Robert-Jan Smits#
| Membership Number: | 4636 |
| Membership type: | HONORARY |
| Section: | ECONOMICS, BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2018 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
Present and Previous Positions
- Present: President Eindhoven University of Technology - The Netherlands
- March 2018 - March 2019 Open access Envoy, European Political Strategy Centre, European Commission
- July 2010 - March 2018 Director-General, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission
- April 2010 - June 2010 Deputy-Director General, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
- 2005 - March 2010 Director, European Research Area, DG Research, European Commission
- 2002 - 2005 Head of Unit, Strengthening cooperation in Research and the European Scientific Base, DG Research, European Commission
- 1985 - 1989:Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands - International technology policy
Fields of Scholarship
- European science and innovation policy
Honours and Awards
- 2019 SPARC Innovators Award
- 2018 Honorary Medal from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- 2017 Excellence in Global Science award South Africa
- 2017 Academy Medal from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2016 Honorary degree Edinburgh University
- 2016 Life-time achievement from EuroScience
