Jörgen van der Sloot
Type of Fellow: Change Fellow
Description: Jörgen van der Sloot
Jörgen is research director at FreedomLab Future
Studies, an independent research lab based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
FreedomLab provides alternative visions and creative strategies for various
companies in the media industry, the investment community and the non-profit
sector. They use scenario based reasoning to develop future studies and
methodology that help their partners to navigate to the future and anticipate
the changes they encounter.
Prior to joining FreedomLab Jörgen has had a
long history in various media companies. Ranging from Dutch national
broadcasters to independent television production companies in the Netherlands
and the US. At the end of the last millennium Jörgen was involved with the set
up of several internet based companies and experienced the boom and the bust
first hand. It was in those days that the current team of FreedomLab started
working together closely on various projects. With the release in 2004 of the
documentary "Powerplay, who determines your near future?” (co-directed by
Jörgen) the team laid the foundation for its research activities. That
documentary still holds the vision of the lab today.
Jörgen holds a
masters degree in communication sciences from the University of
Amsterdam.
Check out FreedomLab's website (http://www.freedomlab.org) for their
views on media, technology and change.