Prof.dr. Nicolette van Gestel

Prof.dr. Nicolette van Gestel

Professor Emeritus
Expertisegebieden: Business & Society (Civil Society), Context (Politics, Sociology), Family Business (Social Entrepreneurship), Health & Education (Health Care Management, Innovation, Strategy), Management & Organisation (Change Management, Decision Making, Human Resource Management, Implementation of Change and Transition Processes, Leadership, Public Administration, Public Policy, Service Management), Strategy & Innovation (Process Innovation, Strategic Decision Making)

Biografie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRm_ab-umM4
Prof. dr. Nicolette van Gestel is cum laude afgestudeerd in de Sociale Geografie (1985) en gepromoveerd in Beleidsanalyse en Bestuurskunde aan de Radboud Universiteit (1994). Na haar promotie werkte ze aan de Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen van de RU Nijmegen als universitair docent Bestuurskunde (tot 1999) en als universitair hoofddocent Bedrijfskunde (tot 2012). Van 2009-2012 was zij tevens bijzonder hoogleraar aan TIAS. Sinds april 2012 is Nicolette van Gestel verbonden aan TIAS als gewoon hoogleraar Nieuwe Sturingsvormen in Sociale Zekerheid en Arbeidsvoorziening.

Het onderzoek van Nicolette van Gestel richt zich op innovatie in de (semi-)publieke sector, in het bijzonder op de besluitvorming over en implementatie van hervormingen in de sociale zekerheid, arbeidsvoorziening en gezondheidszorg. Zij was onder meer directeur van het Centrum voor Bestuur van de Maatschappelijke Onderneming bij TIAS; Academic Director van de Executive Master of Public and Non-Profit Management; en treedt op als docent binnen onderwijsprogramma’s voor de (semi)publieke sector. Zij heeft ruime ervaring met het leiden van (inter)nationale onderzoeksprojecten en begeleidt onderzoekers en PhD-studenten.

Nicolette van Gestel is kroonlid van de Sociaal-Economische Raad (SER) en lid van diverse advies- en toezichtcolleges. Zij was (co-)voorzitter van de Standing Working Group “Organizing the Public Sector: Governance & Public Management Reform” van de European Group for Organizational Studies (2007-2015) en voorzitter van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Arbeidsverhoudingen (2006-2012). Van Gestel maakt deel uit van diverse internationale research groepen, en werkt nauw samen met collega’s van onder meer Copenhagen Business School, King’s College London en Oslo Metropolitan University.
Van 2018-2022 was Van Gestel lead partner van het EU Horizon2020 project Co Production and Co Governance: Strategic Management, Public Value and Co Creation in the Renewal of Public Agencies across Europe (COGOV). Van Gestel is lid van de Editorial Board van Public Management Review.

Publicaties

  • van Gestel, N. (in press). A persistent ideal of public services networks amid alternative reform strategies: A study over three decades. Accepted for publication (8 October 2023). Public Management Review.
  • van Gestel, N., Kuiper, M., & Pegan, A. (2023). Strategies and transitions to public sector co-creation across Europe.Public Policy and Administration, First published: June 26, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1177/09520767231184523
  • van Gestel, N., Ferlie, E., & Grotenbreg, S. (2023). A public value strategy for SDGs: Transforming an existing organization? British Journal of Management, First published: 02 June 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12742
  • van Gestel, N. (2023). The changed role and position of professionals in the welfare state across Europe. In: K. J. Baehler (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Governance and Public Management for Social Policy (pp. 725-736). Oxford University Press.
  • Hendrikx, W., Kuiper, M., & van Gestel, N. (2022). Engaging professionals in the strategic renewal of public services: A literature review and research agenda. Public Policy and Administration, First published online May 27, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/09520767221094446
  • van Gestel, N., & Grotenbreg, S. (2021). Collaborative governance and innovation in public services settings. Policy & Politics, 49(2), 249-265(17).
  • van Gestel, N., Waldorff, S. B., & Denis, J. L. (2020). (Mis)taking Social Responsibility? Implementing Welfare State Reform by Private and Non-profit Organizations. Public Management Review, 22(12): 739-1759. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2019.1648696
  • van Gestel, N., Denis, J.-L., Ferlie, E. (2020). Hybridity in Public Organisations. In: D. Billis & C. Rochester (Eds.), Handbook on Hybrid Organisations. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing (pp.48-65).
  • van Gestel, N., Kuiper, M., Hendrikx, W. (2019) Changed roles and strategies of professionals in the (co)production of public services, Administrative Sciences9(3), 59, Open Access, published 14 August 2019. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci9030059
  • Vossen, E. & van Gestel, N. (2019) Translating macro-ideas into micro level practices: the role of social interaction. Scandinavian Journal of Management35(1): 26-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2018.12.001
  • van Gestel, N., Denis, J.-L., Ferlie, E. & McDermott, A. (2018) Explaining the policy process underpinning public sector reform: The role of ideas, institutions and timing. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance,1(2), 87–101. https://doi.org/10.1093/ppmgov/gvx020
  • van Gestel, N., Oomens, S. & Buwalda, E. (2018) From quasi-markets to public-private networks: Employers’ engagement in Public Employment Services. Social Policy and Administration, 32(3), 434-448https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12469
  • Hendrikx, W. & van Gestel, N.  (2017) The emergence of hybrid professional roles: GPs and secondary school teachers in a context of public sector reform, Public Management Review, 19(8), 1105-1123. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2016.1257062
  • Vossen, E., van Gestel, N., van der Heijden, B.I.J.M. & Rouwette, E.A.J.A. (2016). ‘Dis-able bodied’ or ‘dis-able minded’: Stakeholders’ return-to-work experiences compared between physical and mental health conditions. Disability & Rehabilitation, 39(10), 969-977. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2016.1172675
  • Denis, J.-L., van Gestel, N. & Lepage, A. (2016). Professional agency, leadership, and organizational change. In: M. Dent, I.L. Bourgeault, J.-L. Denis & E. Kuhlmann (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to the Professions and Professionalism (pp. 215-227). Routledge Companions.