Sleutelpublicaties
Nagtegaal, R., de Boer, N., van Berkel, R., & Tummers, L. (2025). Unlocking inclusive hiring: understanding employers’ decisions about hiring people with disabilities. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 1-40. Advance online publication. [DOI]
van Berkel, R., & Breit, E. (2025). Organizational practices and their outcomes for employees with disabilities: A review and synthesis of quantitative studies. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. Advance online publication. [DOI]
Nagtegaal, R., de Boer, N. C., van Berkel, R., Derks, B., & Tummers, L. (2023). Why Do Employers (Fail to) Hire People with Disabilities? A Systematic Review of Capabilities, Opportunities and Motivations. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 33(2), 329-340. [DOI] [Repository]
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2021). Employer engagement in promoting the labour-market participation of jobseekers with disabilities. An employer perspective. Social Policy and Society, 20(4), 533-547. [DOI] [Repository]
Van Berkel, R., Ingold, J., McGurk, P., Boselie, P., & Bredgaard, T. (2017). An introduction to employer engagement in the field of HRM. Blending social policy and HRM research in promoting vulnerable groups’ labour market participation: Editorial introduction to special issue on 'Employer Engagement'. Human Resource Management Journal, 27(4), 503-513. [DOI] [Repository]
van Berkel, H. H. A., Penning de Vries, J., & van der Aa, P. H. J. (2022). Practising professionalism in activation work: Developing and testing a questionnaire. International Journal of Social Welfare, 31(2), 139-153. [DOI] [Repository]
van Berkel, R., Penning de Vries, J., & Knies, E. (2022). Managing street-level bureaucrats’ performance by promoting professional behavior through HRM. Public Personnel Management, 51(2), 189-212. [DOI] [Repository]
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Knies, E. (2016). Performance management, caseloads and the frontline provision of social services. Social Policy & Administration, 50(1), 59-78. [DOI] [Repository]
Publicaties
2026
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, R., & Sadeghi, T. (Accepted/In press). Employers’ capabilities, opportunities, and motivations to employ people with disabilities. Social Policy and Society.
2025
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Nagtegaal, R., de Boer, N., van Berkel, R., & Tummers, L. (2025). Unlocking inclusive hiring: understanding employers’ decisions about hiring people with disabilities. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 1-40. Advance online publication. [DOI]
Sadeghi, T., Breit, E., Bråthen, M., & van Berkel, R. (2025). Bundles of HR practices and inclusion of persons with disabilities. Manuscript submitted for publication.
van Berkel, R., & Breit, E. (2025). Organizational practices and their outcomes for employees with disabilities: A review and synthesis of quantitative studies. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. Advance online publication. [DOI]
Vakpublicaties
Van Buren, S., & van Berkel, R. (2025). Bouwstenen voor maatwerk in werkgeversdienstverlening rondom werknemers met een arbeidsbeperking. Inzichten uit literatuur: Working paper in het kader van het onderzoek 'Aan het werk met mensen met een arbeidsbeperking'. Utrecht University. [Portal]
van Berkel, R., Paul de Hek, Maarten de Rooij, & Paul van der Aa (2025). Bouwstenen voor maatwerk in werkgeversdienstverlening rondom werknemers met een arbeidsbeperking: Een onderzoek onder werkgevers in Zuid-Holland. Utrecht University. [Portal]
2023
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Nagtegaal, R., de Boer, N. C., van Berkel, R., Derks, B., & Tummers, L. (2023). Why Do Employers (Fail to) Hire People with Disabilities? A Systematic Review of Capabilities, Opportunities and Motivations. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 33(2), 329-340. [DOI] [Repository]
Ingold, J., Bredgaard, T., & van Berkel, R. (2023). Varieties of policy approaches to employer engagement in activation policies. In J. Ingold, & P. McGurk (Eds.), Employer engagement: Making active labour market policies work (pp. 15-33). Bristol University Press. [DOI]
van Berkel, R. (2023). The changing role of frontline employment advisors. In D. Clegg, & N. Durazzi (Eds.), Handbook of labour-market policy in advanced democracies Edward Elgar Publishing.
2022
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, R., Brauer, J. (Ed.), & Dall, T. (Ed.) (2022). Knowledge, skills and values in welfare-to-work with vulnerable clients. Manuscript in preparation.
van Berkel, R., Penning de Vries, J., & Knies, E. (2022). Managing street-level bureaucrats’ performance by promoting professional behavior through HRM. Public Personnel Management, 51(2), 189-212. [DOI] [Repository]
van Berkel, H. H. A., Penning de Vries, J., & van der Aa, P. H. J. (2022). Practising professionalism in activation work: Developing and testing a questionnaire. International Journal of Social Welfare, 31(2), 139-153. [DOI] [Repository]
2021
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Boselie, P., van Berkel, R., van Harten, J., van Os, L., & Haenraets, R. (2021). Vulnerable Workers and the Future of Work. In New Directions in the Future of Work (pp. 97-119). Emerald Publishing Limited. [DOI]
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2021). Employer engagement in promoting the labour-market participation of jobseekers with disabilities. An employer perspective. Social Policy and Society, 20(4), 533-547. [DOI] [Repository]
2020
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2020). Making welfare conditional: a street-level perspective. Social Policy & Administration, 54(2), 191-204. [DOI] [Repository]
2019
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2019). An employer perspective on employer engagement in promoting the labour-market participation of vulnerable jobseekers. Paper presented at Research and innovation in work integration for people with complex service needs, Lillehammer, Norway.
Vakpublicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2019). Organisaties over het werven en plaatsen van medewerkers in het kader van de banenafspraak: Ervaren HRM-vraagstukken en ondersteuning daarbij door publieke uitvoerders en werkgeversnetwerken. [Repository]
van Berkel, H. H. A., & van der Aa, P. H. J. (2019). Versterking methodisch werken via HRM. Een kwantitatief onderzoek naar ondersteuning van professionele dienstverlening onder klantmanagers bij sociale diensten. [Repository]
2018
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Rossetti, S., van Berkel, H. H. A., & Knies, E. (2018). Solo self-employed and the fulfilment of their needs in Europe. Paper presented at ESPAnet Europe conference, Vilnius, Lithuania.
van Berkel, H. H. A., Larsen, F., & Caswell, D. (2018). Introduction: Frontline delivery of welfare-to-work in different European contexts. International Social Security Review, 71(4), 3-11. [DOI] [Repository]
van Berkel, H. H. A., Larsen, F., & Caswell, D. (Eds.) (2018). Street‐level bureaucracy in welfare‐to‐work in Europe. International Social Security Review, 71(4), 3-117.
2017
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Caswell, D., Larsen, F., van Berkel, H. H. A., & Kupka, P. (2017). Conclusions and topics for future research. In R. van Berkel, D. Caswell, P. Kupka, & F. Larsen (Eds.), Frontline delivery of welfare-to-work policies in Europe: Activating the unemployed (pp. 181-201). (Routledge studies in governance and public policy). Routledge. [DOI] [Repository]
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2017). The street-level activation of the unemployed remote and very remote from the labour market: The Dutch case. In R. van Berkel, D. Caswell, P. Kupka, & F. Larsen (Eds.), Frontline delivery of welfare-to-work policies in Europe: Activating the unemployed (pp. 144-163). (Routledge studies in governance and public policy). Routledge. [DOI] [Repository]
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2017). State of the art in frontline studies of welfare-to-work: A Literature Review. In R. van Berkel, D. Caswell, P. Kupka, & F. Larsen (Eds.), Frontline delivery of welfare-to-work policies in Europe : Activating the unemployed (pp. 12-36). (Routledge studies in governance and public policy). Routledge. [DOI] [Repository]
Caswell, D., Kupka, P., Larsen, F., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2017). The frontline delivery of welfare-to-work in context. In R. van Berkel, D. Caswell, P. Kupka, & F. Larsen (Eds.), Frontline delivery of welfare-to-work policies in Europe: Activating the unemployed (pp. 1-13). (Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy). Routledge. [DOI] [Repository]
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Knies, E. (2017). The frontline delivery of activation: workers’ preferences and their antecedents. European Journal of Social Work, 21(4), 602-615. [DOI] [Repository]
van Berkel, H. H. A., Caswell, D. (Ed.), Kupka, P. (Ed.), & Larsen, F. (Ed.) (Accepted/In press). Frontline delivery of welfare-to-work policies in Europe: Activating the unemployed. (Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy). Routledge.
Van Berkel, R., Ingold, J., McGurk, P., Boselie, P., & Bredgaard, T. (2017). An introduction to employer engagement in the field of HRM. Blending social policy and HRM research in promoting vulnerable groups’ labour market participation: Editorial introduction to special issue on 'Employer Engagement'. Human Resource Management Journal, 27(4), 503-513. [DOI] [Repository]
Overige resultaten
Rossetti, S., Knies, E., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2017). The fulfillment of workers’ needs: a comparison of types of workers across various institutional contexts. Abstract from Dutch HRM Network Conference.
2016
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2016). Review of Mariely Lopez-Santana (2015), The New Governance of Welfare States in the United States and Europe: Between Decentralization and Centralization in the Activation Era. Journal of Social Policy, 45(2), 386-387. [DOI] [Repository]
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Knies, E. (2016). Performance management, caseloads and the frontline provision of social services. Social Policy & Administration, 50(1), 59-78. [DOI] [Repository]
2015
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2015). Giuliano Bonoli (2013), The Origins of Active Social Policy: Labour Market and Childcare Policies in a Comparative Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press. £60.00, pp. 240, hbk. Journal of Social Policy, 44(2), 401-402. [DOI] [Repository]
van Berkel, H. H. A., & van der Aa, P. H. J. (2015). New welfare, new policies: towards preventive worker-directed active labour market policies? Journal of Social Policy, 44(3), 425-442. [DOI] [Repository]
van Berkel, R. (2015). Quasi-markets and the delivery of activation: A Frontline Perspective. In M. Considine, & S. O'Sullivan (Eds.), Contracting-out welfare services: comparing national policy designs for unemployment assistance (pp. 75-91). (Broadening perspectives on social policy). Willey-Blackwell. [DOI] [Repository]
Overige resultaten
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Knies, E. (2015). Performance management, caseloads and the frontline provision of social services. Paper presented at ICPP, Milan, Italy.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Knies, E. (2015). Hiring and retaining vulnerable unemployed: HR practices and performance. Paper presented at Dutch HRM Network conference, Utrecht, Netherlands.
