His present research activities in LUMC mainly focus on open science, and international knowledge sharing and networking. A more specific aim in his research group is to realise a new form of computer-assisted distributed annotation and learning and on-line knowledge discovery, based on the semantic technologies that his research yielded over the years, including nanopublications.
His current research at LUMC emphasizes open science and international knowledge sharing. Within his team, one of his objectives is to develop a new method for computer-assisted distributed annotation and learning, as well as online knowledge discovery, based on the semantic technologies he has investigated over time, such as nanopublications.