Jo Ritzen is professorial fellow of International Economics of Science, Technology and Higher Education at the ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ-MERIT) and Maastricht Graduate School of Governance.
He was previously Dutch Minister for Education and Science, then President of Maastricht University, and is now the driving force behind ¡®Empower European Universities¡¯ (EEU), an NGO which aims to ramp up innovation and internationalization at universities and research institutes across Europe.