2014
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2014). Activation in the context of social policy, governance, and frontline work reforms: A case study of Dutch Social Assistance. In M. Rymsza (Ed.), Toward active welfare: The development of social work and community work in Poland and Europe (pp. 23). Institut of Public Affairs.
van der Aa, P., & van Berkel, R. (2014). Innovating job activation by involving employers. International Social Security Review, 67(2), 11-27. [DOI]
Ellison, M., & van Berkel, R. (2014). Innovative social and labour market policies in Europe in times of crisis. International Social Security Review, 67(2), 1-9. [DOI]
van Berkel, R. (2014). Quasi-markets and the delivery of activation: a frontline perspective. Social Policy & Administration, 48(2), 188-203. [DOI]
Vakpublicaties
van der Aa, P., & van Berkel, R. (2014). Identifying Policy Innovations Increasing Labour Market Resilience and Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups. National report The Netherlands. Erasmus Universiteit/Universiteit Utrecht.
Polstra, L., Vanschoren, J., van Berkel, R., & Van Emmerik, M. (2014). Ongedeeld, verbindend vakmanschap. Kenniscentrum Arbeid Hanzehogeschool Groningen.
van Berkel, R. (2014). Welfare-to-work at the front line. Regions, 294(1), 23-26.
2013
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2013). From Dutch disease to Dutch fitness? Two decades of disability crisis in the Netherlands. In C. Lindsay, & D. Houston (Eds.), Disability benefits, welfare reform and employment policy (pp. 199-216). Palgrave Macmillan.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & van der Aa, P. (2013). Control of frontline workers in welfare agencies: Towards professionalism? In M. Noordegraaf, & B. Steijn (Eds.), Professionals under pressure. The reconfiguration of professional work in changing public services (pp. 193-211). Amsterdam University Press.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Leisink, P. L. M. (2013). Both sides now: theoretical perspectives on the link between social and HR policies in promoting labour market participation. In P. Leisink, P. Boselie, M. van Bottenburg, & D. Hosking (Eds.), Managing social issues. A public value perspective (pp. 143-162). Edward Elgar Publishing.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2013). Aktywizacja w Holandii w kontekście polityki społecynej oraz zarządzania i organizacji frontowej pracy socalnej. Studium przypadku’. In T. Kaźmierczak, & M. Rymsza (Eds.), W stronę aktywnych służb społecznyzch (pp. 191-217). Instytut Spraw Publicznych.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2013). Triple activation: introducing welfare to work into Dutch Social Assistance. In E. Brodkin, & G. Marston (Eds.), Work and the welfare state. Street-level organizations and workfare politics. (pp. 87-103). Georgetown University Press.
Vakpublicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2013). Re-integratiedienstverlening voor bijstandsgerechtigden met een (zeer)grote afstand tot de arbeidsmarkt. Enquête onder medewerkers van sociale diensten en sw-organisaties, 42 pg. USBO. [Repository]
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2013). Re-integratiedienstverlening voor bijstandsgerechtigden met een (zeer) grote afstand tot de arbeidsmarkt in drie gemeenten. 54 pg. USBO. [Repository]
Overige resultaten
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Knies, E. (2013). A professionalization project in a street-level bureaucracy context: : a street-level perspective. Paper.. Paper presented at ICPP conference, Grenoble.
2012
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A., Sager, F., & Ehrler, F. (2012). The diversity of activation markets in Europe. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 32(5/6), 272-285. [DOI]
van Berkel, H. H. A., de Graaf, W., & Sirovatka, T. (2012). Governance of the activation policies in Europe: Introduction. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 32(5/6), 260-272.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & van der Aa, P. H. J. (2012). Activation work: policy programme administration or professional service provision? Journal of Social Policy, 41(3), 493-510. [DOI]
Minas, R., Wright, S., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2012). Decentralization and centralization: governing the activation of social assistance recipients in Europe. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 32(5/6), 286-298. [DOI]
Overige resultaten
van der Aa, P., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2012). The pressure of professionalism. The case of Dutch activation workers. Paper. Paper presented at IRSPM Conference Rome 2012, Panel 33. Pressure Management and Frontline Supervision in Street-Level Bureaucracies., Rome. [Repository]
2011
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A., de Graaf, W. A. W., & Sirovatka, T. (2011). The governance of active welfare states in Europe in a comparative perspective. In R. van Berkel, W. A. W. de Graaf, & T. Sirovatka (Eds.), The Governance of Active Welfare States in Europe (pp. 237-263). Palgrave Macmillan.
van Berkel, H. H. A., de Graaf, W., & Sirovatka, T. (2011). The governance of active welfare states in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan.
