Robert Hoppe

Robert Hoppe (1950) holds B.A.’s in Sociology (1971) and Political Science (1971), and an M.A. (cum laude) in Political Science (1974) from Radboud University Nijmegen. His dissertation, Economic Affairs Drafts a New Policy. Policy Design and Decision Making on a Nonincremental Policy, Free University Press, 1983, received the Dutch Association for Public Administration’s Annual Van Poelje Award for best dissertation of the year.

In 1986-1997 Hoppe was affiliated to the University of Amsterdam’s Faculty of Political and Socio-Cultural Sciences, as professor and chair of Public Administration.

In 1992-3 he spent a year as visiting professor and Fulbright Fellow at Rutgers University, New Jersey, doing research and teaching on issues of Science, Technology, Society and Public Policy.

Since September 1997 he is professor of Policy and Knowledge of Twente University’s Faculty of Management and Governance. In September 2005 he joined the Department for Science, Technology, and Policy Studies (STəPS).

Research

Fields of interest are long term policy dynamics and innovation, esp. the role of technology; methodological and institutional implications of deliberative policy analysis; the governance of expertise; and applications of Q Method.

Publications

Hoppe (co-) authored/edited twenty books, and a hundred research articles and book chapters. His publications (in English) include (together with dr. A. Peterse), Handling Frozen Fire. Political Culture and Risk Management” (Westview Press, Bouder, 1993), Technology Assessment Through Interaction. A Guide (with dr. J. Grin and dr. H. van de Graaf, Rathenau Institute, The Hague, 1997), and he is co-editor (with Matthijs Hisschemöller, Bill Dunn and Jerry Ravetz) of Knowledge, Power, and Participation in Environmental Policy Analysis ” (Policy Studies Review Annual, Vol. 12, Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, 2001); The Governance of Problems. Puzzling, Powering, and Participation(Policy Press, Bristol, 2010); Working for Policy (Amsterdam University Press, 2010), with Hal K. Colebatch and Mirko Noordegraaf.