Biography
Menno Fenger is an Endowed Professor of Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
He studied Public Administration and Organizational Sciences at the Catholic University Nijmegen. He finished his Ph.D. on the implementation of social policies in 2001. From 2000 – 2006 he worked as assistent professor at the Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
In 2006, he was a visiting scholar at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University. From 2006 tot 2008 he was a senior policy advisor at the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. In 2008, he returned to the Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University.
In his research, he focuses on the implementation of social policies, and on processes of policy change in this policy domain. Moreover, he is interested in developments in the new EU-member states. He published in various Dutch and English journals and books.
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Full professor | Policy, Politics and Society
- fenger@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Leone Verweij, Menno Fenger & Agnieszka Kanas (2024) - Waar een wil is, is nog geen weg
- Menno Fenger & Robin Simonse (2024) - The implosion of the Dutch surveillance welfare state - Social Policy and Administration, 58 (2), 264-276 - doi: 10.1111/spol.12998
- H. J.M. Fenger, P. M. Karré & S. N. Blok (2023) - Conceptualizing new forms of volunteering in urban governance - Urban Governance, 3 (4), 269-277 - doi: 10.1016/j.ugj.2023.09.002 - [link]
- Steven Blok, Arwin van Buuren & Menno Fenger (2023) - The Public Value of Citizens’ Initiatives: Evidence from a Dutch Municipality - American Review of Public Administration, 53 (7-8), 263-279 - doi: 10.1177/02750740231175162 - [link]
- Agnieszka Kanas & Menno Fenger (2023) - Noncognitive skills and immigrant-native inequalities in the labor market in Europe - Frontiers in Political Sciences - [link]
- Steven Blok, Menno Fenger & Arwin van Buuren (2022) - Stimulating civic behavior? The paradoxes of incentivising self-organization - Local Government Studies, 49 (5), 888-907 - doi: 10.1080/03003930.2022.2087061 - [link]
- Fabian Dekker, Menno Fenger & Maarten van Kooij (2022) - Waardevol aan het werk in Rotterdam - [link]
- Menno Fenger & Vincent Homburg (2021) - Professioneel handelen en respect voor privacy kunnen heel goed samen - Sociale vraagstukken website - [link]
- B Broekema, Menno Fenger & Jeroen Waal (2021) - Do local circumstances affect attitudes towards local social policies?: Exploring the role of economic, political and demographic conditions - International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 993-1011 - doi: 10.1108/IJSSP-07-2020-0300 - [link]
- Menno Fenger & Vincent Homburg (2021) - Handleiding en man annotatie vignetten
- Steven Blok & Menno Fenger (7 June 2023) - Researcher from Erasmus University Medical Center Discusses Findings in Public Administration (The Public Value of Citizens' Initiatives: Evidence from a Dutch Municipality)
- Anne Gielen & Menno Fenger (26 January 2023) - Institute of Labor Economics: 'Activating the Long-Term Inactive - Labor Market And Mental Health Effects' (Part 2 of 2)
- Menno Fenger (1 January 2017) - "Voer een prettig gesprek met bijstandsgerechtigden"
- Menno Fenger (21 November 2014) - Effectief bestrijden van uitkeringsfraude
- Menno Fenger (2019) - De terugkeer van persoonlijk contact in de sociale zekerheid (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Professional - Menno Fenger (2019) - Graniet of niet? Langdurig in de bijstand dus kansloos? (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Professional - Menno Fenger (2018) - In and out of the crisis. The resilience of European labour markets (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Professional - Menno Fenger (2018) - The decentralisation of the Dutch welfare state (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Professional - Menno Fenger (2018) - De politiek van lokaal sociaal beleid (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Professional - Menno Fenger (2018) - Congres Landelijke Clientenraad (Participant)
Activity: Attending an event › Professional - Menno Fenger (2018) - Rotterdams kennisfestval (Participant)
Activity: Attending an event › Professional - Menno Fenger (2018) - Unknown event (Participant)
Activity: Attending an event › Professional - Menno Fenger (2014) - Uitkeringsfraude bestrijden (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Professional - Menno Fenger (2014) - Beleid en sturing in 3D (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Professional
Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid
- Start date approval
- May 2022
- End date approval
- May 2025
- Place
- DEN HAAG
- Description
- Voorzitter Team Preventie
Toetsingscommissie Vangnet Participatiewet
- Start date approval
- May 2022
- End date approval
- May 2025
- Place
- DEN HAAG
- Description
- Toetsing aanvragen gemeenten
Stichting Welzijn Capelle
- Start date approval
- May 2022
- End date approval
- May 2025
- Place
- CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL
- Description
- Lid Raad van Toezicht
MInisterie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelgenheid
- Start date approval
- September 2022
- End date approval
- September 2025
- Place
- DEN HAAG
- Description
- Voorzitter Kennisplatform Werk en Inkomen
Wiley
- Start date approval
- May 2024
- End date approval
- May 2027
- Place
- HOBOKEN
- Description
- Associate ediotr SPA
3.3 Instituties, Beleid & Samenleving
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ESSB-B3030
4.3 Internship Master Public Policy
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWBM-2250
4.1 Governance & Complexity
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWBM-3110
4.2 Public Policy
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ESSB-BM1020
4.3 Thesis Master Public Policy
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FSWBM-2070
3.3 Institutions, Policy and Society
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ESSB-C3030
