Prof Dr Esther Versluis (E.)

European Union, regulatory governance, policy analysis, policy implementation, compliance, agencies, risk governance

EMPLOYMENT

 

• PROFESSOR of European Regulatory Governance, since April 2015
  • Maastricht University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Political Science
• HEAD OF DEPARTMENT of the Department of Political Science, since 2019
• ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 2011-2015
  • Maastricht University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Political Science
• FULBRIGHT VISITING SCHOLAR, 2011
  • Cornell University, Faculty of Science and Technology Studies
• ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, 2003-2010
  • Maastricht University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Political Science
• LECTURER, 2001-2003
  • Maastricht University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (European Studies)
• PHD CANDIDATE, 1998-2003
  • Utrecht University, Faculty of Social Science

 

DEGREES

 

• Steep Face - Developing and Strenghtening Leadership (2014)
• Basic Teaching Qualification (in Dutch: BKO certificaat): December 2010
• PHD, July 2003
  • Utrecht University, Faculty of Social Sciences 
  • Supervisors Prof. Dr. Frans van Waarden & Dr. Jan Simonis
  • "Enforcement Matters. Enforcement and Compliance of European Directives in Four Member States"
  • Awarded with the 'Van Poelje' prize 2003; Dutch Association for Public Administration
• MA (doctoraal) Culture & Sciences, September 1998 
  • Maastricht University, Faculty of Arts and Culture (Interdisciplinary program with an emphasis on 'Political Culture')
  • Thesis: "National EU Policies in the Netherlands and Belgium. From National to European Policy Styles?"
  • Fall 1996: Hull University (UK), Politics & European Studies
  • Fall 1998: Research Internship, European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA), Maastricht

 

AWARDS  & OTHER DISTINCTIONS

 

• 2015. BEST PHD SUPERVISOR AWARD
  • Awarded by the Netherlands Institure of Government (Dutch research school for public administration and political science)
• 2011. FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP
  • Visiting scholar at Cornell University
• 2005. Van Poelje Prize
  • Awarded by the Dutch Association for Public Administration for the best PhD Dissertation of 2003

 

MEMBERSHIPS

 

• Netherlands Institute of Government
• European Consortium of Political Research
• European Union Studies Association
• University Association for Contemporary European Studies

 

OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

 

• Chair, Van Poelje Prize for the best PhD in the field of public administration (since 2011)
• Member of NWO Committees,  (2014-2019) (The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research): Rubicon, MaGW Onderzoekstalent, VIDI
• Member of the Board of the Netherlands Institute of Government
• Member and chair of NVAO and EAPAA accreditation committees, (re-)accrediting higher education programs: 14 Public Administration programs in the Netherlands (2014), MA Public Policy and Management at Corvinus University (2019), Erasmus Mundus Euroculture at Groningen University (2019), Erasmus Mundus Public Policy at Erasmus University, CEU, York and IBEI (2021)
• Chair Central Election Office, Maastricht University (since 2018)
• Academic referee for, amongst others, 'Journal of Common Market Studies', 'Journal of European Public Policy', 'Journal of European Integration', 'Regulation & Governance', 'Journal of Contemporary European Research', 'International Review of Administrative Sciences', 'European Journal of Political Research', and 'Bestuurskunde'.
• Member of the editorial board of 'Bestuurskunde' (2006-2011)
• Asia-link project "Development of a Core Curriculum on European Studies to be used in China for MA students with supplementary elements for PhD students" (project sponsored by the European Commission with the partners Maastricht University, Mannheim Centre for European Studies, Institute of European Studies of Macau and IES/CASS Beijing; 20-27 October 2004, Macau & 13-17 June 2005, Beijing).