Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is evolving into a connected and engaged university. The Engagement Board's role is to firmly establish engagement, alongside teaching and research, as the EUR's third core function.
The EUR translates the ambitions set out in Strategy 2030 into activities across five impact domains. These are key societal issues in which the EUR can have a real impact. The Engagement Board has been established to support the EUR in this regard. The Engagement Board develops a shared vision on engagement, organises governance and ensures coordination, collaboration and knowledge-sharing across the university.
Composition of the Engagement Board
All faculties, Engagement and Research Services (ERS) and EUR Holding are represented in the Engagement Board. The members of the Engagement Board are:
Prof. dr. Arwin van BuurenStrategic Dean Impact & Engagement (chair)
Prof. dr. Mirko BenischkeDean of Engagement and Executive Education and Associate Professor of Global Strategy (RSM)
Dr. Bas KarremanAssociate Professor in the department of Applied Economics (ESE)
Prof. dr. Job van ExelVice Dean Research and Full Professor of Health Economics (ESHPM)
Prof. dr. Jacco van SterkenburgFull Professor 'Race', Inclusion and Communication (ESHCC)
Prof. dr. Ruard GanzevoortRector of the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
Prof. dr. Gerjo van OschVice Dean of Research and Professor in Connective Tissue Regeneration (Erasmus MC)
Prof. dr. Lieselot BisschopProfessor of Public & Private Interests (ESL)
Dr. Josanne van DongenImpact & Engagement Officer ESSB and Associate Professor of Forensic Psychology (ESSB)
Dr. Katharina BauerAssociate Professor of Practical Philosophy (ESPhil)
Dr. Michiel BestersDirector Engagement & Research Services (ERS)
Drs. Kees van RooijenStatutory Director EUR Holding
Contact the Engagement Board

Professor Arwin van Buuren
Strategic Dean Impact & Engagement
- Email address
- strategicdean@eur.nl
