The TIE-project has, in various ways, trickled down into education. The specialisation "Technology and European integration" of the MSc program "Technology and policy" at the department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences formed a major spin-off of the TIE-project. The specialisation consisted of two courses, designed in collaboration with colleagues in the department from the sections Economics and Philosophy of Technology. The first, "Perspectives on European integration", provided students with a crash-course in the history and theories of European integration. The course contrasted a focus on top-down EU-centred perspectives with the more bottom-up, long-term approach that emerged out the research of the TIE-project and similar research endeavours. After having acquired the basics of European integration in this first course, students continued with "Perspectives of the European knowledge-based economy", concerning European technology policy broadly defined. Students finished the specialisation by writing a case-study on a topic of their own choosing, ranging from nano-technology to European patent law. The development of the specialisation started with in 2004. After a trial round, it kicked off in 2006-2007. The specialisation has run for three consecutive years.

The TIE-project has contributed to the course 'History of Innovation' organised by Gijs Mom. Students taking the course engaged in historical research and wrote a group report as a final assignment of the course. A short overview of the assignments relating to TIE-research that have been supervised in recent years:

2008

"The Europeanization of the Dutch electricity market, 1985-2005" (supervisor: Vincent Lagendijk).

"British motorways in the Interbellum" (supervisor: Frank Schipper with Hans Buiter).

"Power failures in The Netherlands 1976-2005" (supervisor: Erik van der Vleuten).

2007

"Experiencing the Eurovision song contest: Uniting or dividing Europe?" (supervisor: Suzanne Lommers).

"Critical (inter)dependencies in the European transnational natural gas infrastructure from a Dutch perspective" (supervisor: Erik van der Vleuten).

"Vulnerability and reliability in case of the trans-border connections of the Dutch and Italian electricity grid" (supervisor: Erik van der Vleuten).

2006

"Building Europe on rails" (supervisor: Irene Anastasiadou).

"The North Sea division" (supervisor: Erik van der Vleuten)

2005

"Hydro-electric power and European integration" (supervisor: Erik van der Vleuten).

"Constructing a European telephone network" (supervisor: Erik van der Vleuten).

"Eurocontrol: Towards one European sky" (supervisor: Erik van der Vleuten).

2004

"Een groeiend netwerk: Ontwikkelingen electriciteitstransport in de UCPTE 1950-2000" (supervisor: Erik van der Vleuten).

2001

"Zo de wegen, zo het land: De wording van een internationaal georiënteerd wegennet in Nederland" (supervisor: Erik van der Vleuten).

"Nederlandse spoorwegen: Nederland, onderdeel van het Europese spoorwegennet in de twintigste eeuw" (supervisor: Erik van der Vleuten).

Honors program

Johan Schot participated in the honors program of the TU/e, set up for excelling students in the 2ndand 3rd year of their study. In the academic year 2006-2007 Alexander Badenoch and Johan Schot engaged in a joint, small research project with three students concerning the EU's Trans-European Networks. The research was presented at the Tensions of Europe Conference in Rotterdam (June 2007) in the form of a paper entitled "Co-ordinating visions: Trans-European Networks and narratives of European integration". In the academic year 2008-2009 Johan Schot, in close collaboration with Frank Schipper and Vincent Lagendijk, was responsible for the honors class 'Europa bouwt op techniek' (Europe builds on technology). With support of the entire TIE-team the students built a virtual exhibit to represent the rich past of Europe in relation to technology.

Research from the TIE-project will also become part of the new curriculum for "Technology and policy", which will kick-off in the academic year 2009-2010. This is most clearly the case in the elective courses "European integration", which forms a continuation of the earlier specialisation, and "Transnational critical infrastructure."