Anneke Zuiderwijk

Anneke Zuiderwijk serves as Associate Professor in Open Data at TU Delft's Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, where she has worked since 2011. Her research focuses on developing theories and infrastructures that incentivize open data sharing among governments, researchers, companies, and citizens. She began her career at the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, where she gained practical insight into judicial data sharing challenges. After completing her PhD with distinction under Professor Marijn Janssen at TU Delft, she worked on the EU-funded VRE4EIC project to develop virtual research environments for multidisciplinary collaboration. Her most cited work "Benefits, adoption barriers and myths of open data and open government" (2012) has significantly influenced the field. She currently serves as Chief Editor of the Journal of Electronic Democracy (JeDEM) and has co-authored influential frameworks for comparing open data policies and their implementation. Her teaching contributions include developing professional education courses on Open Data Governance and MOOCs on Open Science. Through her research and leadership, she continues to advance understanding of open data ecosystems while addressing barriers to data sharing across sectors.