expert in EU research policy & Horizon 2020, focused on open science, open access and FAIR/open data

After six years as senior policy officer for open access and open data in the European Commission I am exploring new enriching professional opportunities in EU research policy and Horizon 2020 as of September 2018.

My key skills: team player able to adapt quickly to new policy areas, efficient worker with a strong capacity to plan, analyse and deliver on time, excellent oral communication and drafting skills (e.g. notes and briefings), solid experience in coordinating policy development within Commission services and in interaction with relevant stakeholders.

I plan to offer

Information, public relations, grant writing, training & coaching as well as advocacy/policy-making activities in the areas of:

(i) open access to scientific publications (open access) and open research data (open / FAIR research data)

(ii) European research policy, in particular the Horizon 2020 European Research Framework Program and its successor Horizon Europe, which is currently being negotiated

(iii) Dissemination of results of scientific research of Horizon 2020 projects

CV Long version

Daniel obtained a joint "Magister" (Mag.phil) degree from the University of Vienna (Austria) in English, Communication Science and History (2000), writing his thesis about the global spread of English. He also obtained a Master of Arts in Contemporary European Studies from the University of Bath (UK, 2002), where he first encountered European research policy and tackled the issue of involving civil society in FP6.

After several internships in European umbrella NGOs and a stint as online editor for two Austrian newspapers he has been working on EU funded projects since 2005, in the areas of eHealth, ICT, SME support and the knowledge based bio-economy, in particular the MoniQA Network of Excellence (FP6). In his capacity as EU project consultant for scientists, he was involved "hands on" in the preparation of grants as well as project management and communication so he is familiar with the implementation of research projects from a "bottom up" perspective.

From January 2012 to January 2018 Daniel Spichtinger was employed by the European Commission as a project and senior policy officer for open access to scientific peer-reviewed publications and research data. In this capacity he contributed to the development of open access policies in Horizon 2020, including for instance the design and implementation of the Open Access to Research Data Pilot in Horizon 2020. He also interacted with the Member States and relevant external stakeholders, providing presentations and trainings as well as managing projects in this area.

More information

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