Johan Aad Van Dijk

Experience

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  Bouwbedrijf Nieuw-Amsterdam BV

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1987

  Researcher

  In the company's Planning Division: process and analyse business data (in SPSS). Prepare monthly management reports about the portfolio of real estate in Amsterdam Bijlmermeer, the Netherlands.

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  University of Amsterdam

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1987

  Research Assistant

  University of Amsterdam, Economic Activity and Town Planning (URPAF): local co-supervision of MA students Urban Planning doing field research into impact of district-level economic service provision in Kassala, Sudan.

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  Royal HaskoningDHV

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1989

  Socio-economist

  Kassala Area Development Activities (KADA): integrated rural development programme financed by the Netherlands' Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DGIS, Eastern Region, Sudan. Charged with the design, operation and monitoring of pilot projects for rainwater harvesting and flood water irrigation development and improvement (pubs.iied.org/pdfs/6054IIED.pdf).

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  Ford Foundation

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1991

  Project Leader

  Water Spreading Research Kassala (WARK), Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Soil and Water Conservation, Sudan. Floodwater irrigation pilot project development and research. Retainer to Royal HaskoningDHV's KADA programme, funded by Ford Foundation and Sudanese National Council for Research. (www.unep.or.jp/ietc/Publications/TechPublications/TechPub-8a/bunds.asp)

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  NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research)

  May 1991 - May 1995

  PhD Fellow Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research NWO-WOTRO

  Assignment University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Environmental Sciences: evaluation of water harvesting systems based on soil-physical and hydrological performances, and socio-economic, livelihood impact. GIS research (IDRISI, GRASS). PhD thesis: 'Taking the waters. Soil and water conservation among settling Beja nomads in eastern Sudan'. Commercial edition: African Studies Centre Research Series 4. Aldershot: Avebury (1995). ISBN 1859721621.(openlibrary.org/works/OL12101819W/Taking_the_waters)(http://www.worldcat.org/title/taking-the-waters-soil-and-water-conservation-among-settling-beja-nomads-in-eastern-sudan/oclc/783793977)(http://spate-irrigation.org/a-taking-the-waters-swc-in-sudan) Show less

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  Van Dijk Consultancies

  Jun 1994 - Sept 1997

  Freelance Consultant

  Based in Amsterdam and Dublin: freelance research consultant 'Environment and Development'. Assignments for University of Amsterdam and HVA International Ltd. in India, Kenya, Netherlands, Philippines, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda. Succesful acquisition of EU 4th Framework INCO-DC programme 'Enabling strategies for urban environmental management in large cities: Hyderabad and Nairobi', (UvA/AGIDS).

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  University College Dublin

  Nov 1995 - May 1997

  Research Fellow EU DG XII SRD/HCM

  Environmental Institute and Geography Department: EU DG XII 'Landscape and Life: Appropriate Scales for Sustainable Development'. Design innovative GIS applications (ArcInfo, ArcView, Erdas Imagine) for IWRM in Ireland's deforested highlands. Integrating remote sensing (satellite, aerial photography), socio-economic (trout, salmon fisheries sectors) and environmental (hydrological, water quality) data. Lecturing Environmental Impact Assessment, Strategic Environmental Assessment. Develop and supervize MSc fieldwork programmes in counties Wicklow, Wexford. Show less

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  Technische Universiteit Delft

  May 1997 - Oct 2003

  Deputy Head, Management Centre International Cooperation, Business Service Centre

  Faculty of Civil Engineering/Business Service Centre: responsible for acquisition and management of the university’s international projects. My portfolio mainly covered IT services management, water resources engineering, coastal engineering, materials science and engineering. Started in 1997 as Senior Project Manager with projects in the Netherlands, Vietnam, Kenya, Mozambique, Bangladesh.

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  International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam

  Oct 2003 - Sept 2013

  Directing the office of management support for ISS’ extrabudgetary research and education activities. Member of various boards, committees, task forces (i.a. Research Quality Assessment, Accreditation, Management Group Europe, Operational Management BV 2013). Registered Expert: - Environmental Sciences EU’s FP7 Research- ERASMUS+ Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Invited Expert:- Ministry of Foreign Affairs 'IFAD preparatory meeting Food and Water in Sahel and Horn of Africa', Jun. 2012- Ministry of Agriculture, Nature, Food Quality ‘Scarcity and Transition Interferences’, Dec. 2009 - Ministry of Education, Culture and Science 'Vision Trajectory UNESCO Water Programme’, Oct. 2008.Member:- Scientific Board, UNESCO Netherlands National Committee, IHP-HWRP, 2008-2013- Knowledge Forum for Development, MDG Profs (wotro.nl/nwohome.nsf), 2010-2013- NEDWORC, Interaction4Change (nedworc.org), 2010-2012. Show less

  • Management Team; Head Research, Projects, Advisory Services

    Jul 2009 - Sept 2013

  • Head, Office of Research, Projects, Advisory Services; Management Team ISS

    Oct 2003 - Jul 2009
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  Platform Vietnam Netherlands

  Nov 2007 - Jun 2014

  Chairman

  PVN, established in 2005, is a meeting ground for Dutch higher education institutes working in Vietnam. Representatives of 14 universities, universities of applied sciences, individual members gather on a regular basis to discuss progress in research, education and institutional strengthening programmes.

