Biography
Other academic activities and affiliations
2008-2009: Visiting Professor Institute for Local Government, University of Birmingham, UK
2005-2008: Director, European Summer School in Policy Analysis (ESSPA) ((with G. Capano (University of Bologna), H. Gottweis (University of Vienna))
2006-present: Steering committee Euroqual (European Science Foundation: Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences in Europe)
2004: Visiting Professor, Institute of International Studies, Ramkamghaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand
2003: Visiting Professor Institut für Politikwissenschaft, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
2002-present: Staff member Amsterdam School for Social Science Research
2002-present:Convener, Standing Group Theoretical Perspectives in Policy Analysis.
European Consortium for Political Science Research (with H. Gottweis)
2000: Visiting Professor, Hatfield Chair, University of Oregon, Institute of Public Policy, Portland, Oregon
2006-present: Editorial Council, Critical Policy Studies
1999-present: Editorial Board, American Review of Public Administration
1997- 2001: Advisory Board, Netherlands Institute of Government.
1994-present: Member, Netherlands Institute of Government
1994-2003: Editorial Board Administrative Theory & Praxis
Key Note Lectures
2010 ESF Workshop on Exploring and Comparing Prostitution Policy Regimes in Europe. London, Birkbeck, University of London.
    8th AESOP Planning and Complexity Workshop – ‘Resilient Cities’, Stockholm resiliency Centre Enacting Complexity: Resilience, Urban Governance and Pragmatism.
2009 ESRC seminar “Policy as Practice: Understanding the Work of Policy-Makers”, University of Birmingham.
2008 ESRC seminar “Complexity in the Social Sciences”, London School of Economics.
Eurocities, The Hague: key note address; “Innovations in Governance”.
University of Essex; Interpretive Methods Seminar: “Interpretive Policy Analysis”.
Institut für Hohere Studiën, Vienna, Austria. Seminar: The Practice Perspective in Political Science.
2007 European University Institute, Florence, Italy. Workshop: The (Re-)turn to Practice. Thinking Practices in International Relations and Security Studies,
2006 Director ECPR Joint Sessions Workshop, Neighbourhood Politics, Policymaking and the Discourse of Community Participation, Nicosia, Cyprus
2005 University of Tampere, Finland. Conference: Practice Studies in Public Policy
2003 Director ECPR Joint Sessions Workshop, Theoretical Perspectives in Policy Analysis, Grenoble, France
2000 University of Oregon, Portland, USA, Seminar: Interpretation and Narrative in Policy Analysis.