Research Group Public Governance

Robert Duiveman studied sociology at the University of Amsterdam. At this university he also did his PhD research on the role of knowledge institutions in tackling urban problems. Robert has extensive experience in designing, performing and coordinating (action) research programs working, among others, at Leiden University, Nicis-Platform31 and The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. Since 2016, Robert works as a senior researcher at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Here he is involved in the design and implementation of Urban Living Labs

Rosa Groen is completing a PhD project at Leiden University on how cities and host countries attract International Organizations. What determines the successes of medium-sized Western European cities to attract international organizations (IOs)? She selected 6 cases of IOs in 4 cities (Geneva, The Hague, Vienna, Copenhagen) of which half were successfully attracted. The working title of her thesis is: 'Local challenges in a rapidly changing world’. Rosa works as a lecturer on Public Management, globalisation and research skills, is a country tutor for Spain, and the secretary for the Business Administration Degree Programme Advisory Committee (Faculty of Management & Organisation). Rosa’s research project is aimed at qualitative study involving students of the Business Organisation program who will be interviewing youths in disadvantaged areas and refugee status holders in The Hague specifically about SDG 16 and the perceived implications of this SDG for them. How can the words ‘Peace and Justice’ be of made of more value to these two groups? The research also explores through interviews with status holders just how to realise ‘inclusive societies for sustainable development, providing access to justice for all’ as part of SDG 16 and highlights the different ways EU countries act to address the refugee crisis.

Dr. Agota Szabo ​is a passionate and highly-motivated academic and business professional who believes in the power of good leadership and transparent governance systems. She spends most of her academic work understanding how top management teams make decisions, design their organizational governance systems and implement good governance practices to their organizations. As a lecturer, her goal is to educate the next generation of students to become ethical leaders of their organizations and to introduce change for a more transparent governance system. In 2019, she was invited as a visiting scholar to the George Washington University, in Washington D.C. Agota holds a Ph.D degree in Organizational governance from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a Global Business and Stakeholder Management degree from Erasmus University.