Dr. Romke Van Der Veen

Biography

Romke van der Veen is a full professor of Sociology specializing in labor organization at Erasmus University Rotterdam. His research focuses on social policies and the modern welfare state, including aspects of labor markets, social security, health care, and pensions. Since 1995, he has held a professorship in Public Administration at Twente University in the Netherlands. In 2012, he became a crown member of the Social Economic Advisory Council of the Netherlands, and in 2016 he took on the role of chair for the Insured Package Advisory Committee at the Dutch National Health Care Institute, which addresses issues within health care and long-term care insurance. His research interests encompass welfare states, social policies, policy implementation, labor markets and organizations, social security systems, health care systems, and institutional change. Van der Veen is associated with the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences as a visiting professor, contributing his extensive expertise to the academic community.

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