Professor Mariëlle Stoelinga has been appointed a member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW). Stoelinga is Professor of Risk Management for High-Tech Systems at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) of the University of Twente.
Stoelinga is also leader of the Executive Master programme in Risk Management, in which professionals are trained to become risk managers in their specific field of work. In 2019, she received both a substantial grant from the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA) and an ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council. With the NWA grant, she leads an team from industry and academia to improve the integration of various steps from predictive maintenance; with the ERC Grant, she is developing new methods to make better, integral assessments of both safety and security risks.
'Mission more important than ever'
Stoelinga about her appointment: 'KHMW is the oldest so-called 'Scholarly Society' in the Netherlands, that aims to build bridges between academia and society. In my opinion, this mission is more important than ever. We live in times when facts no longer count and science is sometimes considered just an opinion. It is a time in which too many people (academics included) live inside their own bubble. There is an alternative.
My research covers the entire spectrum from theory to practice, from fundamental mathematical models for risk analyses to practical solutions for data-driven maintenance. My goal is to get research results across to citizens and companies. Lifelong learning is essential in this matter.'
Scholarly society
The oldest scholarly society', founded in 1752, aims to promote academia and build a bridge between science and society. KHMW also awards prizes every year: either for a student's profile paper, for a dissertation, or even for a person's entire academic oeuvre. KHMW is located in a historic building in Haarlem that is close to Teylers Museum, with which it maintains a close relationship.
UT members
Every year, KHMW appoints a number of new 'directors' and 'members': these directors come from the business community and the members from academia. Thus, KHMW is able to build a bridge between science and society. UT professors Stefano Stramigioli, Hans Hilgenkamp, Remko Akkerman, André de Boer, Suzanne Hulscher, Jeroen Cornelissen, Menno-Jan Kraak, Detlef Lohse, Albert van den Berg, and Maarten van Steen are also KNHW members, as are former vice-chancellor Thom Palstra and former professors Joost Kok and Peter-Paul Verbeek. It is an honorable membership: new members are nominated by existing members and/or directors.
More about Marielle Stoelinga's research and teaching can be found here.
All KHMW appointments for 2025 can be found here.
