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RenĂ© Torenvlied is a professor in the field of Public Administration at University of Twente. He studies how the management of public organizations and inter-organizational collaboration among public organizations and stakeholders promote the public interest in technologically transforming societies. 

RenĂ© is the chair in Public Management. Governance and management for the public interest in a technologically transforming world lies at the heart of Public Administration at University of Twente. We are dealing with global challenges that come with socio-technological transformation of society. Think about privacy, cyber security, sustainability, health, or safety. These challenges call for the governance and management of complex interdependencies between stakeholders, who face fundamental uncertainties about what is good for the public interest. 

 

Torenvlied holds an:

  • MA in Political Science from University of Amsterdam (with honors, 1992).
  • PhD in Sociology from University of Groningen (with honors, 1996).

 

Before joining University of Twente in October 2013 René held positions of:

  • Professor in Public sector management and Scientific Director of the Institute of Public Administration at Leiden University. 
  • James S. Coleman professor by special appointement at University of Groningen.
  • Associate and assistant professor in Sociology at Utrecht University.
  • Postdoc in Sociology at University of Amsterdam.

 

René received several awards and prizes, most notably a personal postdoc grant and VIDI grant from the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO) and a prestigious high potential grant of Utrecht University. In 2011, He received the Kooiman Award for the best article in Public Management Review. In 2015 he was the principal investigator of the Dutch national crisis evaluation of the crisis management organization MH17.

RenĂ© was co-editor of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory between 2012 and 2019 and served as a Board Member of the Public Management Research Association between 2009 and 2013. He is currently member of the editorial board of the American Review of Public Administration, Global Public Policy and Governance, and Research and Politics. He is a fellow of the Center for Organization Research and Design at Arizona State University. 

RenĂ© is currently the chair of the Scientific Board of the city of Enschede. As a professor in Public Management, he is involved in the promotion of new forms of civic engagement in the city of Enschede. 

RenĂ© is currently a member of the Academic Board of “Tech-your-future”, a joint research platform of the Universities of Applied Sciences Saxion and Windesheim and University of Twente. Tech-your-future promotes education in technology and engineering in the broadest sense (from primary education to life-long-learning) in a wide range of relevant domains.

Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Dutch
    • Organizations
    • Research
    • Policy
    • Social Participation
    • Analysis
    • Netherlands
    • Conflict

Organisations

Ancillary activities

  • Universidad BogotaVisiting professor
  • Gemeente EnschedeReferendumcommissie
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