Johannes Willem "Johan" Schot is a Dutch historian working in the field of science and technology policy. A historian of technology and an expert in sustainability transitions, Johan Schot is Professor of Global Comparative History at the Centre for Global Challenges, Utrecht University. He is the Academic Director of the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium and former Director of the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex. He was elected to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. He is the Principal Investigator of the Deep Transitions Lab.