Biography
Jurian Edelenbos is professor of interactive urban governance and academic director of the Erasmus Initiative Vital Cities and Citizens. Jurian Edelenbos has completed his PhD in 2000 at Delft University of Technology. He has developed expertise in the fields of governance, citizen participation & self-organization, boundary spanning, trust, network management, and democratic legitimacy. He conducts research in the following domains: urban management & planning, integrated water management & sustainable energy. Research interests: community-based initiatives, boundary spanning, trust, governance networks
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Full professor | Governance and Pluralism
- edelenbos@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Elena Marie Enseñado, Jurian Edelenbos & Leon van den Dool (2025) - The Rules of Engagement: Conditions for City-To-City Learning on Climate Change Policy - Environmental Policy and Governance, 35 (5), 794-807 - doi: 10.1002/eet.70007 - [link]
- Jurian Edelenbos, Ingmar van Meerkerk & Jannes Blokstra (2025) - Herstellen van vertrouwen vraagt responsieve overheid! - [link]
- Run Zhao, Jurian Edelenbos, Martin de Jong, Warda Belabas & Emma Björner (2025) - Challenges of implementing inclusive city policies in three European port cities - npj Urban Sustainability, 5 (1) - doi: 10.1038/s42949-025-00239-3 - [link]
- Warda Belabas & Jurian Edelenbos (2025) - Local leadership “beyond city hall”: Analysis of the public communication of Ahmed Aboutaleb, mayor of Rotterdam - Communication and Society, 38 (1), 334-350 - doi: 10.15581/003.38.1.025 - [link]
- Jurian Edelenbos & Beitske Boonstra (2025) - A reflexive turn in urban governance - doi: 10.4337/9781803927343.00007 - [link]
- Beitske Boonstra & Jurian Edelenbos (2025) - Preface - doi: 10.4337/9781803927343.fm5 - [link]
- Beitske Boonstra & Jurian Edelenbos (2025) - Reflexive urban governance: Conclusions - doi: 10.4337/9781803927343.00017 - [link]
- Jurian Edelenbos & Beitske Boonstra (2025) - Reflexive Urban Governance: Critically Engaging with Urban Policies - doi: 10.4337/9781803927343 - [link]
- Seline Westerhof, Beitske Boonstra, J. Burger, Michael Duijn, Jurian Edelenbos & Jiska Engelbert (2025) - Voorkom ‘onderzoeksmoeheid’: benut nieuwsgierigheid en enthousiasme in wijken - [link]
- Jurian Edelenbos & Beitske Boonstra (2025) - Reflexive Urban Governance: Critically Engaging with Urban Policies - doi: 10.4337/9781803927343
- MJ (José) Nederhand, J (Jurian) Edelenbos, FR (Flor) Avelino & J (Jan) Fransen (2021) - International Paper Workshop Vital Cities (Participant)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic - 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 (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Diana Giebels, Lasse Gerrits & Jurian Edelenbos (2013) - Facing complex socio-ecological systems by ecosystem-based management: towards an evidence-based typology (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - 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 (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Jurian Edelenbos (2010) - American Review of Public Administration (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Editorial work › Academic
- M (Malika) Igalla, J (Jurian) Edelenbos & IF (Ingmar) van Meerkerk (2022) - IRSPM Anniversary Symposium
- M (Malika) Igalla, J (Jurian) Edelenbos & IF (Ingmar) van Meerkerk (2021) - Kooiman best article in Public Management Review
Provincie Overijssel, Programma Landelijk Gebied
- Start date approval
- January 2025
- End date approval
- January 2028
- Place
- ZWOLLE
Open Science NL
- Start date approval
- June 2025
- End date approval
- June 2028
- Place
- DEN HAAG
4.3 Internship Master GMCS
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- ESSB-BM4060
4.3 Thesis/researchproject Master GMCS
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- ESSB-BM4070
4.3 Internship Master GMCS
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- FSWBM-3100
