Bart Rienties is a Professor of Learning Analytics and Program Lead of the Learning Analytics and Learning Design research program at the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University UK. He joined IET in January 2014, initially as Reader in Learning Analytics. Previously, he worked at the University of Surrey from 2010–2013 as (a Senior) Lecturer in Higher Education, and before that, in various roles from 2000–2010 at Maastricht University. His main research interests are related to learning analytics, learning design, computer-supported collaborative learning, and professional development. He is also interested in broader internationalization aspects of higher education, and more recently has become interested in transplant athlete journeys and patient and public involvement and engagement. He has successfully led a range of institutional/national/European projects and has received a range of awards for his educational innovation projects. He is President of the Society of Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR), the largest research community on learning analytics. He is listed as a Top 2% scientist. As an educational psychologist, he conducts multi-disciplinary research on work-based and collaborative learning environments and focuses on the role of social interaction in learning, and his work has been published in leading academic journals and books.