Prof. Beatrice van der Heijden, PhD

Prof. Beatrice I.J.M. Van der Heijden, PhD, member of Wittenborg's International Academic Advisory Panel, is professor of Strategic HRM at Radboud University's Institute for Management Research in Nijmegen and Head of the Department Strategic HRM. Moreover, she is Chair of Strategic HRM at the Open University of the Netherlands, Ghent University in Belgium, Hubei University in Wuhan, China, and Kingston University in London, UK. In 2019, Beatrice was appointed as a member of the Academy of Europe, and in 2022 as a member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities. She has been a Knight of the Order of the Lion in the Netherlands since 2021. Her main research areas are: sustainable careers, employability, aging at work, and age-related stereotyping. 

Van der Heijden is Associate Editor for the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology and Co-Editor for the German Journal of Human Resource Management. Her work has been published in, among others, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior, HRM, Human Resource Development Quarterly, Human Relations, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Career Development International, Personnel Psychology and Academy of Management Annals. She is co-editor of the Handbook of Research on Sustainable Careers (EE Publishing).