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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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    Our team

    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 & event officer
    Jasmijn Schol
    Event & community officer
    Merel Notten
    Project & team coordinator Inclusive Society
    Eefje op den Buijsch
    Resident Gemeente Eindhoven
    Inge Hootsmans
    Social junior 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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    Our students

    Kay Smits
    Student Assistent – Datascience
    Jamy de Lange
    Student Assistant – Business Innovation
    Thaomi Tran
    Intern – Healthcare Technology
    Shanya Migchelsen
    Intern – Industrial Design
    Sera Smits
    Intern- Business Innovation
    Valentin Palahanov
    Intern – ICT & Infrastucture
    Nina Bodelier
    Intern – Health & Tech
    Sam van der Loos
    Intern – Business Innovation
    Kay-dee Frederick
    Intern – Business Innovation