Ad is a researcher and information specialist at UNU-MERIT. He obtained his Masters degree in Information Studies from the University of Wales. His research interests are mainly focused on the changing characteristics of knowledge transfer and the impact of these changes on the field of knowledge management. He is especially interested in the dynamics of social networks and the influence of these on the recombination and diffusion of knowledge.

He is currently involved an Ex-Post Evaluation of H2020 and a number HE Support Actions.

In addition to his research Ad is also responsible for the data & research information services at UNU-MERIT, and consortium coordinator for e-resources for UNU as a whole.

Previous and current projects include:

• 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".
• 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".
• 2016-2019: Project Leader for the SMART 2015/0078 project titled "Analysis of patents, publications, innovations and new organisations from FP7-ICT and CIP-ICT projects".
• 2019-2021: Work Package Leader for the H2020 (RIA) Research Project titled BIGPROD.
• 2019-2021: Work Package Leader for the DG RTD (CSA) Study "Supporting the monitoring and evaluation of the Framework Programme for research and innovation along Key Impact Pathways" RTD/2019/SC/016
• 2020-2021: Researcher for the DG RTD (CSA) Study "Monitoring the Open Access Policy of Horizon 2020" RTD/2019/SC/021
• 2022: Researcher for the DG RTD (CSA) Study "R&I contribution to the achievement of the SDGs" RTD/2020/SC/022
• 2022-2024: Work Package Leader for the DG RTD (CSA) Study "Evaluation study on Excellent Science in the EU FPs for Research and Innovation" RTD/2021/SC/25
• 2022-2024: Researcher for the DG RTD (CSA) Study "Evaluation study of the EU FPs for Research and Innovation for a Resilient Europe" RTD/2021/SC/021

