt on the Values of Public-Private Partnerships in Area Development, 2023-present
Promotor of PhD candidate Simon van Zoest on Funding Institutions for Sustainable Area Development, 2020-present
Co-Promotor of Céline Janssen, PhD for 'Developing Places for Human Capabilities: Understanding How Social Sustainability Goals are Governed into Urban Development Projects', Technische Universiteit Delft (TUD), 2019-2024. Defense date: 15 January 2024
Co-Promotor of Merten Nefs, PhD for 'Landscapes of Trade: towards sustainable spatial planning for the logistics complex in the Netherlands', 2019-2024. Defense date: 21 May 2024
Co-Promotor of Paolo De Martino, PhD for 'Land in Limbo: Understanding path dependencies at the intersection of the port and city of Naples'. Promotor: prof.dr. C. Hein. Defense date: 14 May 2021
Co-Promotor of PhD candidate José Manuel Pagés Sánchez on 'Developing Sustainable Port-City Relationships in Europe: An Institutionalist Analysis of Waterfront Projects Governance in Lisbon'. Promotor: prof.dr. D. Schubert, HafenCity Universität Hamburg. Defense date: 23 May 2019
Co-Promotor of Jesse M. Keenan, PhD for 'Understanding Adaptive Capacity in Real Estate and the Built Environment: Climate Change and Extreme Weather in New York City'. Promotor: prof. H. de Jonge. Defense date: 19 April 2016

Thesis Committee Member of Mercè de Miguel Capdevila, PhD for 'Linking Smart and Physical Port Cities'. Promotors: prof.dr. B. de Vries and prof.dr. P.V. Hall, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e), August 31 2023
Thesis Committee Member of Irene Y. Zhang, PhD for 'Reconnecting the port and the city based on port-city interface redevelopment: A comparative case study of Rotterdam and Shanghai'. Promotors: prof.dr. P.M. Ache, dr.ir. L. Carton and dr. P.J. Beckers, Rijksuniversiteit Nijmegen (RUN), 12 July 2022

Supervisor of 40+ Graduate Students for M.Sc. Thesis (Management in the Built Environment, Explore Lab and Master City Developer), 2006-present.

PhD Defense Ceremony Dr. Céline Janssen - 15 January 2024

Guest Lectures

Synchroon In-Company Course, Gebiedsontwikkeling: zoeken naar een doorwaadbare plaats, May 2023
BPD Academy, Nieuwe samenwerkingsvormen, October 2022
ASRE Amsterdam School of Real Estate, Strategie in gebiedsontwikkeling, September 2022 and 2023
Metropool Master Course 'Strategie' for the Metropolitan Region Rotterdam-The Hague
TIAS School for Business and Society, Master of Real Estate (MRE), 2013-2018
University of Antwerp, Faculty of Management Sciences, Master Urban and Regional Planning, 2015-2018
Tongji University Shanghai, College of Architecture & Urban Planning, Master of Architecture & Urban Planning, October 2015
University of Amsterdam, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Master Urban & Regional Planning (Urban Planning & Real Estate course), 2012-2014
Columbia University New York City, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (Lunch Seminar), October 2014
Columbia University New York City, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (during Rotterdam Field Trip), September 2013
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KULAK, leergang ‘Gebiedsontwikkeling en vastgoed: van project tot realisatie’, November 2012
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Institute for Housing & Urban Development Studies, Master Urban Management & Development, January 2011
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus School of Economics, Master Urban, Port & Transport Economics (Seminar Port Cities in Transition), March 2007.

International Study Trips

Academic study trips are more than field trips to exciting cities. They are specifically designed to experience and actively learn about how things work in non-Dutch urban planning and development practices. When we are abroad, the (usually Dutch) professionals that join my trips are challenged to perform a mini case study and present their results on the final day of the program. This helps participants to get the most out of their journey--a learning experience to remember.

I have designed and co-organised trips to the following destintations:

International Study Trips 3-6 days

2008, 2009 and 2010: Hamburg, Germany
2010: Barcelona, Spain
2012: Istanbul, Turkey
2011 and 2013: Boston & New York City, USA (for NSOB)
2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019: New York City, USA (for MCD)

From November 12-16, 2023, the destination of the international module of the Master City Developer program again was New York City (NY). The module included visits to Pratt Institute, the Columbia University and NYU.

Master City Developer visits NYC in November 2023 (above)

Next to the above, I also orgnised several single-day study trips to the port city of Antwerp in Belgium. All trips have been planned and coordinated together with local universities, and included lectures from local academics, practitioners and other experts.

Explanations on The High Line in November 2023 (below)