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Network Coordinator Ester Foppen
Ester Foppen worked previously at PwC Consulting Services (now IBM Business Consulting). There she gained project management experience. She finished her M.A. degree at the faculty of Culture and Science Studies, University of Maastricht in August 2000. The thematic focus of her major was on technological culture and on cultural identity. In Roskilde, Denmark, she studied at the International Cultural Studies programme. In a project team she performed a critical discourse analysis on an advertising campaign for a newspaper. At the EC/DC her task as network coordinator will be facilitating the further growth and development of the Global E-Quality Network. Email: coordinator@globalequality.info

Project Supervisor & General Editor: Dr. Myriam Diocaretz
Myriam is a Senior Researcher and eCulture Research Unit Leader at ECDC/Infonomics. Before joining Infonomics, Myriam was WW Training Manager at a multi-national, on the curricula for technical support of new technologies in global and networked environments. She has directed, among others, the Internet project that led to the Global E-Quality conference and Network, and the Electronic Publishing Project at the Universiteit Maastricht. She has specialized in copyright, digital platforms and e-publishing. She is the founder and General Editor of the academic series Critical Studies, and Cultura y Diferencia; other academic series include Inter/Actions, in French (Rodopi); Critical Theory, John Benjamins. Author, editor or co-editor of twenty books in English, French and Spanish on critical theory, semiotics, culture & discourse, gender studies & poetics, translation, she has been a visiting Professor & guest lecturer in Europe and the USA. More details at: http://www.MyriamDiocaretz.net; http://www.ecdc.info; http://www.infonomics.nl
Email: Myriam.Diocaretz@ecdc.info

General Advisor: Prof. Louk de la Rive Box
Louk de la Rive Box is the General Advisor for the Global E-Quality Network. Louk Box was professor of geography at Utrecht University ) and is currently professor of international co-operation at Maastricht University (2000- ). He lectures at the UN University (Tokyo 2001, 2002) and at different Dutch universities on topics related to international co-operation, particularly as relating to Science and Technology Development (STD). He lectures and supervises students in the European Society, Science and Technology Master's programme and developed its pilot specialization Bridging the Technology Divide (2002). As the director of a research programme at Maastricht University, he coordinates studies on the development of methodologies to assess STD Policy dialogues in a number of developing countries. More details at: http://www.fdcw.unimaas.nl/personal/people/loukdelarivebox.htm

Webmaster: Herman Pijpers
Herman Pijpers joined the International Institute of Infonomics and ECDC in 2001. Before that he worked for five years at the European Journalism Centre in Maastricht as project assistant, webmaster and editor of the Centre's daily e-zine 'Media News Digest'. Apart from webmastering the ECDC website, he maintains and developes several other websites, including those of the Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) and the International Institute of Infonomics (IIoI). He is also founder and editor of 'ICT Weekly', a free weekly e-zine covering ICT-related news, which is jointly offered by Infonomics, MERIT and ECDC. Email: Herman.Pijpers@ecdc.info

 
 

 

 
 
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