Bouwman-Van 't Veer, M., Knijn, T., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2011). Activeren door participeren. De meerwaarde van de Wet maatschappelijke ondersteuning voor re-integratie van mensen in de bijstand. Movisie.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2011). The administration of income provision and activation services. In H. H. A. Berkel, W. de Graaf, & T. Sirovatka (Eds.), The governance of active welfare states in Europe (pp. 22-38). Palgrave Macmillan.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2011). The local and street-level production of social citizenship. The case of Dutch Social Assistance. In S. Betzelt, & S. Bothfeld (Eds.), Activation and labour market reforms in Europe. Challenges to social citizenship (pp. 195-218). Palgrave Macmillan. [DOI] [Repository]
van Berkel, H. H. A., de Graaf, W. A. W., & Sirovatka, T. (2011). The activation turn in the Netherlands: 'Home' - grown or Steered by Europe? In P. Graziano, S. Jacqot, & B. Palier (Eds.), The EU and the Domestic Politics of Welfare State Reforms, Europa, Europae (pp. 96-120). Palgrave Macmillan.
van Berkel, H. H. A., de Graaf, W. A. W., & Sirovatka, T. (2011). The governance of active welfare states. In R. Berkel, W. A. W. Graaf, & T. Sirovatka (Eds.), The Governance of Active Welfare States in Europe (pp. 1-21). Palgrave Macmillan.
de Graaf, W., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2011). The activation turn in the Netherlands: 'home' grown or steered by Europe? In P. Graziano, S. Jacquot, & B. Palier (Eds.), The EU and the domestic politics of welfare state reforms. Europa, Europae (pp. 1-22). Palgrave Macmillan.
Vakpublicaties
Knijn, T., van Berkel, H. H. A., & Bouwman-van 't Veer, M. C. (2011). Activeren door participeren. Initiatieven op het raakvlak van Wmo en Wwb. Impuls, 5(6), 11-12.
Knijn, T., van Berkel, H. H. A., & Bouwman-Van 't Veer, M. (2011). Zachte hand helpt het granieten bestand. Tijdschrift voor de sociale sector, 3, 8-12.
Bouwman-Van 't Veer, M., Knijn, T., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2011). Activeren door participeren. De meerwaarde van de Wet maatschappelijke ondersteuning voor re-integratie van mensen in de bijstand. Movisie. [Repository]
2010
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2010). The Provision of Income Protection and Activation Services for the Unemployed in ‘Active’ Welfare States. An International Comparison. Journal of Social Policy, 39(1), 17-34. [DOI] [Repository]
van Berkel, H. H. A., van der Aa, P., & van Gestel, N. (2010). Professionals without a profession? Redesigning case management in Dutch local welfare agencies. European Journal of Social Work, 13(4), 447-463. [DOI]
Overige resultaten
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2010). Decentralisation and marketisation in activation. The case of Dutch social assistance. Paper presented at Invited speaker at the Third RECWOWE Executive Seminar "The coordination of social security schemes for working age people., Lausanne.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2010). Decentralisation and marketisation of the Dutch employment effort. The case of social assistance.. Paper presented at Invited speaker at the Kl Conference (Local Government Denmark), Nyborg, Denmark.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2010). New modes of Governance in active welfare states in Europe. Paper. Pp.26. Paper presented at The 17th International Conference of the Council for European Studies, session "W(h)ither the welfare state in the Neo-liberal Age?, Montreal.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2010). Activation in the context of social policy, governance and frontline work reforms. A case study of Dutch Social Assistance. Paper Pp. 31. Paper presented at Insitute of Public Affairs and ESF.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Leisink, P. L. M. (2010). Both sides now: theoretical perspectives on the link between social and HR policies in managing employment issues. Paper. Pp. 23. Paper presented at USG conference 'Public Matters', Utrecht.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2010, Sept 3). Activation in the context of social policy, governance and frontline work reforms. A case study of Dutch Social Assistance.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Larsen, F. (2010). Organising professionalism in 'activating' welfare agencies in Denmark and the Netherlands. Paper. Pp.21. Paper presented at Session: 'Organizing professionalism: comparative perspectives on (managing) public professionalism', IRSPM conference, Berne, Switzerland.
2009
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2009). Introduction: the new governance and implementation of labour market policies. In F. Larsen, & R. V. Berkel (Eds.), The new governance and implementation of labour market policies (pp. 7-17). DJØF Forlag.
Larsen, F., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2009). The new governance and implementation of labour market policies. DJØF Forlag.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2009). Bureaucracies under pressure? : how Dutch local welfare agencies cope with policy and governance reforms. In F. Larsen, & R. V. Berkel (Eds.), The new governance and implementation of labour market policies (pp. 115-139). DJØF Forlag.
Overige resultaten
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2009). Triple activation : introducing welfare to work into Dutch Social Assistance. Paper. Paper presented at Symposium ‘Welfare states in transition: social policy transformation in organizational practice’, Chicago.
