In the Media, News, Et cetera
Articles etc. in the media or on online platforms (selection)
In March 2017, I commented in several international news outlets the Dutch elections, including the Portugese daily news paper
Publico,
here and
here, and
on
ThinkProgress.
Since 2016, I regularly contribute to
Brainwash, an online forum for original ideas, including on
the King's speech in the Netherlands and
the problem of misinformed voters.
On 29 June 2016, I have given a presentation at the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis Workshop Political Economy of Reforms
at the Dutch Ministry of Finance in the Hague. You can find the program
here.
On 7 November 2015, the news paper
Het Parool indicated me as one of 9 scholars from Amsterdam below 45 years of age who is (also) successful
abroad. You can read the article (in Dutch)
here.
On 23 October 2015, Martijn Wieling and I published on behalf of The Young Academy (
De Jonge Akademie) an op-ed on the negative implications for some
young researchers who have received a highly competitive research grants of a new Dutch law on labor regulations (
Wet werk en zekerheid). You can find the
article on
Science Guide.
In September 2015, I was one of the 25 nominees across all disciplines for the
New Scientist Talent Award 2015. A news item on this appeared in on the website of
Ad Valvas, available
here, and an
interview in
Het Parool.
May 8, 2015 I will give a presentation in the
Symposium on the scholarly contributions of the late Uwe Becker,
which is organized to honour Uwe's lifelong contributions to the research field of contemporary political economy.
February 11, 2015 I gave an interview on the radio in
EenVandaag entitled 'Regeringspartijen wijzigen verkiezingsprogramma vaker'
(Governing parties change their party manifestors more often), based on the
AJPS article I co-authored with
Gijs Schumacher,
Marc van de Wardt &
Michael Baggesen Klitgaard.
Another interview (in Dutch) about my research appeared in December 2015 in
New Scientist,
a monthly popular science magazine. You can find the interview
here.
In September 2014, an interview (in Dutch) on cuts in the welfare state appeared on
De Kamer, a platform for sharing knowledge about the Netherlands so as to
improve for example policy making.
June 26, 2014 I gave my inaugural lecture (
oratie) entitled 'Riskante Politiek' (
Risky Politics). A somewhat longer version of the text of the lecture
is available
here (in Dutch).
June 6, 2014 I gave a talk at
Bessensap, an event where scientists meet the press.
In this talk, I argued that during the crisis, not all policy proposals on the welfare state where in the direction of retrenchment. You can a report
about the talk (in Dutch)
here.
The article on which I based the talk is available
here (pay wall).

Early April 2014, a second contribution about the welfare state appeared on Kennislink, entitled 'Waarom de verzorgingsstaat de crisis overleeft'
(
Why the welfare state survives the crisis. You can find the article (in Dutch)
here.
In the April 2014 issue of
Elsevier Juist,
you can find an article about the new cohort of the
De Jonge Akademie
(The Young Academy of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences), including me, entitled 'Tien met een griffel' (
Ten with a star) .

(© Milan Vermeulen)
On March 20, 2014, Hans Clevers, president of the
KNAW, installed me as a member of the
De Jonge Akademie The Young Academy of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences).

(© Par-pa fotografie)
For the so-called Lustrum blog of our Faculty, I wrote a contribution relating to the new book of Kees van Kersbergen & myself in March 2014. You can find the piece,
entitled 'Tijd voor "grote vragen" over de verzorgingsstaat' (
Time for "big questions" about the welfare state)
here. The same contribution also appeared on
Kennislink. If you read Danish, you may
also want to check out
this interview
with Kees van Kersbergen about our book.
On 27 January 2014,
Sciencepalooza, a website with science news, posted an interview about my
work. You can find the interview (in Dutch)
here. It is part of a larger series
of interviews with the 10 new members of the Young Academy of Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences
(
DeJongeAkademie).
In December 2013, an interview on Dutch pension reform appeared in
AZL Perspectief. You can find the interview (in Dutch)
here (pp. 8-9).
In the past months, I wrote several guest contributions (in Dutch) to the Dutch blog
StukRoodVlees, which
connects political science research with topical issues,
which you can find
here and
here.
On 10 October 2013,
Bureau de Helling, the scientific bureau of the Dutch Green party (GroenLinks), posted an article
in which I respond - per their request - on their party manifesto for the elections for the European parliament of 2014.
You can find the article (in Dutch)
here.
On 28 May 2013,
AdValvas printed an interview with Willem Trommel and myself on the societal value of the social sciences and on the
(increasing) challenges of making also non-academic contributions. You can find the interview, in Dutch,
here. The interview relates to a book edited by Marieke van Genugten, Marlies Honingh and
Willem Trommel - and in which I wrote a chapter - entitled
Passie voor de Publieke Zaak (Passion for the Public Cause).
You can find more information on the book
here.
On 9 November 2012,
de Volkskrant wrote an article on the basis of an article of Gijs Schumacher, Kees van Kersbergen and myself
on whether governing parties of all political stripes are punished for retrenching the welfare state, as hitherto was assumed in the
literature. We found that so-called pro-welfare image parties, which have built up and supported the welfare state since WWII (i.e.
the social democrats and Christian democrats) are punished for retrenchment. Conversely, negative welfare image parties (conservatives and
liberals) are not systematically punished for retrenchment. You can find the (Dutch) article in
de Volkskrant
here.
The journal article is available
here (gated).
In April 2011, I wrote an article for
De Groene Amsterdammer for their special on the 10 biggest social problems of the Netherlands. I argued that we should invest
more in young children and that the role of the (welfare state) is crucial in this regard. You can find the article (in Dutch)
here.