Biography
Sandra van Thiel (1968) is professor of Public Management at the Department of Public Administration and Sociology of Erasmus University Rotterdam. She obtained her master's degree at the Catholic University Nijmegen (with honours, 1992) and her PhD degree at the University of Utrecht (2000). She worked at Erasmus University Rotterdam (1998-2011), Radboud University Nijmegen (2012-2023), and as of May 2020 again in Rotterdam. She was executive director of the Netherlands Institute of Government (2004-2009), research coordinator of the parliamentary inquiry into privatization and agencification for the Dutch Senate (2011-2012), vice dean of the Nijmegen School of Management (2015-2020), and editor in chief of the International Journal of Public Sector Management IJPSM (2015-2023). In 2023 she was appointed as team lead for the team Organization & Management, at DPAS/EUR. Sandra is a member of the KHMW and the KNAW.
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Full professor | Organisation and Management
- vanthiel@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Sandra van Thiel & Dragos Ciulinaru (2026) - ZBO-evaluaties 2021-2025: Rapport voor Staat van de Uitvoering - [link]
- Liesbeth Faas, Glenn Houtgraaf, Peter Kruyen & Sandra van Thiel (2026) - Creative Discretion on the Frontline of Public Services: A Longitudinal Qualitative Digital Diary and Interview Study - Public Administration, 104 (2), 330-344 - doi: 10.1111/padm.70018 - [link]
- Koen Migchelbrink, Robin Bouwman, Britt Veldhuis & Sandra van Thiel (2025) - Kiezen of delen?: Een experimenteel onderzoek naar de condities waaronder burgers gegevens willen delen met toezichthouders - [link]
- Sandra Van Thiel (2025) - The synergetic model: mixing stewardship and principal-agent theory - doi: 10.4337/9781803927046.00022 - [link]
- Rutger Blom, Peter Kruyen, Beatrice Van der Heijden & Sandra van Thiel (2025) - Why do people want to work in semi-autonomous agencies?: Exploring latent classes and the role of structural and individual factors - International Journal of Public Sector Management - doi: 10.1108/IJPSM-11-2024-0376 - [link]
- Daphne Bressers, Mark van Twist, Sandra van Thiel & Martijn van der Steen (2025) - Understanding the Connection Between Government and Policy Advisory Bodies at Arm's Length: Contested Autonomy - doi: 10.4324/9781003465720-54 - [link]
- Sandra van Thiel (2025) - Why we need more public value - [link]
- Glenn Houtgraaf, Peter Kruyen & Sandra van Thiel (2025) - Measuring the construct of public sector creativity: Development of a validated scale - Public Administration Review, 85 (1), 128-143 - doi: 10.1111/puar.13762 - [link]
- Sandra van Thiel (2025) - Civil servants in the Netherlands: from loyal contradiction to just contradiction? - [link]
- Koen Migchelbrink, Robin Bouwman, Britt Veldhuis & Sandra van Thiel (2025) - Kiezen of delen?: Een onderzoek naar de voorwaarden waaronder burgers en bedrijven informatie delen met de overheid - [link]
- Sandra van Thiel (2023) - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW) (External organisation) (Chair)
Activiteit: Membership of network › Academic - Sandra van Thiel (2023) - Wetenschappelijke Adviesraad voor de Politie (External organisation) (Chair)
Activiteit: Membership of committee › Academic - J (Jolien) Grandia, K (Koen) Migchelbrink, S (Sandra) van Thiel & RA (Rowie) Huijbregts (2021) - NIG Conference 2021 (Chair)
Activiteit: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic - Sandra van Thiel (2020) - Position paper over omvorming ProRail (Consultant)
Activiteit: Consultancy › Professional - Sandra van Thiel (2020) - Problemen in de uitvoering van beleid: Barbertje moet hangen (Consultant)
Activiteit: Consultancy › Professional - Sandra van Thiel (2020) - Position paper voor de Tijdelijke Commissie Uitvoeringsorganisaties van de Tweede Kamer. (Consultant)
Activiteit: Consultancy › Professional - Sandra Thiel (2017) - Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (External organisation) (Member)
Activiteit: Membership of committee › Academic - Sandra Thiel (2017) - Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (External organisation) (Member)
Activiteit: Membership of committee › Academic - Sandra Thiel (2017) - Provincie Gelderland (External organisation) (Member)
Activiteit: Membership of committee › Academic - Sandra Thiel (2016) - Vereniging Hogescholen (External organisation) (Member)
Activiteit: Membership of committee › Academic
- Sandra van Thiel, R.B. Bouwman, A.M.A. van Deemen & E.A.J.A. Rouwette (2016) - IRSPM Best Paper award for the paper: Public Accountability in coalition negotiations, evidence from a face-to-face negotiating experiment
- Sandra van Thiel & S.P. Overman (2016) - Kooiman award best article in Public Management Review in 2016
- Sandra van Thiel, E. Rouwette, R.B. Bouwman & A. van Deemen (2015) - IRSPM Best Paper award: Accountability and Coalitions: Evidence from a Negotiation Experiment
Nationale Politie
- Start date approval
- oktober 2023
- End date approval
- oktober 2026
- Place
- DEN HAAG
- Description
- Voorzitter wetenschappelijke adviesraad politie
IND
- Start date approval
- oktober 2025
- End date approval
- oktober 2028
- Place
- DEN HAAG
- Description
- Lid van Bestuurlijke Reflectie Commissie
4.1 Extern Publiek Management
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- ESSB-BM3030
4.3 Internship Master Public Management
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- ESSB-BM3060
4.3 Thesis Master Public Management
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- ESSB-BM3070
1.3 Designing Social Research
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- ESSB-SBC1061
1.3 Designing Social Research
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- ESSB-SBC1061A
4.3 Internship Master Public Management
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- FSWBM-1140
4.1 Publiek Management
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- FSWBM-1200
1.3C Designing Social Research
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- FSWSB-1030
1.6C Organisation & Management
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- FSWSB-1060
