Frits van der Meer

Institute of Public Administration of Leiden University

Frits van der Meer holds the CAOP chair ‘Comparative Public Sector and Civil Service Reform’ at the Institute of Public Administration of Leiden University in the Netherlands. His ongoing research activities concentrate on (comparative) public sector reform, the Enabling State and government performance. This line of research is set in the context of a gradually changing multilevel governance system and the emergence of an enabling state.

He has been involved in international comparative research in this area recently in a project sponsored by the European Union on institutional capacity and performance of the EU member states. In addition, he has managed international research networks, such as the Civil Service Systems Consortium of major international academic experts in this field.

As director of the Leiden Centre for public sector Reform, he has worked with governments in a wide range of countries and with international organisations on a regular basis. He is also currently in charge of the professional Public Administration master programme. He has been involved in (inter)national advising, teaching and consultancy and is a member of various advisory boards and commissions.