Team Digital Operations & Finance

John graduated from Utrecht University as an Earthquake Seismologist. In 2003, he earned his PhD from the Delft University of Technology, specialising in Acoustic Imaging. Since 2002, he has been working as a scientific project manager for The Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). He has written, for example, a national guideline for employee protection from electromagnetic fields. At the RIVM, he earned years of experience in the development and application of wearable measuring tools. 

John has received numerous research grants from ZonMw and RIVM (> 1.25 million euros). He graduated from the VU University Amsterdam in 2011 with a degree in Environmental Epidemiology and was appointed a lector at The Hague University of Applied Sciences in 2016.

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Steven van den Berg studied physics at Leiden University. In 2002 he obtained his PhD degree in physics, also at Leiden University. His PhD research was on the dynamics of light-emitting polymer lasers, which was studied with ultrafast lasers. Subsequently, he started as a research scientist at VSL, the national metrology institute of the Netherlands, where he was appointed as principal scientist in 2009. 

Driven by new developments in physics and by requests from the market, he focused on research and development in the field of optical measurements, often in collaboration with national and international partners. Examples of this work vary from highly accurate long distance measurement with frequency comb lasers, to the measurement of nanometer scale displacement with a Fabry-Pérot interferometer and from the calibration of spectrometers for Earth observation to the measurement of flicker of LED-lamps. Optics and photonics have been the cross-cutting theme in his carrier for about 25 years. Since January 1st 2021 he has been appointed as a professor in Photonics at The Hague University of Applied Sciences.

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Jenny Coenen, Ph.D. graduated as a maritime engineer from Delft University of Technology and obtained her Ph. D. in 2008 in the field of Ship Production from that same institution. She worked as a researcher, lecturer, developer and consultant for Royal IHC, TU Delft, Shipping & Transport College and Marstrat. She worked mainly on research projects related to process improvement in engineering and manufacturing, enhancing collaboration within complex production chains; both within companies and between companies. Since 2011 she also worked as a part-time lecturer in Master and Bachelor education. In 2021 she has been appointed professor at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS).
 

Dr. Hongli Joosten-Ma received her PhD through a German-Chinese joint research program in cognitive psychology between George Augustus University Göttingen and East China Normal University in Shanghai. After continuing academic research as a post-doc in universities in both Germany and the Netherlands, she furthered her career in the international business world across Asia, North America and Europe. 

With more than 20 years working in different industries, she has held various leadership positions in business strategy as well as applied research in the marketing domain for both multinationals, such as Philips and Shell; and small enterprises, such as consultancy firms. From within businesses, she has experienced purposeful marketing in both challenging and rewarding ways. She switched her focus to education in 2018 to align with a personal shift towards purposefulness.

Prior to taking this professorship, she worked in the International Business Program, Faculty Business, Finance and Marketing in The Hague University Of Applied Sciences. As a principal lecturer there, she was instrumental in establishing a new marketing curriculum integrating the latest marketing practices, including digital and purposeful elements. 

Martijn van der Linden studied business economics at the University of Tilburg (2004) and mounted his career as a management trainee at ING. After working in the financial sector for six years he decided to refocus on economic transitions. He served as chair for the Platform of Sustainable and Solitary Economics from September 2011 to January 2014. From there he worked as a researcher for the project Creating Economic Space for Social Innovation until 2017. 

He began his position as professor of the New Finance research group in 2018. His dissertation at the TU Delft was completed in 2022, regarding the design of the monetary-financial system in the digital age. His research relates to new forms of digital money (CBDC’s, stablecoins and cryptos), the liberalisation of banks, mechanisms in the monetary system that contribute to inequality and financial instability, as well as monetary policy and reform proposals.

Nicole completed a Master's degree in Business Studies at the University of Amsterdam and a Master's degree in Environment & Development at the London School of Economics. Nicole is currently completing her PhD at the UvA (University of Amsterdam). Her PhD research focuses on the sharing economy. Nicole's research has been featured in four academic publications in recent years, including the prestigious Journal of Management Studies. Among other things, she has written several opinion pieces on car-sharing, the future of the mobility sector and the challenges faced by flexible work platforms within the context of the EU. 

Jacco van Uden studied Business Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he specialised in change management. After graduating, he worked at Nyenrode Business University (Center for Organisational Learning and Change) for two years, after which he conducted doctoral research at the University of Humanistic Studies. His thesis ‘Organisation and Complexity’ focused on how organisational science can benefit from complexity theory. At the end of 2011, Jacco became a project leader/senior researcher at The Hague University of Applied Sciences for the KITE120 project (Entrepreneurship and Innovation research group). He has been the head of the Change Management research group since 1 February 2013.

Astrid is responsible for quality assurance at the Centre of Expertise Digital Operations & Finance. In this role, she supports various tasks, including preparing management reports, annual plans, annual reports, and accreditations.  

Rémi plays a supportive role within the Centre of Expertise Digital Operations & Finance and the research group Smart Sensor Systems. He is responsible for managing schedules, planning and taking minutes of meetings, organizing events, handling orders, and providing HR support. Additionally, he assists researchers with internal and external communication.