Our Impact Makers

About REC

Impact Makers are students and faculty at the University of Amsterdam who are making an impact in the world through research and external collaborations, from new student ventures to industry innovations. Here is a selection of our UvA Impact Makers and their work on campus and beyond.

Parvathy Krishnan

Parvathy Krishnan is Chief Technology Officer at Analytics for a Better World and Consultant at the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme.
Chei Billedo & Irene van Driel

Chei Billedo and Irene van Driel are linked to The Media Representation Initiative and SeeMeBeMe.
Romee Nicolai

Romee Nicolai is project leader of the Bike Kitchen & Urban and Regional Planning master's student.
Meredith Glaser

Meredith Glaser is the CEO of the Urban Cycling Institute, professor of Cycling at Ghent University and lecturer Urban Planning at the UvA.
Jonathan Sitruk

Jonathan Sitruk is assistant professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Amsterdam Business School and coordinator of the Minor Entrepreneurship Programme.
Christian Broër

Christian Bröer is Associate professor of sociology at the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences and co-founder of PANEL.
Eric-Jan Wagenmakers

Eric-Jan Wagenmakers is professor at the University of Amsterdam and founder & CEO of JASP.
Laura Burgers

Laura Burgers is an assistant professor at the Amsterdam Centre for Transformative private law.
Frederiek de Vlaming

Frederiek de Vlaming is senior advisor of Nuhanovic Foundation and co-founder of the Syria Legal Network.
Nicky Pouw

Nicky Pouw is an international development economist and an associate professor Economics of Wellbeing. She is also a board member of Social Sciences and Humanities domain.
Susan Leclercq

Susan Leclercq is project manager at the Amsterdam Law Hub.

All photos of our Impact makers are shot by Pascal Bier (Studio PAAR).