Do not miss this super relevant PA Journal article by Thijs de Boer on accountability seeking behavior of public agencies and its drivers! European Research Council (ERC) VU Bestuurswetenschap & Politicologie 👇

Excited to present a paper @pmrcaz with Joris van der Voet on bureaucratic responsiveness and reputation. Join Panel 10 - Managing bureaucratic reputations, Thursday May 26, 11:00 – 12:30am chaired by Alketa Peci Danbee Lee #PMRC2022 @PMRA1991

Accountability researchers! Submit your abstract to our panel: Making public accountability work in modern governance

Account-Holding Intensity in the EU Accountability Landscape 📖 Benjamin Leidorf-Tidå Thijs De Boer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (inactief) offer a novel concept of account-holding intensity for analysing the behaviour of account-holders in the accountability landscape of EU agencies bit.ly/3uFs00U

Glad to share the research note by Ben Crum & myself that was just published by JCMS: “Information or Accountability? A Research Agenda on European Commissioners in National Parliaments”. Check it out in open access here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Happy to see this article out early view in JEPP! Why are some agencies subject to more intense account-holding than others? Results of this study indicate that the public visibility of agencies drives account-holding intensity. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Don't forget to read Benjamin Leidorf-Tidå's fascinating piece in 100(3) which fills an important prior existing hole in the accountability literature. doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…

With Dr. Dovilė Rimkutė, our new experimental study in PA Journal informs how exposure to accountability determines if and to whom political decision-makers attribute responsibility for negative performance. 🔓 open access Three take-aways: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pa… 1/5

Delighted to invite papers for European Consortium for Political Research joint sessions on “Stakeholder Participation in Bureaucratic Politics and Policymaking” co-directed by Adriana Bunea Department of Comparative Politics, UiB Caelesta Braun Dr. Dovilė Rimkutė For details, see: ecpr.eu/Events/Event/P… Deadline: 9 Jan #ecprjs23

Some personal career news: Today is officially my first day as Assistant Professor VU Bestuurswetenschap & Politicologie, and I am absolutely delighted to be able to continue my research and teaching here!

Critical Arctic Studies (CAS) Roundtable and research clinique is taking place on 27 Feb. Thrilled to be part of it! Arctic PhDs, apply to participate in an inspiring conversation and exchange of ideas and experiences. And keep an eye on its Facebook page. facebook.com/groups/4590466…

We’re hiring!! 📣📣📣We’re looking for a postdoc in the Governance of Artificial Intelligence in the context of our Artificial Intelligence and Digital Governance Lab at VU Amsterdam. Deadline⏰: 18 February Ben Crum academictransfer.com/en/336711/post…

Hora Est! Last Tuesday, it was finally my time to take the stage to defend my PhD dissertation "Taking Centre Stage" For those who have not yet, but would like to, read my dissertation, you can find it in full here: hdl.handle.net/1887/3716386.