Personal profile
Academic background
Dr. ir. Bastiaan van Loenen is als universitair hoofddocent de wetenschappelijk leider van het Kenniscentrum open data van de Technische Universiteit Delft. Zijn huidige onderzoek is gericht op de bestuurlijk-juridische aspecten van open data. Andere onderzoeksinteresse ligt op het gebied van de ontwikkeling en beoordeling van geografische informatie infrastructuren (GII) vanuit een bestuurlijk-juridisch perspectief. Met zijn onderzoek probeert hij inzichten te verkrijgen in de wijze waarop de toegang tot en het gebruik van de geografische informatie kan worden verbeterd zowel vanuit een gebruikers- als vanuit een aanbiedersperspectief. Verder heeft hij bijzondere interesse in het concept open (data) city waar burger, bedrijven en overheden gezamenlijk met gelijke informatieposities de stad van de toekomst vormgeven.
Bastiaan is voorzitter van de Geo-informatie informatie infrastructuur commissie van de Nederlandse Stichting voor Geodesie en Geoinformatica (NCG), was van 2011-2015 voorzitter van legal and socio-economic working group van de Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association, adviseerde diverse Europese landen over hun GII implementatie en is als expert verbonden aan diverse Europese projecten op het gebied van geografische informatie infrastructuren. Van Loenen heeft meer dan 100 publicaties op zijn naam staan waaronder artikelen in peer review journals, boeken, boekhoofdstukken en artikelen in tijdschriften gericht op professionals. Van Loenen spreekt regelmatig op zowel nationale als internationale congressen en workshops.
In 2010 kreeg hij de professor T.J. Tienstra prijs voor talentvolste jonge Nederlandse wetenschapper op het gebied van de geo-wetenschappen.
Bastiaan van Loenen (associate professor) holds a PhD from Delft University of Technology, and a M.Sc. from The University of Maine ( Spatial Information Science and Engineering) and TU Delft (Geodetic Engineering). Bastiaan is chairing the Knowledge Center Open Data at the Faculty of Architecture and The Built Environment.
Currently his main focus is on open data: the stimulation of re-use of public sector geo-information (PSGI). Other research interests include the development and assessment of Spatial data infrastructures (SDI), the assessment of access and re-use policies and legal aspects of geographic information (e.g., location privacy, harmonising licenses, intellectual property rights). Of special interest is the concept of the open (data) city where citizens, companies and government together, with equal information positions, design and develop the city of the future.
Bastiaan chairs the Geo-information infrastructure committee of the Dutch Geodetic Commission, was chair of the legal and socio-economic committee of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI) (2011-2015), participated as an expert in the European Legal Aspects of Public Sector Information 2.0 project, the INSPIRE State of Play project and in the eSDInet+ project, and has advised several European countries on INSPIRE implementation. Van Loenen was in 2010 awarded the professor J.M. Tienstraprijs for most talented young Dutch researcher in the geo-sciences domain.
He has (co-)authored over a 100 publications including the co-editorship of Open Data Explored (2018), SDI Convergence; Research, Emerging Trends, and Critical Assessment (2009), A Multi-View Framework to Assess Spatial Data Infrastructures (2008) and Spatial data infrastructure and policy development in Europe and the United States (2004).
Keywords (LCC)
- H Social Sciences (General)
- open data
- spatial data
- assessment
- law
- governance
- data infrastructures
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Business model archetypes of open data intermediaries: Empirical insights from practice
Shaharudin, A., van Loenen, B. & Janssen, M., 2026, In: Electronic Markets. 36, 1, 22 p., 19.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Active online learning in the geomatics domain: The experiences of five European universities
van Loenen, B., Welle Donker, F. M., Mansourian, A., Schulze Althoff, J., Pitz, N., Vancauwenberghe, G. & Tomić , H., 2025, Teaching Architecture: Insights from TU Delft – Research on Education Innovation in Architecture & the Built Environment. Rooij, R., Cavallo, R. & van der Hoeven, F. (eds.). Delft: BookRxiv, p. 177-185 9 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Chapter › Scientific
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Beyond federated data: A data commoning proposition for the EU’s citizen-centric digital strategy
Calzati, S. & van Loenen, B., 2025, In: AI and Society. 40 (2025), 2, p. 945-957 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Developing an Open Data Intermediation Business Model: Insights From the Case of Esri
Shaharudin, A., van Loenen, B. & Janssen, M., 2025, In: Transactions in GIS. 29, 1, 23 p., e13304.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Integrating Engineering Principles in Data Literacy Workshops for Primary Education
