prof. Aukje Hassoldt

Professor Aukje Hassoldt 

Dean of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University since 1 December 2024.

Professor Hassoldt is a university executive with a broad range of experience. She has extensive experience in guiding organisations through change and a commitment to creating societal impact.

Aukje Hassoldt was Dean of the Technology, Policy and Management Faculty at TU Delft from October 2019 until her appointment at RSM. Prior to her appointment at TU Delft, she worked outside of academia at prominent research-based organisations in the Netherlands.

Professional Biography

Aukje Hassoldt (1970, Dutch) earned her bachelor and master’s degrees in physics from the Free University (VU) Amsterdam. Following her studies, she held various positions in Rijkswaterstaat (Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management), where she worked  as a project manager and member and delegation leader of international working groups before moving into management at an early age.

Later, she moved to TNO Applied Technological Research Institute, where she served as a business unit manager Environment, Health & Safety and as Director of Research of Earth, Environment & Life Sciences. She then served as Head of Centre for Safety and Security at the RIVM National Institute for Public Health & Environment and as acting Chief Information Officer at RIVM before she started at TU Delft.

Prof. Hassoldt held various advisory and non-executive board memberships/chair positions in organisations such as the Dutch National Network on Risk Management, the Proton Therapy Centre HollandPTC BV and was a supervisory board member of the Triodos Groenfonds.