Tom Emery

Tom Emery

Associate Professor

Erasmus University Rotterdam

I am Associate Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Executive Director of ODISSEI, the Dutch National Infrastructure for Social Science, where I am responsible for the strategic development of the infrastructure and international collaborations. I am the Social Science Lead for the Pandemic and Disaster Preparedeness Center and, for 2025-26, I am co-Director of the IPDLN. I’m deeply passionate about improving social science data and the infrastructure that is needed for its collection, processing and dissemination. I believe that the social sciences can help us understand and improve society, but to do so we must improve and diversify the data we use in social research. Because of this, I am a strong advocate of open science and the FAIR principles.

I’m always keen to discuss my work and engage in new collaborations.

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Interests
  • Research Infrastructure
  • Computational Social Science
  • Intergenerational Relations
  • Data Driven Policy
  • Open Science
  • FAIR Implementation
Education
  • MBA in Research Infrastructure Management, 2019

    University Milano-Bicocca

  • PhD in Social Policy, 2014

    University of Edinburgh

  • MSc in Social Policy Analysis, 2010

    KU Leuven

  • MA in Comparative Politics, 2008

    University of Essex

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