Dr. Ruud Gerards

 

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Dr. Ruud Gerards
- Coordinator Research Support Office, department of Strategy and Policy, General Executive Affairs, Maastricht University.
- Research fellow at the Researchcentre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA), Maastricht University.
- Editor at Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken (TvA).

 

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Recent events

 

2026

  • Sep.: New job as Coordinator Research Support Office in the department of Strategy and Policy of the General Executive Affairs at Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
2025

  • Oct.: Book chapter published on how to manage sustainable hybrid working. Our chapter is part of 'A research agenda for flexible working arrangements', edited by Lilian M. de Menezes and Clare Kelliher. The chapter can be found here and the whole book here.
  • Oct.: Journal article published on the effects of energy poverty on job search success of the unemployed. The paper is available open access in Energy Research & Social Science, here.
  • Sep.: Co-edited journal issue published on solutions for the tight Dutch labour market, including our thoughts and perspectives as editors (link to our editorial), published in the latest edition of Dutch language journal Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken, which I edited together with Jos Sanders and Fabian Dekker.
  • May: New job as Consultant Institutional Research in the administrative department of Education and Research at Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
  • Apr.: Journal article published in the top-ranked Journal of Management Studies, on what makes mothers decide (not) to become entrepreneurs? Unpacking the role of time and money in parental leave policies. Link.
  • Jan.: Invited contribution to a NSVP think tank discussing various scenarios for the future of the (Dutch) labour market. (NSVP)