Paul Plantinga

Paul Plantinga is a Senior Research Manager at the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa. He is currently leading projects which use digital technologies to support participatory and evidence-informed decision-making.

Between 2012 and 2016 he managed open innovation and open data work at The Innovation Hub, an agency of the Gauteng Provincial Government. Prior to this he completed a PhD in ICT governance with the Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics at Monash University, and worked as a solution architect and engineer in mobile telecoms and VoIP.