Maarten Allard Hajer (born 8 August 1962) is a Dutch

political scientist Political science is the science, scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of politics, political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated c ...

and regional planner. Since 1 October 2015, Hajer has been Faculty Professor of Urban Futures at

Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...

, where he leads the Urban Futures Studio. He was a Professor of Public Policy at the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...

between 1998 and 2015 and Director of the

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(PBL) from 1 October 2008 to 1 October 2015. In September 2014, Hajer was appointed the Chief Curator of IABR–2016–THE NEXT ECONOMY, the 7th edition of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam.IABR
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Career

Hajer obtained his PhD in politics from

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. In the early 1990s, he was employed by the

University of Leiden Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, as a reward to the city of Le ...

as researcher at the Centre for Law and Public Policy. Between 1993 and 1996, he was a member of the scientific staff at the

Ludwig-Maximilians University The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

of Munich, working with sociologist

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. Following that, he became senior researcher at the Dutch

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(WRR), where he was project coordinator of a report on spatial development politics. Besides being a scientist, Hajer has held a number of public appointments. As a member of the VROM-raad (the VROM-council of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment ) he was responsible for the advisory document on climate change as a structural spatial issue ''De Hype voorbij – klimaatverandering als structureel ruimtelijk vraagstuk'' (VROM-raad advice 060, 2007). In addition, he was a member of a programme committee on the

Dutch Labour Party The Labour Party ( nl, Partij van de Arbeid, , abbreviated as ''PvdA'', or ''P van de A'', ) is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1946 as a merger of the Social Democratic Workers' Party, the Free ...

’s manifesto (led by Willem Witteveen). Furthermore, Hajer was a columnist for the Dutch newspapers

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and Staatscourant, and served as member of the jury for the

Spinoza Prize The Spinoza Prize ( nl, Spinozapremie) is an annual award of 2.5 million euro, to be spent on new research given by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The award is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands. It is named after the philosopher ...

, the Dutch EO Weijers competition for landscape architecture, and for EUROPAN 9, the European award for young architects.

Works

Author

*''Smart about Cities: Visualising the Challenge for 21st Century Urbanism'', with Ton Dassen. nai010/pbl publishers (2014), *''Authoritative Governance: Policy Making in the Age of Mediatization''. Oxford (2011) *''In search of the New Public Domain'', with Arnold Reijndorp. NAi (2002) *''The Politics of Environmental Discourse''. Oxford (1995)

Editor

*''Deliberative Policy Analysis – Understanding Governance in the Network Society'', with Henk Wagenaar. Cambridge (2003) *''Living with Nature'', with Frank Fischer. Oxford (1999)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hajer, Maarten 1962 births Living people Dutch political scientists University of Amsterdam alumni Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam People from Groningen (city)