Prof. Dr. Jan van der Molen

Jan van der Molen is part-time professor in ‘Governance of Cross-Border Alliances with special focus on Water Management’ at the faculty of Society and Economics of Rhine Waal University since 2012.  From then on, he taught lectures and projects in the field of Governance of Cross-Border Alliances, Public Governance, Poverty Alleviation, and Change Management. In 2025, one of the projects he developed over the years was evaluated as part of the Teaching Award for Political Science, organized by the German Association for Political Science (DVPW) in collaboration with the Schader Foundation and recognized as an example of “outstanding teaching in German political science”.

The main interests that drive Professor van der Molen as a scientist are the key elements and principles of cross-border cooperation, and the significance of water management to impact and improve the position of vulnerable groups. He has delivered over twenty-five invited lectures and presentations in multiple countries. In addition, he has published three books and over fifteen scientific and professional articles.

Professor van der Molen is founder and board member of De Mûne Foundation, a small-scale fundraising organization that supports locally led empowerment projects for vulnerable groups in Eswatini, the former Swaziland. To generate publicity and raise funds for the foundation's work, he gives presentations on a wide range of topics to service clubs.

Together with his wife he is living in a former fishing village in the northern part of The Netherlands.