Education
DeTombe studied social science and computer science at the Utrecht University.
DeTombe studied social science and computer science at the Utrecht University.
She received her doctorate in 1994 in the field of methodology for Societal Complexity on the COMPRAM Methodology under supervision of Harm "t Hart with the thesis, entitled "Defining complex interdisciplinary societal problems: a theoretical study for constructing a co-operative problem analyzing method: the method COMPRAM". DeTombe started her academic career at the Radboud University Nijmegen, and spent her main career as a scientist at Utrecht University and at Delft University of Technology at its School for Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management, and as a visiting professor abroad. She gives lectures on the subject of Methodology of Societal Complexity as visiting professor and at conferences all over the world.
DeTombe has organized yearly conferences on the topic of Methodology of Societal Complexity.
She built a multidisciplinary International Research Group on Societal Complexity in Europe, North America, and Africa. She has been president of the International Research Society on Methodology of Societal Complexity.