The Dual Career Training Programme to obtain a PhD in Governance and Policy Analysis (GPAC²) brings together scholars with various disciplinary backgrounds from leading institutes across the world and practitioners from policy-oriented organisations in order to initiate new research, contribute to current research and train young researchers.
Programme faculty
Programme management:
- Dr. Mindel van de Laar (programme director)
- Dr. Neil Foster (programme committee)
- Prof. Dr. Franziska Gassmann (programme committee)
- Prof. Dr. Melissa Siegel (programme committee)
- Dr. Michal Natorski (programme committee)
- Dr. Jarrod Ormiston (programme committee – SBE )
- Cristina Mancigotti (programme coordinator)
Programme faculty year one
- Dr. Joe Abah, The Presidency, Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Nigeria
- Dr. Boris Blumberg, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
- Dr. Denis de Crombrugghe, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
- Dr. Neil Foster, UNU-MERIT, The Netherlands
- Dr. Franziska Gassmann, UNU-MERIT / Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (Maastricht University), the Netherlands
- Dr. Mindel van de Laar, UNU-MERIT / Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (Maastricht University), the Netherlands
- Dr. Katrin Marchand, UNU-MERIT / Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (Maastricht University), the Netherlands
- Dr. Michal Natorski, UNU-MERIT / Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (Maastricht University), the Netherlands
- Dr. Onder Nomaler, UNU-MERIT / Maastricht University, the Netherlands
- Mr. Iman Rajabzadeh, UNU-MERIT / Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (Maastricht University), the Netherlands
- Dr. Shyama Ramani, UNU-MERIT / Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (Maastricht University), The Netherlands
- Prof. Dr. Arjan Schakel, University of Bergen
- Mrs. Jessica Slijkhuis, Jessica Slijkhuis Consultancy, the Netherlands
- Dr. Fabiana Visentin, UNU-MERIT / Maastricht University, the Netherlands
- Prof. Dr. Louis Volante, Professor of Education at Brock University, Canada, and Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT
- Mr. Piu-Hang Wong, UNU-MERIT / Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (Maastricht University), the Netherlands
Supervisors
- Dr. Gian Luigi Albano
supervisor Ana Calderon, cohort 2012, graduated in 2019 - Lisa Andersson
supervisor Eliana Rubiano, cohort 2019 - Dr. Jelena Arsenvic ,
supervisor Pjurity Njagi, cohort 2017 - Dr. Anthony Arundel
supervisor Rafael Lemaitre, cohort 2013 - Dr. Rene Belderbos
supervisor Michal Kazimierczak, cohort 2014, graduated in 2019
supervisor Emanuela Sortiri, cohort 2017 - Michal Best
Supervisor Yayehyirad Kitaw, cohort 2018 - Dr. Mark Bevir
supervisor Yulia Krieger, cohort 2009, graduated in 2015
supervisor Catie Lott, cohort 2011, graduated in 2019
supervisor Ana Calderon, cohort 2012, graduated in 2019
supervisor Gillian McFarland, cohort 2016
supervisor Nasir Ahmad – El Rufai, cohort 2017
supervisor Lotte Geunis, cohort 2019 - Dr. Robbert Biesbroek
supervisor Ornsaran Manuamorn, cohort 2015, graduation in 2020 - Dr. Jan Birner
supervisor Silke Heuser, cohort 2015, graduated in 2018 - Dr. Jaap Bos
supervisor Manos Sfakianakis, cohort 2007, graduated in 2011 - Alan de Brauw
supervisor Daisy Demiraq, cohort 2018 - Dr. Bertrand Candelon
supervisor Manos Sfakianakis, cohort 2007, graduated in 2011
supervisor Philip Drauz, cohort 2010 - Dr. Michael Cichon
supervisor Cécile Cherier, cohort 2010, graduated in 2016
supervisor Erich de la Fuente, cohort 2015
supervisor Richard de Groot, cohort 2016, , graduated in 2019 - Dr. Antonio Cordella
