Ad Notten

Ad obtained his Bachelors degree from the Hogeschool Zuyd and his Masters degree from the University of Wales. He is responsible for the functioning of the library and information services at UNU-MERIT, as well as supporting research staff with data and other research related services. Next to this he is also involved in research projects, with his current project involvement dealing with the evaluation and analysis of productivity and impact of European Commission sponsored ICT R&D during Framework Programme 7.

As a PhD Researcher at Maastricht University he is also involved in his own research into the changing characteristics of knowledge transfer and the impact of these changes on the field of Knowledge Management. He is especially interested in the influence of the dynamics of social networks on the recombination and diffusion of knowledge.

Previous projects include:

• 2008-2012: Workpackage Coordinator for the ObservatoryNANO project.
• 2008-2012: Workpackage Coordinator for the ICPC Nanonet project.
• 2012-2013: Project Coordinator for the "Comparative scoreboard and performance indicators in NMP" project.
• 2011-2014: Project Leader for the SMART 2011/0039 project titled "Analysis of publications and patents of ICT research in FP7".
• 2011-2014: Project Leader for SMART 2011/0039 project output: "Inventory of the patents and publications of FP7 projects in the field of ICT".
• 2014-2016: Faculty Team leader for FHS, for the university-wide implementation of a new Current Research Information System (CRIS).
• 2015-2016: Researcher in the SIMPACT project, Work Package 5 "Measuring Social Innovation".
• 2016-2018: Project Leader for the SMART 2015/0078 project titled "Analysis of patents, publications, innovations and new organisations from FP7-ICT and CIP-ICT projects".

Selected publications by Ad Notten