	Selected publications by Ad Notten
Articles (journal, professional, popular)
Rehm, Martin, Frank Cornelissen, Ad Notten & Alan Daly, 2020, A metric to assess brokerage positions within social networking sites, Teachers College Record, 122(6): 67-88, More information
Notten, Ad, Jacques Mairesse & Bart Verspagen, 2017, The CDM framework: knowledge recombination from an evolutionary viewpoint, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 26: 21-24, DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2016.1202520, More information
Rehm, Martin & Ad Notten, 2016, Twitter as an informal learning space for teachers!?: The role of social capital in Twitter conversations among teachers, Teaching and Teacher Education, 60: 215-223, DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2016.08.015, More information
Wang, Lili, Ad Notten & Alex Surpatean, 2013, Interdisciplinarity of nano research fields: A keyword mining approach, Scientometrics, 94(3): 877-892, DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0856-9, More information
Huang, Can, Ad Notten & Nico Rasters, 2011, Nanoscience and Technology Publications and Patents: A Review of Social Science Studies and Search Strategies, Journal of Technology Transfer, 36(2): 145-172, DOI: 10.1007/s10961-009-9149-8, More information
Book chapters
Notten, Ad, Martin Rehm, Frank Cornelissen, Alan Daly & Jonathan Supovitz, 2019, Power to the People?!, in: Dominik E. Froehlich, Martin Rehm, and Bart C. Rienties, Mixed Methods Social Network Analysis: Theories and Methodologies in Learning and Education, Routledge, London, DOI: 10.4324/9780429056826-20
Notten, Ad & Shyama V. Ramani, 2014, Co-patenting Networks in Nanotechnology: A Comparison of South Korea and Germany , in: Shyama V. Ramani (ed.), Nanotechnology and Development: What’s in it for Emerging Countries?, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139794664.004, More information
Rehm, Martin, Rüdiger Glott & Ad Notten, 2013, Open Education Case Studies – a variety of shades and formats, in: Andreas Meiszner and Lin Squires (Eds), Openness and Education: Advances in Digital Education and Lifelong Learning, Volume 1, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, UK, More information
UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Wintjes, René, Nordine Es-Sadki & Ad Notten, 2019, Systemising social innovation initiatives and their regional context in Europe, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2019-050
Rehm, Martin & Ad Notten, 2016, The invisible hand of informal (educational) communication!? Social capital considerations on Twitter conversations among teachers, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-052
Wang, Lili & Ad Notten, 2011, Mapping the interdisciplinary nature and co-evolutionary patterns in five nano-industrial sectors, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2011-029
Huang, Can, Ad Notten & Nico Rasters, 2008, Nanotechnology Publications and Patents: A Review of Social Science Studies and Search Strategies, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2008-058
Research reports
Budraitis, Mantas, Paulius Pranckevicius, Rute Delkute, Ad Notten, Nordine Es-Sadki, René Wintjes, Fabiana Visentin, Tommaso Ciarli, Davide Bonaglia, Bulat Sanditov, Yağmur Yıldız & Diego Chavarro, 2023, Evaluation study of the European framework programmes for research and innovation for excellent science; Horizon 2020 : phase 1 final study report, The study presents lessons learned and recommendations for policy on excellent science under Horizon 2020. This is one of several support studies feeding into the European Commission's ex-post evaluation of the European framework programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020, DOI: 10.2777/967813, More information
Notten, Ad, Jojo Jacob, Bulat Sanditov & Alex Surpatean, 2019, Analysis of patents, publications and new organisations from FP7-ICT and CIP-ICT projects, This study report provides an in-depth examination of the publications and patents reported through the yearly survey waves undertaken by DG CNECT in the years 2008-2017. It is also the culmination of two consecutive ex-post research evaluations, of which the first exercise starting in 2012 and the second in 2016. The results of both these research assessments, SMART 2011/0039 and SMART 2015/0078, are created in this report. Additional analysis of the productivity and quality of the research output of projects funded under FP7 ICT using a longitudinal dataset is foremost concentrated on two data sets; one of patents, the other of publications. Next to these two datasets, we also conduct a preliminary analysis into the data collected on newly created organisations for the years 2014 to 2016. This report covers the entirety of the FP7 projects launched during the years 2007 to 2013, for their productive years from 2007 to 2016, DOI: 10.2759/644641, More information
Wintjes, René, Nordine Es-Sadki, Rüdiger Glott & Ad Notten, 2016, Improved Measurement of the Economics of Social Innovation , SIMPACT is a research project funded under the European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme from 2014-2016 and is the acronym for «Boosting the Impact of SI in Europe through Economic Underpinnings». The project consortium consists of twelve European research institutions and is led by the Institute for Work and Technology of the Westphalian University Gelsenkirchen in Germany, More information
Sanditov, Bulat, Jojo Jacob, Alex Surpatean, René Wintjes, Simone Sasso & Ad Notten, 2015, Inventory of the patents and publications of FP7 projects in the field of ICT, The inventory includes data on 295 patents and 18,158 publications resulting from FP7 funded projects in the field of ICT (ICT theme within Cooperation Programme and eInfrastructures within Capacities Programme), More information
Jacob, Jojo, Bulat Sanditov, René Wintjes, Alex Surpatean, Simone Sasso, Ad Notten & Evgueni Smirnov, 2014, Analysis of publications and patents of ICT research in FP7, Funded by the European Commission - DG CONNECT (SMART 2011/0039), More information
Wang, Lili & Ad Notten, 2010, Nano-technology and Nano-science, 1998-2008, Benchmark report
Wang, Lili & Ad Notten, 2010, Benchmark Report: Nano-technology and Nano-science, 1998-2008, the ObservatoryNano project, the 7th Framework Program, European Commission
Newman, Nils, Can Huang, Ad Notten & Lili Wang, 2009, Report on Benchmarking Global Nanotechnology Scientific Research: 1998-2007, the ObservatoryNano project, the 7th Framework Program, European Commission
Conference contributions
Notten, Ad, Martin Rehm, Frank Cornelissen & Alan Daly, 2017, To Go Beyond...New Frontiers for Analyzing Social Networking Sites for Educational Policy & Practice, American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Antonio, Texas
Notten, Ad, Jacques Mairesse & Bart Verspagen, 2016, The CDM framework: knowledge recombination from an evolutionary viewpoint, 16th International Schumpeter Society Conference, Montreal, 6-8 July 2016, More information
Notten, Ad, 2015, An analysis of publication and patent output of ICT research in Framework Programme 7, 2015 Manchester Forum on Data Science, Tech Mining and Innovation, Manchester, 29-30 October 2015
Rehm, Martin & Ad Notten, 2015, What are They Tweeting About? Analyzing the Cognitive Dimension of Twitter Conversation among Teachers, AECT 2015, Indianapolis, USA, 3 – 7 November, 2015
Rehm, Martin, Ad Notten & Michael Kerres, 2015, Tweeting Teachers – Does Social Capital play a Role in Twitter Conversations among Teachers?, EARLI 2015, Limassol, Cyprus, 25 – 29 August, 2015
Rehm, Martin, Ad Notten & Michael Kerres, 2015, The Creation and Distribution of Social Capital in Twitter Conversations among Teachers – A Longitudinal Ego-Network Approach, XXXV. Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, Brighton, UK, 23 – 28 June, 2015
Rehm, Martin, Annabell Preussler, Michael Kerres & Ad Notten, 2014, #WhatsTheDifference? Comparing Hashtag Conversation on Twitter among Teachers, AECT 2014, Jacksonville, USA, 4 – 8 November, 2014
Rehm, Martin, Annabell Preussler, Michael Kerres & Ad Notten, 2014, Pebble-in-the-Pond?! Does a Hashtag Conversation on Twitter connect Teachers?, EARLI - SIG 14 (Learning and Professional Development), Oslo, Norway, 27 – 29 August, 2014
Notten, Ad & Lili Wang, 2011, Mapping the interdisciplinary nature and co-evolutionary patterns in five nano-industrial sectors, First Global Techmining (GTM) Conference, Atlanta, 14 September 2011
Wang, Lili & Ad Notten, 2011, Mapping the interdisciplinary nature and co-evolutionary patterns in five nano-industrial sectors, DIME Final Conference, Maastricht