Engagement Board

Embedding engagement within the organisation
View of V-building, a small red building with multicolored vertical slats, standing in front of Polak Building, a building with a dark corrugated facade.

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.

Erasmus statue on campus.
Jonathan van Rijn

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.

Strategic advice on impact and engagement

As a university-wide body, the Engagement Board provides the organisation, including the Executive Board, with strategic advice on how EUR can utilise its knowledge, networks and people to engage with others and make an impact at local, regional and (inter)national levels. The board advises on matters including:

  • Policy and quality frameworks
  • Collaboration with partners within open innovation networks
  • Outreach activities
  • Alumni policy
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Staff societal engagement (recognition and rewards, skill development)

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:

Contact the Engagement Board

Arwin van Buuren

Professor Arwin van Buuren

Strategic Dean Impact & Engagement

Email address
strategicdean@eur.nl

News

Leptin and Letschert emphasise the importance of continued investment in European research

The symposium was an important opportunity for EUR to link the European research agenda to its mission as a university with a positive societal impact.
Minister Letschert speaks during the symposium in the ISS in The Hague.

Listening attentively to the people of Rotterdam

The childcare benefits restoration is still ongoing. Stichting (Gelijk)waardig Herstel helps resolve problems more quickly through Listening Writers.
A group of Listening Writers is holding a certificate from the SGH.

Call for the EUR / Erasmus MC Open and Responsible Science Awards 2026

The Open and Responsible Science program (ORS) wishes to recognize projects that include open, transparent, inclusive, and responsible scholarship practices.
Statue of Erasmus at Woudestein campus, with the Tinbergen Building in the background.

Children's health and development are linked to just about everything

As part of his professorship, Erasmus Professor Vincent Jaddoe intends to conduct research into innovative care within paediatrics.
Professor Vincent Jaddoe (Erasmus MC) during the ceremony of the Dies Natalis 2025.

Engaged education: beyond the lecture hall

Good news for students looking for a learning experience that goes beyond traditional lectures: EUR offers several transformative minors.
A small group of students gathered on a square in front of a station, looking at a tall bronze sculpture of a young woman with a confident yet stoic expression.

Looking for treasures on campus; ‘Wow, a complete acila!’

Citizen scientists have carried out a palaeontological study at the Woudestein campus, made possible by the Natural History Museum and Erasmus University Rotter
Geologisch onderzoek door Natuurhistorisch museum

EUR commits to Open Innovation Networks

In Strategy 2030, EUR focuses on Open Innovation Networks (OINs): what are OINs, why does EUR consider them so important and what is required to establish them?
Portret Michiel Besters

'Broad Prosperity Map' shows broad prosperity in the Netherlands in a new way

By automatically identifying recurring themes, the concept of broad prosperity becomes manageable, applicable, and relevant.
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Research project 'Whose best interest?' sheds light on the impact of a strict return policy on the wellbeing of undocumented children

With this project the interdisciplinary research team, led by assistant professor Laura Cleton (ESSB), won the ORS Award in the Societal Engagement category.
Researchers Laura Cleton and Nour Samira Hjeij during a guest lecture at The International School of The Hague.

Launch of HIER: strengthened civic engagement across South Holland

HIER - the Hub for Impactful and Engaged Research - is a new collaborative initiative that brings together five leading knowledge institutions in South Holland.
vijf molens op de kinderdijk die in de horizon verdwijnen

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