Prof. Klaartje Peters receives KNAW grant for research on Local Governance
The Staatsman Thorbecke Fund of The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has awarded a grant for a research project on ‘Strengthening the role of the local council’ by Prof. Klaartje Peters.
The grant, that will be partly spent on a postdoc for two years, aims to assess the accountability regime in Dutch local government, and to search for accountability practices elsewhere that could be useful for Dutch municipalities.
More information about the grant (in Dutch)
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