[3] Hackmann worked as a science policy maker, researcher and consultant in the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, and South Africa.
She was Head of the Department of International Relations and Quality Assessment of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
[4] These two organisations merged, in July 2018, to form the International Science Council, of which she is the current CEO.
[5] Heide Hackmann co-chaired the Technology Facilitation Mechanism (TFM), UN group supporting the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
These include the Scientific Advisory Board of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany,[7] and the Stockholm Resilience Centre in Sweden.