Biography
**Arwin van Buuren is Full Professor of Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam.** Arwin (1980) is founder and Academic Director of the Erasmus Social Design Hub. This hub is involved in a variety of design-oriented research projects and works on developing suitable design methodologies for the social sciences. Arwin is also the initiator and Academic Director of GovLab010, a collaboration between the EUR and the City of Rotterdam, with the ambition to help the city to deal with complex governance challenges in an engaged, solution-oriented way.
For the EUR he also fulfills the role of Strategic Dean Impact & Engagement. His research interests are on issues of (co-)design for policy and governance, governance innovation, collaborative governance and co-creation, policy innovation and institutional change. Arwin gives frequently advice to local, regional and national governments and is often asked to give lectures for professional audiences.
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Full professor | Governance and Pluralism
- vanbuuren@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Renate Schelwald, Wouter Spekkink, Suzan Christiaanse & Arwin van Buuren (2026) - The (un)Sustainable foodscape: An ethnographic study of food practices in Dutch suburbia - Journal of Consumer Culture, 26 (1), 101-123 - doi: 10.1177/14695405251390712 - [link]
- Elke Wennekers, Geert Brinkman, Jotte I.J.C. de Koning & Arwin van Buuren (2026) - Seeing systemic design through policy eyes: A framework to navigate complexities of policy contexts - doi: 10.21606/drs.2026.1350
- Geert Brinkman, Arwin van Buuren & Mieke van der Bijl-Brouwer (2025) - Destination Unknown: Navigating the Messy Journey of Design-Enabling Transformation in Public Organizations - International Journal of Design, 19 (3), 101-119 - doi: 10.57698/v19i3.05 - [link]
- Geert Brinkman, Jacky Verhulst & Arwin van Buuren (2025) - An uphill battle: dealing with dilemmas when working with long-term horizons in local government - Policy Studies - doi: 10.1080/01442872.2025.2540426
- Geert Brinkman, Jacky Verhulst & Arwin van Buuren (2025) - Verdekt vooruitkijken: Hoe anticiperen in overheidsorganisaties achter de schermen gestalte krijgt - [link]
- Geert Brinkman, Astrid Molenveld, William Voorberg & Arwin van Buuren (2025) - Turning rejection into adoption: enhancing the uptake of externally developed design proposals through boundary spanning - Public Management Review, 27 (11), 2668-2692 - doi: 10.1080/14719037.2024.2436614
- Joyce Weeland, Donna de Maat, Annemiek Harder, Koen Migchelbrink, Arwin van Buuren & Nicole Lucassen (2024) - Ondersteuning aan Rotterdamse gezinnen die gedupeerd zijn door het toeslagenschandaal - Tijdschrift voor Orthopedagogiek, 4 - [link]
- Jorrit P. Smit, Hedi Westerduin & Arwin van Buuren (2024) - Productive interactions in a port city: a proximity approach to coordination in science-policy collaborations - Evidence and Policy, 20 (3), 320-346 - doi: 10.1332/17442648Y2023D000000015 - [link]
- Hans Joosse & Arwin van Buuren (2024) - The marginalization of policy integration: Dynamics of integrated policymaking in the periphery of bureaucracy - Public Policy and Administration, 39 (3), 324-346 - doi: 10.1177/09520767231175917 - [link]
- Vivian Visser, Willem de Koster & Arwin van Buuren (2024) - Between Suspicion and Benevolence: How the Social Status of Initiators Plays a Role in Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Assessments of Citizens’ Initiatives - Administration and Society, 56 (3), 227-254 - doi: 10.1177/00953997241228872 - [link]
- E (Ellen) Minkman, V (Vivian) Visser, J (Jitske) van Popering - Verkerk & MW (Arwin) van Buuren (2020) - Energietransitie in Rotterdam (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Professional - Vivian Visser, Jitske Verkerk & Arwin Buuren (2019) - Dag van de Participatie (Participant)
Activity: Attending an event › Professional - Arwin Buuren (2015) - International Journal of Water Resources Development (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Arwin Buuren (2014) - Niet bij preventie alleen. Dilemma's voor dijkenbouwers (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Professional - Arwin Buuren (2014) - De kunst van het combineren. De governance van slimme combinaties (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Professional - Diana Giebels, JAA Swart, Arwin Buuren & Jurian Edelenbos (2014) - Towards ecosystem-based management in the Wadden Sea? Exploring and evaluating national constraints to evidence-based decision-making in the case of seal management (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Arwin Buuren (2014) - Natuurambitie Grote Wateren (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Professional - Diana Giebels, Arwin Buuren & Jurian Edelenbos (2013) - Knowledge as a means to solve the 'wicked issue' of sustainable river restoration? Insights from the Danish Houting project (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Arwin Buuren (2012) - International Journal of Water Governance (print) (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Editorial work › Academic - Arwin Buuren (2012) - Water Governance (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Professional
- Arwin van Buuren, Jitske van Popering - Verkerk & Vivian Visser (2019) - Erasmus Graduate School Award for PhD Excellence: Best conference paper
Scholengroep Driestar Wartburg
- Start date approval
- January 2024
- End date approval
- December 2026
- Place
- GOUDA
- Description
- Lid Raad van Toezicht
Eleos
- Start date approval
- March 2026
- End date approval
- February 2029
- Place
- AMERSFOORT
- Description
- Lid Raad van Toezicht
4.3 Internship Master GMCS
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- ESSB-BM4060
4.2 Creativiteit in de Publieke Sector
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- FSWBM-0001
4.3 Internship Master GMCS
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- FSWBM-3100
Collaboration Ateliers: B&P, GMCS, MHRV
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- FSWBM-9000
