Biography
My main research interest lies in the building, functioning and consequences of knowledge infrastructures for the governance of health care. I have studied such infrastructures both at (inter)national (e.g. the working of science advisory bodies), sectoral (e.g. the use of performance indicators in health care), organisational (e.g. planning & control cycles in hospitals) and shopfloor levels (e.g. the implementation and use of information technologies). Currently my main interest is in organisational infrastructures for quality and safety in health care. Projects related to this agenda are studies on the regionalisation of elderly and mental healthcare and a study on task differentiation of nursing care. Also I am involved in several studies with and focused on the work of the Healthcare Inspectorate.
Methodologically, I have specialised in qualitative, mainly ethnographic research methods. I have become increasingly interested in 'interventionist' or 'action' research as well as on the study of 'complex' interventions in health care and 'mixed methods' research.
I am a member of the Dutch research school of Science, Technology & Modern Culture and of the Society for the Social Study of Science. I participate in the European Health Policy Group, a group of political scientists and economists studying (comparative) health policy.
I teach in several programs of the Erasmus Shool of Health Policy and Management. I also coordinate a course on Organizing for Quality in the Nfu Master program on Quality and safety in healthcare..
Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management
- r.bal@eshpm.eur.nl
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
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Work
- Sabrina Huizenga, Hester van de Bovenkamp, Lieke Oldenhof & Roland Bal (2023) - The clocks run at slightly different speeds. Clashing timeframes in COVID-19 health risk governance - Health, Risk and Society - [link]
- Bert de Graaff, Sabrina Huizenga, Hester van de Bovenkamp & Roland Bal (2023) - Framing the pandemic: Multiplying “crises” in Dutch healthcare governance during the emerging COVID-19 pandemic - Social Science & Medicine, 328 - doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115998 - [link]
- Koray Parmaksiz, Roland Bal, Hester van de Bovenkamp & Maarten Kok (2023) - From promise to practice: a guide to developing pooled procurement mechanisms for medicines and vaccines - Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 16 (1) - doi: 10.1186/s40545-023-00574-9 - [link]
- Trisha Greenhalgh, Eivind Engebretsen, Roland Bal & Sofia Kjellström (2023) - Toward a Values-Informed Approach to Complexity in Health Care: Hermeneutic Review - Milbank Quarterly - doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12656 - [link]
- Manon Hogerwaard, Muriël Stolk, Liselotte van Dijk, Mariët Faasse, Nico Kalden, Sanne Elisabeth Hoeks, Roland Bal & Maarten Ter Horst (2023) - Implementation of barcode medication administration (BMCA) technology on infusion pumps in the operating rooms - BMJ Open Quality, 12 (2) - doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2022-002023 - [link]
- Rik Wehrens, Lieke Oldenhof, Marjolijn Heerings, Violet Petit-Steeghs, Sander van Haperen, Roland Bal & Trisha Greenhalgh (2023) - Integrating System Dynamics and Action Research: Towards a Consideration of Normative Complexity Comment on “Insights Gained From a Re-analysis of Five Improvement Cases in Healthcare Integrating System Dynamics Into Action Research” - International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 12 (1) - doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2023.7582 - [link]
- Jitse Schuurmans, Hanna Stalenhoef, Roland Bal & Iris Wallenburg (2023) - All the good care: Valuation and task differentiation in older person care - Sociology of Health and Illness - doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13654 - [link]
- Oemar van der Woerd, Iris Wallenburg, Wilma van der Scheer & Roland Bal (2023) - Regional network-building for complexity: A region-oriented policy response to increasing and varied demands for older person care in the Netherlands - Public Administration - doi: 10.1111/padm.12931 - [link]
- Eva van Baarle, Steven van Baarle, Guy Widdershoven, Roland Bal & Jan Willem Weenink (2023) - Sexual Boundary Violations: Exploring How the Interplay Between Violations, Retributive, and Restorative Responses Affects Teams - Journal of Business Ethics - doi: 10.1007/s10551-023-05408-x - [link]
- Sabrina Huizenga, Lieke Oldenhof, Hester van de Bovenkamp & Roland Bal (2023) - Governing the resilient city: An empirical analysis of governing techniques - Cities, 135 - doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104237 - [link]
Radboudumc
- Start date approval
- November 2022
- End date approval
- November 2025
- Place
- NIJMEGEN
- Description
- Modulecoordinator master Kwaliteit en veiligheid N
ZonMw
- Start date approval
- November 2022
- End date approval
- November 2025
- Place
- DEN HAAG
- Description
- Lid Commissie Actie-onderzoek
ZonMw
- Start date approval
- November 2022
- End date approval
- November 2025
- Place
- DEN HAAG
- Description
- Lid commissie implementatiefellow doelmatigheid
ZonMw
- Start date approval
- November 2022
- End date approval
- November 2025
- Place
- DEN HAAG
- Description
- Lid commissie veerkracht preventie
Quality and Safety
- Level
- master - jaar 1
- Year Level
- master - jaar 1
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- GW4007MD
Master Thesis HEPL
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- GW4555M
Healthcare Ethics
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- GW4564M
Comparative Health Policy
- Year Level
- master, master
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- GW4574M
Thesis HCM
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- GW4030MV
Advanced Research Methods
- Year Level
- master, master
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- GW4588M
Module Knowledge
- Level
- bachelor 1
- Year Level
- bachelor 1
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- GW101K
Academic Development & Skills
- Level
- bachelor 1
- Year Level
- bachelor 1
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- GWAVV-23
Advanced Research Methods
- Level
- master - jaar 2
- Year Level
- master - jaar 2
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- GW4003MD
Module Knowledge
- Level
- bachelor 1
- Year Level
- bachelor 1
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- GW103K
Integration project
- Level
- bachelor 1
- Year Level
- bachelor 1
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- GW103I
Quality and Safety
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- GW4007MV