RDNL User Panel

About the user panel

The RDNL user panel brings together research data professionals from across the Netherlands. They share their experience and provide feedback on the national training and community platform that RDNL is developing.  

The panel helps us understand what data professionals need in their daily work. Members reflect on concrete topics such as the national curriculum, learning paths, training content and community profiles. Their input helps us test ideas, set priorities, and improve materials while they are still being developed.  

The user panel is not a formal decision-making body. The feedback from the panel is considered and used to support the further development of the platform.  

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How the user panel works

The panel works on practical questions and concrete drafts. Depending on the topic, members may be invited to:  

  • Join an online discussion
  • Review a draft or proposal
  • Provide written feedback
  • Share relevant developments from their organisation or network
  • Help bring RDNL outputs to the wider community

There are no fixed meetings. Sessions are organised when feedback is useful, with no more than four online meetings per year. Each session has a clear topic, question and expected outcome.

Participation is voluntary. RDNL aims to work with a stable group of members who can contribute at key moments. Contributions may be recognised through an acknowledgement, contributorship or authorship, where appropriate.

Participants

The panel includes data professionals from different organisations, regions, roles and career stages. This range of perspectives helps RDNL connect its work to the realities of research data support across the Netherlands.  

Current Members:

  • Mercedes Beltrán, data steward, Utrecht University
  • Anna Lien Bouhuis, data steward, Erasmus MC
  • Pascal Flohr, digital scholarship librarian, Leiden University
  • Liz Guzman-Ramirez, coordinating data steward, Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Claudia Hernandez Esponda, data steward, Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Joelle Jagersma, data steward, University Medical Center Groningen
  • Sabina Masinovic, research data steward, Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep
  • Renate Mattiszik, data librarian and data steward, Saxion University of Applied Sciences
  • Deniece Nazareth, data steward, University of Twente
  • Wouter Peeters, data steward, Open University of the Netherlands
  • Deepshikha Purwar, library data steward, Delft University of Technology
  • Jolien Scholten, research data management specialist, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Yannis Stavrakakis, data steward, Maastricht University
  • Daan van Versendaal, research data management coordinator, University of Amsterdam
  • Tea van Voorden, data steward, Research Support Office, Erasmus MC
  • Erin Wentink, data steward, Avans University of Applied Sciences

Contact

The RDNL user panel is coordinated by Mijke Jetten (Health-RI), with expert contributions from Dorien Huijser (4TU.ResearchData) and Fieke Schoots (Health-RI).

Questions about the RDNL user panel? Please contact us at info@researchdata.nl

Recent meetings

16 June 2026: training landscape and Train-the-Trainer 

During the first meeting, the user panel discussed the mapping of current trainings for data professionals and provided feedback on the Train-the-Trainer workshop being developed within RDNL.

Read more about the topics raised and how this input will shape the curriculum, training offer and future meetings, in the blog.