Martijn Groenleer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4383743 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martijn Groenleer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martijn |
| FAMILY NAME | Groenleer |
| SIGNATURE | GROENLEER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tilburg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3262-9968 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 186 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Developing governance capacities for regional energy transition
We present an integrative analytical framework to study governance capacities for transformative change. • We illustrate the framework with a case study of the Eindhoven Metropolitan Region in the Netherlands. • We introduce the notion of shared intentions as a core aspect of collective agency through which governance actors develop governance capacities. • The framework allowed us to identify two underlying forces of capacities development: path…
From innovation to integration
Innovative energy technologies play an important role in the transition to a climate-neutral society by 2050, but their inherent uncertainty and rapid evolution challenge current institutional designs, inhibiting the integration of these technologies into the broader energy system. This study investigates the challenges for institutional design arising from emerging energy storage technologies in the Netherlands. Theoretically, it offers an overv…
Counterplans in the jobs vs environment tension
Putting inclusion into practice
This article asks how urban professionals put inclusion into practice as they realize participatory governance in marginalized neighborhoods. Our ethnographic study shows that professionals focused their work practice on the process of inclusion; a prioritization legitimized by the underlying assumption that an 'inclusive' process would lead to the envisioned outcomes. This, while citizens were not always included, inclusion appeared to be about …
Urban Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law
The 21st century may safely be called the ‘urban era’. The year 2007 marked the moment when for the first time in modern history, over 50% of the world’s population lived in urban areas. By the year 2050 almost 70% of humanity is projected to be urban, i.e., a human settlement with usually a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. While the role of large cities, metropolitan areas and urban regions has been increasing,…
Retrofitting at scale
New approaches are needed to achieve the scale and standard of building retrofit required to meet climate targets. Transition experiments are innovation projects that take a societal challenge as their starting point; they can be both top-down (government led) and bottom-up (civil society led). However, such experiments often remain isolated events that have little impact on delivering systemic change. There is limited knowledge on why this is so…
Pathways to collaborative performance
The literature on collaborative governance has generated several comprehensive models detailing the conditions which collaborations must meet to achieve collaborative performance. The importance of each separate condition – such as the presence of incentives to participate, appropriate institutional designs, or facilitative leadership – has been validated in various studies. How all of these conditions interact with each other, and whether all of…
Designing environments for experimentation, learning and innovation in public policy and governance
There has been much debate about the contribution of ‘design thinking’ to the fields of public policy and governance. This article makes an empirical contribution to this debate by examining the Organised Crime Field Lab – an environment for experimenting with, learning about and innovating in collaborative governance. The study involved working with 18 different multi-agency collaborations involving over 160 professionals as they developed novel…
Striving for State of the Art with Paradigm Interplay and Meta-Synthesis
With the growing amount and increasing heterogeneity of research on purpose-oriented networks (PONs) in the public sector, it is imperative to find a way to synthesize this research. Drawing on the varied research perspectives on PONs, we advance the idea of paradigm interplay and meta-synthesis as aspirations for the field and argue this is especially key if we want the study of PONs to inform practice. However, we recognize several challenges i…
Subnational mobilization and the reconfiguration of central-local relations in the shadow of Europe
The Netherlands is traditionally considered a decentralized unitary state. Recent decentralization of responsibilities from the national to the local level and scaling-up of authority from the local to the city-regional level, accompanied by continuing transfer of tasks to the European Union level, have changed the face of the Dutch state. This article investigates a key question that these developments evoke: what factors, at the national and po…
Governing through visions
In 2010 an initiative was launched to realize a competitive single EU market for natural gas through the use of a future vision. This Gas Target Model (GTM) aimed to provide direction for concrete market development through regulatory structures as well as an overarching scope of what a functioning gas market would entail. This paper assesses the use and impact of such sectoral visions. We develop a framework that builds on the sociology of expec…
