Newsletter for NWO-I employees
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New NWO-I team leader Communication Kim Damen seeks connection
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“Improve cooperation, learn from each other and exchange knowledge”
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On 1 October 2023, Kim Damen made the switch from the Taskforce for Applied Research SIA (NWO) to the NWO-I office, where she started as team leader Communication. Kim received a warm welcome in her new role. She quickly felt at home in her own communication team at the office, in the management team and in the network of communication professionals from the NWO Institutes. Find out more about this highly motivated colleague who wants to make her own contribution to facilitate important scientific research within our institutes.
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Michael Wise appointed for second term as SRON Director
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NWO-I has appointed Michael Wise as Director of SRON for a second five-year term. During his first five years, Wise led the relocation of the SRON headquarters from Utrecht to Leiden, and several space missions came to fruition. Wise is looking forward to his upcoming new term: “Many exciting opportunities lie ahead. First of all, our Groningen branch will be relocating across the Zernike Campus to a brand new building. And we are expecting the launch of several missions, including the exoplanet telescopes PLATO and ARIEL.”
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Last year, Purple Friday fell on Friday 8 December. It is a day to express solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community by wearing purple-coloured clothing. Traditionally, the day is celebrated at schools but in recent years, higher education, research institutes and companies have also embraced this celebration of solidarity with the LGBTIQA+ community. Several NWO Institutes also celebrated Purple Friday. At CWI, the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) team presented themselves in purple on LinkedIn and on their Instagram account @cwi_amsterdam. DIFFER produced their internal newsletter in purple on that day to mark the occasion. NWO-I will continue to pay attention to this and other symbolic days in 2024. *LGBTIQA+ is the acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, asexual and other diverse sexual orientations and gender identities.
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Femke Tabak new institute manager NSCR
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With effect from 1 March 2024, the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR) welcomes Femke Tabak as the new institute manager. Femke joins us from the magnet and laser lab HFML-FELIX in Nijmegen, where she currently fulfils the role of managing director. Before that, she gained experience in science policy and funding at NWO in the Domain Science and the NWO Executive Board office.
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Peter Spijker appointed head of Strategic Support at NWO-I
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Peter Spijker was appointed head of Strategic Support at NWO-I on 1 December 2023. He had fulfilled this role on an interim basis for the past year. As head of Strategic Support, Peter manages, among other things, a team of strategic policy advisors who advise on, and support the board and institutes with, a wide range of topics. These include open science, knowledge security, diversity & inclusion, and recognition & rewards.
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Take a look at your pension income in the ABP pension planner
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An overview of all your pension possibilities at a single glance
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As an NWO-I employee, you build up your pension with ABP, the pension fund for people who work for the government and in education. Your pension is the income you will receive once you retire. It ensures that you will have money to live on after you have retired. Your pension can also be a substitute income when you can no longer work due to illness or disability. Or income for your partner should you die. In the online Pension planner at MijnABP (‘MyABP’), you can see how much pension you have already built up and view your personal pension possibilities. You can also see the impact of changes in your personal situation on your pension.
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Sandra de Keijzer new Confidential Adviser Whistleblowing Regulation
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Sandra de Keijzer, head of Chemistry and Physics at Domain Science (NWO-D), has been appointed as the Confidential Adviser within the Whistleblowing Regulation with effect from 13 December 2023. She succeeds Tanja Kulkens, who became Director of the NWO Domain Science last year. The aim of the regulation is to ensure that every NWO-I employee can freely report (suspected) wrongdoing in a safe and effective manner without any consequences for their legal position. Examples of wrongdoing include (imminent) criminal offences or an (imminent) danger to public health, safety or the environment.
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NSCR highlight: extensive research into the effects of freedom-restricting sentences
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Under the leadership of NWO Institute NSCR and the WODC Research and Data Centre (the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security’s knowledge centre) a long-term research programme will start into freedom-restricting sentences, such as community sentences, electronic tagging, conditional prison sentences and Halt trajectories (programmes to combat and prevent juvenile crime). The research focuses on gathering missing knowledge about decision-making, implementation and (un)intended effects of these sentences. Anja Dirkzwager (programme leader NSCR): “For the first time in the Netherlands, researchers will be able to follow a large group of juveniles and adults over a long period of time. In the study, we are working together with the organisations involved, such as the probation service (3RO), the Council for Child Protection and Halt.”
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News from the works councils
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For the Central Works Council of NWO (COR NWO) and the Group Works Council of NWO-I (GOR NWO-I) the agenda for 2024 includes negotiations about the interim Implementing Regulations (IR) and about the governance of NWO-I.
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CALENDAR
NWO Women+ in STEM panel session on 27 February 2024
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Within the framework of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11th and International Women's Day on March 8th, NWO/NWO-I is hosting a panel discussion in Amsterdam on February 27th. Four women and non-binary individuals will share their experiences working in science across all levels. This panel provides a safe space for all women and non-binary people in science to discuss workplace challenges. The goal is to inform, inspire, and share personal experiences with all women+ within the NWO Institutes, NWO-I office, and NWO-D, fostering a network of trust and support.
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Connect@DIFFER on 18 April 2024
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Save-the-date for this special Connect@meeting. We will be visiting one of the nine NWO Institutes: NWO Institute DIFFER in Eindhoven.
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NWO-I, the Institutes Organisation of NWO, is an independent foundation belonging to NWO. The following nine institutes are part of NWO-I: AMOLF, ARCNL, ASTRON, CWI, DIFFER, Nikhef, NIOZ, NSCR and SRON. The workgroups in which physics research takes place at Dutch universities and knowledge institutes are also part of NWO-I.
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