Olaf van Vliet

PhD-Fellow

E-mail: o.p.van.vliet@law.leidenuniv.nl 
Address: Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES  Leiden, room B 2.08
Phone: ++31 71 527 8551

Curriculum vitae

Research interests:

• Research on social security reform
• European integration
• Public policy
• Public finance
• Political economy
• Labour economics
• Organizations and institutions
• Shared Services Centers

Teaching

• Introduction to Economics
• Thesis supervisor

Thesis
PhD-thesis on 'Convergence and Europeanisation: The Political Economy of Social and Employment Policies'.


Publications

International peer reviewed articles:

• K. Caminada, K.P. Goudswaard and O. van Vliet (2010), 'Patterns of welfare state indicators in the EU: Is there convergence?', Journal of Common Market Studies, forthcoming.
• O. van Vliet (2010), 'Divergence within Convergence: Europeanisation of Social and Labour Market Policies', Journal of European Integration, forthcoming.
• J. Draxler and O. van Vliet (2010), ‘European Social Model: No Convergence From the East’, Journal of European Integration, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 115-135. .
• M.P. Vink and O. van Vliet (2009), Not Quite Crisp, Not Yet Fuzzy? Assessing the Potentials and Pitfalls of Multi-value QCA', Field Methods 21(3), pp. 265-289.

Review article

• O. van Vliet, 2010, 'Pension Reforms and the Political Economy of the Welfare State', Journal of European Integration, forthcoming.
  

Book review

• O.P. van Vliet (2008), book review of 'Revue Française des Affaires Sociales, special English edition, Social Welfare Reforms in Europe: Challenges and Strategies in Continental and Southern Europe', (La Documentation Française, Paris, 2006), Journal of European Social Policy 18(1), 2008, pp. 108-109.

Working papers

• K. Caminada, K.P. Goudswaard en O.P. van Vliet (2008), 'Patterns of welfare state indicators in the EU: Is there convergence?', Department of Economics Research Memorandum 2008.05, Universiteit Leiden, 22 p.
• M. Vink en O. van Vliet (2007), 'Not quite crisp, not yet fuzzy? Assessing the potentials and pitfalls of multi-value QCA', COMPASSS Working Papers, 2007-52, 29 p.
• O.P. van Vliet en M. Kaeding (2007), ‘Globalisation, European Integration and Social Protection – Patterns of Change or Continuity?’, Department of Economics Research Memorandum 2007.06, Universiteit Leiden, 22 p. 
• S. Kuipers, E. Spek, S. Verbiest en O. van Vliet, 'Newborn Agencies in the New Deal Era', Research report, Leiden University, 32 p. 

Articles in Dutch

• O. van Vliet, 'De Crisisbegroting van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid: Laveren tussen Schatkist en Arbeidsmarktbeleid', Tijdschrift voor Openbare Financiën 41(5), 2009, pp. 266-274.
• O. van Vliet (2008), 'Gemeenschappelijke Diensten, Gescheiden Veranderingen: De Institutionele Factor in Organisatieverandering', Bestuurskunde 17(4), 2008, pp. 98-108.
• O. van Vliet (2008) 'Methode van Open Coördinatie: De Invloed van Europees Sociaal Beleid', Beleid en Maatschappij 35(1), pp. 63-67.
• O.P. van Vliet (2007), 'Opdrachtgever-opdrachtnemerrelatie bij Shared Services Centers', Overheidsmanagement, nr. 1, pp. 9-16.