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

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/Horizon Europe 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 communication and writing skills, solid experience in coordinating policy development within Commission services and in interaction with relevant stakeholders.

I  offer

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

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

(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). He also received a Master of Arts in Contemporary European Studies from the University of Bath (UK, 2002), where he wrote his master thesis on involving civil society in EU research policy development.

After several internships (at the Commission and for several European umbrella NGOs) and a stint as online editor for two Austrian newspapers he has been working on EU funded research projects since 2005. He was involved "hands on" in proposal writing as well as dissemination of research results for several research consortia, including the FP6 MoniQA Network of Excellence (FP6) on food safety.

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. 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

My LinkedIn profile is available here.

The link section on this website provides information about the companies and organisations I have worked for. Information about my thesis and other university projects is available in the projects section. 

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