This frequently updated Now page is a simple practice of writing down what I am currently doing and focusing on, or at least a selection of it. It is just a selective snapshot of the present.
It is also a small gesture of transparency for those who follow my work, colleagues, readers, collaborators, offering context for what I am working on at the moment, in lieu of an active presence on the usual social media platforms (other than Mastodon).
Last update: 11 June 2026
Recent posts:
Current assignments in my function as managing consultant with BMC:
- Coordinating senior policy officer with the legislative programme (wetgevingsprogramma stroomlijnen energieprojecten) (interim management) at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (EZK). More about this in my post on Accelerating Energy Infrastructure Delivery and in a good summary by Pels Rijcken of one of the current legislative measures in the pipeline: De Crisiswet netcongestie: Stroomlijnen van energieprojecten onder hoogspanning.
- Strategic advisor on large energy-infrastructure projects (interim-management) for the municipality of Beverwijk.
- Advisory Lead, support programme for the Regional Energy Strategy (RES), regions NHN and NHZ. Read more: BMC versterkt de uitvoering van de energietransitie in Noord-Holland
Fellow at Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future. In this role, my focus for now will be to advise on and help connect the nitty-gritty of processes and policy formulation with the development of ambitious strategies, and vice versa in the international arena.
Member of the board (afdelingsbestuur), D66 Zaanstreek. Now involved in advising the coalition-negotiations for a new municipal government.
Writing in progress:
A reflection on the relation between effective altruism and the energy transition.
A longer opinion article on how we try to put the puzzle together in the wrong order and with missing pieces when it comes to spatial planning of large-scale infrastructures. Part 1 is meanwhile online: Omdenken in de ruimtelijke puzzel van de energietransitie (Deel 1)
An update on my 2024 reflections on artificial meat. Still fascinated by the opportunities.
And reading:
- ... still exploring where Is the EU in Literary Fiction?
- Moresnet, by Philip Dröge. A fascinating and at times absurd history of a neutral territory that hardly anyone remembers.
- To build a fire. And other short stories. Jack London.
In the margins of the day, I am working on my ultrarunning-project Back to 100 Miles. More on that in a few months.
Testing Meshcore. Quite a nerdy but fascinating world of communication.
And preparing to leave LinkedIn. Why? Rather ask the question: Why stay?