supervisor Bernard Nikaj, cohort 2010, graduated in 2017
supervisor of Luiz Rothier, cohort 2014, graduated in 2016
supervisor of Atsuko Okuda, cohort 2017 - Dr. Denis de Crombrugghe
supervisor Carmine Paolo De Salvo, cohort 2017 - Mr. Forbes Davidson
supervisor of Khaled Rajab, cohort 2010, graduated in 2018 - Stephan Dietrich
supervisor Valerio Giuffrida, cohort 2019
supervisor Stafford Nichols, cohort 2018 - Dr. Jaap Dronkers (late)
supervisor Silvia Gomez, cohort 2013, graduated in 2015
supervisor Fernanda Soares, cohort 2014, graduated in 2019 - Dr. Hakan Edstrom
supervisor Dennis Gyllensporre, cohort 2007, graduated in 2010 - Adam Fagan
supervisor Giulia Sechi cohort 2017″ Dr. Georg Frerkssupervisor Ibrahim Conteh, cohort 2010, graduated in 2015 - Dr. Neil Foster
supervisor Felipe Munoz Navia, cohort 2014
supervisor Kenroy Roach, cohort 2015
supervisor Jacqueline Salguero Huaman, cohort 2018 - Dr. Brent Furneaux
supervisor Niels Groen, cohort 2010, graduated in 2015 - Dr. Eduardo Gamarra
supervisor Erich de la Fuente, cohort 2015 - Dr. Franziska Gassmann
supervisor Sepideh Yousefzadeh, cohort 2008, graduated 2013
supervisor Cécile Cherrier, cohort 2010, graduated in 2016
supervisor Tareq Abu El-Haj, cohort 2011, graduated in 2018
supervisor Vincenzo Vince, cohort 2014, graduated in 2018
supervisor Richard de Groot, cohort 2016, graduated in 2019
supervisor Ricardo Morel Berendson, cohort 2017
supervisor Daisy Demirag, cohort 2018
supervisor Stafford Nichols, cohort 2018
supervisor Brian Mathebula, cohort 2019
supervisor Claudia Roethlisberger, cohort 2019 - Dr. Micheline Goedhuys
supervisor Michal Kazimierczak, cohort 2014, graduated in 2019 - Dr. Wim Groot
supervisor Paul Caldron, cohort 2013, graduated in 2016
supervisor Mutinta Hambayi, cohort 2013, graduated in 2018
supervisor Ali Safarnejad, cohort 2013, graduated in 2017
supervisor Camillo Carrilo Purin, cohort 2013, graduated in 2019
Supervisor Pjurity Njagi, cohort 2016
Supervisor Karol Rodriquez, cohort 2018
supervisor Claudia Roethlisberger, cohort 2019
supervisor Elizabeth Tseik Hassan, cohort 2018 - Jessica Hagen Zanker
supervisor Anna Katharina Knoll, cohort 2017 - Dr. Friso den Hertog
supervisor Joe Abah, cohort 2009, graduated 2012
supervisor Bernard Nikaj, cohort 2010, graduated in 2017 - Dr. Baharul Islam
supervisor of Atsuko Okuda, cohort 2017 - Khalid Koser
supervisor Faryaneh Fadaeiresketi, cohort 2018 - Dr. Katrin Kriz
supervisor Cecile Cherrier, cohort 2010, graduated in 2016
supervisor Brenda Yamba, cohort 2014, graduated in 2017 - Dr. Katie Kuschminder
supervisor Faryaneh Fadaeiresketi, cohort 2018 - Dr. Mindel van de Laar
supervisor Manos Sfakianakis, cohort 2007, graduated in 2011
supervisor Fernanda Soares, cohort 2014, graduated in 2019
supervisor Erich de la Fuente, cohort 2015
supervisor Gloria Lucia Bernal Nisperuza, cohort 2017
supervisor Nasir Ahmad – El Rufai, cohort 2017
supervisor of Atsuko Okuda, cohort 2017 - Dr. Harro van Lente
supervisor Luiz Bautzer Rothier, cohort 2013, graduated in 2016 - Dr. Jona Linde
Supervisor Dina Kamal, cohort 2018 - Dr. Bart Los
supervisor Clovis Freire, cohort 2013, graduated in 2017 - Dr. Henriette Maasen-Van den Brink
supervisor Camillo Carrilo Purin, cohort 2013, graduated in 2019 - Dr. Aukje Mantel-Teeuwisse
supervisor Farida Lada, cohort 2009, graduated in 2016 - Dr. Bruno Martorano
supervisor Ricardo Morel Berendson, cohort 2017
supervisor Claudia Roethlisberger, cohort 2019
supervisor Valerio Giuffrida, cohort 2019 - Dr. Rene Mauer
supervisor Richard Martina, cohort 2011, graduated in 2016 - Dr. Petra Meier
supervisor Catie Lott, cohort 2011, graduated in 2019 - Ortrun Merkle
supervisor Eliana Rubiano, cohort 2019
