Biography
Kees Biekart is Associate Professor in Political Sociology at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
His research focuses on social movements, civil society, civic agency and civic-driven change. He also works on participatory action research methods. Before coming to ISS he was employed as a research co-ordinator with the Transnational Institute (TNI) in Amsterdam, and as a Lecturer at Leiden University. He obtained his MA in International Relations (1989) and his PhD in Political Science (1999), both with distinction (cum laude) at the University of Amsterdam. His research largely focuses on Latin America, but in recent years – triggered by MA and PhD supervisions - also on Africa and Asia. His current research focuses on civic agency in changing civic spaces. With Alan Fowler he recently edited the Open Access volume A Research Agenda for Civil Society (Elgar, 2022).
International Institute of Social Studies
- biekart@iss.nl
- Room
- I3-17
- Location
- Kortenaerkade 12, 's - Gravenhage
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Work
- Kees Biekart (2022) - Civil Society, governance and development - [link]
- Ana Santos de Almeida Silva, Kees Biekart & Luís Mah (2022) - Navigating change in international development using innovation: the case of national NGO platforms in Brazil and the Netherlands
- Kees Biekart & Alan Fowler (2022) - A Research Agenda for Civil Society - [link]
- Kees Biekart & Alan Fowler (2022) - A research agenda for civil society: Overview and introduction - doi: 10.4337/9781800378155.00007
- Alan Fowler & Kees Biekart (2022) - Civil society research: future perspectives - doi: 10.4337/9781800378155.00032
- Kees Biekart (2021) - COVID-19 and social discontent in the Netherlands - DevISSues, 23 (1), 4-6 - [link]
- Alan Fowler & Kees Biekart (2020) - Activating Civic Space for Sustainable Development: Helping and Hindering factors for Effective CSO Engagement in the SDGs - [link]
- Alan Fowler & Kees Biekart (2020) - Civic Agency - doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-99675-2_69-1 - [link]
- M van Wessel, Thea Hilhorst, L Schulpen & Kees Biekart (2019) - Government and civil society organizations: Close but comfortable? Lessons from creating the Dutch ‘Strategic Partnerships for Lobby and Advocacy’ - Development Policy Review - doi: 10.1111/dpr.12453 - [link]
- Kees Biekart (2019) - Why do we need solidarity in development studies? - [link]
- CH (Kees) Biekart (2021) - 16th EADI General Conference
- Otieno Ong'ayo & Kees Biekart (2018) - CDC and African diaspora communities in The Hague
- Sylvia Bergh & Kees Biekart (2015) - Can (Evaluation) Consultants be Civic Innovators? Exploring the Shift from Auditors to Allies
- Alan Fowler & Kees Biekart (2014) - Navigating Polycentric Governance: A View from the Middle
- Kees Biekart (2014) - Ocupando espacios urbanos para la transformacion social
- Kees Biekart & Alan Fowler (2014) - Civic Energy as a Trigger for Collective Citizens’ Action
- Kees Biekart (2013) - Development and Change (Journal)
- Kees Biekart (2013) - DevISSues (Journal)
- A Bayat & Kees Biekart (2009) - Development and Change (Journal)
- Mansoob Murshed & Kees Biekart (2005) - European Journal of Development Research (Journal)
3306 Participatory Action Research
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- ISS-3306-22-23
3105 Research Paper Preparation
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- ISS-3105-22-23
Major SJP
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- ISS-SJP-22-23
5401 Research Paper
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- ISS-5401-22-23
Board of Examiners
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- ISS-BOE-22-23
General Information
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- ISSGENERAL-22-23
4153 Cont Perspectives on Social Justice
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- ISS-4153-22-23
4393 SJP: Working towards the RP
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- ISS-4393-22-23