Introduction

I was born, March 13, 1950, in Amsterdam, as the son of Elisabeth Speelman and Benoit van Waarden.  Successively, I was educated in Groningen, Paramaribo (Surinam), Haarlem, Toronto (Canada), and Leyden. In the last two cities I studied sociology, history and political science at the universities bearing their names. Thereafter I taught at the Universities of Leyden, Konstanz (Germany), and now Utrecht. In between I have taught or was visiting fellow at the Center for European Studies of Stanford University, the Universities of Leipzig and of Vienna, the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies NIAS (1998-99), and the European University Institute in Florence (2001, 2003), where I held a Jean Monnet Fellowship at the Robert Schumann Center for Advanced Studies.

Areas of expertise

My interests are in phenomena at the boundaries of politics, economics, law and history, seen through the eyes of a sociologist, i.e. political sociology, economic sociology, and sociology of law. Currently the main focus is on the governance of markets, regulation and political institutions. Among others I am interested in the intended and unintended effects of market liberalization on market governance institutions, in particular more indirect consequences, such as increases in the importance of other governance mechanisms as litigation and case law, private certification and associational self-regulation, rigid rule enforcement by new regulatory agencies, and internal bureaucracy in both public and private organizations.                                            Earlier on I have published on labor relations, co-determination, history of technology, textile industry, industrial policy, collective action, business' associations, corporatism, state-industry relations, innovation, comparison of legal systems, epistemic communities, European integration, notably transposition of European directives in national law.

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1968-1972: Study sociology, history and political science at the University of Toronto

1972-1975: Study sociology, University of Leyden

1975-1988: Research assistant and assistant professor Sociology Department and Law Faculty, University of Leyden (part of the time employed by the Dutch Research Council NWO).

1988-1993: Senior researcher Department of Public Administration, University of Konstanz

1993-present: Professor at the FSS University of Utrecht

2002 present: Fellow University College Utrecht

 

Between 1990-present: Visiting scholar/fellow at the Center for European Studies of Stanford University (several periods), the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies NIAS, the European University Institute in Florence (twice). and guest teacher at the Universities of Leipzig and the Vienna University of Economics

Introduction

My interests are in phenomena at the boundaries of politics, economics, law and history, seen through the eyes of a sociologist, i.e. political sociology, economic sociology, and sociology of law. Currently the main focus is on the governance of markets, regulation and political institutions. Among others I am interested in the intended and unintended effects of market liberalization on market governance institutions, in particular more indirect consequences, such as increases in the importance of other governance mechanisms as litigation and case law, private certification and associational self-regulation, rigid rule enforcement by new regulatory agencies, and internal bureaucracy in both public and private organizations.
Earlier on I have published on labor relations, co-determination, history of technology, textile industry, industrial policy, collective action, business associations, corporatism, state-industry relations, innovation, comparison of legal systems, epistemic communities, European integration, notably transposition of European directives in national law.

Key publications

Waarden, Frans van (2011) ‘The Governance of Markets: On Generating Trust in Transactions’, to appear in David Levi-Faur (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Governance, Oxford: Oxford University Press

 

Waarden, Frans van (2011) ‘Varieties of Private Market Regulation: Problems and Prospects’, to appear in David Levi-Faur (ed.) Handbook on the Politics of Regulation, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

 

Unger, Brigitte, and Frans van Waarden (2011) ‘Les Trsnsferts d’Argent vers la République du Suriname - Par Voie Légitime ou par Voie Illégale ?’, in Michel Dion (ed.) La Criminalité Financière. Prévention, Gouvernance et Influences Culturelles, Brussels: De Boeck, pp. 181-203

 

Waarden, Frans van (2011) ‘Governing Global Commons: The Public-Private Protection of Fish and Forests’, In: Johan Swinnen, Jan Wouters, Miet Maertens and Axel Marx (eds) Private Standards and Global Governance. Legal and Economic Perspectives, London (Edward Elgar) Also published as Jeruzalem Papers in Regulation and Governance (JPRG) No. 17, June 2010 (http://regulation.huji.ac.il/dp.php), Jeruzalem Forum on Regulation and Governance, Hebrew University of Jeruzalem, 66 pages

 

Haverland, Markus, Bernard Steunenberg, and Frans van Waarden (2010) ‘Sectors at Different Speeds: Analyzing Transposition Deficits in the European Union’, in Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 49, Issue 2, pp.265-291

