Employers and positions
2008 - present Chairman Department Management of Technology and Innovation, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
2002 - present Professor of Technology and Human Factors, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
1997 - 2004 Director, Erasmus University Centre for Contract Research and Business Support, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
1999 - 2001 Vice Dean, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
1996 - 1997 Head Department of Innovation, NIA-TNO Netherlands Institute for Work and Employment, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1994 - 1996 Head Department of Ergonomics, TNO Prevention and Health, Leiden, Netherlands
1990 - 1994 Head Department of Posture and Movement Research, TNO Institute of Preventive Health Care, Leiden, Netherlands
1984 - 1990 Ergonomics Researcher, Department of Working Conditions, TNO Institute of Preventive Health Care, Leiden, Netherlands
1983 - 1984 Researcher, Twente University of Technology, Enschede, Netherlands
1981 - 1983 Research Assistent, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, USA
1979 - 1981 Researcher, Foundation for Ergonomic Technology, Enschede, Netherlands
Other positions (present)
2006 - present Member of the Advisory Board of the Office for Risk Assessment of the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA), Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
2004 - 2007 Chairman grant committee Senter-Novem for subsidies on developing innovative ergonomics products, Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
2004 - present Member policy committee 'work', Netherlands Standardization Institute
2003 - present Member Executive Committee International Ergonomics Association
2003 - present Council Member Federation of European Ergonomics Societies
1993 - present Council Member International Ergonomics Association
Peer review (present)
2007 Member of the international research review committee, Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology
2007 Member of the Advisory Board "
Dit is mijn werkplek", an initiative of Dutch Innovation platform, Netherlands Centre for Social Innovation, and other organizations.
2005 - present member International Advisory Board,
Ergonomia (Italy), Società Italiana di Ergonomia
2004 - present member Editorial Board,
Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, Wiley
2003 - present Associate Editor, Ergonomia. An International Journal of Ergonomics and Human Factors, Polish Academy of Sciences
2002 - present member Editorial Board,
Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, Taylor and Francis
2002 - present member Distinguished Scientific Advisory Board,
International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors, Taylor and Francis
1996 - present member Editorial Board, Tijdschrift voor Ergonomie, Nederlandse Vereniging voor Ergonomie
1985 - present reviewer for Ergonomics (Taylor and Francis), Applied Ergonomics (Elsevier), Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing (Wiley), International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics (Elsevier), Journal of Organizational Change Management (Emerald)
Scientific conferences (forthcoming)
2008 Member of the international scientific committee of International Conference on Applied Ergonomics, Las Vegas, USA
Other positions (past)
2005 - 2006 Chairman of the PRS-Ergonomics Award 2006, Pieter Rookmaaker Stichting
2003 - 2004 Member Editorial Board Arboflits, Netherlands Standardization Institute
2001 - 2005 Board Member Foundation KDI (Quality, Sustainability, Innovation)
2000 - 2003 Member sub-committee Development of Ergonomics, Policy and Planning Committee, International Ergonomics Association
1999 - 2004 Board Member Corporate Communication Centre
1999 - 2001 Board Member Foundation SVIBB-Auditorenfonds (student-association)
1999 - 2001 Advisory Board Small Business Link (incubator for new companies)
1995 - 1998 Member Communications Committee Dutch Ergonomics Society
1995 - 1997 Board member European Association of National Productivity Centers 1995 - 1995 Advisor Advisory Council on Health Research
1993 - 1997 Member Scientific Committee Musculoskeletal Disorders, International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)
1993 - 1997 Member Technical Group Musculoskeletal Disorders, Science and Technology Committee, International Ergonomics Association
1993 - 1997 Member policy committee 'working conditions' of the Netherlands Standardization Institute
1993 - 1997 Chairman Technical Group 'standards', Science and Technology Committee, International Ergonomics Association
1993 - 1993 Coordinator Joint research programme Netherlands Institute for Sport Medicine and TNO on healthy body movements
1991 - 1993 Member Invited Symposium on Ergonomics Guidelines and Problem Solving
1989 - 1992 Coordinator National research programme 'physical load and work' of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (Universities of Leiden, Groningen and Eindhoven, TNO)
1989 - 1989 Coordinator Joint research programme University of Leiden and TNO on fundamental and applied research in the field a occupational biomechanics
1989 - 1997 Chairmen ISO standardization committee ISO TC159 Ergonomics/Evaluation of Working Postures
1988 - 1997 Member CEN standardization committee CEN TC122 Ergonomics/Human Physical Performance
1988 - 1997 Member standardization committee NEN-Ergonomics/Physical workload
Peer review (past)
2004 Opponent, PhD-thesis W.P Neumann. Production Ergonomics. Identifying and Managing Risk in the Design of High Performance Work Systems. Lund University, Sweden, November 22, 2004
1992 - 1998 member Editorial Board, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics (Elsevier)
1985 - 1995 member Editorial Board, Clinical Biomechanics (Elsevier)
Scientific conferences (past)
2006 member Regional Programme Committee 16th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Maastricht, Netherlands
2005 member Program Committee HR Division, 2005 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. A New Vision of Management In The 21st Century, August 5-10, Honolulu, Hawaii
2005 member International Scientific Advisory Committee, International Conference on Computer-Aided Ergonomics and Safety, May 25 - May 28, 2005, Košice, Slovak Republic
2005 member International Scientific Advisory Committee CybErg2005, The Fourth International Cyberspace Conference on Ergonomics
2005 member International Scientific Board Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management, Hawaii, USA
2003 member scientific advisory board, session chair Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management 7, Aachen, Germany.
2003 session chair 15th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Seoul, Korea, 2003
2002 session chair 40th anniversary meeting of the Dutch Ergonomics Society, Soesterberg 2002 conference chair Vital organizations, Netherlands Standardization Institute, Hilversum, Netherlands
2002 session chair Human in a complex environment, 34th Annual Congress of the Nordic Ergonomics Society, Norrköping, Sweden
2001 session chair International conference on Affective Human Factors Design, Singapore
1998 session chair Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management, The Hague, Netherlands
1997 member International Scientific Advisory Board, session chair 13th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Tampere, Finland
1995 member International Scientific Advisory Board, session chair Ergonomic Design Interfaces, Products, Information, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1994 member International Scientific Advisory board, session chair 12th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Toronto, Canada
1993 member International Scientific Advisory board International Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
1993 member International Scientific Advisory board, session chair Ergonomics of Materials Handling, Warsaw, Poland
1989 member organizing committee Marketing Ergonomics, Noordwijk, Netherlands
1987 session chair Musculoskeletal disorders at work, Guildford, United Kingdom
1985 member organizing committee Body postures and movements during work (in Dutch), Utrecht, Netherlands
