Archives: Boards
Jacqueline van Muijlwijk-Koezen
Jacqueline van Muijlwijk-Koezen is a distinguished academic and leader in the field of chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences. She currently serves as the Chief Education Officer at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where she has held various leadership roles since 2006. Jacqueline’s extensive experience includes positions such as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science and Full Professor of Innovations in Human Health & Life Sciences. Her academic journey began with a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, focusing on the design and synthesis of antagonists for the human adenosine A3 receptor.
Throughout her career, Jacqueline has been actively involved in educational innovation, receiving multiple awards for her contributions, including the Science Teaching Innovation Award. She has also played significant roles in various boards and committees, such as the Supervisory Board of the Theological University Utrecht and chairing the Executive Board of European Consortium ULLA. Her dedication to integrating education and research is evident in her numerous publications and successful grant applications.
Jacqueline’s work style is characterized by her commitment to collaboration and leveraging networks to enhance educational and research outcomes. She emphasizes the importance of academia’s role in society, advocating for a reciprocal relationship where both the academic community and society at large recognize and utilize each other’s strengths. Jacqueline is dedicated to fostering partnerships that underscore the societal relevance of academic work while ensuring that the contributions of academia are clearly communicated and valued.
Gregor Halff
Gregor is Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities and Professor of Corporate Communication at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He previously served as a member of the University Executive Board and was a professor of corporate communication at Copenhagen Business School. Before that, he was a professor and vice-dean at Singapore Management University. Beyond academia, Gregor has held key roles in the communications industry, including managing partner at Publicis—one of the world’s largest advertising agencies.
Michael Kohajda
doc. JUDr. Michael Kohajda, Ph.D. graduated from the Palacký University Olomouc (UP) Faculty of Law (UP FL) with a Master’s degree in Law and Legal Science. He obtained his doctoral degree and received his habilitation in Financial Law at the Charles University Faculty of Law. He has taught at UP FL for almost twenty years. Since 2020, he has held the position of Vice-Dean – (first for Doctoral Studies, Qualification Procedures, and Finances, including investments; currently he is Vice-Dean for External Relations and Investments). He is a member of the UP FL Scholarly Board and several other boards at the law faculties in Olomouc and Prague.
His research and publication activities focus on financial law, especially on public budgets, taxation, banking, insurance, and capital markets. His main professional interest involves financial system rules and supervision. In recent years, he has also focused on the legal rules related to the issuance and handling of crypto assets. Since 2024 he has been the principal investigator of the Czech Science Foundation standard project Crypto Assets as a Threat to Sovereignty. As regards international cooperation, he has undertaken a number of international research and teaching stays in Europe, the USA, and Australia. In addition to his academic activities, he has a successful legal practice.
In order to contribute to the development of society, he has been involved in politics. Between 2014 and 2022, he was a member of the Šumperk City Council, where he focused on budget policy and investments. In 2021, thanks to preferential votes, he won a seat in the Parliament of the Czech Republic for the Olomouc Region. He serves, among others, as a member of the Budget Committee in the Parliament. He was also a member of the Chamber of Deputies’ special investigative commission on the tragic event that took place at the Charles University Faculty of Arts in December 2023.
Karen Shire
Karen Shire holds the chair for Comparative Sociology and Japanese Society and is currently Vice Rector for University Culture, Diversity and International Affairs at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Her research is broadly focused on the comparative-historical study of work and organizational changes, how these shape transformations of employment and labor relations, as well as their consequences for social inequalities. Her research interests include the emergence of cross-border labor markets in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, the employment dynamics of welfare markets, gender regimes in historical and comparative perspective and the political economy of human trafficking. Karen Shire held the post of director for both the Institute of East Asian Studies and the Essen College of Gender Research in the past.
Morten Irgens
Dr Morten Irgens is the Vice Dean of Innovation and Impact at Copenhagen Business School (CBS), an advisor to the senior management of Kristiania, and board member of CLAIRE (the Confederation of Laboratories of Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe), Adra (The Artificial Intelligence, Data and Robotics Association) and NORA (The Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Consortium), and sits on the Digital Advisory Board of Abelia, the Steering Board of National Defense Innovation Center, and Danish Universities’ Standing Committee on Innovation.
