Prof Dr Ir M.B.A. van Asselt

Prof.dr.ir. Marjolein B.A. van Asselt (1969) is holding the Risk Governance chair at Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Marjolein B.A. van Asselt is member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy (Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid - WRR) for the period 2008-2012. She is re-appointed for a second term (2013-2017).

From 2005-2010, Marjolein B.A. van Asselt was member of the Young Academy (De Jonge Akademie - DJA) of the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences (KNAW).

CAREER highlights

2008: member Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), the Hague, the Netherlands
2007: Risk Governance chair, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
2007: visiting scholar King's Centre for Risk Managament, London, UK.
2006-2007: Dr. Tans chair, Maastricht University.
2005: visiting scholar Saïd Business School, Oxford University, UK.
2005: member of the Young Academy (DJA) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
2003: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Dept. Technology and Society Studies, Maastricht University.
2001-2006: NWO vernieuwingsimpuls (career grant of the Dutch National Science Foundation)
2000-2004: member RMNO (Council for Spatial, Environmental and Nature Research)
2000: PhD: "Perspectives on Uncertainty and Risk: The PRIMA approach to decision-support", Faculty of General Sciences, Maastricht University.
1997-2002: International Centre for Integrative Studies (ICIS), Maastricht University.
1996-1997: EAWAG (Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology), Dübendorf, Switzerland.
1993-1996: RIVM (National Institute of Public Health and the Environment), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
1994: Master of Science (ir.) in Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society, University of Twente, the Netherlands.
1993: awarded with Stork UT prize for good study results in combination with active role in student and university life.