Christien Bok
Christien Bok is Innovation manager of education at SURF. She aims to support collaboration between higher education institutions in the field of IT innovation in order to improve student success and the quality of education. She is an advocate for the protection of public values in education and research. Christien designed various national innovation programs, including the Acceleration Plan and Npuls and international collaborations, including with NRENs within GÉANT.
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Who is truly in the lead in digital transformation — and how does that differ across Europe? In this international panel, speakers from four national organisations — Sarah Knight from Jisc (UK), Hanna Nordlund from Digivisio (Finland), Oliver Janoschka from Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (Germany), and Christien Bok from SURF (Netherlands) — compare how governance, culture, and structure shape who takes responsibility for change.