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    Towards a more inclusive society to raise awareness of basic skills gaps

    In the Netherlands, 2.5 million people struggle daily with reading, writing, math, and digital skills, also called basic skills. These deficiencies make it difficult for them to fully participate in society, such as reading and understanding a letter or buying a train ticket, leading to various personal and societal problems.

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    About Eindhoven Engine

    Urgent societal challenges need an integrative and agile approach. Eindhoven Engine knows how to excite and accelerate. We connect and fuel bright minds to unleash their full potential and boost innovations.

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    How we work

    We accelerate innovation in our ecosystem through disruptive co-creation by multidisciplinary research teams. We connect our research to other disciplines, companies, institutes, insights, and young & experienced talents in order to add value and speed.

    Why join us?

    Agile co-creation, multidisciplinary insights, inspirational know-how, challenge-based research and organized serendipity. Eindhoven Engine is the place to be when you want to move forward and make that societal impact. We are here for both young and experienced innovative minds. Our ecosystem can help you reach your full potential.

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    Meet the team

    Excite, enrich, tackle. This is what we all love to do. Our transparent, creative and entrepreneurial mindsets connects us at Eindhoven Engine.

    Maarten Steinbuch
    Scientific director
    Janne Brok
    Managing director
    Walter Baets
    Wicked Problems officer
    Paul Desmedt
    Program manager Livable Region
    Lotte Geertsen
    Program manager Inclusive Society
    Folkert Huijsinga
    Program manager Future Proof Care
    Joëlle van den Broek
    Liaison manager TNO
    Dimitri van de Kelft
    Liaison manager Fontys
    Hoi-Yan Planjer
    Communication & events officer
    Jasmijn Schol
    Event & Community officer
    Merel Notten
    Project & team coordinator Inclusive Society
    Eefje op den Buijsch
    Resident Gemeente Eindhoven
    Inge Hootsmans
    Junior social designer Inclusive Society
    Stephan de Kruijf
    Finance & Control officer
    Patricia van Mierlo
    Finance & Project control officer
    Frank van Oudenhoven
    Finance officer
    Theo Elfring
    Legal Counsil officer
    Alwin Maas
    Office manager
    Jessica Goss, EngD Trainee Designing Human-Systems Interaction
    Jessica Goss
    EngD Inclusive Society
    Golnoosh Sabahifard
    EngD Livable Region
    Sichen Guo
    EngD Inclusive society

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