Renée van Kessel Hagesteijn o na le semelo sa mahlale a sechaba (PhD Anthropology Leiden University). O ile a ba le phihlelo e kholo lefapheng la 'ho fetola mekhoa ea mekhoa ea saense le saense', ka ho tsamaisa tšebelisano-'moho le likarolo tse ling tsa saense (saense ea bongaka le ea tlhaho) le tšebelisano-'moho le litsebi. Ke Mookameli oa mehleng oa saense ea Sechaba le ea boitšoaro ho National Research Council NWO e The Netherlands, mookameli oa WOTRO Science bakeng sa Ntšetso-pele ea Lefatše le motsamaisi ea ka sehloohong oa National Initiative on Brain and Cognition (NIHC). E ne e boetse e le motsamaisi oa pele oa Tšebelisano ea Linaha tsa Europe le tse Tsoelang Pele bakeng sa liteko tsa meriana ea mafu a tšoaetsanoang (EDCTP). Ka lilemo tse 'maloa o ile a phetha karolo ea mafolofolo Belmont Forum (le ba pele ho eona).
O atlehile ho theha mekhatlo e mengata ea li-interdisciplinary, ea sechaba-ea sechaba le ea sechaba-poraefete, ea naha le ea machaba; le ho fumana lichelete tsa kopanelo bakeng sa merero e mengata ea lipatlisiso le boiqapelo. Bongata ba mananeo ana a kenya letsoho ho Maikemisetso a Ntlafatso ea Moshoelella. Hape o kentse letsoho ho Maano a Machabeng a Open Science (mohlala, GO FAIR) le Digital Infrastructures ka ho theha maano a tsamaiso ea data.
Renée e ne e le setho sa Boto e Laolang ea ISC (maemong a Treasurer) ho tloha 2018 ho isa 2021.
Leqephe le ntlafalitsoe ka May 2024.