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Courses are free to attend for NIG-members (senior or PhD), if you are not a member, course fees are paid per course. Course fees are 100,- per course (1 day) for participants from member institutions and 150,- for third parties. For seminars (3-5 days) there is a fee of 500,- for participants from member institutions and 750,- for third parties.
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Courses
Getting it published (1EC)
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Instructor: Zeger van der Wal (Leiden University)
Date: 15 May 2023 + extra date: 6 July 2023
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Responsibility and Integrity in Research and Advice (4EC)
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Instructors: Berry Tholen (Radboud University), Patrick Overeem (VU university) + guests
Date: 12-15 June 2023
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Classics in Public Administration and Political Science (4EC)
Application for this course is currently closed
Instructors: Duco Bannink (VU University) & Thomas Schillemans (Utrecht University)
Date: 20-21 November, 12 December, 2023
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Data Management (1EC)
To obtain the NIG diploma, participants must follow a course that covers at least 1 EC equivalent on data management. A course on data management may be taken at the local university and will be recognized by NIG. A course on research design or other subjects may cover data management to a sufficient extent. Please consult with the NIG office to verify eligibility of a course.
Formulating and answering research questions (5EC)
Application for this course is currently closed
Instructors: Merlijn van Hulst (Tilburg University), Dimiter Toshkov (Leiden University)
Date: 13-17 February 2023
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Tutorials (3EC)
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Governance in a Glocal Society (3EC)
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Instructors: Martijn Groenleer (Tilburg University) & Elena Bondarouk (Leiden University)
Date: 5-7 June 2023
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Diversity in Research Design and Practice (1EC)
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Instructor: Mary K. Feeney (Arizona State University)
Date: 26 June 2023
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Collaborative Governance for Innovative Public Value Outcomes: the Role of Leadership and Institutional Design (3EC)
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Instructors: Eva Sørensen (UCL), Jacob Torfing (Roskilde University) & Lieselot Vandenbussche (VU University)
Date: 2-5 July, 2023
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Doctoral workshop in Comparative Public Administration (2EC)
This course is offered together with Lausanne and Potsdam and will take place in Lausanne
Instructors: Pirmin Bundi (IDHEAP Université de Lausanne), Sabine Kuhlmann (University of Potsdam), Le-Anh Nguyen Long (Twente University), Isabella Proeller (University of Potsdam)
Date: 22-24 september 2021
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Behavioral Sciences and Public Policy (3EC)
Instructor: Lars Tummers
Date: 24 November – 26 November 2021
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Making Science on Politics and Governance Matter: Strategies for ‘Bridging the Gap’ Between knowledge and policy (3EC)
Instructors: Paul ‘t Hart (Utrecht University) & Femke Verwest (Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency)
Date: 13, 19, 20 January 2022
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Governance and Accountability through a behavioral lens (2EC)
Instructor: Sjors Overman (Utrecht University)
Location: IDHEAP Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
Date: 9-10 May 2022
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Take the Lead (3EC)
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Instructor: Karin Lasthuizen (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand))
Date: 8-10 June 2022
Note: this will be an online course
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Network and Collaborative Governance: Theories, Methods and Practices (4EC)
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Instructors: Erik Hans Klijn (Erasmus University) & Joris Voets (Ghent University)
Date: 13-15 June 2022
Location: Ghent
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Critical and Interpretive Public Administration (3EC)
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Instructors: Eva Wolf (Tilburg University), Shivant Jhagroe (Leiden University), Mark van Ostaijen (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Dvora Yanow (Wageningen University) & Jess Bier (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Date: 26-28 October, 2022
Location: Utrecht
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Current themes in EU governance (4EC)
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Instructor: Prof. dr. Ellen Mastenbroek (Radboud University)
Date: October 31 – November 3, 2022
Location: Utrecht
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Managing public organizations and employees in a challenging environment: a macro, meso, and micro perspective (3EC)
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Instructors: dr. Brenda Vermeeren (Erasmus University Rotterdam) & dr. Carina Schott (Utrecht University)
Date: 17-19 January 2023
Location: Utrecht
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For NIG PhD members who take the full program, no additional charges apply for a limited number of places in the UU/EUR/UvT/VU Research Master Public Administration and Organisational Science. Per course, a maximum of two participants can be accommodated. Application deadlines are January 1st for courses in the spring semester and the July 1st for courses in the fall semester.
Please note that these courses involve at least weekly on-site meetings in Utrecht and require regular coursework over a period of 10 weeks.
Data Analyses: from numbers to stories (6EC)
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Instructor: Sjors Overman (Utrecht University)
Date: Spring 2023 (period 3)
High control designs: experiments and surveys (9EC)
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Instructors: Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen (Utrecht University), Noor de Boer (Utrecht University)
Date: Spring 2023 (period 4)
Low control designs: field research (9EC)
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Instructor: Noortje van Amsterdam (Utrecht University)
Date: Fall 2022 (period 1)
Data Analyses: from notes to stories (6EC)
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Instructor: Merlijn van Hulst (Tilburg University)
Date: Fall 2022 (period 2)
NIG reimburses up to 500 euros in total for PhD members who take the full program, and who have participated in at least three core curriculum courses, subject to conditions.
Note: some changes have been made to this funding scheme as of 2023
NIG applied research and consultancy internship
We offer a new flexible, applied research and consultancy internship program, together with a range of partners (confirmed now are Anderson Elffers Felix, Nautus, OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation, Significant; one or two more partners are expected). Read more about the possibilities here
Professional academic skills
NIG can credit non-courses which help you develop general professional academic skills such as organizing panels, editing journals and organizing public impact events, up to a max of 7.5EC. Read more about the possibilities here