Biography
Kees Biekart is Associate Professor in Political Sociology at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
His research focuses on social movements, civil society, civic agency and civic-driven change. He also works on participatory action research methods. Before coming to ISS he was employed as a research co-ordinator with the Transnational Institute (TNI) in Amsterdam, and as a Lecturer at Leiden University. He obtained his MA in International Relations (1989) and his PhD in Political Science (1999), both with distinction (cum laude) at the University of Amsterdam. His research largely focuses on Latin America, but in recent years – triggered by MA and PhD supervisions - also on Africa and Asia. His current research focuses on civic agency in changing civic spaces. With Alan Fowler he recently edited the Open Access volume A Research Agenda for Civil Society (Elgar, 2022).
International Institute of Social Studies
Associate professor | Academic staff unit
- biekart@iss.nl
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Work
- Malika Ouacha, Lucas Meijs & Kees Biekart (2024) - Diasporic Philanthropy and the Sense of Belonging as an Expression of Diasporic Cultural Identity and Inclusion - Voluntas, 35 (6), 1081-1090 - doi: 10.1007/s11266-024-00674-3 - [link]
- Henning Melber, U Kothari, Laura Camfield & Kees Biekart (2023) - Challenging Global Development: Towards Decoloniality and Justice - doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-30308-1
- Kees Biekart, Laura Camfield, Uma Kothari & Henning Melber (2023) - Rethinking Development and Decolonising Development Studies - [link]
- Kees Biekart, Tiina Kontinen & Marianne Millstein (2023) - Conclusions: Spaces of Hope and Despair? - doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-23305-0_13
- Kees Biekart & Alan Fowler (2023) - Interrogating Civic Space: Applying a Civic-Driven Change Perspective - doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-23305-0_2
- Kees Biekart, Tiina Kontinen & Marianne Millstein (2023) - Introduction: Civil Society Responses to Changing Civic Spaces - doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-23305-0_1
- Kees Biekart, Tiina Kontinen & Marianne Millstein (2023) - Civil Society Responses to Changing Civic Spaces: Civil Society Responses to Changing Civic Spaces - doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-23305-0
- Kees Biekart (2022) - Civil Society, governance and development - [link]
- Ana Santos de Almeida Silva, Kees Biekart & LuÃs Mah (2022) - Navigating change in international development using innovation: the case of national NGO platforms in Brazil and the Netherlands
- Kees Biekart & Alan Fowler (2022) - A Research Agenda for Civil Society - doi: 10.4337/9781800378155 - [link]
- CH (Kees) Biekart (2021) - 16th EADI General Conference (Organiser)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic - Otieno Ong'ayo & Kees Biekart (2018) - CDC and African diaspora communities in The Hague (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Sylvia Bergh & Kees Biekart (2015) - Can (Evaluation) Consultants be Civic Innovators? Exploring the Shift from Auditors to Allies (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Alan Fowler & Kees Biekart (2014) - Navigating Polycentric Governance: A View from the Middle (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Kees Biekart (2014) - Ocupando espacios urbanos para la transformacion social (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Kees Biekart & Alan Fowler (2014) - Civic Energy as a Trigger for Collective Citizens’ Action (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Kees Biekart (2013) - Development and Change (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Kees Biekart (2013) - DevISSues (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - A Bayat & Kees Biekart (2009) - Development and Change (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Mansoob Murshed & Kees Biekart (2005) - European Journal of Development Research (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic
CEDLA / University of Amsterdam
- Start date approval
- November 2023
- End date approval
- October 2026
- Place
- AMSTERDAM
- Description
- Member of Advisory Board
Stichting De Zaaier
- Start date approval
- November 2023
- End date approval
- October 2026
- Place
- NETHERLANDS
- Description
- Advice on applications for subsidies
Stichting Studenten Hulpfonds (SSH)
- Start date approval
- November 2023
- End date approval
- October 2026
- Place
- NETHERLANDS
- Description
- Treasurer
Board of Examiners
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-BOE-24-25
Major SJP
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-SJP-24-25
General Information
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISSGENERAL-24-25
3105 Research Paper Preparation
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-3105-24-25
4153 Cont Perspectives on Social Justice
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-4153-24-25
4393 SJP: Working towards the RP
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-4393-24-25
3306 Participatory Action Research
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-3306-24-25
5401 Research Paper
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-5401-24-25
