Innovator in the Spotlight

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.

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 Inclusive Society
Golnoosh Sabahifard
EngD Livable Region
Sichen Guo
EngD Inclusive society

The engine is running…

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Innovation projects
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Million total value
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Innovators in our community
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