ESHPM’s Academic Collaborative Centers (“academische werkplaatsen”) are long-term partnerships with leading societal organizations in healthcare, policymaking, and supervision. These centers are at the heart of our mission: creating knowledge that matters — for people, systems, and society.
Through these centers, ESHPM researchers work closely with professionals in policy, care, and regulation to address urgent challenges, co-design solutions, and generate actionable insights.
Our academic collaborative centers
| Collaborative Center | Partners | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Academic Collaborative Center on Supervision | Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate (IGJ) | Learning regulation, reflexive supervision, system-level trust |
| Academic Collaborative Center on Health Insurance and Policy | Dutch National Health Care Institute (ZIN) | Risk equalisation, policy frameworks, benefit package design |
| Academic Collaborative Center on Elderly Care in Zeeland | Care organizations in Zeeland & regional stakeholders | Aging, long-term care, regional care innovation |
Additional long-term research partnerships
| Collaborative Focus | Partners | Themes |
|---|---|---|
| Health system financing & data modelling | NZa, health insurers | Payment systems, performance indicators |
| Quality & safety in hospitals | Franciscus Gasthuis, Maasstad Ziekenhuis, TopCare hospitals | Continuous improvement, networked care, governance |
| Care transformation | Ministry of Health (VWS), regional coalitions | Sustainability, prevention, shifting care |
PhD research embedded in the field
Each center hosts or supports PhD trajectories that are co-created with field partners. These projects ensure knowledge development is grounded in practice and contribute to both scientific and policy progress.
Examples include:
- Studying the effects of responsive supervision (IGJ)
- Modeling reimbursement thresholds using ZIN frameworks
- Co-designing future elderly care pathways in Zeeland
Want to collaborate?
Are you part of an organisation looking to tackle complex healthcare challenges through structural collaboration with science?
Contact us at research@eshpm.eur.nl to explore the possibilities of setting up an academic collaborative center with ESHPM.