Govert Valkenburg

I am a research professor of STS at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. I earlier worked at several universities in the Netherlands and I was coordinator of the PhD programme of WTMC, the Netherlands Graduate School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture. My research has covered many empirical fields such as energy, digital technologies and (bio)medical research. I have applied a range of lenses, including ethics and various perspectives on justice, responsible research and innovation, and studies of innovation systems.

I will be happy to serve as EASST’s next treasurer. I have extensive experience as a treasurer of foundations and associations. During EASST general meetings, I have noticed that many financial topics raise my interest and engagement. My treasuring experience has mostly been built in the Netherlands, which is crucial as EASST is formally an association registered in the Netherlands. I am able to navigate the landscape in which EASST is embedded.

Apart from my wish to take care of the finances, I will be an active member of the council. Topics that are close to my heart are PhD education and the difficulties and injustices of making a career in academia. Also, knowing that carbon footprint is a serious problem of the mobility that we take for granted as part of our work, I will continually seek to improve the opportunities for online solutions to our needs for sociality. In general, I will have an open mind to all the activities that make EASST a flourishing community.