2008
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Borghi, V. (2008). Review article: the governance of activation. Social Policy and Society, 7(3), 393-402. [Repository]
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Borghi, V. (2008). The governance of activation. Social Policy and Society, 7(3), 331-340. [Repository]
Overige resultaten
van Berkel, H. H. A., & van der Aa, P. (2008). Changing organizational forms: redesigning case management in Dutch local welfare agencies. Paper. Paper presented at NIG Conference, Enschede.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2008). The active welfare state and the transformation of public service organisations. Paper.. Paper presented at CARMA 25th anniversary conference 2008, workshop 4, Aalborg University.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2008). Implementing activation: creating new services, new service provision models, new organizations. Paper.. Paper presented at 'Activation' policies on the fringes of society: a challenge for European welfare states, Nuremberg, Germany.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2008). Transforming welfare states, transforming public service organizations. Paper.. Paper presented at EGOS conference 2008, sub-theme 7, Amsterdam.
van Berkel, H. H. A., van der Aa, P., & van Gestel, N. (2008). New Welfare, New Frontline Workers? Redesigning Case Managment in Dutch Local Welfare Agencies. Paper. Paper presented at EGPA Conference, Rotterdam.
2007
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Borghi, V., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2007). New modes of governance in Italy and the Netherlands. The case of activation policies. Public Administration, 85(1), 83-101.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Valkenburg, B. (2007). Making it personal. Individualising activation services in the EU. Policy Press.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Valkenburg, B. (2007). Introduction: the individualisation of activation services in context. In V. R. Berkel, & B. Valkenburg (Eds.), Making it personal. Individualising activation services in the EU. (pp. 3-25). Policy Press.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Borghi, V. (2007). New modes of governance in activation policies. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 27(7/8), 277-286.
Borghi, V., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2007). Contextualising new modes of governance in activation policies. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 9/10, 353-363.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2007). Activation in the Netherlands: the gradual introduction of a paradigm shift. In A. Serrano Pascual, & L. Magnusson (Eds.), Reshaping welfare states and activation regimes in Europe (pp. 71-99). Peter Lang .
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2007). Review of Chak Kwan Chan and Graham Bowpitt (2005) Human Dignity and Welfare Systems. Journal of Social Policy, 36/2, 344-346.
Borghi, V., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2007). Individualised service provision in an era of activation and new governance. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 58(1), 81-92.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2007). Social Assistance dynamics in the Netherlands: exploring the sustainability of independence from social assistance via labour-market inclusion. Social Policy and Society, 6(2), 1-13.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2007). Individualised activation services in the EU. In V. R. Berkel, & B. Valkenburg (Eds.), Making it personal. Individualising activation services in the EU (pp. 245-265). Policy Press.
Overige resultaten
van der Aa, P., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2007). Organizing activation within social services. Experiences from Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Paper. Paper presented at ISSA conference, Warsaw.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & de Graaf, W. (2007). New forms of governance in welfare-to-work policies. Paper. Paper presented at RECWOWE conference, Warsaw.
van Berkel, H. H. A., van der Aa, P., & van Gestel, N. (2007). The search for a new municipal social service organisation. Paper presented at NIG conference, Rotterdam.
2006
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2006). The decentralization of Social Assistance in the Netherlands. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 26(1/2), 20-31.
2005
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van der Aa, P. H. J., van Berkel, H. H. A., Berkers, F., & van der Giessen, E. (2005). Wie weet wat werkt? Beschrijving en analyse van de uitvoering van basisreïntegratietrajecten voor bijstandsgerechtigden in Rotterdam. SoZaWe Rotterdam.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2005). La Diffusione degli approcci individuali nelle politiche europee d'attivazione: alcune conclusioni. Rivista Delle Politiche Sociali, (1), 233-257.
Borghi, V., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2005). Governanve delle politiche di individualizzazione e attivatione: un confronto tra Italia e Olanda. Rivista Delle Politiche Sociali, (1), 79-117.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & van der Aa, P. H. J. (2005). The marketisation of activation services: a modern panacea? Some lessons from the Dutch experience. Journal of European Social Policy, 15(4), 329-343.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Hekelaar, A. (2005). Van bijstand naar werk, maar dan? Een onderzoek naar het vervolg op uitstroom uit de bijstand naar werk. SoZaWe Rotterdam.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2005). Individuele benaderingen in activering in de EU. TAP : tijdschrift voor arbeid en participatie, 26(2/3), 261-279.
Overige resultaten
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2005). Invited speaker. Paper presented at A hearing for social scientists, politicians and trade unionists on 'The Dutch model labour-market policies', Copenhagen.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2005). Activation, participation, individualisation: shifting public-private boundaries, shifting roles of citizens?. Paper presented at Paper presented at the 3d ESPAnet conference, Fribourg, Switzerland.
2004
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Kaag, M., van Berkel, H. H. A., Brons, J., de Bruijn, M. E., van Dijk, J. W. M., de Haan, L. J., Nooteboom, G., & Zoomers, E. B. (2004). Ways forward in livelihood research. In D. Kalb, W. Pansters, & H. Siebers (Eds.), Globalization and Development. Themes and concepts in current research (pp. 49-74). Kluwer Academic.
van der Aa, P., van Berkel, H. H. A., Berkers, F., & van der Giessen, E. (2004). Wie weet wat werkt? De uitvoering van reïntegratietrajecten in Rotterdam. Dienst SoZaWe/SWA.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Hornemann Møller, I. (2004). The experience of activation policies. In D. Gallie (Ed.), Resisting marginalisation - unemployment experience and social policy in the European Union (pp. 223-243). Oxford University Press.
Vakpublicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2004). Bookreview Youth Unemployment and Social Exclusion. A comparative Study. Journal of Social Policy, 33, 338-339.
Overige resultaten
van Berkel, H. H. A., & van der Aa, P. (2004). From welfare state to welfare city? A Dutch case study. Paper presented at Paper presented at the ESPAnet conference, Oxford.
Borghi, V., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2004). New modes of Governance in Italy and the Netherlands. Paper presented at Paper presented at the 20th EGOS colloquium, Ljubljana.
2002
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Hornemann Møller, I. (2002). The concept of activation. In H. H. A. van Berkel, & I. Hornemann Møller (Eds.), Active social policies in the EU. Inclusion through participation? (pp. 45-72). The Policy Press.
van Berkel, H. H. A., Hornemann Møller, I., & Williams, C. (2002). The concept of inclusion/exclusion and the concept of work. In H. H. A. van Berkel, & I. Hornemann Møller (Eds.), Active social policies in the EU. Inclusion through participation? (pp. 15-44). The Policy Press.
Roche, M., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2002). Activation policies as reflexive social policies. In H. H. A. van Berkel, & I. Hornemann Møller (Eds.), Active social policies in the EU. Inclusion through participation? (pp. 197-224). The Policy Press.
Hansen, H., Hespanha, P., Machado, C., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2002). Inclusion through participation? Active social policies in the EU and empirical observations from case studies into types of work. In H. H. A. van Berkel, & I. Hornemann Møller (Eds.), Active social policies in the EU: Inclusion through participation? (pp. 103-136). The Policy Press.
van der Aa, P. H. J., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2002). Challenges for an activating welfare state. Coping with individualization, differentiation and reflexivity. In J. Berghman, A. Nagelkerke, K. Boos, R. Doeschot, & G. Vonk (Eds.), Social security in transition (pp. 125-138). Kluwer Law International.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2002). Inclusione attraverso la partecipazione? Riflessioni sulle politiche di attivazione nell'Unione Europea. In V. Borghi (Ed.), Vulnerabilità, inclusione sociale e lavoro. Contributi per la comprensione dei processi di esclusione sociale e delle problematiche di policy (pp. 213-244). Franco Angeli.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Hornemann Møller, I. (2002). Active social policies in the EU. Inclusion through participation? The Policy Press.
Overige resultaten
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2002). Citizens' participation vis-à-vis social challenges: the case of social policies.. Paper presented at RECAL conference on 'Social inclusion and citizenship. Common challenges for the Euro-Latin American partnership', Barcelona.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2002). Activation and welfare. Paper presented at Conferentie 'Social Exclusion, Activation and Welfare', Brussel.
2001
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A., & De Schampheleire, J. (2001). The Activation approach in Dutch and Belgian social policies. Journal of European area studies, 9, 27-42.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Berkers, F. (2001). Uitstromers uit OK over (de weg naar) betaald werk. OK Rotterdam.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Spies, H. (2001). Workfare in The Netherlands. Young unemployed People and the Jobseekers Employment Act. In I. Lødemel, & H. Trickey (Eds.), An offer you can't refuse: Workfare in international perspective (pp. 105-133). Policy Press.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (2001). Aktivering inden for EU - kompetenceudvikling eller tvungen frigørelse. Tidsskrift for arbejddsliv, 3, 41-56.
Valkenburg, B., Lind, J., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (2001). Work and Inclusion. Transfer, 7, 12-24.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & De Schampheleire, J. (2001). Subsidized labour in Belgium and the Netherlands. Transfer, 7, 41-53.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Berkers, F. (2001). Uitstroom uit Onbenutte Kwaliteiten. Resultaten van een enquête en een bestandsanalyse. Stedelijk Project OK.
1999
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A., Coenen, H. M. J., & Dekker, W. A. (1999). Regulating the unemployed: From protection to participation. In J. Lind, & I. Hornemann Moller (Eds.), Inclusion and Exclusion: Unemployment and non-standard employment in Europe (pp. 89-111). Ashgate.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Brand, A. (1999). Onbenutte kwaliteiten in Rotterdam. In J. van der Zwaard, & S. Grotenhuis (Eds.), Met de beste bedoelingen. Professionele interventies in het gezin. (pp. 39-53). Elsevier/De Tijdstroom.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (1999). Activering van werkloze jongeren in Finland, Zweden, Denemarken en Nederland. TAP : tijdschrift voor arbeid en participatie, 21(1), 28-40.
Vakpublicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A., Tholen, C. J. M., & Valkenburg, B. (1999). The Netherlands. SEDEC-Network, Comparative Social Inclusion Policies in Europe I: A cross-national policy analysis across 12 EU states. (SEDEC-Network ed.) PERC.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (1999). Inclusion through Participation. The case studies (WP3): comparative report. Universiteit Utrecht.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (1999). Activation and the young unemployed in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and The Netherlands. In M. Roche, & C. Annesley (Eds.), Social Inclusion Problems and Policies: Casestudies of policy and practice across 12 EU member states, vol. 1 PERC.
