
Owner CommunitySense, research consultant
Tilburg Area, Netherlands

Owner CommunitySense, research consultant
Tilburg Area, Netherlands
Research consultant with much academic and R&D experience in community informatics, specializing in collaborative communities. Have large international network of researchers and practitioners in the field. Am interested in providing a broad range of innovation, communication modeling and systems design services to communities, organizations, and interorganizational networks.
My main R&D expertise is in the evolution of virtual communities, communicative workflow modeling, argumentation support systems, and the role of Internet technologies in the (mass) media landscape.
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Services provided include visioning, literature studies, communicative workflow analysis, collaborative systems requirements analysis, communication systems design, dialog mapping, Web 2.0 and other collaborative systems training.
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Research industry)
January 2005 — December 2006 (2 years)
My research focuses on the intersection of community, communication, and ontology modelling.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 1999 — December 2004 (5 years 4 months)
My position included teaching and research.
(Educational Institution; Research industry)
February 2000 — May 2000 (4 months)
involved in development of electronic workspace system
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
August 1993 — March 1994 (8 months)
Coordinator Global Research Network on Sustainable Development; analysis of the communication aspects of the Clayoquot Sound forestry crisis.
(Educational Institution; Research industry)
March 1993 — August 1993 (6 months)
Coordinator Global Research Network on Sustainable Development
(Educational Institution; Research industry)
March 1991 — February 1992 (1 year)
Multimedia research; role of Internet in sustainable development
Ph.D. , Information Management , 1995 — 1999
M.Sc. , Information Management , 1987 — 1993
- See my blog for my musings about the evolution of virtual communities: http://growingpains.blogs.com/home/
ACM, CIRN, ICA, SIKS
- Invited Speaker, International Conference on Conceptual Structures, 2005.
- Top Paper Award, International Communication Association Conference, 2004.
- Best Paper Nomination, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2004.