Johan Christensen Associate professor

Johan Christensen is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration and teaches the course Public Institutions in block 1 of the Master Public Administration. Johan's research focuses on the role of experts and expertise in public policy-making, both at the national and European levels.

Caelesta Braun Professor Public Governance and Civil Society

Caelesta Braun is Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration and teaches the course Public Institutions in block 1 of the Master Public Administration. Caelesta’s main fields of research include political advocacy, interest group politics, public decision-making, bureaucratic politics and regulatory governance.

Arco Timmermans Associate professor

Arco Timmermans is Professor by special appointment in Public Affairs at the Institute of Public Administration and teaches the course Public Policy and Values in block 2 of the Master Public Administration. Arco Timmermans' research is on the dynamics of the public and political agenda. He analyzes how interest groups play the game of obtaining or avoiding public and political atention, how they form lobbycoalitions, and how they find access to venues for influence

Valérie Pattyn Associate professor

Valérie Pattyn is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration, and Programme Director of the Bachelor in Public Administration. In addition to her role as director of the Bachelor in Public Administration, Valérie teaches the course Public Policy and Values in block 2 of the Master Public Administration. Valérie Pattyn’s research interests lie at the intersection of knowledge and public policy and include evidence-informed policymaking, knowledge production and use in policy, and policy advising.

Vasileios Karakasis Lecturer

Vasileios Karakasis is a lecturer and PhD- candidate at the Institute of Public Administration and teaches the course Public Policy and Values in block 2 of the Master Public Administration. In the context of his PhD research project, Vasileios is conducting a qualitative analysis to explore the “policy paradigms” that enlighten the opinion leaders of countries in the face of isolated crisis events, especially when these occur in the context of a protracted conflict.

Dimiter Toshkov Associate Professor

Dimiter Toshkov is Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration and teaches the course Research Design in block 2 of the Master Public Administration. Dimiter's main fields of research are European Union politics, comparative public policy, and research methodology. 

Brendan Carroll Assistant professor

Brendan Carroll is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration and teaches the course Research Design in block 2 of the Master Public Administration. Brendan examines how member states’ administrative structures adapt to and seek to influence evolving EU policies through their role in the implementation of regulatory policy.

Dovile Rimkute Assistant Professor

Dovilė Rimkutė is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration and teaches the course Research Design in block 2 of the Master Public Administration. Dovilė's research interests cover a range of regulatory governance topics, however, EU-level regulatory agencies and risk regulation take a central role.

Madalina Busuioc Guest Professor

Madalina Busuioc is Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration and teaches the course Regulation and Governance in block 1 of the Master specialisation Economics and Governance. Madalina's main research interests are in the area of (risk) regulation and governance, with a particular emphasis on the study of bureaucratic agencies operating both at the national and EU levels, public accountability, agency independence and the institutional design, and practices, of multi-level co-operation.

Maarja Beerkens Associate professor

Maarja Beerkens is Assistant Professor and Director of Education of all the Bachelor - and Master programmes at the Institute of Public Administration. Maarja teaches the course Regulation and Governance in block 1 of the Master specialisation Economics and Governance. Maarja Beerkens' research focuses on governance issues, regulation, and empirical policy analysis and evaluation. Her field of interest lies in higher education and science policy in which she has published academically as well as conducted policy advising in different parts of the world (Armenia, Botswana, EU countries). 

Marike Knoef Guest Researcher

Marike Knoef is Professor of Empirical Micro-Economics at the Department of Economics of the Law Faculty and teaches the course Welfare State Economics in block 1 of the Master specialisation Economics and Governance.

Olaf van Vliet Professor of Economics

Olaf van Vliet is Professor by special appointment Comparative Welfare State Analysis at the Department of Economics and at the Institute of Public Administration and teaches the course Political Economy in International Perspective in block 3 of the Master specialisation Economics and Governance. Olaf is the coordinator of the Economics and Governance specialisation of the Master in Public Administration and head of the Department of Economics of the Law Faculty. Olaf's research and teaching interests include comparative political economy, welfare state reform, income inequality, globalization, European integration and labor economics.

Peter van Wijck Associate Professor

Peter van Wijck is Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics of the Law Faculty and teaches the course Economics of Regulation in block 3 of the Master specialisation Economics and Governance. Peter’s research is focussed on the economic analysis of criminal justice, dispute resolution, tort and competition law.

Hendrik Vrijburg Assistant Professor

Hendrik Vrijburg is Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of the Law Faculty and teaches the course Economics of Regulation in block 3 of the Master specialisation Economics and Governance. Hendrik is interested in Public Finance and Applied Econometrics in general, with a focus on taxation. He has published on tax competition and tax coordination.

Anchrit Wille Professor by Special Appointment Transitions in the Public Sector

Anchrit Wille is Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration and teaches the course Architectures of International and European Governance in block 1 of the Master specialisation International and European Governance. Anchrit's research topics include executive politics, political-administrative relationships, political participation, and trust in government.

Alexandre Afonso Associate Professor

Alexandre Afonso is Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Institute of Public Administration and teaches the course Global challenges and Public Policies in block 1 of the Master specialisation International and European Governance. Alexandre's work focuses on the comparative political economy of labour markets and welfare states in Europe and has been published in academic journals such as the Journal of European Public Policy, Socio-Economic Review, European Journal of Political Research, and Governance, among others. 

Rik de Ruiter Associate Professor

Rik de Ruiter is Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration and Programme Director of the Master Public Administration. Rik teaches the course Decsision-Making in Multi-level Governance Systems in block 3 of the Master specialisation International and European Governance. Rik’s current research focuses on the politics, governance and policy of the European Union, both at the supranational and national level. He is especially interested in the involvement of national parliaments in the European integration process.

Petra van den Bekerom Assistant professor

Petra van den Bekerom is Assistant Professor in Public Management at the Institute of Public Administration and teaches the course Strategic Public Management and Collaboration in block 1 of the Master specialisation Public Management and Leadership. Petra's research interests include the external management of public organizations, public sector performance, and citizens’ performance perceptions of public organisations. Petra is particularly interested in the question to what extent public management can contribute to public service performance.

Kohei Suzuki Assistant Professor

Kohei is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration and teaches the course Strategic Public Management and Collaboration in block 1 of the Master specialisation Public Management and Leadership. Kohei's research examines how bureaucratic structures and administrative reforms affect policy outcomes, bureaucratic behavior, and broader governance outcomes with a comparative perspective.

Sandra Groeneveld Professor Public Management

Sandra Groeneveld is a Professor in Public Management of the Institute of Public Administration and teaches the course Sandra Groeneveld: Leadership and Organisational Behaviour in block 3 of the Master specialisation Public Management and Leadership. Sandra's research interests include the structure and management of public organizations, focusing particularly on questions of representative bureaucracy, diversity management, leadership and organizational change. 

Joris van der Voet Associate professor

Joris van der Voet is Assistant Professor in Public Management at the Institute of Public Administration and teaches the course Leadership and Organisational Behaviour in block 3 of the Master specialisation Public Management and Leadership. Joris' research interests concern organizational change in public sector organizations, leadership, cutback management, and employee motivation.