Curriculum Vitae Name: Edwin Adrianus Leonardus (Edwin) van Rooyen Completed education and courses 1986 Junior General Secondary Education (MAVO). 1989 Intermediate Vocational Education (MBO), retail and wholesale. 1995 Higher Vocational Education (HBO), journalism. Journalism and Information University of Applied Sciences (AJV, Tilburg), specialisation Written Press. The committee charged with conducting the final examination awarded the predicate good. The thesis, dedicated to the press in the new South Africa, was graded with a 9 on a scale of 10. 1998 University, political science. University of Amsterdam, specialisation International Relations. The Board of Examiners awarded the predicate cum laude. The thesis, dedicated to the EU s foreign policy regarding the Lomé Convention, was graded with a 9 on a scale of 10.. 1999-2000 Methodology at the Netherlands Institute Government (NIG), a program devoted to subjects such as causality, selection of observations and pitfalls in research design. Public Administration Skills at the NIG, a program focused on case studies and presenting research. Scientific Writing in English at the Centre for Training in Amsterdam, a course consisting of plenary education and individual counselling. 1999 Summer School on European parties and party systems at Keele University, a two week program that consisted of lectures and workshops on literature and research designs conducted by leading scientists. 2005 Pedagogic and Didactic Education, a program at The Hague University with which the highest teaching qualification was obtained. 2007 English Language Course at the Colchester English Study Centre, a total of ten days training combined with a stay in a homestay. 2009 Doctor s Degree (PhD) at Leiden University. Prof. Rudy Andeweg and prof. Peter Mair were the supervisors, the referent was prof. Ruud Koole. Work experience and additional activities 1988-1991 Freelance journalist at Buijze Pers (local newspapers). 1/5
1992 Freelance journalist at Haarlem Dagblad (local newspaper). 1993 Trainee at the city and region desk of Rotterdam Dagblad (local newspaper). 1994 Trainee at the political desk of NRC Handelsblad (national newspaper). 1992-1994 Member of the Introduction Committee at the AJV, which was responsible for the annual introduction week for new students. 1995 Participant in an internationalisation program of the AJV and Nuffic. The African route provided extra teaching by Tilburg University and an education project in preparation for a three months stay abroad. The graduation research was done in South Africa. 1994-1997 Freelance journalist at the region desk of Rotterdams Dagblad. 1998 Pre-doctoral student at Leiden University. 1999-2003 PhD student at Leiden University. Central was a study on the organisational and strategic adaptations to the European Union of Dutch interest groups and political parties. 1999-2003 Lecturer International Politics at Leiden University. Responsible for and executor of seminars as part of an introductory course for first year students political science. 2003 Supervisor of a Europeanisation seminar at Leiden University. Responsible for and executor of this intensive research program for third-year political science students (with Maarten Vink). 1999-2002 Secretary / Vice president of the Leiden s Alumni Association of Political Scientists. Was one of the founders of the association and driving force behind the board, which organised forum evenings, thematic dinners, excursions and Alumni Days. 2004-2006 Project member of an international research group connected to the Keele European Parties Research Unit (Keele University). With funding from the UK Economic and Social Research Council the group studied the Europeanisation of national political parties in the 15 EU member states before the 2004 enlargement. 2004-2007 Teacher of Economics, Sociology and History for pathway students at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. 2004-2008 Lecturer at the Public Administration, Law and Safety Academy of The Hague University. Worked as a tutor for first-, second- and fourth-year students and as a designer and executor of Political Science 1, Political Science 2, Sociology, European Public Management courses, and International Public Management courses. 2/5
