Biography
Daphne van Helden is an Assistant Professor at the department of Public Administration and Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She studies work and careers in public organizations. Her research explores how sustainable careers can be built and managed. She approaches these questions through a DEI lens while also considering how technological developments are (re)shaping work and careers. She is one of the theme members of the SSH-breed program Digitalisation, new ways of working and the new employee (NWW) and involved in the EU funded OSPREY project on the topic of online safety for protection of public facings professionals and democratic resilience
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Assistant professor | Organisation and Management
- vanhelden@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Daphne van Helden (2024) - Min(d)ing the Gender Gap in Career Dynamics: A study on the role of structure and agency in navigating academic careers in the Netherlands
- Nawel SIDI ALI CHERIF, Emanuelle Garbe, Stephen R Barley, Joanne Duberley, Katharina Chudzikowski, Jean Pralong, Anais Kit, Daphne van Helden, Anneleen Forrier, Jérôme Sulbout, Francois Pichault, Pedro Araujo & Eric FG Davoine (2025) - Revisiting the Agency-Structure Divide: Academic Career Structuration through Career Scripts - [link]
- Silvan Licher, Daphne L. van Helden, Margot M. Weggemans, Coen B.J. van Deursen, Bas Holverda, Michiel van der Vaart, Miranda Wijdenes, Meike W. Vernooij & Frank J. Wolters (2025) - De weg naar hoogleraarschap voor Nederlandse artsen: Een landelijk perspectief op genderverschillen in de medische wetenschap - Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 169 - [link]
- Daphne van Helden, Laura den Dulk, Bram Steijn & Meike Vernooij (2023) - Gender, networks and academic leadership: A systematic review - Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 51 (5), 1049-1066 - doi: 10.1177/17411432211034172 - [link]
- Daphne van Helden, Laura den Dulk, Bram Steijn, Joke Boonstra & Meike Vernooij (2024) - Zegen, vloek of grijs gebied?: Het dynamisch effect van de COVID-19 pandemie op wetenschappelijke loopbanen in de academische medische sector - Tijdschrift voor HRM, 27 (1), 1-22 - doi: 10.5117/THRM2024.1.001.HELD
- Daphne Lisanne Van Helden, Laura Den Dulk, Bram Steijn & Meike Willemijn Vernooij (2023) - Career implications of career shocks through the lens of gender: the role of the academic career script - Career Development International, 28 (1), 19-32 - doi: 10.1108/CDI-09-2022-0266 - [link]
1.2 Kwalitatief Onderzoek & Design
- Year
- 2026
- Course Code
- ESSB-BPM1020
3.3 People Management in Complex Org.
- Year
- 2026
- Course Code
- ESSB-C3040
