Publicaties

The vast majority of existing studies on bureaucratic representation focus on bureaucracies’ permanent and internal staff. Yet, the rising sophistication of modern democracies and the technocratization of political life are gradually inducing an increased reliance on external experts to assist in the development and implementation of policy decisions. This trend, we argue, raises the need to extend studies of bureaucratic representation to such ...

The acquisition of a hôtel particulier in 1904 to serve as the new seat of the Belgian diplomatic corps in Paris marked a significant step for the Belgian state, as it was the first time the state invested in the accommodation of a Belgian diplomatic post on European territory. The acquisition posed the challenge of transforming the building, which had previously belonged to the late Princess Mathilde Bonaparte (1820-1904), into a functional ...

In reputation literature, there is much work on explaining public organizations’ reputation and the effect of such reputation on the organizations’ communicative and other behaviour, but there is a lack of studies regarding how the reputation of public organizations affect the broader outcomes in society. In this study we study how the reputation of regulatory agencies affects citizens’ trust in the regulated companies. In order to stimulate ...

Autonomy is considered a prerequisite for the press to function in service of the public. Over the past few decades both news organizations and society at large have been subjected to significant change and instability, potentially affecting journalists’ independent modes of production. We argue that a re-evaluation of journalism’s institutional strength to perform the societal functions bestowed upon it by the public is imperative. In this ...

Laboratory medicine in the European Union is at the dawn of a regulatory revolution as it reaches the end of the transition from IVDD 98/79/EC (https://eur-lex.eur-opa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A31998L0079&qid=1628781352814) to IVDR 2017/746 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/746. Without amendments and contingency plans, implementation of the IVDR in May 2022 will lead the healthcare sector into uncharted waters due to ...

The emergence of national evaluation schemes in higher education in Western Europe occurred in the mid-1980s, and originated in The Netherlands, Flanders, France and the United Kingdom. In the years thereafter many other Western European countries established similar evaluation systems. Over the past thirty years these systems have undergone important changes. This article discuss the following topics relating to evaluation in Western European ...