Advisory boards

Scientific Advisory Board

Members of the international Scientific Advisory Board (Fachbeirat)

Prof. Dr. Martha Alibali
Department of Psychology Cognitive Development and Communication Lab, Madison, WI, USA 

Prof. Dr. Holly Branigan (Chair)
University of Edinburgh, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, United Kingdom

Dr. Anne Christophe
Laboratoire des Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, France

Prof. Dr. Evan Eichler
University of Washington, Department of Genome Sciences, USA

Prof. Dr. Fernanda Ferreira
University of California, Davis Department of Psychology, USA

Prof. Dr. Matthew Goldrick
Northwestern University, Department of Linguistics, USA

Prof. Dr. Marianne Gullberg
Lund university, Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna, Centre for Languages and Literature, Sweden 

Prof. Dr. Francesca Happé
King's College London, Cognitive Neuroscience Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, United Kingdom

Prof. Dr. Matt Lambon Ralph
University of Cambridge, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, United Kingdom

Prof. Dr. Larissa Samuelson
University of East Anglia, School of Psychology, United Kingdom 

Prof. Dr. Ineke Sluiter
Universiteit Leiden, Faculty of Humanities, Centre for the Arts in Society Griekse T&C, Leiden, The Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Kate Watkins
University of Oxford, Medical sciences Division, Experimental Psychology Redcliffe Observatory Quarter, United Kingdom

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees plays a valuable role at the interface between science and society; it promotes interaction with the public, acts as an ambassador for our research, and advises us on issues of social concern.

Prof. Dr. Antal van den Bosch
Language, Communication and Computation 
Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University

The Netherlands

Hubert Bruls
Mayor of the city of Nijmegen
The Netherlands

Rob van Hattum
Director and Presenter of Science programs at VPRO Public Broadcasting/
Chief Science Officer NEMO Science Museum
The Netherlands

Sigrid Helbig
CEO Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo and Campus real estate Greenport Venlo
The Netherlands

Wilma de Koning
Vice-President of the Tilburg University Executive Board
The Netherlands

Dr. Wilhelm Krull (Chair)
Founding Director of THE NEW INSTITUTE
Hamburg, Germany

Prof. Dr. Oliver Locker-Grütjen
President, Rhein-Waal University
Kleve, Germany

Prof. Dr. Gerard Meijer
Director of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Berlin, Germany

Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee
President of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Bonn, Germany

Hartmut Pausewang
Ministry of Culture and Science, State of North-Rhine-Westphalia
Düsseldorf, Germany

Hester Somsen
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Germany

Dr. Ab van der Touw
Former CEO of Siemens Nederland
Vice Chairman of the Board of VNO-NCW and of FME-CWM a.o.
The Netherlands