Societal Impact of Science: Methods & Instruments for Assessment 2023

Dr. Stefan de Jong is assistant professor at the Department of Public Administration and Sociology of Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is a researcher within Erasmus University Rotterdam’s strategic project ‘Evaluating Societal Impact.’ Stefan holds a research fellow position at the Center for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology of Stellenbosch University. Prior to this he was a post-doctoral researcher at Department of Sociology of the University of Chicago and the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research of the University of Manchester, and a researcher at the Rathenau Institute of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences. Stefan also has experience as an impact and grant adviser at Leiden University.

He has hosted over 50 impact workshops and has trained over 700 researchers and professional staff of universities so far. Antwerp University, Centres de Recerca de Catalunya, the Dutch Heart Foundation, the Dutch Research Council, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Leiden University, Utrecht University, Springer Nature and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam are some examples of organizations that have invited him to host a (series of) workshops.

Stefan obtained a BSc. in Cell Biology from Wageningen University (2006), an MSc. in Innovation Studies from Utrecht University (2008), and a PhD in Social Sciences from Leiden University (2015). His research interests include societal impacts and evaluation of academic research. Stefan has authored fifteen scientific publications on these topics, in journals such as Research Evaluation, Research Policy, and Science and Public policy, as well as six policy reports and briefs. He has received several grants, including from the Dutch Research Council (Rubicon Grant in 2017), the Spanish government (Juan de La Cierva Incorporación grant in 2019 – not accepted) and the European Commission (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship in 2020).