Christa Boer Appointed New Dean of UvA Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Boer succeeds Prof. Agneta Fischer, who will step down as dean from September. The appointment was made in consultation with the Faculty Works Council and the Faculty Student Council.

‘We are very happy with the arrival of Christa Boer,’ says Executive Board president Geert ten Dam. ‘She has extensive experience in education, research and administration. She mainly gained this experience at Amsterdam UMC, which, like the FMG, is a large and complex organisation. She is deeply committed to education, students, and important social issues – this is evident, for example, in how she has committed herself to discussing undesirable behaviour within Amsterdam UMC and other healthcare institutions. In her vision on health issues, she pays full attention to the influence of people’s social and physical environments. She also systematically seeks connections outside the walls of the university. She therefore fits very well with the social and people-oriented issues that are central to the education and research at the FMG.’

Boer: ‘I am looking forward to working with colleagues and students to further shape this wonderful faculty and to helping to drive forward research and education into today’s major social issues.’