Rate My Professor Jurgen Goossens

Goossens's research specializations include digitalisation, algorithms, the relation between government and citizens, public accountability, government transparency, and constitutional change. He leads the interdisciplinary NWO-MVI CHAIN project (2020-2025), titled 'The Role and Responsibilities of Public Actors in Distributed Networks: Transparency, Trust and Legitimacy by Design,' which addresses safeguarding public rule of law values in the use of distributed technologies and algorithms by government. Key publications include the edited volume Public Governance and Emerging Technologies: Values, Trust, and Regulatory Compliance (Springer, 2025); De terugkeer van het staatsrecht, his inaugural lecture published as a book (Boom Juridisch, 2024); Constitutionele verandering in Nederland? De grondwetswijzigingen van 2022-2023 (Boom, 2023, co-authored with J. Gerards and E. van Vugt); contributions to The Global Review of Constitutional Law series (2022-2025); and articles such as 'Naar een by design benadering van algoritmische, bestuursrechtelijke besluitvorming' in Computerrecht (2023) and 'Besturen met blockchain in de digitale netwerksamenleving' in Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Bestuursrecht (2022). He delivered his inaugural lecture on October 13, 2023, and contributes to multidisciplinary research in areas like Governing the Digital Society and Human-centered Artificial Intelligence.