Dr. C.A. (Kees-Jan) van Dorp

Dr. C.A. (Kees-Jan) van Dorp is Research Director and advisory to the Board and Executive of EADTU. EADTU is the representative organisation of both the European open and distance teaching universities, and the national consortia of higher education institutions active in the field of distance education and e-learning. Van Dorp maintains active involvement in research by coordination of European and US funded projects, task forces, academic initiatives and stakeholder cooperation, viz. the European Commission, the European University Association, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the OpenCourseWare Consortium, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

He developed multiple Good Practices in strands of Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates Minerva, Information Society Technologies, Lingua, Erasmus, KA4 Multilateral and Jean Monet, relating to European virtual campuses, employability, university-enterprise cooperation, open educational resources, modernisation of HE, and curriculum development. Van Dorp delivered education and research at Maastricht University, contract research at Wageningen University and contract education at University College Maastricht. He obtained various grants from government and foundations for research on knowledge and information management.

Van Dorp has authored en edited several books and dozens of publications. He serves multiple programme committees and is requested keynote speaker, workshop leader, moderator, presenter, panellist, peer reviewer and domain expertee. He obtained his master degree at Eindhoven University of Technology and his PhD degree at Wageningen University.