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Bernard van Gastel is an Assistant Professor at Radboud University, specializing in Software Science. His research focuses on sustainability in software development, particularly how software affects society in terms of energy consumption and sustainability. He leads the Software Energy Lab, where he develops methods to analyze software energy usage and integrate sustainability into computing curricula. Van Gastel obtained his PhD from the Open University, where he assessed the sustainability of software applications. He has received several accolades for his research, including the Ammoodo Science Award for fundamental research in Humanities and nominations for the Dutch Cyber Security Research Paper Award. He is actively involved in digital ethics, serving on the digital ethics committee for the municipality of Nijmegen. His ongoing efforts include fostering sustainable digitalization and aligning educational programs with sustainability principles in Computer Science.
Radboud University • Nijmegen, Netherlands
Teaching and researching sustainable software development and its impact on society.
Applies to Research Master's in Linguistics and Communication Sciences (Centre for Language Studies/Department of Language and Communication).