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Joost Frenken leaves ARCNL

ARCNL Director Joost Frenken has announced his departure from ARCNL. He has accepted the position of dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) at the University of Groningen, where he will start on 1 July 2022....

New-style institutes for climate and data infrastructure

Permanent Committee on National Institutes (PCNI) advises NWO and KNAW There is an urgent need for partnerships and coordination when it comes to climate research and data infrastructure, storage and management. These...

Jessica Dempsey appointed director of ASTRON

The NWO-I Foundation Board has appointed Prof. Jessica Dempsey as director of ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, as from 1 May 2022. The appointment is the result of an international recruitment campaign. ‘Dempsey was selected...

Han Dolman appointed new director of the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)

The board of the Institutes Organization of NWO, the Dutch Research Council, has appointed Prof. Dr. Han Dolman Director of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ) for a period of five years. As of 1 November 2021, he will succeed...

Beate Völker appointed Director NSCR

The Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR) has a new director. The board of NWO-I, the Institutes Organisation of NWO, has appointed Prof. Beate Völker as the institute's director with effect from 1 November 2021....

New NWO chair Marcel Levi about directing an organisation with professionals

"I’m like the conductor of a symphony orchestra." With Marcel Levi, NWO has acquired a straightforward can-do mentality and somebody who strives for optimal harmony. "NWO can be compared to an orchestra full of musicians who play the...

Stan Gielen bids NWO farewell

After four years, he stepped down as president of NWO and of the NWO-I Advisory Board. In an interview with himself and three people who have a significant connection to him, he looks back on 'his' four years at NWO. Stan Gielen was succeeded by...

Huib Bakker re-installed

AMOLF Director Huib Bakker has been re-installed by the NWO-I Foundation Board for a period of five years. With Huib Bakker continuing as director, he and his management team are able to continue executing their strategy for the coming...

Marcel Levi new chair of NWO

Professor Marcel Levi is set to become the new chair of the Dutch Research Council (NWO) on 1 April 2021. He will succeed Stan Gielen, who is retiring. Levi is currently CEO of University College London Hospitals (UCLH) and professor and clinical...

Ton de Kok appointed new director of CWI

The board of NWO-I, the Institutes Organisation of NWO, appoints Prof. Ton de Kok as director of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI). On 1 October 2020, De Kok will succeed the current director, Prof. Jos Baeten, who has led the institute since...

Miriam Luizink appointed director NWO-I

The board of the Institutes Organisation of NWO has appointed Miriam Luizink as director of NWO-I with effect from 1 October 2020. Together with the recently appointed director of operations, Jan van der Boon, she will lead the Institutes...

Sjoerd Wouda appointed Central Health & Safety Coordinator NWO-I

The board of NWO-I has appointed Sjoerd Wouda as Central Health & Safety Coordinator for NWO-I with effect from 1 June 2020. In close collaboration with the Health & Safety coordinators and environmental advisers from the NWO Institutes, he...

Marco de Baar appointed new director NWO institute DIFFER

The board of the Institutes Organisation of NWO has appointed Prof. Marco de Baar as director of DIFFER, the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, for a period of two years. With effect from mid-2020, he will succeed Prof. Richard van de...

Jan van der Boon director of operations NWO-I

With effect from 1 September 2020, Jan van der Boon will be director of operations for the Institutes Organisation of NWO. Together with the director of NWO-I, who has yet to be appointed, he will realise the new governance model chosen for NWO-I...

Stan Bentvelsen reappointed as Director Nikhef

The NWO executive board has reappointed Prof. Stan Bentvelsen for a second term of five years as director of the National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef with effect from 1 December 2019....

Ed van den Berg appointed as interim director bureau NWO-I

The board of the NWO institutes organisation has appointed Ed van den Berg as interim director of operations for the bureau NWO-I. He takes over a large part of the duties from Christa Hooijer, who has been Director of Science at the TNO Unit...

Peter van der Laan appointed as interim director NSCR

The board of the Institutes Organisation of NWO has appointed Prof. Peter van der Laan as interim director of the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR). He replaces Prof. Catrien Bijleveld until her definitive...

NWO Utrecht has moved

You are welcome at our new NWO location 'Nova Zembla', a sustainable office close to the A12 and public transport at Winthontlaan 2, 3526 KV  Utrecht....

Evaluation Committee says institutes system at Academy and NWO has significant added value

At the behest of the Academy and NWO, an independent committee has evaluated the portfolio of the two organisations' institutes. The Committee concludes that these national research institutes increase the effectiveness of Dutch scientific...

Michael Wise new Director General at SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research

The NWO board has appointed Dr. Michael Wise as General and Scientific director of SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research. Wise is currently Head of Astronomy at the NWO institute ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. He also...

Relocation of SRON-Utrecht to South Holland now official

By adding their signature to the collaboration agreement on 31 May, Leiden University, TU Delft, SRON and NWO have confirmed the relocation of SRON-Utrecht to South Holland. From 2021, the headquarters of the space research institute will be located...

NWO Utrecht to relocate in 2019

On Wednesday 9 May, the NWO executive board signed a new lease contract for a different building for NWO Utrecht. The relocation will take place at the start of 2019: a location with more workplaces, also for flex workers from The Hague, a large and...