Projects
The following sample of the projects I have been involved in gives an indication of the scope of my R&D and consultancy activities (see my CV for a more complete list):
Knowledge Base Concept for National Knowledge Centre Enforcement in Domain of Work, Income and Care
Who
RCF National Knowledge Centre 
When
2012
What
The The 9 RCF Knowledge Centres Enforcement are an initiative by the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment in order to connect and strengthen the municipalities and enforcement partners in the domain of Work, Income and Care. The RCFs form a national network from which they connect, advise and support the municipalities and partners. The National Knowledge Centre Enforcement (LKC) is the newly formed "backoffice" for the RCFs.
I was involved in the requirement elicitation and design of a knowledge base concept to be used by LKC.
Tilburg Railyard Zone Concept Development Support
Who
Gemeente Tilburg 
When
2012
What
The Tilburg Spoorzone is a 75 hectare area in the centre of Tilburg which was recently acquired by the Municipality of Tilburg from Dutch Railways. This huge area must be transformed from a former rail maintenance yard into a vibrant "knowledge-driven city zone". Many stakeholders are involved in the very complex process of deciding what to with this area in terms of usage and urban development.
I was involved in the initial stage of the Concept Development Working Group, creating a discussion presentation for the kickoff of the working group and recording its progress in mindmaps.
Innovative Contract Design
Who
Tilburg Social Innovation Lab (TiSIL) 
When
2012
What
In the Tilburg Social Innovation Lab (TiSIL), four institutions for Higher Education (Tilburg University, Avans University of Applied Sciences, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Breda University of Applied Sciences) join forces to make a visible contribution to the development of the region Midden-Brabant (Tilburg and surroundings) as the Region for Social Innovation. One of TiSIL's activities is the development of a methodology and tool for "innovative contract design.
I specified the requirements and design of the innovative contract design tool prototype.
Online Discussion Approach for Academic Forum
Who
Academic Forum (Tilburg University) 
When
2011-2012
What
Academic Forum is the place for exchanging and closely studying current topics that matter in science, society and people’s lives. It organizes symposia, debates and small-scale exchanges focusing on scientific, social and ideological issues.
I advised on the setting up of an Internet and social media platform for fostering a university-wide debate about science & values.
Kids' Knowledge Base
Who
Wetenschapsknooppunt Brabant
When
2011-now
What
Wetenschapsknooppunt Brabant is a regional science hub that aims to establish a sustainable collaboration between Tilburg University and Eindhoven University of Technology and their partners in primary and secundary education.
I advise on the digital collaboration infrastructure required by the science hub, in particular the development of the Kinderkennisbank ("Kid's Knowledge Base"). This digital knowledge base contains basic learning materials to be used by children, teachers, parents and others in their science education activities.
Broadband4All in South Africa
Who
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa) 
When
2011
What
Broadband4All is the outcome of a collaborative effort spearheaded by the Meraka Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Its objective is to bridge the digital divide and bring the social and economic benefits offered by broadband connectivity to rural communities in South Africa and other developing countries. The objective of the project is to offer broadband access to rural communities in an affordable and sustainable fashion.
I did a mid-term review of the project, including interviewing the researchers at CSIR and "village operators" on site.
Bijzondernemen (Entrepreneurial Skills for Kids)
Who
Bijzondernemen consortium, Agentschap NL 
When
2011-2013
What
The objective of the Bijzondernemen project, is to develop a (People/Planet/Profit) entrepreneurial attitude in primary school children and develop entrepreneurial teaching materials to be used in the curriculum.
I was responsible for setting up the "digital community", including teaching the children basic collaborative software skills (like wikis).
Civil Servants Sectoral intranet
Who
Bureau Keteninformatisering Werk & Inkomen (BKWI), Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid 
When
2011-2012
What
Assigned by the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, BKWI is developing Naleving.net, a "sectoral intranet" site for government organizations working on enforcement of social security. This intranet is a kind of "social knowledge base" in which professionals can exchange information and ask questions in a secure environment. Self-organizing communities of practice are an important building block in fostering use of and knowledge exchange on this network site.
I advised on the design of and setting up of these communities of practice within the network site.
Midpoint Brabant Social Innovation Awards
Who
Midpoint Brabant
When
2010-2012
What
Midpoint Brabant is a network organization of partners that aims to promote social innovation as the engine of socio-economic development in the region of Midden-Brabant. In 2010 and 2011 the Social Innovation Award Midden-Brabant was awarded to regional organizations leading the way in implementing this concept in practice.
I coordinated the Social Innovation Award Academy in which the winners met to exchange experiences and helped the individual winners grow to the next level by performing socio-technical quickscans of their various cases.
