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Thomas Schillemans is assistant professor in public administration. He received his phd with honor in 2007 for his thesis on Horizontal Accountability in the Shadow of Hierarchy.

His working experience includes seven years at the council for social development, an advisory body of the Dutch government.

His research is based in the governance tradition: it aims to make sense of dispersed practices of governance through empirical studies that examine the interactions of executive agencies, regulators and third party organizations with relevant stakeholders: clients, professional peers and the media. Public accountability is a key concept in his work. The role of the media in public governance is currently his main focus.

NEW BOOK T. Schillemans, 2012, Mediatization of Public Services. How Public Organizations Adapt to News Media. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. http://www.peterlang.com/?263730

Thomas Schillemans is assistant professor in public administration. He received his phd with honor in 2007 for his thesis on Horizontal Accountability in the Shadow of Hierarchy.

His working experience includes seven years at the council for social development, an advisory body of the Dutch government.

His research is based in the governance tradition: it aims to make sense of dispersed practices of governance through empirical studies that examine the interactions of executive agencies, regulators and third party organizations with relevant stakeholders: clients, professional peers and the media. Public accountability is a key concept in his work. The role of the media in public governance is currently his main focus.

In 2009 he worked as an academic visitor at the Center for Social Impact, University of New South Wales, Sydney (www.csi.edu.au)

Actueel

Masterclass publieke verantwoording 2.0

International Publications

• Schillemans, T. (2012), Double-Edged Swords: Expert-Stakeholders as (Slightly) Unreliable Instruments for Control and Autonomy of Executive Agencies. International Journal of Public Administration, Volume 35, Issue 6, pp. 421 - 433.
• Schillemans, T. (2011), Does Horizontal Accountability Work? Evaluating Potential Remedies for  the Accountability Deficit of Agencies, Administration & Society, Volume 43 Issue 4 pp. 387 - 416.

• Schillemans, T., & M. Bovens (2011), ´The Challenge of Multiple Accountability: Does Redundancy lead to Overload?´ In: Dubnick M.J. & H.G. Frederickson (eds.)¸ Accountable Governance. Problems and Promises. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe. P. 3-21.
• Brandsen, T., M. Oude Vrielink, T. Schillemans, & E. van Hout (2011), ‘Nonprofit Organizations, Democratization and New Forms of Accountability: A Preliminary Evaluation’ In: S. P. Osborne, & A. Ball, Social Accounting and Public Management. Accountability for the Common Good. London: Routledge, 2010, P. 90-102.
• Schillemans, T. (2010), Redundant Accountability: The Joint Impact of Horizontal and Vertical Accountability on Autonomous Agencies. Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 36, No. 3, P. 300 – 337.
• Schillemans, T., & M. Bovens, (2009), 'The Challenge of Multiple accountability': Does Redundancy lead to Overload?' In: M.J. Dubnick and H.G. Frederickson, The Promise of Accountability. Ermonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe.
• Meijer, A., & T. Schillemans, (2009), 'Fictional citizens and Real Effects. Accountability to Citizens in competitive and monopolistic markets'. Public Sector Management - An interactive journal, Vol. 14, No. 2, P. 254 – 291.
• Bovens, M., & T. Schillemans & P. ’t Hart, (2008), Does Public Accountability Work? An assessment tool. Public Administration Vol. 86, No. 1, 2008, P. 225 - 242.
•  Schillemans, T., (2008), Accountability in the Shadow of Hierarchy: The Horizontal Accountability of Agencies. Public Organization Review Vol. 8, No.2, P.175 - 194.

Thomas Schillemans is involved in the following study programmes:

• Coördination master Policy and Management
• Coördination Public Administration and Policy minor 
• Coördination Policy, Rationality and Power, BA-2
• Coördination masterclass Public Accountability, Executive Master Programme (EMP)