supervisor Lotte Geunis, cohort 2019 - Dr. Pierre Mohnen
supervisor Vincenzo Vince, cohort 2014, graduated in 2018 - Michal Natorski,
supervisor Giulia Sechi, cohort 2017
supervisor Yayehyirad Kitaw, cohort 2018 - Dr. Wim Naudé
supervisor Ibrahim Conteh, cohort 2010, graduated in 2015 - Dr. Hans Nelen
supervisor Shellie Solomon, cohort 2012, graduated in 2019 - Dr. Chris de Neubourg
supervisor Dennis Gyllensporre, cohort 2007, graduated in 2010 - Dr. Christine Neuhold
supervisor Philip Drauz, cohort 2011 - Dr. Eleonora Nillessen
supervisor Maria Antonieta Collazos Ortiz, cohort 2017
supervisor Dina Kamal, cohort 2018 - Dr. Cathal O’Donoghue
supervisor of Tareq Abu El-Haj, cohort 2011, graduated in 2018
supervisor Shellie Solomon, cohort 2012, graduated in 2019
supervisor Silke Heuser, cohort 2015, graduated in 2018
supervisor Carmine Paolo De Salvo, cohort 2017 - Dr. Milena Pavlova
supervisor Paul Caldron, cohort 2013, graduated in 2016
supervisor Ali Safarnejad, cohort 2013, graduated in 2017 - Dr. Paul Rabe
supervisor Khaled Rajab, cohort 2010, graduated in 2018 - Dr. Shyama V. Ramani
supervisor Farida Lada, cohort 2009, graduated in 2016
supervisor Ornsaran Manuamorn, cohort 2015, graduation in 2020
supervisor Alejandro Alvarez-Vanegas, cohort 2018
supervisor Jacqueline Salguero Huaman, cohort 2018 - Dr. Jo Ritzen
supervisor Derek Copp, cohort 2012, graduated in 2015
supervisor Rafael Lemaitre, cohort 2013 - Dr. Arjan Schakel
supervisor Maria Antonieta Collazos Ortiz, cohort 2017 - Dr. Melissa Siegel
supervisor Andrea Milan, cohort 2013, graduated in 2016
supervisor Anna Katharina Knoll, cohort 2017
supervisor Daisy Demirag, cohort 2018
supervisor Eliana Rubiano, cohort 2019 - Esther Schuring
supervisor Brian Mathebula, cohort 2019 - Dr. Ronald Skeldon
supervisor Natalia Popova, cohort 2011, graduated in 2016
supervisor Andrea Milan, cohort 2013, graduated in 2016
supervisor Silke Heuser, cohort 2015, graduated in 2018 - Dr. Aneta Spendhzhorova
supervisor Philip Drauz, cohort 2010 - Dr. Adam Szirmai (late)
supervisor Laura Torvinen, cohort 2007, graduated 2013
supervisor Khaled Rajab, cohort 2010, graduated in 2018
supervisor Richard Martina, cohort 2011, graduated in 2016 - Dr. Kaj Thomsson,
supervisor Dina Kamal, cohort 2018 - Dr. Nyasha Tirivayi
supervisor Mutinta Hambayi, cohort 2013, graduated in 2018
supervisor Richard de Groot, cohort 2016, graduated in 2019
supervisor Martha Lahai-Conteh, cohort 2016
supervisor Ricardo Morel Berendson, cohort 2017 - Dr. Ed Taylor
supervisor Valerio Giuffrida, cohort 2019 - Dr. Philip Vergauwen
supervisor Niels Groen, cohort 2010, graduated in 2015 - Dr. Bart Verspagen
supervisor Clovis Freire, cohort 2013, graduated in 2017
supervisor Felipe Munoz Navia, cohort 2014
supervisor Kenroy Roach, cohort 2015
supervisor Emanuela Sirtori, cohort 2017 - Dr. Louis Volante
supervisor Derek Copp, cohort 2012, graduated in 2015
supervisor Brenda Yamba, cohort 2013, graduated in 2017
supervisor Gillian McFarland, cohort 2016
supervisor Alejandro Alvarez-Vanegas, cohort 2018
supervisor Elizabeth Tseik Hassan, cohort 2018
supervisor Lotte Geunis, cohort 2019 - Dr. Henk Wagenaar
supervisor Yulia Krieger, cohort 2009, graduated in 2015
supervisor Abel Lee, cohort 2014 - Dr. Koko Warner
supervisor Andrea Milan, cohort 2013, graduated in 2016 - Dr. Kristof de Witte
supervisor Fernanda Soares, cohort 2014, graduated in 2019
supervisor Gloria Lucia Bernal Nisperuza, cohort 2017
supervisor Karol Rodriquez, cohort 2018 - Dr. Piu-Hang Wong
supervisor Maria Antonieta Collazos Ortiz, cohort 2017
supervisor Yayehyirad Kitaw, cohort 2018 - Dr. Nevena Zhelyazkova
supervisor Natalia Popova, cohort 2011, graduated in 2016
