Gaston Heimeriks has a background in biochemistry (MSc) and in science and technology studies (MA). He previously worked as a researcher at the University of Amsterdam and the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences on European projects dealing with the influence of ICT on the development of the science-technology-economy system. His research resulted in a PhD at the University of Amsterdam in 2005.  Gaston also worked at the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) in Seville, one of the seven scientific institutes of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, for the Dutch Advisory Council for Science and Technology Policy (AWT) and as a senior researcher at STePS Twente.

Professional Experience       

2009-                     Assistant Professor Innovation Studies

Department of Innovation Studies, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University

2008- 2009           Senior Researcher

School of Management and Governance, Department of Science, Technology, and Policy Studies (STePS) University Twente

2007- 2009           Policy advisor

                                Dutch Advisory Council for Science and Technology Policy (AWT)

2006- 2007           Researcher and policy advisor

                                European Commission DG JRC Institute for Prospective Technological Studies

2003-2006            Researcher

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW institutes Rathenau Institute and Netherlands Institute of Scientific Information)

1998-2003            Researcher

University of Amsterdam, dept. Social Science Informatics

Education      

2005                     PhD Communication Science

University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Social Sciences, dept. Communication Science

1997                     MA Science and Technology Studies

University Maastricht and University Louis Pasteur Strasbourg

2006- 2007           MSc Biochemistry

Groningen University