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2026
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Netherlands
2022

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D-Index
58
Citations
15486
World Ranking
131
National Ranking
6

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
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Paul 't Hart is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and specializes in social sciences with a focus on political science and international relations, public administration, sociology and political science, as well as management science and operations research. Their research extends into diverse areas including organic chemistry.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Public Policy and Administration Research
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Policy Transfer and Learning
  • Evaluation and Performance Assessment
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions

Paul 't Hart has contributed to multiple research papers in collaboration with various coauthors. Frequent collaborators include Ruth Mampuys and J.E.J. Prins, each with five joint publications, followed by Scott Douglas and Haroon Sheikh with four each, and Christopher Ansell with three.

They have published research in several key venues, most notably:

  • Policy and Society (3 publications)
  • Bestuurskunde (3 publications)
  • Teaching Public Administration (2 publications)
  • Policy Design and Practice (1 publication)
  • Public Administration (1 publication)

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Understanding inclusion in collaborative governance: a mixed methods approach" (2020, Policy and Society)
  • "Rising to Ostrom's challenge: an invitation to walk on the bright side of public governance and public service" (2021, Policy Design and Practice)
  • "Understanding Collaboration: Introducing the Collaborative Governance Case Databank" (2020, Policy and Society)
  • "From crisis to reform? Exploring three post-COVID pathways" (2022, Policy and Society)
  • "Robust governance for the long term and the heat of the moment: Temporal strategies for coping with dual crises" (2022, Public Administration)

In addition to articles, Paul 't Hart has authored a book titled Navigating a Fragmenting World Order, published by Springer Nature (Netherlands) and scheduled for 2025.

Best Publications

  • The Politics of Crisis Management: Public Leadership Under Pressure

    Arjen Boin;Paul 't Hart;Eric K. Stern;Bengt Sundelius

  • Crisis exploitation: political and policy impacts of framing contests

    Arjen Boin;Paul 't Hart;Allan McConnell

  • The Politics of Crisis Management: List of figures and table

    Arjen Boin;Paul 't Hart;Eric Stern;Bengt Sundelius

  • Does Public Accountability Work? An Assessment Tool

    Mark Bovens;Thomas Schillemans;Paul ’T Hart

  • Symbols, Rituals and Power: The Lost Dimensions of Crisis Management

    Paul 't Hart

  • Public value creation through collaborative innovation

    Barbara C. Crosby;Paul ‘t Hart;Jacob Torfing

  • Coping with Crises: The Management of Disasters, Riots and Terrorism.

    Michal Tamuz;Uriel Rosenthal;Michael T. Charles;Paul 't Hart

  • THE BUREAU-POLITICS OF CRISIS MANAGEMENT

    Uriel Rosenthal;PAUL't Hart;Alexander Kouzmin

  • Crisis Decision Making The Centralization Thesis Revisited

    Paul 't Hart;Uriel Rosenthal;Alexander Kouzmin

  • Understanding policy fiascoes

    Mark Bovens;Paul 't Hart

  • Governing after crisis : the politics of investigation, accountability and learning

    Arjen Boin;Allan McConnell;Paul 't Hart

  • LEADERSHIP STYLE, CRISIS RESPONSE AND BLAME MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF HURRICANE KATRINA

    Arjen Boin;Paul ‘T Hart;Allan McCONNELL;Thomas Preston

  • Success and failure in public governance : a comparative analysis

    M. A. P. Bovens;Paul 't Hart;B. Guy Peters

  • Celebrity Politics: The Politics of the Late Modernity?

    David Marsh;Paul ‘t Hart;Karen Tindall

  • Irving L. Janis' victims of groupthink

    Paul T. Hart

  • The Oxford handbook of political leadership

    R.A.W. Rhodes;Paul ‘t Hart

  • Success and Failure in Public Governance

    Mark Bovens;Paul ‘t Hart;B. Peters

  • Revisiting the study of policy failure

    Mark Bovens;Paul ‘t Hart

  • Beyond Groupthink: Political Group Dynamics and Foreign Policy-making

    Paul 't Hart;Eric K. Stern;Bengt Sundelius

  • Organising for Effective Emergency Management: Lessons from Research

    Arjen Boin;Paul 't Hart

  • Understanding and Evaluating Bureaucratic Politics: The Nexus Between Political Leaders and Advisory Systems

    Thomas Preston;Paul ‘t Hart

  • The Politics of Policy Evaluation

    Mark Bovens;Paul 't Hart;Sanneke Kuipers

  • New Trends in Crisis Management Practice and Crisis Management Research: Setting the Agenda

    Paul ’t Hart;Liesbet Heyse;Arjen Boin

  • The crisis approach

    Arjen Boin;Paul ‘T Hart

  • Understanding inclusion in collaborative governance: a mixed methods approach

    Christopher Ansell;Carey Doberstein;Hayley Henderson;Saba Siddiki

  • Groupthink in Government: A Study of Small Groups and Policy Failure

    Richard Moreland;Paul 't Hart

Frequent Co-Authors

Arjen Boin
Arjen Boin Leiden University
Allan McConnell
Allan McConnell University of Sydney
Mark Bovens
Mark Bovens Utrecht University
Michael Mintrom
Michael Mintrom Monash University
Deirdre Curtin
Deirdre Curtin European University Institute
Roderick Rhodes
Roderick Rhodes University of Southampton
Jean Hartley
Jean Hartley The Open University
Mirko Noordegraaf
Mirko Noordegraaf Utrecht University
Christopher Ansell
Christopher Ansell University of California, Berkeley
Jacob Torfing
Jacob Torfing Roskilde University

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