Hans Vollaard is associate professor in political science. His current research focus is on representative democracy in municipalities, provinces and water boards. In addition, he studies the internationalisation and Europeanization of sub-national governments. He also did research on the regulation of cross-border healthcare in the European Union, European disintegration, Euroscepticism in the Netherlands, and Dutch christian parties.
His teaching in the Utrecht University School of Governance includes the courses Comparative Analysis of Political Systems; Citizenship, and the BSc thesis project on Governance, Democracy and Accountability.