Dr. Marleen Huysman is a Full Professor of Knowledge & Organization at the School of Business and Economics (SBE) of the VU University Amsterdam and is founding director of the KIN Center for Digital Innovation. She is the figurehead for the VSNU research agenda “Digital Society” (Work and Organization program line) and joined the Dutch National AI Coalition. She was awarded a prestigious national grant from the NWO’s Open Competition to follow AI from development in the lab to its use on the work floor to develop a collaborative methodology for augmenting knowledge work. She is co-author of the recently published book “S.L.I.M. managen van AI in de praktijk: hoe organisaties slimme technologie implementeren”.
Dr. Wendy Gunther is a postdoctoral researcher at KIN. She holds a PhD from the school of business and economics at the VU, a MSc ICT in Business (summa cum laude) from Leiden University, and a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Amsterdam. Wendy’s research focuses on how organizations can successfully leverage data as strategic resources. This includes studying how organizations develop and implement data-driven strategies; how traditional organizations transform into data-driven organizations, and what new roles and responsibilities emerge as organizations try to realize social and economic value from (big) data.
Lauren Waardenburg is a PhD candidate at the KIN Center for Digital Innovation, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She is also a visiting PhD at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on how the use of smart technology is changing the future of work. Part of this was a three-year ethnographic study of the use of AI at the Dutch National Police.She is co-author of the book “S.L.I.M. managen van AI in de praktijk: hoe organisaties slimme technologie implementeren”
Dr. Marlous Agterberg is research and valorisation manager at the KIN Center for Digital Innovation. She has studied the use and impact of digital technologies on organisations in settings. In her current position Marlous is responsible for creating social impact with the academic top research at KIN executed. She initiates new collaborations with organizations and develops new ways to actively create impact with research in organisations. She is co-author of the book “S.L.I.M. managen van AI in de praktijk: hoe organisaties slimme technologie implementeren”.