TU Delft Names Two New Ombuds

In January, Delft University of Technology appointed Birgitte Peters the Ombuds Officer for Staff (Ombudsfunctionaris personeel) and Carin Wensveen the Ombuds Officer for Students (Ombudsfunctionaris studenten). The announcement brings the university into compliance with a 2020 agreement between the Association of Universities in the Netherlands and four leading labor unions. Peters and Wensveen succeed Job van Luyken, who served a two-year terms as the Ombuds. (TU Delft Delta.)

Previously, Peters was a mediator for Erasmus University Rotterdam since 2011 and the Ombuds for Staff at the Hague University of Applied Sciences since last September 2021. She has held a wide range of legal and dispute resolution positions in the private and public sectors, including a stint as a judge. Peters graduated from Emmauscollege and earned her Master's in Law at Leiden University. (LinkedIn.)

Wensveen comes to the position after working as a family law mediator since 2010. Before that, she was researching conflict resolution and mediation at Erasmus University. She earned her Master's in Law at Erasmus University and a PhD at the University of Amsterdam. (LinkedIn.)

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