Iteke van Hille's research interests focus on collaboration in cross-sector partnerships in response to grand societal challenges. Before joining AUAS, she worked on her dissertation at VU University Amsterdam, studying the role of conveners in driving sustainable development through collaboration in global supply chains. Prior to pursuing her PhD, she worked as a practitioner at IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative. Currently, she studies the role of network orchestrators in driving collaboration towards a circular textile industry in The Netherlands and is involved in a research project on regenerative business models. In her research, she builds on different theoretical lenses, including institutional theory, paradox theory and literature on cross-sector collaboration for sustainability, adopting primarily qualitative research designs.