ir. A.M. Aarninkhof (Anke)

About 20 years ago, Anke Aarninkhof-Kamphuis MSc. started in the world of healthcare and real estate. Her PhD research focuses on scenario planning and modelling to support strategic decision-making for healthcare organizations, considering deep uncertainties. In addition to her doctoral research, she has been working as an independent real estate consultant for healthcare organizations for more than 20 years. She supervises projects from the initial idea and strategic real estate planning to construction completion.

Anke Aarninkhof-Kamphuis graduated cum laude as Master of Science in Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences from Delft University of Technology in 2001. Her thesis in Real Estate and Project Management focused on FC Schalke ‘04’s multifunctional stadium in Germany, which was followed by several publications. After completion the construction and maintenance phase of this project, she was involved in numerous design and development projects in the healthcare sector. For example the development of a hospital in Leiderdorp and several care projects in e.g. the region of Nijmegen, Purmerend, Eindhoven, Zwolle and Enschede. 

Anke Aarninkhof-Kamphuis spent in total eight years working internationally as a business developer for an engineering firm in Czech Republic (2005-2006), Germany (2000-2002, 2007-2009) and China (2009-2011). 

Anke Aarninkhof-Kamphuis is a team player who uses her strengths in analyzing, assessing, and proposing solutions. This leads not only to a well-defined problem statement but also to well-considered and focused advice. This results in timely and successful delivery of the project and/or process.

Expertise

• Computer Science

  • Decision-Making
  • Healthcare Organization
  • Organizational Context

• Engineering

  • Strategic Decision
  • Final Design

• Social Sciences

  • Strategic Decision Making
  • Decision Maker
  • Knowledge Management

Organisations

The research is about future healthcare organization and strategic decision making. Healthcare organizations’ decision making for the future relies on anticipating change. 

Publications

Research profiles

• University of Twente (2020-present)
  Twente Graduate School - PhD Candidate
  
  
• TU Delft (graduated in 2001)
  ir./MSc. Real Estate and Project Management (cum laude)

News on utwente.nl

Scientific publication "Coping with uncertainties: challenges for decision makers in healthcare" in the Emerald Journal of Facilities Management. This article of her doctoral research is about future healthcare organization and strategic decision making. Healthcare organizations’ decision making for the future relies on anticipating change. The main objective of this study is to gain insights into the awareness of uncertainties that healthcare decision makers have, particularly when making long-term investments e.g. health care real estate. Indeed, reliable forecasting is becoming increasingly difficult, creating anxiety and requiring long-term adaptive planning to cope with unforeseen circumstances. 

The results can be read in Journal of Facilities Management:
Research website University of Twente

Scientific publication "Dynamic adaptive decision support for strategic decision-making in healthcare organization" in the Emerald Journal of Health Organization and Management. The research reveals the relevance of the designed dynamic and adaptive tool to support strategic decision-making for healthcare organizations. The main objective of this study was to design a dynamic adaptive decision support model for healthcare organizations facing deep uncertainties by considering promising dynamic adaptive approaches. The main argument for this is that healthcare organizations have to make strategic decisions under deep uncertainty, but lack an approach to deal with this. The designed model applies the Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways approach in an organizational context and more specifically in health care organizations. It further integrates Corporate Real Estate Management knowledge and experience to develop a most needed tool for decision-makers in healthcare.

The results can be read in Journal of Health Organization and Management: 
https://doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-07-2023-0229

Organisations