Jean-Claude Burgelman

Jean-Claude Burgelman is a Professor of Open Science Policy at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and formerly the Head of Unit for Open Science Policy at the European Commission. With a focus on the impact of digital technologies on society, he has 40 years of experience in academia and policy-making.

During his tenure at the European Commission, Professor Burgelman pioneered the development and implementation of Europe’s widely acclaimed open science policies. His drive and focus is to prove the case for open science and the enormous benefit it offers to people and planet.

He was the architect of the Open Science Cloud.

As Chief Editor of the Frontiers Policy Labs in Frontiers, Professor Burgelman explores novel ways how to achieve this by engaging leading voices in the policy and research space. He advocates for the notion that humankind can find solutions to global challenges by opening scientific research, while simultaneously closing the gap between research, society and policy-makers.

Jean-Claude Burgelman’s ambition for the Frontiers Planet Prize is to accelerate scientific solutions by becoming the Nobel prize for sustainability science.