Biography
**Arwin van Buuren is Full Professor of Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam.** Arwin (1980) is the Director of the Department of Public Administration and Sociology at EUR. He is the founder and Academic Director of the Erasmus Governance Design Studio. This studio is involved in a variety of experimental design-oriented research projects and works on developing a proven design methodology for public administration. Arwin is also the initiator and Academic Director of GovLab010, a collaboration between the EUR and the City of Rotterdam, with the ambition to help the city to deal with complex governance challenges in an engaged, solution-oriented way.
For the EUR he also fulfills the role of Academic Lead for two strategic projects. The first project is Evaluating Societal Impact, a project on enhancing and fostering the impact strategy at all levels within EUR. The second project is Impact at the Core, a program on making our education more impact-driven.
His research interests are on issues of (co-)design for policy and governance, invitational governance and self-organization, collaborative governance and co-creation, policy innovation and institutional change. Arwin gives frequently advice to local, regional and national governments and is often asked to give lectures for professional audiences.
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- vanbuuren@essb.eur.nl
- Room
- T17-38
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
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Work
- Steven Blok, Menno Fenger & Arwin van Buuren (2022) - Stimulating civic behavior? The paradoxes of incentivising self-organization - Local Government Studies - doi: 10.1080/03003930.2022.2087061 - [link]
- Jorrit Smit, Hedi Westerduin & Arwin van Buuren (2021) - Bevlogen grenzenwerk, begrensde nabijheid: Een evaluatief onderzoek naar de kennisinfrastructuur tussen Gemeente Rotterdam en de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
- Geert Brinkman, Alette Opperhuizen, Arwin van Buuren & William Voorberg (2021) - Wanneer individuele inspanningen niet optellen tot gezamenlijk resultaat: De worsteling rond circulaire economie in het Groene Hart
- Jannes J. Willems, Michael Duijn, Stéphanie IJff, Jeroen Veraart, Nienke Nuesink, Gerald Jan Ellen & Arwin van Buuren (2021) - The lifecycle of public value creation: Eroding public values in the Dutch Marker Wadden project - Public Money and Management - doi: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1896557 - [link]
- Vivian Visser, Jitske van Popering - Verkerk & Arwin van Buuren (2021) - The social production of invited spaces: Toward an understanding of the invitational character of spaces for citizens’ initiatives - Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 32, 869-880 - doi: 10.1007/s11266-020-00310-w - [link]
- Saskia van Broekhoven & Arwin van Buuren (2020) - Climate adaptation on the crossroads of multiple boundaries. Managing boundaries in a complex programme context - European Planning Studies, 28 (12), 2368-2389 - doi: 10.1080/09654313.2020.1722066 - [link]
- Steven Blok, Arwin van Buuren & Menno Fenger (2020) - Exclusivity of citizens’ initiatives: Fuel for collective action? - Journal of Civil Society, 16 (3), 243-259 - doi: 10.1080/17448689.2020.1794168 - [link]
- Margot Hermus, Geert Brinkman & Arwin van Buuren (2020) - Van recht naar reden: Naar een toekomst waarin samenwerking tussen stad en initiatief geen recht maar vanzelfsprekend is
- Arwin van Buuren, Martijn van der Steen, Jurian Edelenbos & Derk Loorbach (2020) - De transitie naar aardgasvrij: Sterke sturing en ruimte voor maatwerk - Ruimte en Wonen - [link]
- Semiha Denktas, Arwin Buuren, Jurian Edelenbos, Derk Loorbach & Jeroen Waal (2020) - De ongezonde samenleving - Sociologie Magazine, 6-9 - [link]
- Astrid Molenveld, Arwin van Buuren & GJ (Gerald Jan) Ellen (2020) - Governance of climate adaptation, which mode? An exploration of stakeholder viewpoints on how to organize adaptation - Climatic Change, 162, 233-254 - doi: 10.1007/s10584-020-02683-9 - [link]
- Arwin van Buuren, JM Lewis, BG Peters & William Voorberg (2020) - Improving public policy and administration: exploring the potential of design - Policy & Politics, 48 (1), 3-19 - doi: 10.1332/030557319X15579230420063 - [link]
- E (Ellen) Minkman, V (Vivian) Visser, J (Jitske) van Popering - Verkerk & MW (Arwin) van Buuren (2020) - Energietransitie in Rotterdam
- Vivian Visser, Jitske Verkerk & Arwin Buuren (2019) - Dag van de Participatie
- Arwin Buuren (2015) - International Journal of Water Resources Development (Journal)
- Arwin Buuren (2014) - Niet bij preventie alleen. Dilemma's voor dijkenbouwers
- Arwin Buuren (2014) - De kunst van het combineren. De governance van slimme combinaties
- Diana Giebels, JAA Swart, Arwin Buuren & Jurian Edelenbos (2014) - Towards ecosystem-based management in the Wadden Sea? Exploring and evaluating national constraints to evidence-based decision-making in the case of seal management
- Arwin Buuren (2014) - Natuurambitie Grote Wateren
- Diana Giebels, Arwin Buuren & Jurian Edelenbos (2013) - Knowledge as a means to solve the 'wicked issue' of sustainable river restoration? Insights from the Danish Houting project
- Arwin Buuren (2012) - International Journal of Water Governance (print) (Journal)
- Arwin Buuren (2012) - Water Governance (Journal)
- Arwin van Buuren, Jitske van Popering - Verkerk & Vivian Visser (2019) - Erasmus Graduate School Award for PhD Excellence: Best conference paper
Gemeente Capelle aan den IJssel
- Start date approval
- April 2022
- End date approval
- March 2025
- Place
- CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL
- Description
- Lid gemeenteraad
Collaboration Ateliers: B&P, GMCS, MHRV
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- FSWBM-9000
4.3 Thesis Master Public Policy
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- FSWBM-2070
4.3 Internship Master Public Policy
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- FSWBM-2250
4.3 Internship Master GMCS
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- FSWBM-3100