Evidence‐Based Prevention of Organized Crime
The dynamics of doping
On 10October 2012, theUnitedStatesAnti‐DopingAgency published an investigative report on the use of performance‐enhancing drugs by professional cyclistLanceArmstrong. The report paints a disconcerting picture of the doping program that Armstrong and hisUSPostal Service professional cycling team managed to carry out for several years, despite being subject to many inspections. It contains a wealth of unique empirical data, including a large number…
Managing Financial Regulation
Working for Europe? Socialization in the European Commission and Agencies of the European Union
The trend towards flexible career arrangements has not left EU institutions untouched, as is manifest in the growing reliance on temporary and part‐time officials. How does the increasing career hybridity within and across EU institutions affect European socialization, i.e. the extent to which officials embody the spirit of ‘working for Europe’ and adopt supranational norms? We conceptualize European socialization as a mutually reinforcing proces…
Building E uropean U nion capacity to manage transboundary crises
In recent years, the E uropean continent has witnessed a substantial number of “transboundary crises” – crises that cross geographical borders and affect multiple policy domains. Nation states find it hard to deal with such crises by themselves. International cooperation, thus, becomes increasingly important, but it is not clear what shape or form that cooperation should take. This article explores the growing role of the E uropean U nion ( EU ) …
Applying Western decision-making theory to the study of transport infrastructure development in China
In recent decades, China has undergone massive urban transformation, an important component of which is transport infrastructure development. Although Western observers often hail China’s decision making on megaprojects as effective and efficient, this image deserves scrutiny. Political power and decision-making processes in China are not as centralized as many tend to believe, the field of policy actors can be diffuse and issues can be highly co…
Regulatory Governance in the European Union
This unique Handbook offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive, state-of-the-art reviews of the politics of regulation. It presents and discusses the core theories and concepts of regulation in response to the rise of the regulatory state and regulatory capitalism, and in the context of the ‘golden age of regulation’. Its eleven sections include forty-eight chapters covering issues as diverse and varied as: theories of regulation; historical p…
Agency growth between autonomy and accountability
Autonomy and accountability of public agencies are two sides of the same coin, yet often they are examined separately and at only one point in time. This contribution therefore examines the interaction between accountability and autonomy over time. It does so in the context of a European Union agency, the European Police Office (Europol), the creation of which has been the subject of much contestation and discussion in terms of its possibility to…
Regulatory governance through agencies of the European Union? The role of the European agencies for maritime and aviation safety in the implementation of European transport legislation
In line with the trend of 'agencification' in Western countries, European Union (EU) agencies have been put forward as an instrument expected to improve the way rules are applied in the EU. So far, evidence confirming this expectation is lacking. By assessing the implementation of European transport legislation, this article provides an empirical insight into the role played by two EU agencies - the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and the …
United We Stand? The European Union's International Actorness in the Cases of the International Criminal Court and the Kyoto Protocol
In this article we examine the relationship between the institutional set‐up of the EU foreign policy‐making process and the international actorness of the EU in two particular cases: the International Criminal Court and the Kyoto Protocol. Whereas in both cases policy‐making is organized along intergovernmental lines, the EU has shown a relatively high degree of international actorness. We argue that this is the combined result of the considerab…
Food Control Emergencies and the Territorialization of the European Union
This article addresses the response of European institutions to a series of food control emergencies: the BSE crisis of 1996, the dioxin scandal of 1999, and the introduction of an illegal genetically modified organism in 2005. The protection of European consumers from threats arising in the food chain has become a core value of the European polity and a basic function of its institutional apparatus. It is argued that in order to fulfil this func…
The Rational Design of International Institutions
Building E uropean U nion capacity to manage transboundary crises
In recent years, the E uropean continent has witnessed a substantial number of “transboundary crises” – crises that cross geographical borders and affect multiple policy domains. Nation states find it hard to deal with such crises by themselves. International cooperation, thus, becomes increasingly important, but it is not clear what shape or form that cooperation should take. This article explores the growing role of the E uropean U nion ( EU ) …
