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Netherlands
2026

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Political Science

D-Index
62
Citations
13950
World Ranking
100
National Ranking
4

Business and Management

D-Index
60
Citations
13373
World Ranking
551
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Albert Meijer is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research is situated primarily within the social sciences and business, management, and accounting fields.

Their work spans various subfields including political science and international relations, management of technology and innovation, sociology and political science, public administration, and media technology.

Main topics explored in their research include innovative approaches in technology and social development, e-government and public services, public policy and administration research, smart cities and technologies, ethics and social impacts of AI, information systems theories and implementation, and sustainability and climate change governance.

Several notable papers by Albert Meijer include:

  • Algorithmization of Bureaucratic Organizations: Using a Practice Lens to Study How Context Shapes Predictive Policing Systems (2021, Public Administration Review)
  • The Dark Side of Public Innovation (2020, Public Performance & Management Review)

Frequent co-authors that have collaborated with Albert Meijer include:

  • Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen
  • Erna Ruijer
  • Wouter Boon
  • Rik B Braams
  • Lukas Lorenz

Albert Meijer has published extensively in multiple venues, with higher publication counts in:

  • Information Polity
  • Perspectives on Public Management and Governance
  • Government Information Quarterly
  • Science and Public Policy
  • Bestuurswetenschappen

Their book publications include titles released by Cambridge University Press and Open Book Publishers:

  • Government Transparency (2022, Cambridge University Press)
  • Introducing Vigilant Audiences (2020, Open Book Publishers)

Best Publications

  • Governing the smart city: a review of the literature on smart urban governance:

    Albert Meijer;Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar

  • Open government: connecting vision and voice

    Albert Meijer;Deirdre Curtin;Maarten Zbigniew Hillebrandt

  • Effects of Transparency on the Perceived Trustworthiness of a Government Organization: Evidence from an Online Experiment

    Stephan G. Grimmelikhuijsen;Albert J. Meijer

  • New Media and the Coproduction of Safety: An Empirical Analysis of Dutch Practices

    Albert Jacob Meijer

  • Understanding modern transparency

    Albert Meijer

  • Understanding the Complex Dynamics of Transparency

    Albert Meijer

  • E-governance innovation: Barriers and strategies

    Albert Meijer

  • Utilization of open government data : A systematic literature review of types, conditions, effects and users

    Igbal Safarov;Albert Meijer;Stephan G. Grimmelikhuijsen

  • Social media strategies: Understanding the differences between North American police departments

    Albert Meijer;Marcel Thaens

  • Open data for democracy: Developing a theoretical framework for open data use

    Erna H. J. M. Ruijer;Stephan G. Grimmelikhuijsen;Albert Meijer

  • Smart Governance For Sustainable Cities: Findings from a Systematic Literature Review

    Zsuzsanna Tomor;Albert Meijer;Ank Michels;Stan Geertman

  • Predictive Policing: Review of Benefits and Drawbacks

    Albert Meijer;Martijn Wessels

  • Networked Coproduction of Public Services in Virtual Communities: From a Government-Centric to a Community Approach to Public Service Support.

    Albert Jacob Meijer

  • Does transparency strengthen legitimacy

    Deirdre Curtin;Albert Jacob Meijer

  • Does Twitter Increase Perceived Police Legitimacy

    Stephan G. Grimmelikhuijsen;Albert J. Meijer

  • YOUNG PEOPLE, THE INTERNET AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION: Findings of a web survey in Italy, Spain and The Netherlands

    Davide Calenda;Albert Meijer

  • The Migration Machine

    Huub Dijstelbloem;Albert Meijer;Michiel Besters

  • Social Media and the New Organization of Government Communications An Empirical Analysis of Twitter Usage by the Dutch Police

    Albert Jacob Meijer;René Torenvlied

  • Smart Governance

    Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar;Albert J. Meijer

  • Smart City Research

    Albert J. Meijer;J. Ramon Gil-Garcia;Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar

  • Publishing public performance results on the Internet. Do stakeholders use the Internet to hold Dutch public service organizations to account

    Albert Jacob Meijer

  • Co-production in an Information Age: Individual and Community Engagement Supported by New Media

    Albert Meijer

Frequent Co-Authors

Deirdre Curtin
Deirdre Curtin European University Institute
Stan Geertman
Stan Geertman Utrecht University
Gjalt de Graaf
Gjalt de Graaf Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Victor Bekkers
Victor Bekkers Erasmus University Rotterdam
J. Ramon Gil-Garcia
J. Ramon Gil-Garcia University at Albany, State University of New York
Jacob Torfing
Jacob Torfing Roskilde University
Mark Bovens
Mark Bovens Utrecht University
Huub Schellekens
Huub Schellekens Utrecht University

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