Biography
PhD research Dutch Shipbuilding 1914-1936. The research focuses on the strategies of major shipyards to survive a prolonged period of economic and political uncertainty. Rapid advances in technology and ship design required continuous modernisation of shipyard facilities. In the face of fierce competition, innovation could make all the difference. The study, therefore, analyses how the Dutch shipbuilding industry used the emerging knowledge infrastructure in the Netherlands. Shipyards also tried to solve their problems through cooperation and mergers. The main customers for repairs and new construction were the large Dutch shipping companies, which designed their ships and commissioned shipyards to build them. By studying the relationship between shipbuilders and shipping companies, the study provides insight into the structure of the Dutch maritime industry and who exactly had the upper hand. Sources used for this research include company archives, nautical journals, newspapers, and ship registers. This research contributes to the fields of business history, maritime history and economic history.
Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
- siegel@eshcc.eur.nl
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Work
- Judith Siegel (2025) - Buitenlandse kennis op een Rotterdamse werf De bouw van de G.S. Walden in 1935 - Holland Historisch Tijdschrift, 57 (1), 15-23 - [link]
- Judith Siegel (2025) - Een schip als spiegel van zijn tijd: ss Slamat, 1924-1941 - [link]
- Judith Siegel (2019) - "Die zoete waan…”. Historisch onderzoek naar leerprocessen in hulpverlening en herstel in Zeeland na de overstromingsramp van 12 maart 1906 - [link]
- Judith Siegel, Mark Straver, Jeroen ter Brugge, Richard Velthuizen, Els Jacobs & Hein Klemann (2024) - Te water! (Participant)
Activiteit: Organising and contributing to an event › Professional - Judith Siegel (2023) - A scientific and technical labyrinth, 1900-1936 How the Dutch shipbuilding industry tried to find its way in the emerging maritime knowledge infrastructure (Speaker)
Activiteit: Invited talk › Academic - Judith Siegel (2022) - Een wetenschappelijk en technisch labyrint. Hoe de scheepsbouwindustrie een weg zoekt door een wirwar van opkomende kennisorganisaties, 1900-1936 (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Judith Siegel (2022) - Historicidagen 2024 (Participant)
Activiteit: Organising and contributing to an event › Professional - Judith Siegel & Mark Straver (2019) - Creative ways to build firm competitiveness: the role of national industry linkages in the rise and fall of Dutch shipbuilding, 1914-1983 (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Judith Siegel & Mark Straver (2019) - Networks, innovation, and competitiveness:Changing market conditions and industry structure within Dutch shipbuilding, 1914-1983 (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic - Judith Siegel (2018) - Lopend onderzoek: Innovatie als bedrijfsstrategie? De Nederlandse scheepsbouw 1914-1945: werf, netwerk en context (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Professional - Judith Siegel & Mark Straver (2018) - Networks, innovation, and competitiveness: Changing market conditions and industry structure within Dutch shipbuilding, 1914-1983 (Speaker)
Activiteit: Oral presentation › Academic
Junior curator
- Start date approval
- december 2023