1998
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A., Tholen, C. J. M., & Valkenburg, B. (1998). Social Policies: the Netherlands. Universiteit Utrecht.
van Berkel, H. H. A., Tholen, C. J. M., & Valkenburg, B. (1998). Research on Inclusion and Exclusion: the Netherlands. Universiteit Utrecht.
van der Aa, P. H. J., van Berkel, H. H. A., van den Bergh, J. C. J. M., Brand, A., Dekker, W. A., Kervel, I., & Wentink, T. (1998). Sociale activering. Ervaringen van Rotterdamse deelnemers. Jan van Arkel.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Vlek, R. (1998). Representing the Interests of Social Security Claimants and Welfare Recipients in the Netherlands. In H. H. A. van Berkel, H. M. J. Coenen, & R. Vlek (Eds.), Beyond Marginality? Social movements of social security claimants in the European Union. (pp. 157-177). Ashgate.
van Dijk, N., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (1998). Nog niet van start in Onbenutte Kwaliteiten? Een portret van potentiele OK-deelnemers. Universiteit Utrecht.
van Berkel, H. H. A., Tholen, C. J. M., & Valkenburg, B. (1998). Research on Social Policies in the Netherlands. (Inclusion Through Participation ed.) Europese Commissie.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Vlek, R. (1998). Epilogue. In H. H. A. van Berkel, H. M. J. Coenen, & R. Vlek (Eds.), Beyond Marginality? Social movements of social security claimants in the European Union. (pp. 221-233). Ashgate.
van Berkel, H. H. A., Coenen, H. M. J., & Vlek, R. (1998). Beyond Marginality? Social Movements of Social Security Claimants in the European Union. Ashgate.
van Berkel, H. H. A., Tholen, C. J. M., & Valkenburg, B. (1998). Social Policies in the Netherlands. (Inclusion Through Participation ed.) Europese Commissie.
1997
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van der Aa, P. H. J., van Berkel, H. H. A., Brand, A., & Dekker, W. A. (1997). Van start in Onbenutte Kwaliteiten Rotterdam. Een portret van OK-deelnemers, hun achtergronden en ervaringen. Universiteit Utrecht/ Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Brand, A. (1997). Experimenteren met nieuwe vormen van integratie en participatie. Het project Onbenutte Kwaliteiten in Rotterdam. Tijdschrift voor Arbeid en Bewustzijn, 19(3/4), 213-239.
van der Aa, P. H. J., van Berkel, H. H. A., & Brand, A. (1997). Onbenutte Kwaliteiten Rotterdam. De stand van zaken begin 1997. SoZaWe.
van Berkel, H. H. A., Brand, A., & Oude Engberink, G. (1997). 'Langblijvers' in de bijstand. In G. Engbersen, J. C. Vrooman, & E. Snel (Eds.), Arm Nederland De kwetsbaren. Tweede jaarrapport armoede en sociale uitsluiting (pp. 85-103). Amsterdam University Press.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (1997). Urban integration and citizenship. Local policies and the promotion of participation. In M. Roche, & H. H. A. van Berkel (Eds.), European citizenship and social exclusion. (pp. 185-197). Avebury.
van der Aa, P. H. J., van Berkel, H. H. A., Brand, A., Dekker, J., & Tholen, C. J. M. (1997). Een portret van niet-toetreders in OK, hun achtergronden en ervaringen. Universiteit Utrecht/ Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid.
Roche, M., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (1997). European citizenship and social exclusion. Avebury.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Brand, A. (1997). Social activation: policy instrument against social exclusion? The 'Unused Qualities' project in Rotterdam. CID.
Vakpublicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A. (1997). Van bescherming naar participatie. Veranderende opvattingen over de verhouding tussen arbeid en zorg. In Handboek Dagbesteding. Bohn Stafleu van Loghum.
1996
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Brand, A. (1996). Actors and factors in finding a job or remaining unemployed. Longitudinal research into the position of the long-term unemployed in the Rotterdam labour-market. In C. Verhaar, P. de Klaver, M. de Goede, J. van Ophem, & A. de Vries (Eds.), On the challenges of unemployment in a regional Europe (pp. 145-166). Avebury.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (1996). In de marge van het arbeidsbestel. In L. Beukema, H. M. J. Coenen, & B. Valkenburg (Eds.), Arbeid en Modernisering. Een inleiding in de sociaal-wetenschappelijke bestudering van arbeidsvraagstukken (pp. 169-193). Lemma.
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Brand, A. (1996). Sociale activering: vernieuwend denken over arbeid en participatie of gewoon workfare? Tijdschrift voor Arbeid en Bewustzijn, 19(1), 5-24.
van Berkel, H. H. A., Brand, A., & Maaskant, J. (1996). Uitgeschreven of afgeschreven? Werklozen door de tijd gevolgd. Jan van Arkel.
