’I am for equal opportunities for all’

As of 1 September 2022, Joyce Sylvester is Academic Fellow of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance. Sylvester is a renowned public administrator. She was recently appointed as chair of the State Commission against Discrimination and Racism and has also been nominated as dike warden in Amstel Gooi and Vecht. As Academic Fellow, she will strengthen teaching and research at the faculty, by giving guest lectures, mentoring students and collaborating with researchers in the fields of local democracy, civic participation, inclusion and democratic innovation. Sylvester has a clear mission: Equal opportunities for everyone, no matter where you were born. That is very important to me, that is what I am working on. Every person would need four or five lifetimes to realise everything they love, says Joyce Sylvester.