Dr R.A. van der Veer (Reinout)

Reinout is assistant professor of International Relations in the department of Political Science. Reinout's research agenda focuses on the functioning and legitimacy of international organizations. His work covers a variety of themes, including the politicization and responsiveness of EU and UN administrations with executive mandates, the role of expertise in decision-making, and public opinion towards international organizations. Reinout currently works on an NWO Veni project that centers on how the experts and policy elites that work in international organizations work to facilitate transnational governance that is both responsible and responsive. Reinout currently teaches in and coordinates the European Union Politics and Governance specialization in the Master's program Political Science . Reinout obtained his PhD at Erasmus University Rotterdam. His dissertation won the Van Poelje Prize 2020 for the best dissertation in Public Administration written at a Dutch or Flemish university. Prior to starting his position in Nijmegen, Reinout worked as a senior researcher at the Netherlands Court of Audit in The Hague, and held a position as visiting researcher at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.