Prof.dr. M.G.W. den Boer

Present: By appointment only

Seminar on International Police Cooperation

On 15 December 2011 Prof. Dr. Monica den Boer will be hosting a seminar on international police cooperation. For more information and registration please visit: www.fsw.vu.nl/ipc

Specialisation

• Police
• Internationalisation of the police function
• Security
• Crime control
• Terrorism
• Europe

Research

 The INEX-project is a European research project funded by the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission. Within this project Prof. dr. Monica den Boer has been responsible for Work Package 3: ‘Value Dilemmas of Security Professionalism’. Research within this work package focused on the value assumptions and ethical challenges involving the rapidly changing role of security professionals in Europe. The project started in May 2008 and concluded in May 2011. On this project have participated: Dr. Isabelle Ioannides, Dr. Matteo Tondini and Jelle van Buuren. For more information about the project and the final report of the project: http://www.inexproject.eu/

 By order of the Asian-European Foundation (ASEF) and in cooperation with Dr. Changwon Pyo Prof. dr. Monica den Boer developed the handbook ‘Good Policing: Instruments, Models and Practices’. The handbook provides a guide to the different models, existing good practices, legal instruments and key parameters of policing in Asia and Europe. Designed to address the needs of police officers, academics, experts and policy makers, the ultimate objective of this guide is to contribute towards ongoing efforts to improve police ethics, transparency and compliance with international human rights standards. The project started in December 2008 and concluded in December 2010. On this project have particpated: Charlotte Scheltus (intern). For more information about the project and the handbook: http://www.asef.org/index.php/pubs/asef-publications/1923-good-policing-instruments-models-and-practices 

Supervision of PHD’s
Ludo Block (Date of PhD defense: 15 December 2011, 13.45), Santino Lo Bianco, Gregor Wewer, Henk Huisjes, Hans Hovens (co-promotor)

Publications

Publications (Source: METIS VU)
List of publications

CV

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2006 -  
Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges

2004 -     
Professor (“Bijzonder hoogleraar”) Comparative Public Administration, in particular the internationalization of the police function, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Governance Studies, VU University Amsterdam (Chair on behalf of the Police Academy of the Netherlands)

2003 -    
Academic Dean (formerly Director of Research and Knowledge Development), Police Academy of The Netherlands, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

2008-2010   
Member Klankbordgroep Verkenningen Defensie – Eindrapport Verkenningen

2009-2010  
Member Dutch Iraq Investigation Committee

2002-2003 
Managing Director EULEC (Institute for European Law Enforcement Administration), Brussels

1999-2002 
Associate Professor Public Administration, Centre for Law, Public Administration and Informatisation, Tilburg University

1996-2000 
Senior Lecturer Justice and Home Affairs, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), Maastricht

1995-1997 
Research Secondment to Parliamentary Inquiry Committee Police Investigation Methods

1994-1995 
Post Doc Researcher NISCALE: Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, Leiden

1991-1994 
Researcher, Project A System of European Police Cooperation after 1992, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

1986-1990 
PhD-student, European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy (thesis defended on 12 November
1990: Legal Whispers: Narrative Transformations in Dutch Criminal Evidence)

1981-1986 
Student Language and Literature, Tilburg University, graduated May 1990

Editorial Boards and Advisory Committees

2011 –  Member of the International Advisory Board of CEPS (Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security), Australia

2010 –   Member Advisory Council Europese Beweging Nederland

2010 –   Member Klankbordgroep Rekenkamer Rotterdam

2008 – Member of the International Advisory Board of the Scottish Institute for Police Research SIPR

2005 –  On behalf of the Police Academy of The Netherlands, Politiekennisraad and Advisor to the Commissie Politie en Wetenschap; former member of the CEPOL Research and Science Working Group (2006-2010)

2004 – 2009   Vice-President of the Board of the Clingendael Institute of International Relations, The Hague

2007 – Member of the International Advisory Board of Policing. A Journal of Policy and Practice

2006 – Member of the Editorial Council of Het Groene Gras

2005 –  Member of the Editorial Council of Secondant

2004 –  Member of the Editorial Council of Veiligheid

2003 –  Member of the Editorial Board of Policing and Society

2002 –  Member of the Committee of European Integration (CEI) of the Dutch Advisory
Council on International Affairs (AIV)

1997 –1999  Member of the Editorial Board of the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, currently Advisory Board

1996 –  Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law