Johan Van Der Eycken
Head of Service Digital Archiving of the State Archives
SODHA, Belgium
Johan Van der Eycken is Head of the Digital Archiving Service at the Belgian State Archives. He leads the federal strategy for digital preservation and is responsible for SODHA, Belgium’s platform for long term access to digital research data. His work focuses on sustainable workflows, metadata quality and interoperability. He contributes to European research data initiatives through DARIAH and CESSDA, aligning national practices with international standards. Johan is also a research fellow at KU Leuven, working on AI in the humanities.