United We Stand? The European Union's International Actorness in the Cases of the International Criminal Court and the Kyoto Protocol
In this article we examine the relationship between the institutional set‐up of the EU foreign policy‐making process and the international actorness of the EU in two particular cases: the International Criminal Court and the Kyoto Protocol. Whereas in both cases policy‐making is organized along intergovernmental lines, the EU has shown a relatively high degree of international actorness. We argue that this is the combined result of the considerab…
Regulatory governance through agencies of the European Union? The role of the European agencies for maritime and aviation safety in the implementation of European transport legislation
In line with the trend of 'agencification' in Western countries, European Union (EU) agencies have been put forward as an instrument expected to improve the way rules are applied in the EU. So far, evidence confirming this expectation is lacking. By assessing the implementation of European transport legislation, this article provides an empirical insight into the role played by two EU agencies - the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and the …
Agency growth between autonomy and accountability
Autonomy and accountability of public agencies are two sides of the same coin, yet often they are examined separately and at only one point in time. This contribution therefore examines the interaction between accountability and autonomy over time. It does so in the context of a European Union agency, the European Police Office (Europol), the creation of which has been the subject of much contestation and discussion in terms of its possibility to…
Working for Europe? Socialization in the European Commission and Agencies of the European Union
The trend towards flexible career arrangements has not left EU institutions untouched, as is manifest in the growing reliance on temporary and part‐time officials. How does the increasing career hybridity within and across EU institutions affect European socialization, i.e. the extent to which officials embody the spirit of ‘working for Europe’ and adopt supranational norms? We conceptualize European socialization as a mutually reinforcing proces…
Designing environments for experimentation, learning and innovation in public policy and governance
There has been much debate about the contribution of ‘design thinking’ to the fields of public policy and governance. This article makes an empirical contribution to this debate by examining the Organised Crime Field Lab – an environment for experimenting with, learning about and innovating in collaborative governance. The study involved working with 18 different multi-agency collaborations involving over 160 professionals as they developed novel…
Governing through visions
In 2010 an initiative was launched to realize a competitive single EU market for natural gas through the use of a future vision. This Gas Target Model (GTM) aimed to provide direction for concrete market development through regulatory structures as well as an overarching scope of what a functioning gas market would entail. This paper assesses the use and impact of such sectoral visions. We develop a framework that builds on the sociology of expec…
Pathways to collaborative performance
The literature on collaborative governance has generated several comprehensive models detailing the conditions which collaborations must meet to achieve collaborative performance. The importance of each separate condition – such as the presence of incentives to participate, appropriate institutional designs, or facilitative leadership – has been validated in various studies. How all of these conditions interact with each other, and whether all of…
Subnational mobilization and the reconfiguration of central-local relations in the shadow of Europe
The Netherlands is traditionally considered a decentralized unitary state. Recent decentralization of responsibilities from the national to the local level and scaling-up of authority from the local to the city-regional level, accompanied by continuing transfer of tasks to the European Union level, have changed the face of the Dutch state. This article investigates a key question that these developments evoke: what factors, at the national and po…
Food Control Emergencies and the Territorialization of the European Union
This article addresses the response of European institutions to a series of food control emergencies: the BSE crisis of 1996, the dioxin scandal of 1999, and the introduction of an illegal genetically modified organism in 2005. The protection of European consumers from threats arising in the food chain has become a core value of the European polity and a basic function of its institutional apparatus. It is argued that in order to fulfil this func…
Retrofitting at scale
New approaches are needed to achieve the scale and standard of building retrofit required to meet climate targets. Transition experiments are innovation projects that take a societal challenge as their starting point; they can be both top-down (government led) and bottom-up (civil society led). However, such experiments often remain isolated events that have little impact on delivering systemic change. There is limited knowledge on why this is so…
