Maarten Hajer

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Who is Maarten Hajer?

Maarten A. Hajer is a Dutch political scientist and urban and regional planner. Since 1998, he has been a professor of Public Policy at the University of Amsterdam. Since 1 October 2008, he has been Director of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.

Hajer is the author of many scientific publications. His latest book was published by the Oxford University Press: Authoritative Governance: Policy Making in the Age of Mediatization. Earlier publications include: The Politics of Environmental Discourse; Living with Nature; In search of new public domain; Deliberative Policy AnalysisUnderstanding Governance in the Network Society.

Besides being a scientist, Hajer also had a number of social appointments. As a member of the VROM-raad he was responsible for the advisory document on climate change as a structural spatial issue De Hype voorbij – klimaatverandering als structureel ruimtelijk vraagstuk. In addition, he was a member of a programme committee on the Dutch Labour Party’s manifesto. Furthermore, Hajer was a columnist for the Dutch newspapers Het Parool and De Staatscourant, and served as member of the jury for the International Spinoza Prize in Philosophy, the Dutch EO Weijers competition for landscape architecture, and for EUROPAN 9, the European award for young architects.

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Born
Aug 8, 1962
Education
  • Universiteit van Amsterdam

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on July 23, 2013

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