Donders Institute organogram
The governance model of the Donders Institute allows us to operate as a horizontal network organization, binding centres and institutes researching brain, cognition, and behavior.
The governance of the Donders Institute allows us to operate as a horizontal network organization, binding centres and institutes researching brain, cognition, and behavior.
Supervisory Board (ad interim)
The Supervisory Board directs the network in the role of supervisor on behalf of the Executive Board of Radboud University.
- Independent Chair - Bernadette Jansma
- Faculty of Social Science - Evelyn Kroesbergen
- Faculty of Science - Sijbrand de Jong
- Faculty of Medical Science - Jan Smit
- Faculty of Arts - Paula Fikkert
- Max Planck Society - Christian Doeller
Executive Board
The Executive Board is responsible for the (day to day) management of the institute and is ultimately responsible for all the activities of the organization.
- Scientific Director - Edward de Haan
- Managing Director - Femke Maij
Strategy Board
The Strategy Board is constituted of directors or appointed representatives of all partner centres and institutes and operates as the strategic advisory board of the Executive Board.
- Donders Centre for Cognition - James McQueen
- Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging - Alan Sanfey
- Donders Community for Medical Neuroscience - Barbara Franke
- Donders Centre for Neuroscience - Erik Storkebaum
- Centre for Language Studies - Enny Das
- Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Research - Caroline Rowland
Research Platform
The Research Platform is constituted of Theme Leaders of the four research themes and led by the Scientific Director, with the goal of discussing the strategic aspects of the research- and quality-policy of the Donders Institute.
- Theme 1: Language and Communication - Stephanie Forkel
- Theme 2: Perception, Action and Decision-making - Marius Peelen
- Theme 3: Development and Lifelong Plasticity - Judith Homberg
- Theme 4: Natural Computing and Neurotechnology - Fleur Zeldenrust
Management Platform
The Management Platform is constituted of managing directors or appointed representatives of all partner centres and institutes, and coordinates regular operations and long-term developments concering the infra- and support structure of the Donders Institute.
- Donders Centre for Cognition - to be announced
- Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging - Maaike Rengers
- Donders Community for Medical Neuroscience - Janna van Belle
- Donders Centre for Neuroscience - to be announced
- Centre for Language Studies - to be announced
- Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics - Laura Manko
Scientific Advisory Board
The Donders Institute has a Scientific Advisory Board of internationally highly renowned experts. The advisory board monitors research progress and offers advice on the research profile and the prioritization of research topics of the Donders Institute and its centres. The Advisory Board typically meets in Nijmegen once every 1.5 - 2 years.
Members of the Scientific Advisory Board
- Olivier Bertrand (Chair) INSERM
- Pieter Roelfsema, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
- Sonja Kotz (Theme 1), Maastricht University
- Anne Christophe (Theme 1), Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique
- Masud Husain (Theme 2), University of Oxford, Cognitive Neurology
- Marisa Carrasco (Theme 2), NYU, Arts & Science
- Friedhelm Hummel (Theme 3), EPFL
- Elisabeth Binder (Theme 3), Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry
- Sonja Grün (Theme 4), (Research Centre Jülich
- Kenneth Harris (Theme 4), University College London
- Claudia Bagni (Theme 3), University of Lausanne