 

Waarden, Frans van, and Robin van Dalen (2010) ‘Hallmarking Halal. Case Study of  a ‘Free Market’ and its derived Emerging Market for Quality Certificates’, pre-study study, commissioned by the Dutch Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid (WRR) (Dutch Scientific Council for Government Policy) in the context of its upcoming report on ‘Market, State, and Civil Society’, WRR-Webpublication Nr. 56, 111 pages (http://www.wrr.nl/content.jsp?objectid=5577). Also published as Working Paper No. 33 in the Series Jerusalem Papers in Regulation & Governance, March 2011, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 139 pages (http://regulation.huji.ac.il/papers/jp33.pdf)

 

Unger, Brigitte, and Frans van Waarden (2009) ‘Attempts to Dodge Drowning in Data. Rule- and Risk-Based Anti-Money Laundering Policies Compared’, Review of Law and Economics, Volume 5, Issue 2, pp. 953-985

 

Waarden, Frans van (2009) ‘Power to the Legal Professionals. An Americanization of European Law?’, in Regulation and Governance, September issue, Vol. 3: 3, pp.197-216

 

Waarden, Frans van, and Youri Hildebrand (2009) ‘From Corporatism to Lawyocracy? On Liberalization and Juridification’, in Regulation and Governance, September Issue, Vol. 3: 3, pp. 259-286

 

Waarden, Frans van (2009) ‘Institutionen zur Zentralisierung und Kontrolle politischer Macht’, in Klaus Schubert and Nils Bandelow (eds) Lehrbuch Politikfeldanalyse, Muenchen-Wien (R. Oldebourg Verlag), 2nd, completely revised and extended edition, pp. 273-311

 

Waarden, Frans van (2007) ‘Where to find a ‘Demos’ for Controlling Global Risk Regulators? From Private to Public Regulation and Back’, in Jean-Christophe Graz and Andreas Noelke (eds) Transnational Private Governance and its Limits, London and New York: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science, pp. 84-97

 

Berglund, Sara, Ieva Gange, and Frans van Waarden (2006) ‘ Mass Production of Law. Routinization in the Transposition of European Directives. A Sociological-Institutionalist Account’, in Journal of European Public Policy, Volume 13, No. 5, pp. 692-716

 

Waarden, Frans van (2006) ‘Taste, Traditions, Transactions, and Trust: The Public and Private Regulation of Food’, in Christopher Ansell and David Vogel (eds) What’s the Beef? The Contested Governance of European Food Safety, Cambridge MA: MIT Press, pp. 35-59 (http://mitpress.mit.edu/0262511924)

 

Waarden, Frans van, and Herman Oosterwijk (2006) ‘Turning Tracks? Path Dependence, Technological Paradigm Shifts, and Organizational and Institutional Change’, in Jerry Hage and Marius Meeus (eds)  Innovation, Science, and Institutional Change, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 443-464

 

Engbersen, Godfried, Kees Schuyt, Jaap Timmer, and Frans van Waarden (2006) Cultures of Unemployment, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 280 p. Reprint of original book publication by Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado in 1993

 

Waarden, Frans van (2006) ‘Less Rules, More Markets? More Markets, Less Rules?’, in Michael McConkey and Patrice Dutil (eds) Dreaming of the Regulatory Village; Speaking of the Regulatory State, Institute of Public Administration of Canada, New Direction Series, no. 18, Toronto, pp. 52-65 (electronically at http://www.ipac.ca/files/RegulatoryState.pdf; also at the website of the Smarttape Center for Regulatory Innovation, www.smarttape.ca)

 

Casper, Steven, and Frans van Waarden (eds) (2005) Institutions and Innovation. A Multidisciplinary Review of the Study of Innovation Systems, London (Edward Elgar) (http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=2936)

 

Frans van Waarden and Gerhard Lehmbruch (eds) (2004) Renegotiating the Welfare State. Flexible Adjustment through Corporatist Concertation, London (Routledge), 308 p. (also as ebook:  http://www.ebookmall.com/ebook/82486-ebook.htm)

 