Dr Irgens has an MSc in Computer Science and PhD in Artificial Intelligence. He has served in a number of senior management positions in universities and university colleges in Norway, including three times as Vice-Rector and twice as Faculty Dean, where he has been responsible for establishing or acquiring a number of research labs, research centres, and research institutions. He has also been a CEO, CTO, and Research Scientist. He founded Actenum Corporation, a Canadian AI-based company with global sales, and has served on several boards in the technology and research sectors.
He is a co-founder of CLAIRE, Adra, NORA, Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering, Center for Cyber and Information Technology, and has also been involved in establishing HousingLab (the Norwegian Center for Housing Market Economics), KAI (The Work Inclusion Competency Center).
Urbano Lorenzo Seva
The Vice-Rectorate for Science Policy and Interdisciplinary Projects coordinates research policy, the promotion and evaluation of research as well as scientific visibility and interdisciplinary research projects.
Lorenzo Marrucci
Professor of physics and Vice Rector for Research at the Università Federico II of Naples, Lorenzo Marrucci has co-authored almost 300 scientific articles and five patents on a variety of topics, ranging from complex materials to quantum photonics and structured light. He is known for his invention of the “q-plate”, a device that allows generating orbital angular momentum from polarization manipulations. Marrucci has coordinated several national and international research projects, including an European Research Council Advanced Grant, and held various academic-management positions.
Gregor Weihs
Gregor Weihs is Vice-Rector for Research at the Universität Innsbruck, Professor of Photonics at its Department for Experimental Physics and Director of Research of the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Science Austria. He received his MSc degree from Universität Innsbruck in 1994. His PhD degree from University of Vienna was awarded “sub auspiciis praesidentis” by the President of the Austrian Republic in 2000. Before returning to Innsbruck, he held a junior faculty position at the University of Vienna, was Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford University, Research Fellow at the University of Tokyo, and Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada, where he was awarded the Canada Research Chair in Quantum Photonics.
From 2016 to 2021 he was the Vice-President for Natural Sciences and Engineering of the Austrian Science Fund and its interim President for several months. Other major awards include a Starting Grant by the European Research Council and the Wilhelm-Exner medal of the Austrian Trade and Crafts Association. He was a member of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and a Fellow in the QIP program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. His research interests include fundamental physics, quantum and semiconductor optics and quantum information.
Francesco Palumbo
Francesco Palumbo is Full Professor of Statistics at the University Federico II of Naples, where he served as Director of the Department of Political Sciences. He taught Statistics and Psychometric Statistics. His research focuses on multivariate data analysis and the application of statistics in public decision-making processes. He has coordinated national and international research projects and contributed to the development of innovative statistical methodologies. He is the author of numerous scientific publications and actively participates in conferences and seminars in the field of applied statistics.
Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir
Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir is Pro-Rector of Education and a Professor of Social Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology. She earned her BA in Psychology from the University of Iceland in 1995, an MSc in Social Psychology from the London School of Economics in 1997, and a D.Phil. in Social Psychology from the University of Sussex in 2006. She joined the Faculty of Psychology as an Assistant Professor in 2011, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2014, and became a full Professor in 2021. Ragna has served on the board and negotiating committee of the Association of Professors at State Universities. Ragna‘s research has focused on consumer societies, well-being, values and identity.
Wilbert van der Meer
As International Office Director, Wilbert van der Meer is responsible for international academic partnerships at Copenhagen Business School (CBS). He works closely with both internal and external stakeholders to strengthen CBS’s global network, including collaborations on educational programs, research initiatives, and strategic alliances. Wilbert is responsible for CBS’s policies and strategies for internationalisation.
Previously, he held the position of Head of Education at CBS and, prior to that, served as Deputy Secretary General at Universities Denmark.
Wilbert van der Meer represents the CBS Vice-Rector of Education, Anna Thomasson, in the Aurora European universities alliance.