Technopolis Group’s Dutch office provides research and consultancy services.  Founded in 1996, we serve clients from the Netherlands, Flanders and across the globe from our office in Amsterdam.

Our expertise is broad and covers all thematic areas within Technopolis Group. Apart from the general focus on science, technology and innovation, we have considerable experience of green economy, health & life sciences, digital technologies, emerging markets, (higher) education, and international cooperation. 

We have a strong track record in some specific niche areas, such as:

• Research policies and organisations-  strategic support and evaluation 
• Entrepreneurship and start-up ecosystems
• Digital and key enabling technologies
• (Alternatives for) Animal testing
• Blue economy and circular economy
• Nuclear technologies and large-research infrastructure
• High-tech skills and lifelong learning
• Culture, creative industries and cultural policy

Every day our team of 30+ people strives to help solve societal problems, strengthen the economy and improve policies and organisations. Our thought-leaders bring new developments in policy research and advice into practice and are up to date on the latest trends in science, technology and innovation. Over the years, our advice, visions and best practices have been adopted by policymakers all over the world.

Our Clients

We support a wide range of partners, including:

• National and regional governments and agencies including, Dutch Ministries, Dutch national agencies, Regional and local authorities, Ministries and agencies in many other countries e.g. Finland, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, …).
• Knowledge organisations and advisory bodies including, Vereniging Hogescholen (VH), Universiteiten van Nederland (UNL), MBO-Raad, Advisory Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (AWTI), Various (semi-)public initiatives.
• European institutions including the European Commission, European Agencies like HADEA, the European Parliament Panel for the future of science and technology (STOA).
• Other international and supranational organisations including, the United Nations, World Bank, African Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, OECD.

Who we work for and with

Our Approach

Our team of passionate domain and methodological experts supports the public and semi-public sector with high-quality strategic advice and policy-oriented research. We are active across the full government policy cycle, from policy preparation and design to implementation, monitoring, evaluation and learning.

We conduct a broad range of studies, including:

• Policy and programme evaluations, including ex-ante, mid-term and ex-post evaluations of policy instruments, programmes and organisations
• Impact analyses, assessing economic, societal, environmental and innovation impacts of foreseen programmes and legislation
• Market and sector studies, including ecosystem and value chain analyses
• Foresight and future-oriented studies, such as scenario building, horizon scanning and technology foresight
• Monitoring and benchmarking studies, supporting evidence-based policy steering and comparison across regions or countries

We design robust, fit-for-purpose research approaches with a clear distinction between data collection and data analysis:

• Qualitative data collection includes interviews, focus groups, workshops, expert panels, stakeholder consultations, case studies, document analysis, outcome harvesting and contribution analysis.
• Quantitative data collection includes surveys, administrative and register data, web scraping, bibliometric and patent data, as well as the use of open and proprietary datasets.
• Data analysis includes statistical and econometric analysis, CBA, network analysis, text and content analysis, trend analysis, comparative analysis and indicator development. Our in-house AI capabilities keep our approaches up to date.

This structured approach allows us to tailor methodologies to complex policy questions while ensuring transparency, rigor and policy relevance. Our services are often tailor-made to the needs of our clients, combining analytical depth with practical applicability.

Contact

Geert van der Veen and Matthias Ploeg are the Managing Partners, supported by Stijn Zegel, Partner. The management team further consists of Diana Martorino and Ivette Oomens.

Registered No: 33282859 Chamber of Commerce, Amsterdam

VAT: NL 8049 52 243 B01