Vakpublicaties
van Berkel, H. H. A., & Brand, A. (1996). Op zoek naar onbenutte kwaliteiten. Sociale activering in Rotterdam. Tijdschrift voor de sociale sector, mei(5), 15-19.
1995
Wetenschappelijke publicaties
Coenen, H. M. J., & van Berkel, H. H. A. (1995). Het arbeidsbestel in de overgang van industrikle samenleving naar risicomaatschappij. In H. M. J. Coenen (Ed.), De vakbeweging na 2000 (pp. 48-73). Van Arkel.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (1995). Anders actief in de vakbeweging; zoeken naar wegen uit een 'cultuur van ontevredenheid'. In H. J. M. Coenen (Ed.), De vakbeweging na 2000 (pp. 170-197). Jan van Arkel.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (1995). Het arbeidsbestel in de overgang van industrikle samenleving naar risico-maatschappij. In H. J. M. Coenen (Ed.), De vakbeweging na 2000 (pp. 48-66). Jan van Arkel.
van Berkel, H. H. A. (1995). Sociale activering: vernieuwend denken over arbeid en participatie of gewoon workfare? Tijdschrift voor Arbeid en Bewustzijn, 19(1), 5-24.
Selectie van publicaties
- Van Berkel, R., Caswell, D., Kupka, P. & Larsen, F. (eds) (2017). Frontline delivery of welfare-to-work policies in Europe: Activating the unemployed, New York: Routledge.
- Van Berkel, R. and Knies, E. (2016), Performance management, caseloads and the frontline provision of social services, Social Policy & Administration, 50(1): 59-78.
- Van Berkel, R. and P. van der Aa (2015), New welfare, new policies: towards preventive worker-directed active labour market policies?, Journal of Social Policy, 44(3): 425-442.
- Van Berkel, R. (2014), Quasi-markets and the delivery of activation: a frontline perspective, Social policy & administration, 48/2, 188-203.
- Van Berkel, R. and P. van der Aa (2013), Control of frontline workers in welfare agencies: Towards professionalism? In M. Noordegraaf and B. Steijn (eds), Professionals under pressure. The reconfiguration of professional work in changing public services, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 193-211.
- Van Berkel, R. and P. Leisink (2013), Both sides now: theoretical perspectives on the link between social and HR policies in promoting labour market participation, in P. Leisink, P. Boselie, M. van Bottenburg and D. Hosking (eds) Managing social issues. A public value perspective, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 143-162.
- Van Berkel, R. (2013), Triple activation: introducing welfare to work into Dutch Social Assistance, in E. Brodkin and G. Marston (eds) Work and the welfare state. Street-level organizations and workfare politics, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, pp. 87-103.
- Berkel, R. van, and P. van der Aa (2012), Activation work: policy programme administration or professional service provision? Journal of social policy, 41/3, 493-510
- Berkel, R. van, F. Sager and F. Ehrler (2012), The diversity of activation markets in Europe, International journal of sociology and social policy, 32, 5/6
- Minas, R., S. Wright and R. van Berkel (2012), Decentralization and centralization: governing the activation of social assistance recipients in Europe, International journal of sociology and social policy, 32, 5/6
- Berkel, R. van, W. de Graaf, T. Sirovatka (eds) (2011), The governance of active welfare states in Europe, Basingstoke: Palgrave
- Berkel, R. van, P. van der Aa, N. van Gestel (2010), Professionals without a profession? Redesigning case management in Dutch local welfare agencies, European Journal of Social Work, 13:4.
- Berkel, R. van (2010), 'The provision of income protection and activation services for the unemployed in 'active' welfare states. An international comparison', Journal of social policy, 39/1, 17-34.
- Larsen, F. and R. van Berkel (eds) (2009), The new governance and implementation of labour market policies, Copenhagen: DJOF Publishing
- Berkel, R. van and Borghi, V. (2008), 'The governance of activation', Social policy and society, 7/3, 331-340..
- Borghi, V. en Van Berkel, R. (2007), 'New modes of governance in Italy and the Netherlands. The case of activation policies', Public Administration, vol. 85, no. 1, pp. 83-101.
- Van Berkel, R. (2007), 'Social Assistance dynamics in the Netherlands: exploring the sustainability of independence from social assistance via labour-market inclusion', Social policy and society, vol. 6 no. 2, pp. 1-13.
- Van Berkel, R., B. Valkenburg (red) (2007), Making it personal. Individualising activation services in the EU, Bristol: Policy Press.
- Van Berkel, R. en V. Borghi (2007), New modes of governance in activation policies, International journal of sociology and social policy, Vol 27, No 7/8.
- Borghi, V. en Van Berkel, R. (2007), "Individualised service provision in an era of activation and new governance", International journal of sociology and social policy, Vol 27 No 9/10.
- Van Berkel, R. (2006), The decentralization of Social Assistance in the Netherlands, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, vol 26 no 1/2, 20-32.
- Van Berkel, R., P. van der Aa (2005), 'The marketisation of activation services: a modern panacea? Some lessons from the Dutch experience', Journal of European Social Policy, 15/4, 329-345.