Geleyn Meijer steps down from board to focus on Europe
Geleyn Meijer will end his role as vice chair of the Executive Board of Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) from 1 January 2026 and will work to strengthen the position of AUAS and other universities of applied sciences in Europe. His role at Universities of Applied Sciences Netherlands (UASNL) plays an important role in this.
Meijer joined AUAS as dean of the Faculty of Digital Media and Creative Industries in 2011. He has been a member of the Executive Board since 2018. He will resign from this post with effect from 1 January 2026. Meijer will step down from his position at the end of June 2026.
Geleyn Meijer: ‘It is an enormous pleasure to be able to build the AUAS knowledge institution with students, lecturers, researchers and all colleagues. AUAS is built like a brick house and is also never finished. My term as a board member will be over soon, though. For me, this is an opportunity to further engage with construction at the European level and to commit myself to cooperation between knowledge institutions and supporting students and researchers in the future.’
Gala Veldhoen, chair of the Supervisory Board: ‘Thanks to Geleyn's vision of practice-based research, teaching, research and professional practice have been brought closer together. That is precisely the strength of AUAS. He has also personified international cooperation within and outside our university of applied sciences, and he will now have the opportunity to further develop and strengthen this until his retirement. We welcome his continued commitment to this cause. Geleyn has opened doors that remain of great value for future generations. We are very grateful to him for this.’
Jopie Nooren, chair of the Executive Board: ‘Geleyn is of great value to AUAS and all other universities of applied sciences in the further development of education into a knowledge institution focused on professional practice and societal challenges. He has strengthened the position of applied research within AUAS, in the region, nationally and across Europe. The professional doctorate programme is a great example of this. We will miss him as a fellow board member, especially for his creativity and fresh perspective. He used these to help AUAS respond quickly to developments such as the impact of AI on education, research and society as a whole. ‘Together with my fellow board member Henk Geveke, I am delighted that Geleyn will remain available to AUAS until his retirement and will work to strengthen the position of AUAS and the other universities of applied sciences in Brussels, where he will also work to build cooperation between the European Universities of Applied Sciences.’
The recruitment process for a successor will be launched as soon as possible.