Twente University Masterclass Web 2.0 and Social Media
Who
Twente University
When
2010-now
What
Twente University organizes an annual Masterclass Management of E-Government. This masterclass is aimed at higher and middle managers involved in e-government projects.
As part of this programme, I give the masterclass on Web 2.0 and Social Media.
Tilburg University Virtualisation Academic Services
Who
Library & IT Services (Tilburg University)
When
2010-2011
What
Tilburg University Library & IT Services aimed to make the services provided to the faculties more tailored to user needs by the "virtualisation" of the academic services. This included the setting up of use cases around demand-driven service innovations.
I helped to formulate a vision and approach on service virtualisation and to set up the initial use cases.
Tilburg University Socio-Technical Quickscan of a Facilities Management System
Who
Facility Services (Tilburg University)
When
2010
What
Tilburg University Facility Services uses the Planon Facilities Management System to coordinate many different services, from mail delivery to building management. A better understanding of the very complex usage context of this system was needed by management.
I performed a socio-technical quickscan of the usage context of one Planon module. The quickscan included recommendations with respect to a clearer definition of the goals, roles, workflows and associated tools.
Hanzehogeschool Groningen Online MBA Community
Who
Hanzehogeschool Groningen 
When
2010
What
The Hanzehogeschool Groningen wanted to set up an online MBA community.
I designed the initial MBA community wiki.
EU PEOPLE Policy Makers Conference
Who
Provincie Noord-Brabant 
When
2009-2010
What
The Dutch Province of Noord-Brabant coordinated the EU PEOPLE - Innovation for Societal Change project in order to explore the opportunities for new forms of employment and for improving well-being and cohesion in the frame of the demographic and societal changes. To this purpose, they hosted a large policy makers conference in March 2010.
I advised on potential conference speakers and the use of social media to support the conference. I also helped set up a wiki containing a digital library of publications, including a tutorial to introduce novices to the most relevant social media in the context of the project.
Amsterdam E-Boekenstad Research Community of Practice
Who
Hogeschool van Amsterdam 
When
2009-2011
What
The Hogeschool van Amsterdam was in charge of the Amsterdam E-boekenstad consortium of educational institutes, publishers, and manufacturers investigating how e-readers can be used for e-learning and how to improve the e-books value chain.
I evaluated the collaboration support system used by the consortium and advised on how to grow their research community of practice.
CIRN Commons - Community Management
Who
Community Informatics Research Network
When
2009-now
What
The Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) is an international network of researchers, practitioners and policy makers concerned with enabling communities through the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs).
I am one of the community managers of the Community Informatics Research Network Commons.
KW1C Community College Communication Portal
Who
Koning Willem I College 
When
2009-2010
What
The Koning Willem I College in Den Bosch is one of the most innovative community colleges in the Netherlands in terms of didactics and use of ICT.
I was an advisor on the development of their new communication portal and strengthening the KW1C community of practice.
Ministry Metadata Roadmap
Who
Collibra, Flemish Ministry of Education 
When
2009
What
The Brussels-based company Collibra helped the Flemish Ministy of Education improve their metadata management, using Collibra's business semantics software suite. Part of this effort was to create a metadata roadmap. On a foundation of state-of-the-art research insights, a metadata architecture & governance framework, and methodological approach were developed, as well as a planning of the necessary R&D projects to improve metadata management in the ministry.
Subcontracting for Collibra, I coordinated the creation of the roadmap.
ESSENCE (E-Science/Sensemaking/Climate Change) workshop
Who
Knowledge Media Institute, Open University, UK 
When
2009
What
The Knowledge Media Institute was involved in the ESSENCE (E-Science/Sensemaking/Climate Change) research project. In 2009, KMi organized and hosted the first ESSENCE workshop on eScience, Sensemaking and Argumentation tools for climate change deliberation. This happened in collaboration with Global Sensemaking (GSm), a network formed in 2008 to develop human-centred computing tools to help tackling wicked problems such as Climate Change.
I co-organized the workshop and prepared a presentation on the socio-technical system represented by the ESSENCE community and its tools.
JurInfo Authoring Support System
Who
Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT) 
When
2008-2009
What
The JurInfo online course was developed by TILT and used by various Dutch institutes of higher education. It teaches law students how to select information resources, develop a search strategy, and judge the search results for relevance and reliability.
I analyzed the collaborative workflows in which the online course is planned, edited, and published. I also advised on the (wiki, course authoring) tools to support the authoring process.
Blended Learning Methodology & System
Who
Faculty of Law (Tilburg University)
When
2007-2009
What
This project created a blended learning environment for students working in law firms across the Netherlands while still taking courses at the Tilburg University Department of Social Law.