Evidence‐Based Prevention of Organized Crime
The dynamics of doping
On 10October 2012, theUnitedStatesAnti‐DopingAgency published an investigative report on the use of performance‐enhancing drugs by professional cyclistLanceArmstrong. The report paints a disconcerting picture of the doping program that Armstrong and hisUSPostal Service professional cycling team managed to carry out for several years, despite being subject to many inspections. It contains a wealth of unique empirical data, including a large number…
The Rational Design of International Institutions
Food Control Emergencies and the Territorialization of the European Union
This article addresses the response of European institutions to a series of food control emergencies: the BSE crisis of 1996, the dioxin scandal of 1999, and the introduction of an illegal genetically modified organism in 2005. The protection of European consumers from threats arising in the food chain has become a core value of the European polity and a basic function of its institutional apparatus. It is argued that in order to fulfil this func…
The Rational Design of International Institutions
United We Stand? The European Union's International Actorness in the Cases of the International Criminal Court and the Kyoto Protocol
In this article we examine the relationship between the institutional set‐up of the EU foreign policy‐making process and the international actorness of the EU in two particular cases: the International Criminal Court and the Kyoto Protocol. Whereas in both cases policy‐making is organized along intergovernmental lines, the EU has shown a relatively high degree of international actorness. We argue that this is the combined result of the considerab…
Regulatory governance through agencies of the European Union? The role of the European agencies for maritime and aviation safety in the implementation of European transport legislation
In line with the trend of 'agencification' in Western countries, European Union (EU) agencies have been put forward as an instrument expected to improve the way rules are applied in the EU. So far, evidence confirming this expectation is lacking. By assessing the implementation of European transport legislation, this article provides an empirical insight into the role played by two EU agencies - the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and the …
Regulatory Governance in the European Union
This unique Handbook offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive, state-of-the-art reviews of the politics of regulation. It presents and discusses the core theories and concepts of regulation in response to the rise of the regulatory state and regulatory capitalism, and in the context of the ‘golden age of regulation’. Its eleven sections include forty-eight chapters covering issues as diverse and varied as: theories of regulation; historical p…
Agency growth between autonomy and accountability
Autonomy and accountability of public agencies are two sides of the same coin, yet often they are examined separately and at only one point in time. This contribution therefore examines the interaction between accountability and autonomy over time. It does so in the context of a European Union agency, the European Police Office (Europol), the creation of which has been the subject of much contestation and discussion in terms of its possibility to…
Applying Western decision-making theory to the study of transport infrastructure development in China
In recent decades, China has undergone massive urban transformation, an important component of which is transport infrastructure development. Although Western observers often hail China’s decision making on megaprojects as effective and efficient, this image deserves scrutiny. Political power and decision-making processes in China are not as centralized as many tend to believe, the field of policy actors can be diffuse and issues can be highly co…
Working for Europe? Socialization in the European Commission and Agencies of the European Union
The trend towards flexible career arrangements has not left EU institutions untouched, as is manifest in the growing reliance on temporary and part‐time officials. How does the increasing career hybridity within and across EU institutions affect European socialization, i.e. the extent to which officials embody the spirit of ‘working for Europe’ and adopt supranational norms? We conceptualize European socialization as a mutually reinforcing proces…
Building E uropean U nion capacity to manage transboundary crises
In recent years, the E uropean continent has witnessed a substantial number of “transboundary crises” – crises that cross geographical borders and affect multiple policy domains. Nation states find it hard to deal with such crises by themselves. International cooperation, thus, becomes increasingly important, but it is not clear what shape or form that cooperation should take. This article explores the growing role of the E uropean U nion ( EU ) …
Managing Financial Regulation
The dynamics of doping
On 10October 2012, theUnitedStatesAnti‐DopingAgency published an investigative report on the use of performance‐enhancing drugs by professional cyclistLanceArmstrong. The report paints a disconcerting picture of the doping program that Armstrong and hisUSPostal Service professional cycling team managed to carry out for several years, despite being subject to many inspections. It contains a wealth of unique empirical data, including a large number…
