Roel Bottema

Senior Consultant

Offices: Netherlands

Email: roel.bottema@technopolis-group.com

Roel Bottema MSc is a senior consultant with Technopolis in Amsterdam. He has eleven years of experience as a policy researcher. Within Technopolis, Roel focuses on science, technology, and sustainability. Previously, he researched and evaluated policies regarding sustainability, circular economy, social and labor market policies, and SME financing. With his experience, Roel has extensive knowledge of different qualitative and quantitative research methods and both ex-ante and ex-post evaluations.

Prior to joining Technopolis Group, Roel worked for several consultancies conducting evaluation and policy research on several themes and subjects. He worked at Pro Facto, conducting research on counter-terrorism policies. Next, he worked several projects in the field of labor markets, welfare and social programmes, evaluating several local policies throughout the Netherlands. The last six years, Roel has focused on sustainability and circular economy by researching waste collection and treatment on local, national and international level.

Roel has a bachelor and masters degree in Sociology and a bachelors degree in Philosophy from the University of Groningen. Roel is fluent in Dutch and English.