Tom Bellens
Biographic Data
| ID | 6556505 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tom Bellens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tom |
| FAMILY NAME | Bellens |
| SIGNATURE | BELLENS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven Public Governance Institute Leuven Belgium |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5942-5300 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Stepping stones or party placements? Post-ministerial cabinet careers of Belgian ministerial advisers (1999–2020)
What do ministerial advisers do once they leave office? This article examines the post-ministerial cabinet careers of Belgian federal advisers, analyzing whether these trajectories reflect individual stepping stones or party-driven placements. Using a new dataset of 6107 career positions held by 767 advisers (1999–2020), we test two perspectives. The first posits that cabinet service accelerates career advancement by providing political and admin…
A career dataset of Flemish ministerial advisors (1999–2020) leveraging online data sources
This research note introduces a dataset on the career paths of 754 Flemish ministerial advisors (MAs) spanning from 1999 to 2020. The dataset offers comprehensive insights into variables such as gender and age distribution, educational backgrounds, and career trajectories of MAs. To develop this dataset, we employed a suite of software tools designed for data collection, cleaning, and coding. This note details both the tools used and the resultin…
The prime minister's chief of staff
Chiefs of Staff to heads of government hold a prominent position at the apex of the political executive. However, our knowledge of the personal and professional backgrounds of these unelected actors is surprisingly patchy. Not only is this an empirical gap, but it is also problematic as interactions between actors within political executives shape political decisions and ministerial operations. For this study, we present the most systematic datas…
The prime minister's chief of staff
Chiefs of Staff to heads of government hold a prominent position at the apex of the political executive. However, our knowledge of the personal and professional backgrounds of these unelected actors is surprisingly patchy. Not only is this an empirical gap, but it is also problematic as interactions between actors within political executives shape political decisions and ministerial operations. For this study, we present the most systematic datas…
The prime minister's chief of staff
Chiefs of Staff to heads of government hold a prominent position at the apex of the political executive. However, our knowledge of the personal and professional backgrounds of these unelected actors is surprisingly patchy. Not only is this an empirical gap, but it is also problematic as interactions between actors within political executives shape political decisions and ministerial operations. For this study, we present the most systematic datas…
A career dataset of Flemish ministerial advisors (1999–2020) leveraging online data sources
This research note introduces a dataset on the career paths of 754 Flemish ministerial advisors (MAs) spanning from 1999 to 2020. The dataset offers comprehensive insights into variables such as gender and age distribution, educational backgrounds, and career trajectories of MAs. To develop this dataset, we employed a suite of software tools designed for data collection, cleaning, and coding. This note details both the tools used and the resultin…
Stepping stones or party placements? Post-ministerial cabinet careers of Belgian ministerial advisers (1999–2020)
What do ministerial advisers do once they leave office? This article examines the post-ministerial cabinet careers of Belgian federal advisers, analyzing whether these trajectories reflect individual stepping stones or party-driven placements. Using a new dataset of 6107 career positions held by 767 advisers (1999–2020), we test two perspectives. The first posits that cabinet service accelerates career advancement by providing political and admin…
Politics (3 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Cabinet (room (1 works) · Comparative politics (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Elite (1 works) · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (1 works) · Flemish (1 works)