{"id":117794,"date":"2020-09-17T16:02:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T14:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=117794"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:35:16","slug":"new-president-brinksma-i-know-how-the-wheels-turn-in-the-academic-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/09\/17\/new-president-brinksma-i-know-how-the-wheels-turn-in-the-academic-world\/","title":{"rendered":"New president Brinksma: ‘I know how the wheels turn in the academic world’"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 1 September this month, Ed Brinksma started as the new President of the Executive Board of the EUR. Actually, he wasn’t quite finished in Hamburg then. But maybe it is a bit like the soccer world. When you are invited to come on board at Barcelona, you obviously do not say no.<\/p>\n

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At the Opening of the Academic Year Brinksma had already made a laid-back impression when he sang on stage with presenter Wilfried de Jong a verse from the famous song De Allermooiste Rotstad<\/em> (the Most Beautiful Rotten City). The tone in the room of the president of the Executive Board is clearly more serious, but certainly no less engaging.<\/p>\n

It is often the little things that cause a new wind to blow through the university. After a minor renovation on the second floor of the Erasmus building, there is a large glass wall in the board members\u2019 room, and you can peer inside into the room of the latest president of the exec board. There\u2019s a good chance that you will see Brinksma \u2013 dressed in a light blue suit \u2013 zooming away behind his MacBook.<\/p>\n

The first job interviews \u2013 held in the middle of the lockdown \u2013 were also digital. \u201cI wasn\u2019t looking for another job. When I was approached for this position, however, a train of thought was set in motion. In the end, the challenge turned out to be so great that I couldn\u2019t say no.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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