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Johan Feikens, Friesch Dagblad 22-11-2025. Photo Johan: Marchje Andringa

Person behind the research: geo-data scientist Johan Feikens

Een digitale landkaart die als uitgangspunt kan dienen voor onderzoek naar vroegere landschappen en voorouders: geo-informaticus Johan Feikens (Hoogezand, 1971) vindt het prachtig dat hij bijdraagt aan dit online portaal HisGIS, het Historisch Geografisch Informatie Systeem. ,,Sa wurdt it ferline net allinnich bewarre, mar ek op ’e nij ûntdutsen.”

This is how geo-data scientist Johan Feikens is introduced in the eleventh article in a series of 12: the Fryske Akademy and the daily newspaper Friesch Dagblad are working together in 2025 to put the people behind science in the spotlight.

For what do scientists do all day, and, better still, why do they do what they do? Where does that passion for the Frisian language and culture actually come from? Every month in 2025, in the Wykein supplement of the Friesch Dagblad, you can read more about what drives our colleagues and why they put their working lives at the service of Frisistics.

The interview with Johan can be read on the Friesch Dagblad website (login required).

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