{"id":196137,"date":"2026-02-12T14:10:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=196137"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:10:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:10:54","slug":"nieuwe-diversity-officer-ik-besef-dat-ik-van-anderen-moet-leren-wat-discriminatie-met-je-doet-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/02\/12\/nieuwe-diversity-officer-ik-besef-dat-ik-van-anderen-moet-leren-wat-discriminatie-met-je-doet-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New diversity officer: \u2018I am very aware that I have to learn from others what discrimination does to you’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jacco van Sterkenburg began this month as Chief Diversity Officer. Four questions for the first man in this role. “A safe, inclusive university is a task for all of us.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Chief Diversity Officer Jacco van Sterkenburg prefers to cycle from the train station to work.<\/p>

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The fourth Chief Diversity Officer of Erasmus University is Jacco van Sterkenburg. Since 1 February the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access Centre \u2013 or IDEA Centre \u2013 has been under his leadership. The people on this team work towards an inclusive university. Van Sterkenburg is also professor of ‘Race’, inclusion and communication. Among other things, he researches racism in sport and in the media. His best known research looks at differences in football commentary for white players and players of colour. White footballers are relatively often described as clever and tactical, while players of colour are more often given physical descriptions such as fast and powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your predecessor Jane Murray Cramm said she was a suitable Chief Diversity Officer because she had all the boxes ticked. What made you apply?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“For a long time, I decided not to respond. Me, as a white man? I thought it was not for me to take that position, even though the subject is close to my heart. It falls within my expertise, I have been researching this for 25 years. After encouragement from IDEA and from Jane herself I applied. A safe, inclusive university is a task for all of us. The three women before me have done fantastic work, but if men still have advantages in this society, then it is precisely also up to us to make our contribution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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