Prof.dr. Marijn Janssen is a Full Professor in ICT & Governance in the Technology, Policy and Management Faculty of Delft University of Technology, head of the Engineering Systems & Servies (ESS) department, and (honorary) visiting professor at Bradford University, KU Leuven and Universiti Teknologi Mara. Marijn Janssen's research is in the field of the governance of Smart and Open Digital Government, Open Data, Sovereignty, and emerging technologies, like AI, Quantum computing, metaverse, and blockchain, which fundamentally change the organizational landscape and influence governance. He has published over 600 refereed publications, his Google Scholar h-score is 92, having over 40K citations. More information can be found here.
Cities like Amsterdam face a number of challenges that can be addressed with digital technologies, but the solutions need to meet citizens' values and are highly interdependent with the physical urban environment. Addressing societal problems typically requires a combination of technology requiring systems integration and impacting a variety of public values. The duality of technology shows that there can be both positive and negative effects at the same time. A deep understanding of the socio-tech situation is needed to advance.
“Data is everywhere which results in opaqueness, whereas trans-parency and accountability need to be accomplished with inte-grated systems design.”