2005 Moderator at the Opening of the Academic Year 2005-2006 in The Hague. With Pim Breebaart (chairman of The Hague University s Board of Governors) and Femke Halsema (party leader Green Left). 2005-2006 Coordinator of the partly English specialisation course European Public Management (Public Management, The Hague University). The specialisation course dealt with European governance from a law, economics and political science perspective. 2005-2007 Initiator, developer and executor of a debating project at The Hague University, which consisted of an annual three-day open debate series with leading politicians, academics and representatives of civil society. It also included a regular course for students from four different educational programs. Central were topical and socially relevant subjects: the multicultural society (2005), the power of the media (2006), the power of the market (2007). The both in terms of content and organisation wideranging project was presented in the Annual Report 2005 of The Hague University as a milestone. 2006 Co-organiser of an election debate in The Hague with Dutch ICT think tank EPN. 2007-2008 Coordinator of the English program International Public Management at The Hague University. 2007-2008 Secretary of the Public Administration, Law and Safety Academy Council of The Hague University. 2007-2008 Member of the Curriculum Committee of the Public Management program, which advises management and staff. 2008 Guest lecturer European Union Studies at the Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University. 2008 Moderator and guest lecturer HRM Congress Microcredit Women and Work (The Hague University). 2008- University researcher at the Documentation Centre Dutch Political Parties (DNPP) of the University of Groningen. Developed and executed a research project that focuses on the relation between Europarties and Dutch political parties. 2008-2009 University lecturer at European Union Studies of the Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University. 2008-2009 Master Coordinator European Union Studies. 2008 Co-organiser of a panel discussion on intercultural manners with the Foundation Synthesis (The Hague University). 2008-2010 Initiator resp. leader of a local citizens initiative on air traffic. 3/5
2009 Initiator and chairman of the debate jury at the Day of the Hague s Citizen. 2009 Guest lecturer Cultural and Social Education at Leiden University of Applied Sciences. 2009- Board member resp. advisor of the Dutch Association Democratic Europe. 2010 Guest lecturer at Journalism Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Tilburg. 2010- Entrepreneur (Birdsong Europe). Working for DNPP, Campus The Hague of Leiden University and Journalism Fontys University. 2011 Co-initiator of the Dutch Civil Society Club, a think global, act local initiative. 2011 Co-organiser and chairman of an expert meeting on European vision making within Dutch political parties (Montesquieu Institute). 2011 Presenter seminar on the European Union in conference The State of Democracy of the Soeterbeeck Programme (Radboud University Nijmegen). 2012 Speaker during debate night Why Europe... and to Where? of Science Café Nijmegen. Publications Various articles for newspapers and magazines, including Vooruit met de Marokkaanse leraar! (NRC Handelsblad, 5 April 2006)/ Vooruit met de allochtone leraren (NRC Next, 10 April 2006), Niet Schiphol bepaalt de regels, dat doen wij (NRC Handelsblad, 23 October 2007) and Politiek kan niet zonder Europa (Trouw, 25 April 2009). On the internet, Politieke partijen langs de democratische meetlat (May 2009), Europeaniseren moet, ook na tweede referendum (May 2009), De keerzijde van het poldermodel (June 2009), Wat willen de Nederlandse politieke partijen met Europa? (June 2010) en Nederlandse politieke partijen langs de Europese meetlat (June 2010). Het Lomé-verdrag in onderhandeling: het einde nabij?, Polithese nr. 5, 1999. Europa en de ontwikkelingslanden, een relatie van macht en welbegrepen eigenbelang, 1999, in: Lomé. Over Europa en de ontwikkelingslanden, Otto Holman en Paul Kapteyn (ed.). Publication of the Association Democratic Europe for a forum discussion in De Balie with minister Eveline Herfkens (development aid). Het einde van een tijdperk? De PvdA en het verlangen naar Europese partijvorming, WBS Yearbook 2008 (with Gerrit Voerman). De Europeanisering van belangengroepen en politieke partijen in Nederland, Pallas Publications - Amsterdam University Press, 2009. 4/5
Interculturele omgangsvormen, publication of Foundation Synthesis (edited with Paul Dekker). De achterblijvende Europeanisering van politieke partijen in: De hete brij van Europa: Verkiezingen 4 juni 2009, VDE-Cahiers 2, Anna van Bodegraven, Tjeerd Hoekstra en Paul Kapteyn (ed.). De zachte Europese krachten. Europeanisering in de interne verhouding van Nederlandse politieke partijen, DNPP Yearbook 2010 (with Joop van Holsteijn, to be published). The Contribution of European Political Parties to the Legitimacy of the European Union (with Gerrit Voerman) in: Democracy in Europe. Of the people, by the people, for the people?, European Liberal Forum, Fleur de Beaufort and Patrick van Schie (ed.). 5/5