Openresearch editorial board
The editorial team of openresearch.amsterdam
Openresearch.amsterdam was initiated by the Chief Science Office of the Municipality of Amsterdam. Doutje Lettinga is the editor-in-chief of the platform. She has been the Chief Science Officer since June 1, 2025, succeeding Caroline Nevejan, the founder of openresearch and former CSO. The editorial staff responsible for the platform's daily operations can be found in the colophon. For questions about the platform, you can contact them individually or email openresearch[at]amsterdam.nl.
On openresearch.amsterdam, editors are responsible for the content of their own collections. Editors work at municipal departments and knowledge institutions in Amsterdam and the metropolitan region. They can independently publish articles online and add new articles. For content-related questions about an article, you can contact them directly. Contact information can be found by clicking on the name of the respective editor.
The editorial team is supported by an editorial board.
The CSO is responsible for:
- Identifying trends and developments and introducing them into Amsterdam's implementation, policy and decision-making. In this context, the CSO also contributes to the strategic agenda for Amsterdam (established by the GMT) by connecting it to the current state of knowledge and science. This involves close collaboration with, among others, the CTO and the Urban Strategy Team.
- Developing collaborations with the knowledge institutions in a more structured way and (further) develop a sustainable knowledge infrastructure in the city. The city is a complex system and this necessitates more research and connection between the different forms of knowledge (scientific, practice-oriented, design and experience).
- Directing and documenting networks such as the network of municipal professors and municipal PhD students, the Design Thinking network and the Citydeal Kennis Maken network.
- Documenting and participating in research networks of researchers in the municipality of Amsterdam and researchers in knowledge institutions such as the network of research coordinators of RVEs and district organizations (SDOs), the researchers' consultation (CoEs and SDOs) and the network of area managers. As far as possible, links are made to existing forums, and where necessary the CSO team directs additional networks.
- The relationship with the knowledge institutions and is the point of contact for administrators and top management of both the municipality and the various knowledge institutions. The CSO team, in collaboration with Economic Affairs, provides the secretariat for various structural meetings, consultations and networks between the City of Amsterdam and the various knowledge institutions.
