dr. (Jannes) JJ Willems
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
- Room
- T17-54
- Telephone
- +31104081165
- willems@essb.eur.nl
Profile
Jannes Willems is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Public Administration and Sociology, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He has conducted research in the fields of climate adaptation, water management, infrastructure (re-)development and spatial planning. His expertise lies in institutional analysis, discourse analysis, organisational learning and transaction-cost economics. Jannes is part of the EUR RePolis research group that focuses on citizen initiatives.
Currently, Jannes participates in the following three projects:
- Blue-Green Infrastructures through Social Innovation (BEGIN): an European Interreg-project…
Jannes Willems is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Public Administration and Sociology, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He has conducted research in the fields of climate adaptation, water management, infrastructure (re-)development and spatial planning. His expertise lies in institutional analysis, discourse analysis, organisational learning and transaction-cost economics. Jannes is part of the EUR RePolis research group that focuses on citizen initiatives.
Currently, Jannes participates in the following three projects:
- Blue-Green Infrastructures through Social Innovation (BEGIN): an European Interreg-project in which ten City Councils are creating green urban water infrastructures in an integrative way;
- NWO VerDuS SURF Pop Up research project on mainstreaming the approach of Water Sensitive Rotterdam and Amsterdam Rainproof in regular urban climate adaptation practices;
- Governance Marker Wadden (KIMA): research on adaptive governance in the national water project Marker Wadden.
Previously, Jannes was affiliated with the Department of Spatial Planning & Environment at the University of Groningen, where he completed his PhD dissertation (2018) on institutional change in Dutch waterway management in response to the development of ageing infrastructure assets.
He holds a Research Master degree in Regional Studies (cum laude) and a Bachelor degree in Environmental & Infrastructure Planning, both obtained at the University of Groningen. He has also been a Visiting Student at the Environmental Policymaking & Planning department of the Massachussetts Institute of Technology, USA.
- J.J. Willems & T. Busscher (2019). Institutional Barriers and Bridges for Climate Proofing Waterway Infrastructures. Public Works Management Policy, 24 (1), 63-70. doi: 10.1177/1087724X18798383
- J.J. Willems, T. Busscher, J. Woltjer & J. Arts (2018). Co-creating value through renewing waterway networks: A transaction-cost perspective. Journal of Transport Geography, 69, 26-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.04.011
- J.J. Willems, T. Busscher, M. Van den Brink & J. Arts (2018). Anticipating water infrastructure renewal: A framing perspective on organizational learning in public agencies. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 36 (6), 1088-1108. doi: 10.1177/2399654417733993
- J.J. Willems, T. Busscher, J. Woltjer & J. Arts (2018). Planning for Waterway Renewal: Balancing Institutional Reproduction and Institutional Change. Planning Theory & Practice , 19 (5), 678-697. doi: 10.1080/14649357.2018.1542504
- J.J. Willems (2018). Beyond maintenance: Emerging discourses on waterway renewal in the Netherlands. Transport Policy, 72, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2018.09.011
- L. Gilliard, F. Wenner, C. Lamker, K. Van den Berghe & J.J. Willems (2017). Potentials of Entrepreneurial Thinking for Planning. Debates during the 11th AESOP Young Academics Conference. DISP (Dokumente und Informationen zur Schweizerischen Orts-, Regional- und Landesplanung), 53 (3), 94-100. doi: 10.1080/02513625.2017.1380439
- J.J. Willems & T. Busscher (2018). Verbind nieuwe aanleg en onderhoud. Trouw (print).
- J.J. Willems (2016). Ons (vaar)wegennet staat op een kruispunt. Verkeerskunde, 37.
- J.J. Willems, T. Busscher, A. Hijdra & J. Arts (2016). Renewing infrastructure networks: new challenge, new approach? In 6th Transport Research Arena (pp. 2497-2506)
- J.J. Willems (2017). Stuw Grave als opstap naar vaarweg van de toekomst. (blog). Ruimtevolk. (available: 1 Feb 2017).
- J.J. Willems (2018). Vervanging als kans voor gebiedsontwikkeling. (blog). Gebiedsontwikkeling.nu. (available: 12 Sep 2018).
- J.J. Willems (2018, september 13). Navigating waterway renewal. Actor-centred institutional perspectives on the planning of ageing waterways in the Netherlands. University of Groningen (Groningen: University of Groningen) Prom./coprom.: Prof. Dr. E.J.M.M. Arts, Prof J Woltjer & Dr T Busscher.
Research Design
- Title
- Research Design
- Year
- 2018
- Year level
- (Master)
Academic Researcher
- University
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
- School
- Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Department
- Department of Public Administration and Sociology/ Public Administration
- Country
- The Netherlands
- Telephone
- +31104081165