Portfolio Manager

Colette Bos


Colette obtained her PhD at Utrecht University, with research on how scientists connect their work to large societal goals in science policy. After that, she moved to NWO, where she worked as a coordinator on the development of the Dutch National Research Agenda (Nationale Wetenschapsagenda, NWA) and as management board member in the European Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe. This was followed by two years as board secretary at the Mathematics department of Utrecht University, where she contributed to strategy and policy development and implementation of the department and where she managed operational matters.

Key Skills

  • Interdisciplinarity
  • Science policy
  • Science – society interface
  • Translating visions into strategy
  • and strategy into implementation