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I am Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Utrecht University School of Governance. I work on issues relating to the accountability of semi-autonomous agencies, with a specific focus on behavioral aspects of accountability. I am interested public sector reforms and effects thereof. I have published articles in Governance, Public Administration, Public Management Review, and International Review of Administrative Sciences.
Also, I am managing director of the Netherlands Institute of Governance, the Dutch-Flemish research school for Public Administration and Political Science. I coordinate the course curriculum for doctoral candidates.
Work​
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Assistant Professor
​February 2016 - present
Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University
I study the governance and accountability of employees in government and semi-autonomous executive agencies.
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I teach public policy, methods and statistics (BA/ResMA), and supervise MA theses and 2 doctoral candidates.
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Managing Director
​January 2020 - present
Netherlands Institute of Governance (NIG)
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I coordinate the course curriculum for doctoral candidates and the financial affairs of the organization.
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Doctoral Candidate
​January 2012 - December 2015
Radboud University, Nijmegen School of Management
In my PhD thesis, I study the effects of public sector reform, and in particular the effects of agencification.
My advisors are Prof. Sandra van Thiel and dr Marieke van Genugten.
I have taught classes on comparative public administration (MA) and the use of quantitative methods in comparative analysis (BA). I also supervised MA theses.
Research Intern
​September 2011 - December 2011
Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR)
I studied trends and developments in government regulation and supervision. This was part of a study into regulation and supervision by the Dutch government. The final council report is found here, with an English summary here (pdf).
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Visiting Researcher
January ​2011 - March 2011
École Nationale d'Administration (France)
I conducted a comparative study into resistance to reforms in semi-autonomous agencies in the Netherlands and France. This included conducting interviews with French and Dutch civil servants and agency officials.
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Research Intern
​September 2011 - December 2011
Netherlands Court of Audit (Algemene Rekenkamer)
I studied the history of public foundations by the Dutch government. This was part of a larger study into public foundations. The final Court of Audit report (in Dutch) can be found here.
Keywords
Accountability
Behavioral Public Administration
Public Management Reform
Semi-Autonomous Agencies
Quantitative Methods
Education
Radboud University, Nijmegen (NL)
​2012 - 2015
PhD in Public Administration. Dissertation: Great Expectations of Autonomous Agencies.
Utrecht University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Tilburg University (NL)
​2009 - 2011
MSc in Public Administration and Organizational Science (research master). Thesis: Resisting Governmental Control: How Semi-Autonomous Agencies Use Strategic Resources to Challenge State Coordination.
Radboud University, Nijmegen (NL)
​2005 - 2009
BSc in Public Administration. Thesis: Public Foundations, Panacea for All Problems?
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