Janpieter van der Pol

Dr. Janpieter van der Pol is an Assistant Professor at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development within Utrecht University's Faculty of Geosciences. His research focuses on analyzing innovation ecosystems, particularly in relation to technological sovereignty for critical technologies, using data-driven methodologies.

• Faculty: Faculty of Geosciences
• Institute: Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
• Research Group: Innovation Studies

His work integrates econometrics, natural language processing, machine learning, and network science to explore innovation dynamics. Current projects include ESMEE (Enabling Societal Missions through Entrepreneurial Ecosystems), funded by the NWO grant, which investigates sustainable entrepreneurship ecosystems co-designed with Regional Development Agencies.

Research outputs span scientometrics, competitive intelligence, and technology lifecycle analysis. He teaches courses like Data Analytics for Sustainability and contributes to programs such as Science and Innovation Management and Sustainable Business and Innovation. His expertise includes economics of innovation, network analysis, agent-based modeling, and risk economics.

• Skills: R programming, social network analysis, data science, artificial intelligence
• Projects: ESMEE (2022-2027) - Researcher role