ITEM People

Academic staff

Name Function Organisation Expertise
Benschop, Ruth Bijzonder lector Informele Zorg Zuyd • Productive Borders: Artistic research of everyday border practices
Bemelmans, Stefan PhD-candidate UM/UH • Cross border pensions: relevant legal and fiscal aspects of a home state
Bollen, Anouk Director ITEM, Professor of Cross Border Pension Tax Law UM/FL Pensions and tax
• Qualification problems: between social security and supplementary pension
• Towards a cross-border pension tracking service between the Netherlands and Germany
Brüggen, Lisa Associate Professor UM/SBE • Towards a cross-border pension tracking service between the Netherlands and Germany
Büttgen, Nina Researcher UM/FL • ITEM Cross-Border Impact Assessment
• YouRegion
• Fair Mobility
Cornips, Leonie Professor UM/FASoS Language culture
• ‘Communication in multilingual workplaces in the Euroregion’
Cörvers, Frank Professor UM/ROA Education and labour market
• Foreign students and school-leavers in the Euregion
Didden, Bastiaan Researcher UM/FL • Qualification problems: between social security and supplementary pension (doctorate obtained)
Geurtjens, Kim PhD-candidate UM/FL • Research concerning outlaw motorcycle gangs and the integrated cross-border policy in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion
Giarola, José Victor PhD-candidate UM/SBE/ROA  
van der Giessen, Mariska Affiliated researcher NHL  
van Goinga, Pieter Promovendus UM/FL  
Heijnen van der Tier, Michelle PhD-candidate NEIMED • Accountability in social work. A comparative study of accountability strategies for social workers in Flandern, Nordrhein-Westfalen and the Netherlands
Heller, Kilian PhD-candidate UM/FL • Cross-Border Liability in Subcontracting Chains
Hoogenboom, Alexander Affiliated researcher -  
Hoon de, Marloes PhD-candidate UM/FASoS • The onward migration of asylum migrants in the Netherlands
Hovens, Daan Researcher UM/FASoS • EMR Lingua
• 'Power dynamics at work; an ethnography of a multilingual metal foundry in the Dutch-German borderland'
Klosse, Saskia Professor UM/FL Cross-border mobility
Kramer, Sander Researcher, PhD-candidate UM/FL • Towards a cross-border pension tracking service between the Netherlands and Germany
Leenders, Denise Affiliated researcher UM/FL  
Mazzucato, Valentina Professor of Globalisation and Development UM/FASoS • Formal and informal social protection across borders
• Youth mobilities across borders​
Montebovi, Saskia Assistant Professor UM/FL  
Naami, Maha PhD-candidate LIMES/UM/FASoS • Youth mobilities of Unaccomanied Minors across Border Regions​
Nelen, Hans Professor UM/FL • Action research and evaluation of integrated cross-border policy regarding organised crime in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion
• Project Cross Border Execution of Sentences between Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands (CrossBES)
Niesten, Hannelore Affiliated researcher - -
Noortmann, Math Senior researcher UM/FL  
van Ooij, Eva PhD-candidate UM/FL • Employment and Social Security of Patchwork-Workers in a De-territorialized Labour Market in the EU: New Patterns of Work and Mobility regarding the Cultural Industries considered in the Light of EU Law
Reinold, Julia PhD-candidate UM/MSoG • Understanding the decision of international migrants to stay or leave the Euroregion
Schneider, Hildegard Board ITEM UM/FL Cross-border mobility
• The Recognition of Qualifications in the EU: Blurring the Lines of Competences between the Internal Market and Education
• Feasibility study on regional museum cooperation and regional museum pass
• Employment and Social Security of Patchwork-Workers in a De-territorialized Labour Market in the EU: New Patterns of Work and Mobility regarding the Cultural Industries considered in the Light of EU Law
• The influence of education on cross-border regional identity in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion
Schaper, Marcel Assistant Professor UM/FL  
Schmeets, Hans Professor UM/CBS Social Statistics
• The onward migration of asylum migrants in the Netherlands
• 'Communication in multilingual workplaces in the Euroregion'
Schenetti, Cecilia PhD-candidate LIMES/UM/FASoS • Soft EU Borders in Africa. How Migration Campaigns and Social Media affect Young Senegalese Men’s Migration Aspirations and Sense of Social Justice
Schoenmaekers, Sarah Assistant Professor UM/FL  
Siegel, Melissa Professor UM/MSoG Migration Studies
• Understanding the decision of international migrants to stay or leave the Euroregion
Sivonen, Susanne Researcher UM/FL Cross-border health care
Smits, Jan Dean Faculty of Law / ITEM Board UM/FL  
Tans, Ruben PhD-candidate UM/FL  
Unfried, Martin 'Ontgrenzer', senior researcher UM/FL • Grensoverschrijdende stages in de Euregio Maas Rijn
• ITEM Cross-Border Impact Assessment
Vink, Maarten Professor UM/FASoS Immigration issues
• The onward migration of asylum migrants in the Netherlands
de Vries, Folkert PhD-candidate UM/FL • The influence of education on cross-border regional identity in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion
Weerepas, Marjon Professor Fiscal Aspects of Cross-border Labour UM/FL Social security and tax
• Qualification problems: between social security and supplementary pension
• Cross-Border Liability in Subcontracting Chains

Supporting staff

Name Function Organisation
Bloi, Jacques Michel Advisor external affairs UM/FL
Coppens, Dorien Student assistant UM-FL
Dautzenberg, Marcel Operations Coordinator UM/FL
Dreessen, Franka Communications officer UM/FL
Graat, Claudia Secretary UM/FL
de Groot, Jacqueline Advisor external affairs UM/FL
Karstenberg, Roel Student assistant UM/FL
Kramer, Inez Secretary UM/FL
Mertens, Pim Scientific coordinator UM/FL
Mulders, Guy Student assistant UM/FL