Coen van Gulijk

Feel free to contact me if you have any need for my skills:

• as a researcher, author or speaker on the past and future of security;
• as a designer of (digital) safety solutions that are in line with business processes;
• as a strategist for the development of research programmes in your company or sector;
• or simply for critical reflection of your security policy and/or new legislation.

I believe that lives can be saved with more data; specifically with digital safety management systems (AI is not mandatory!). As a researcher, I analyse the risks and opportunities associated with the digitalisation of security solutions.

Opportunities in the sense that digital systems and AI provide new solutions to make safety management faster, cheaper and better (and often at the same time!). This includes the use of text analysis, knowledge modelling, digital twins and safety enterprise architecture.

Risks in the sense that digital systems create new risks for employees. Think of platform work, hallucinatory generic AI systems and close collaboration with collaborative robots.

I think it's important to bridge the gap between industries and companies. This not only provides hands-on knowledge but also skills to assist them in developing and assimilating strategic security knowledge, products and programs. I enjoy working on the development, implementation and use of smart solutions to improve quality and safety performance. In recent years I have studied railway safety, but as a researcher I have also worked with the chemical industry, air transport, (airport) security, machine safety and OSH.

In addition, I am an independent critic who can zoom in on complex safety problems in safety management systems.

I am a visiting professor at the University of Huddersfield (where I was previously a professor) and a visiting researcher at TU Delft. I am also a co-director of the Chemistry and Safety Contact Group.