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  Platform for International Education (PIE)

  Nov 2010 - Nov 2013

  Chairman, Board of Directors

  Since 2002, PIE Foundation connects and facilitates capacity development activities of the Dutch knowledge institutes in the Global South. PIE holds an advisory role to Nuffic and Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DGIS for the execution of their programmes. In 2013, PIE had 23 members representing universities, universities of applied science and private sector companies in the Netherlands (www.pieonline.nl).

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  Erasmus University Rotterdam

  Oct 2012 - May 2013

  Interim Manager, Management Team, Erasmus Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities EGS3H

  EGS3H is the university’s graduate school comprising 4 faculties and institutes for facilitating PhD programmes in 9 academic fields. Charged with the preparation, presentation and implementation of the business plan, 5-year budget and the school's maiden programme of post-doctoral education. (egs3h.eur.nl).

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  Crossovers

  Nov 2012 - Mar 2016

  Owner

  CrossOvers in socio-economic, geo and environmental services. Mobilizing capacities in research, training, institutional strengthening, value creation. Interdisciplinary work between public and private sector (CrossOvers.be).Affiliations:- Theme Jury, Future Ideas - Future of Business (futureideas.org)- Registered Expert, Dutch Risk Reduction Team and Dutch Surge Support (drrteam-dsswater.nl)- Registered Expert, EU Environmental Sciences, # EX2013D139646- Registered Expert, PUM Netherlands Senior Experts (pum.nl). Show less

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  Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

  Oct 2013 - Oct 2015

  Director of Centre Development

  Consistently ranked in Europe's ‘Management Research Top 3’, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) is the university’s Graduate School bringing together some 300 management scientists from Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) and Erasmus School of Economics (ESE). At ERIM, charged with the development of a broad portfolio of research centres to enhance university-business interactions, facilitate and support RSM en ESE processes of societal and economic value creation (erim.eur.nl/centres). Show less

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  IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

  Mar 2016 - now

  IHE Delft Institute for Water Education under auspices of UNESCO, future centred and educating to empower.World’s largest international graduate water education facility, practice-oriented, with capacity development as our mission. We confer fully accredited MSc and PhD degrees, online, short and tailor-made courses. Research, partnerships and institutional strengthening complement and reinforce our education offerings. IHE Delft is active in water engineering, water management, environment, sanitation, water governance and diplomacy, water sector financing.Collaborating with UNESCO in IHP, WWAP, Water Centres and Chairs, UNITWIN Network, World Water Assessment Reports, Inclusive Policy Lab, projects and expert advice.My memberships and affiliations include:• IWA Management Cie Specialist Group 'Institutional Governance and Regulation' (iwa-network.org), 2023-present• IHE Delft country coordinator Viet Nam and Philippines, 2020-present• Steering Cie, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute/JRC Water Science and Engineering (jrc.nhri.cn), 2021-present• Technical Advisory Group, UNDP Global Water and Ocean Governance Support (undp.org/water), 2019-present• Institutional member, European Society for Engineering Education SEFI (sefi.be), 2019-present• NWO Programma Committee 'Joint SDG Research' (nwo.nl/wotro), 2019-present• SAIL (sailinstitutes.nl), 2018-present• Advisory Council, DUWO Property Management Student Accommodation (duwo.nl), 2018-present• Directory Board, Netherlands Centre for Coastal Research (nck-web.org), 2016-2022• Steering Cie, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management - IHE Delft, 2016-present• Steering Cie, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Programmatic Cooperation DUPC, (un-ihe.org/dupc), 2016-present• Steering Cie, Delta Alliance (delta-alliance.org), 2016-present• Steering Cie, VPdelta/Dutch Water Innovations (vpdelta.nl), 2016-present• Institutional member, International Water Association IWA, 2016-present. Show less

  • Rectorate (Managing Board), Business Director

    Jan 2017 - now

  • Rectorate (Managing Board), Business Director a.i.

    Mar 2016 - Jan 2017