technology assessment

Agnė Paliokaitė

Managing Director/Visionary Analytics

Agnė is in charge of the policy research and evaluation in the fields of innovation and R&D policies and governance dynamics. She is a science, technology and innovation expert with more than 13 years of experience in the evaluation, impact assessments and feasibility studies as well as applied social sciences. She is also an experienced adviser on national STI indicators and establishment of the monitoring systems, and provides research and technical assistance for institutional capacity building.

Jan Staman

Director - Rathenau Institute, Netherlands

Jan Staman was appointed to head the Rathenau Institute in 2002. As its director, he is responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day work of the institute.

Jan studied veterinary medicine and (Dutch) law. After graduation, he spent eight years on the research staff of Utrecht University's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Department of Domestic Animals) before going on to hold various appointments at the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality in The Hague.

Gabriel T. Velloso

PhD student/FCT-UNL and ITAS-KIT