Governing through visions
In 2010 an initiative was launched to realize a competitive single EU market for natural gas through the use of a future vision. This Gas Target Model (GTM) aimed to provide direction for concrete market development through regulatory structures as well as an overarching scope of what a functioning gas market would entail. This paper assesses the use and impact of such sectoral visions. We develop a framework that builds on the sociology of expec…
Evidence‐Based Prevention of Organized Crime
Subnational mobilization and the reconfiguration of central-local relations in the shadow of Europe
The Netherlands is traditionally considered a decentralized unitary state. Recent decentralization of responsibilities from the national to the local level and scaling-up of authority from the local to the city-regional level, accompanied by continuing transfer of tasks to the European Union level, have changed the face of the Dutch state. This article investigates a key question that these developments evoke: what factors, at the national and po…
Striving for State of the Art with Paradigm Interplay and Meta-Synthesis
With the growing amount and increasing heterogeneity of research on purpose-oriented networks (PONs) in the public sector, it is imperative to find a way to synthesize this research. Drawing on the varied research perspectives on PONs, we advance the idea of paradigm interplay and meta-synthesis as aspirations for the field and argue this is especially key if we want the study of PONs to inform practice. However, we recognize several challenges i…
Pathways to collaborative performance
The literature on collaborative governance has generated several comprehensive models detailing the conditions which collaborations must meet to achieve collaborative performance. The importance of each separate condition – such as the presence of incentives to participate, appropriate institutional designs, or facilitative leadership – has been validated in various studies. How all of these conditions interact with each other, and whether all of…
Designing environments for experimentation, learning and innovation in public policy and governance
There has been much debate about the contribution of ‘design thinking’ to the fields of public policy and governance. This article makes an empirical contribution to this debate by examining the Organised Crime Field Lab – an environment for experimenting with, learning about and innovating in collaborative governance. The study involved working with 18 different multi-agency collaborations involving over 160 professionals as they developed novel…
Retrofitting at scale
New approaches are needed to achieve the scale and standard of building retrofit required to meet climate targets. Transition experiments are innovation projects that take a societal challenge as their starting point; they can be both top-down (government led) and bottom-up (civil society led). However, such experiments often remain isolated events that have little impact on delivering systemic change. There is limited knowledge on why this is so…
Urban Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law
The 21st century may safely be called the ‘urban era’. The year 2007 marked the moment when for the first time in modern history, over 50% of the world’s population lived in urban areas. By the year 2050 almost 70% of humanity is projected to be urban, i.e., a human settlement with usually a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. While the role of large cities, metropolitan areas and urban regions has been increasing,…
Putting inclusion into practice
This article asks how urban professionals put inclusion into practice as they realize participatory governance in marginalized neighborhoods. Our ethnographic study shows that professionals focused their work practice on the process of inclusion; a prioritization legitimized by the underlying assumption that an 'inclusive' process would lead to the envisioned outcomes. This, while citizens were not always included, inclusion appeared to be about …
Developing governance capacities for regional energy transition
We present an integrative analytical framework to study governance capacities for transformative change. • We illustrate the framework with a case study of the Eindhoven Metropolitan Region in the Netherlands. • We introduce the notion of shared intentions as a core aspect of collective agency through which governance actors develop governance capacities. • The framework allowed us to identify two underlying forces of capacities development: path…
From innovation to integration
Innovative energy technologies play an important role in the transition to a climate-neutral society by 2050, but their inherent uncertainty and rapid evolution challenge current institutional designs, inhibiting the integration of these technologies into the broader energy system. This study investigates the challenges for institutional design arising from emerging energy storage technologies in the Netherlands. Theoretically, it offers an overv…
Counterplans in the jobs vs environment tension
Political science (20 works) · Business (16 works) · Law (14 works) · Law (11 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Economics (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Politics (7 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Corporate governance (6 works)