Experts & Expertise

• Ethnographic research
• Narrative analysis
• Police

Merlijn van Hulst was trained in cultural anthropology at Utrecht University (1994-2000). For his study he did fieldwork in the north of France (1998).    

Merlijn van Hulst worked as a consultant for Cap Gemini from 1999 untill 2002. In 2002 he was hired by the Erasmus University Rotterdam. In January 2008 he received his PhD and started to work as an assistant professor at the Tilburg School of Politics and Public Administration. His general interest is in sense and meaning making in politics, policy making and public administration. He specializes in narrative analysis. He has been involved in a variety of research projects that focus on local governance. He has also studied practitioners in deprived neighbourhoods. At the moment his forcus is on the police force. In 2012, Merlijn van Hulst was one of the organizers of the 7th conference for Interpretive Policy Analysis (IPA) which took place in Tilburg.

M.J. van Hulst teaches the following subjects:

• Public Professionalism and Good Work (630234) Further information
• Project Workshop Democratic Governance (630810) Further information
• Project Workshop Governance between Government and Society (630812) Further information
• Introduction to Public Sector Organization Theory (660405) Further information
• Research Methods for Public Administration Scholars A (660407) Further information
• Public Administration Research, Module 1: Overview, Methods and Research Proposal (660440) Further information
• Master Project Workshop II (660445) Further information
• Master's Thesis Public Administration (660447) Further information
• Public Administration Research, Module 2: Data Gathering and Analysis (630026) Further information
• Research Methods for Public Administration Scholars B (630227) Further information