Current Projects
Smart City Governance
Literature and empirical research into smart city governance is conducted
with Manuel Pedro Rodriquez Bolivar of the University of Granada.This research
investigates cooperations between citizens, government, stakeholders and
private business at a city level.
Innovation in the public sector
Processes of innovation in the public sector are investigated empirically.
Specifically, this research focuses on innovation in the police sector. Current
research project focuses on the contribution of individuals to processes of
innovation.
Transparency in government
How does Internet transparency change government? The relation between
transparency and various aspects of government isinvestigated through a series
of research projects. These projects focus on the relation between transparency
and accountability, transparency and enforcement and transparency and trust.
This research has a specific focus on transparency in the European Union
(cooperation with prof. Deirdre
Curtin of the University of Amsterdam).
Police and social media
This research maps the use of social media by police departments and
individual officers in the Netherlands and other countries. The research also
aims to assess the value of this use in terms of effectiveness and
legitimacy. Cooperations have been developed with prof. Rene
Torenvlied (University of Twente), prof. Marcel Thaens (Erasmus
University Rotterdam), Peter Siep (Centre for Public Innovation), dr. Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen (Utrecht
University) and Danielle Fictorie (Utrecht
University).
Scientific knowledge for public policy
How reliable in scientific knowledge? And when is this type of knowledge questioned by society? This research aims to investigate the relation between scientific knowledge and public policy through a specific analysis of the HPV vaccination. This project is carried out with dr. Huub Dijstelbloem (WRR and University of Amsterdam) and Paulus Lips (University of Amsterdam).
Open data
Why do government put open data on the Internet? And what does this bring
society? This research investigates open data s a dynamic process of open
learning. Research is carried out with the NSOB (dr. Martijn van der
Steen and Josta de Hoog)
for the Netherlands Ministry of the Interior.
Raising Open and User-friendly Transparency-Enabling Technologies for Public Administrations
I participate in the HORIZON 2020 Project 'Raising Open and User-friendly Transparency-Enabling Technologies for Public Administrations'. More information: project website.