I advised the project leader and helped design and test the supporting tool system consisting of an MCU videoconferencing server and a SURFGroups collaborative workspace.
Tilburg University Student Portal
Who
Library & IT Services (Tilburg University)
When
2007-2008
What
This project created a student portal through which Tilburg University students have personalized access to their most relevant applications and information resources. Besides the technical implementation of the portal in Blackboard, we created a portal community of stakeholders (students, information suppliers, technical developers) and an organizational process for requirements elicitation and portal development and maintenance.
As the project leader, I was responsible for the design and implementation of the student portal.
Data, Information, and Process Integration with Semantic Web Services (DIP)
Who
EU FP6 DIP research consortium 
When
2006
What
DIP's objective was to develop and extend Semantic Web and Web Service technologies in order to produce a new technology infrastructure for Semantic Web Services (SWS) - an environment in which different web services can discover and cooperate with each other automatically.
I was involved as a researcher and a book co-editor.
Community-Driven Competence Ontology Engineering (CO-DRIVE)
Who
Semantics Technology and Applications Research Laboratory (STAR Lab), VUB; EU Leonardo Da Vinci consortium 
When
2005-2006
What
The Leonardo Da Vinci CODRIVE (Competency Ontology driven Vocational Education) project aimed to contribute to a European standard for vocational competencies. To this purpose, a collaborative methodology and supporting tool infrastructure was developed that allows organizations to specify and reach agreement on their common inter-organizational ontologies.
I was the scientific coordinator for the development of the community-layer around the existing STAR Lab DOGMA ontology engineering methodology.
CoMa (Copyright Management)
Who
SURF, Tilburg University 
When
2003-2004
What
The goal of the CoMa project was to provide information about scientific publishers' policies on institutional repositories (IRs), and to simplify the administration involved. It resulted in a knowledge bank with copyright regulations pertaining to IRs, linked to metadata on journals and articles from journals.
I was a researcher in this project and co-author of the Coma in Context report.
METIS (Smart Organizations)
Who
Telematica Instituut consortium 
When
2002-2004
What
The goal of the METIS project (motto: Knowledge Management: From Smart Employees to Smart Organisations) was to develop knowledge on how to make organisations smarter by focusing on:
- Collaboration & communication
- Relating and visualizing information and communication through "knowledge maps"
- Organisational perspectives on knowledge management
I was involved as a researcher and co-author of the Knowledge Governance Framework as well as several publications.
NEFETI-2 (Networked Enterprises)
Who
Telematica Instituut consortium
When
2000-2001
What
The goal of the NEFETI-2 (Networked Enterprises of the Future and Enabling Telematics Infrastructure) project was to improve the performance of electronic business networks by identifying business models of networked organisations, assessing the impact of telematics on organisations, and developing effective implementation strategies of telematics in organisations.
I was involved as a researcher and co-author of several publications.
PORT (Peirce Online Research Testbed)
Who
PORT consortium
When
1998-2005
What
The purpose of the PORT collaboratory project was to digitize, transcribe, annotate, and analyze the collected manuscripts of Charles S. Peirce located at Harvard University's Houghton Library. PORT's main foci were to develop a model collaboratory for distributed scholarly Peirce manuscript analysis, and to meta-model the testbed development process. Although the project ideas were not fully implemented, many of the ideas have been used by consortium partners in spin-off research projects.
I was involved as a researcher and co-author of several publications.
MEMO (Mediating & Monitoring Electronic Commerce)
Who
MEMO consortium 
When
1998-1999
What
The goal of the MEMO project was to prototype, demonstrate and evaluate a lightweight electronic commerce broker for the facilitation of electronic commerce applications that are of smaller-scale and more diverse than usual.
I was involved as a researcher and co-author of several publications.
GRASS (Group Report Authoring Support System)
Who
Tilburg University (Infolab) 
When
1993-2004
What
The goal of the GRASS project was to develop a system enabling stakeholders with at least partially opposed interests to produce focused group reports. Aim of these reports is to assess the degree of true consensus on contentious issues, such as environmental and social dilemmas. GRASS functionality is grounded in Habermas's theory of communicative action, but offers concrete collaborative authoring workflow support.
I was the principal investigator in this project and (co)author of a large number of related publications.
GRNSD (Global Research Network on Sustainable Development)
Who
GRNSD consortium
When
1993-1994
What
This project aimed to find innovative ways to apply then (1993-1994) new Internet technologies to facilitate worldwide research collaboration on sustainable development. The GRASS project is a direct descendant of this project.
I was the general coordinator of this project.
Last updated: October 12, 2012