Bosnic, I., Divjak, A. K., Donker, F. W. & Van Loenen, B., 2025, 2025 MIPRO 48th ICT and Electronics Convention, MIPRO 2025 - Proceedings. Babic, S., Car, Z., Cicin-Sain, M., Ergovic, P., Grbac, T. G., Gradisnik, V., Gros, S., Jovic, A., Jurekovic, D. & More Editors (eds.). IEEE, p. 1335-1340 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data underlying research paper "Exploring potential contributions of open data intermediaries"
Shaharudin, A. (Creator), van Loenen, B. (Creator) & Janssen, M. (Creator), TU Delft - 4TU.ResearchData, 7 Mar 2024
DOI: 10.4121/d7dd11e0-7c6c-49db-946a-ffe71520f8fd
Dataset/Software: Dataset
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Publications and filtering decisions for the systematic literature review in "Towards a Common Definition of Open Data Intermediaries"
Shaharudin, A. (Creator), van Loenen, B. (Creator) & Janssen, M. (Creator), TU Delft - 4TU.ResearchData, 4 Oct 2023
DOI: 10.4121/6371FB1E-1A0C-467A-B290-570A417F6885
Dataset/Software: Dataset
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Data underlying research paper "Developing an open data intermediation business model: insights from the case of Esri"
Shaharudin, A. (Creator), van Loenen, B. (Creator) & Janssen, M. (Creator), TU Delft - 4TU.ResearchData, 26 Nov 2024
DOI: 10.4121/F86D0E4C-851F-4378-A1BC-41210235AD61
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Prizes
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Best paper award
Indrajit, A. (Recipient), Ploeger, H. (Recipient), van Loenen, B. (Recipient) & van Oosterom, P. J. M. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: National/international honour
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Activities
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Towards a sustainable open data ecosystem
van Loenen, B. (Speaker)
21 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop, seminar, course or other meeting
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Open data anno 2026: Déjà vu of is het echt anders?
van Loenen, B. (Speaker) & Ploeger, H. D. (Speaker)
3 Jun 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Towards a sustainable open data ecosystem
van Loenen, B. (Speaker)
19 Mar 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Open Data: Everything Everywhere All at Once
van Loenen, B. (Keynote speaker), Lopez Reyes, M. E. (Speaker) & Shaharudin, A. (Speaker)
13 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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26th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science “Spatial data for design” (Event)
van Oosterom, P. J. M. (Editor), Ploeger, H. D. (Editor), Mansourian, A. (Editor), Scheider, S. (Editor), Lemmens, R. (Editor) & van Loenen, B. (Editor)
2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Projects
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DIgital data-dRiven EduCaTion fOR kidS
van Loenen, B. (Principal Investigator (PI)), Welle Donker, F. M. (Participant), Bosnic, I. (Participant), Kuveždić Divjak, A. (Participant) & Ploeger, H. D. (Participant)
1/12/23 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
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ODECO: Towards a sustainable Open Data ECOsystem
van Loenen, B. (Principal Investigator (PI)), Zuiderwijk-van Eijk, A. M. G. (Participant), Mulder, I. J. (Participant), Ploeger, H. D. (Participant), Welle Donker, F. M. (Participant), Janssen, M. (Participant), Crompvoets, J. (Participant), Vancauwenberghe, G. (Participant), Steenberghen, T. (Participant), Casiano Flores, C. (Participant), Dulong de Rosnay, M. (Participant), Cluzel-Métayer, L. (Participant), Lopez-Pellicer, F. J. (Participant), Nogueras-Iso, J. (Participant), Alexopoulos, C. (Participant), Charalabidis, Y. (Participant), Loukis, E. (Participant), Magnussen, R. (Participant), Larsen, B. (Participant), le Maire Munksgaard Rasmussen, L. L. (Participant), Polini, A. (Participant), Re, B. (Participant) & Fourlis, A. (Participant)
1/10/21 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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TODO: Twinning Open Data Operational
Welle Donker, F. M. (Participant), van Loenen, B. (Participant), Charalabidis, Y. (Participant), Vujić , M. (Participant), Šalamon , D. (Participant), Tomičić Furjan, M. (Participant), Žajdela Hrustek, N. (Participant), Musa, A. (Participant), Čavrak, I. (Participant) & Kuveždić Divjak, A. (Principal Investigator (PI))
1/10/19 → 31/03/23
Project: Research
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SPIDER: open SPatial data Infrastructure eDucation nEtwoRk
van Loenen, B. (Principal Investigator (PI))
1/09/19 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
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Press/Media
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AVG hoeft open BAG-data niet in de weg te staan
1/01/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement
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Durven delen: op weg naar een toegankelijke wetenschap
1/01/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement
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Eerste onderzoeken Maps4Society van start: Open data versus privacy
1/01/14
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement
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Een verborgen claim op de Europese hypotheekmarkt
1/01/06
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement