Dr. Bregt Saenen serves as Senior Policy Officer for Open Science at Science Europe. With extensive experience in membership and policy?organisations, he has held roles at the European University Association, the European Commission?(DG EMPL), SOLIDAR, and the EU?Office?of the International Labour Organization. Dr. Saenen earned his?Doctorate?in EU Studies and a Master of Science?in EU Studies from Ghent University?in?Belgium, where he also completed a Bachelor and Master of Arts?in History. Additionally, he was a?Visiting Researcher?at New York University?in the United States.