The Chairman and new appointees to the Board of the Rathenau Institute are formally appointed by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), at the nomination of the sitting members of the Board.
Gerdi Verbeet (chair)
Gerdi Verbeet was Speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives until 2012. She is a member of the supervisory board of Artis Zoo and chairman of the Dutch Patient and Consumer Federation.
Dr. Hans Dröge
Hans Dröge is Senior Vice President Research & Development at Unilever. He holds other positions at NWO-NCW and STT.
Prof. Corien Prins
Professor of Law and Informatization at Tilburg University, member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy
Prof. Harry Lintsen
Professor of History of Technology at Eindhoven University of Technology
Prof. Emile Aarts
Part-time professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology and vice dean at the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics..
Prof. Wiebe Bijker
Professor of Technology and Society, Maastricht University.
Drs. Edwin van Huis
General manager NCB Naturalis Leiden.
Prof. Roshan Cools
Roshan Cools is a Professor at the UMC St. Radboud teaching Cognitive Neuropsychiatry.
Prof. Marijk van der Wende
She is a professor in higher education at the VU University Amsterdam and an honorary professor at the Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) at the University of Twente.
Jan Staman (secretary)
Director, Rathenau Institute, The Hague
If you have any questions for the Board members, or require further information, please e-mail Irma de Bont (directors' secretary).