Kersbergen, Kees van, and Frans van Waarden (2004) ‘”Governance” as a Bridge between Disciplines. Cross-Disciplinary Inspiration regarding Shifts in Governance and Problems of Governability, Accountability, and Legitimacy’, in European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 43, pp. 143-171; republished in Thomas Clarke and Jean-Francois Chanlat (eds) (2009) European Corporate Governance. Readings and Perspectives, Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 48-64

 

Waarden, Frans van (2002) ‘Market Institutions as Communicating Vessels: Changes between Economic Coordination Principles as a Consequence of Deregulation Policies’, in J. Rogers Hollingsworth, Karl H. Mueller, and Ellen Jane Hollingsworth (eds) Advancing Socio-Economics. An Institutionalist Perspective, Lanham, Boulder, New York and Oxford (Rowman and Littlefield), pp. 171-212

 

Waarden, Frans van, and Michaela Drahos (2002) ‘Courts and (Epistemic) Communities in the Convergence of Competition Policies’, in Journal of European Public Policy Vol. 9, No. 6, December, pp. 1-22

 

Waarden, Frans van (2002) ‘Dutch Consociationalism and Corporatism: A Case of Institutional Persistence’, in Acta Politica. International Journal of Political Science, Vol 37, No. 2, Spring/Summer, pp.44-67

 

Waarden, Frans van (2001) ‘Institutions and Innovation: The Legal Environment of Innovating Firms’, in Organisation Studies Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 765-795

 

Waarden, Frans van (2001) ‘European State Formation and its Possible Effects on Associational Governance. Some Lessons from the OBI-project. Will BIA-systems become centralized at the EU-level?’, in Justin Greenwood (ed.) The Effectiveness of EU Business Associations, London (Palgrave), pp. 30-45

 

Kersbergen, Kees van, and Frans van Waarden (2001) Shifts in Governance: Problems of Legitimacy and Accountability, Background Study on the Theme ‘Shifts in Governance’ as Part of the Strategic Plan 2002-2005 of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), The Hague (NWO-MAGW; Social Science Research Council), 77. p.

 

Unger, Brigitte, and Frans van Waarden (1999) ‘Interest Associations and Economic Growth’, in Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 6, No. 4, Winter 1999, pp. 425-467

 

Waarden, Frans van (1999) ‘European Harmonization of National Regulatory Styles?’, in John A.E.Vervaele et al (eds) Compliance and Enforcement of European Community Law, Deventer (Kluwer Law), pp. 95-124

 

Unger, Brigitte, and Frans van Waarden (eds) (1995). Convergence or Diversity? Internationalization and Economic Policy Response, Aldershot: Avebury, 376 p.

 

Waarden, Frans van (1995). The Organizational Power of Employers' Associations Compared. Cohesion, Comprehensivenesss and Organizational Development. In: Colin Crouch and Franz Traxler (eds) Organized Industrial Relations in Europe: What Future?, Aldershot: Avebury, p. 45-97.

 

Waarden, Frans van (1995). ‘Government Intervention in Industrial Relations. In: Jacques van Hoof, Rien Huiskamp, and Joris van Ruysseveldt (eds) Comparative Industrial and Employment Relations, London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi: Sage, p. 109-133.

 

Waarden, Frans van (1995). Employers and Employers' Associations. In: Jacques van Hoof, Rien Huiskamp and Joris van Ruysseveldt (eds) Comparative Industrial and Employment Relations, London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi: Sage, p. 68-108. (see also http://www.sagepub.co.uk/printerfriendly.aspx?pid=105058&ptype=B)

 

Waarden, Frans van  (1995) Persistence of National Policy Styles: A Study of their Institutional Foundations. In:  Brigitte Unger and Frans van Waarden (eds) Convergence or Diversity? Internationalization and Economic Policy Response, Aldershot: Avebury, p. 333-372.

 

Unger, Brigitte, and Frans van Waarden (1995). Introduction: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Convergence. in Brigitte Unger and Frans van Waarden (eds) Convergence or Diversity? Internationalization and Economic Policy Response, Aldershot: Avebury, p. 1-35.

 

Waarden, Frans van (1994). Is European Law a Threat to Associational Governance?, in Volker Eichener and Helmut Voelzkow (eds) Europaïsche Integration und verbandliche Interessenvermittlung, Bochum: Metropolis Verlag, p. 217-262

 

Waarden, Frans van (1993) 'Verwaltungskultur im Vergleich', in Hans-Georg Wehling (ed.) Politische Kulturen, in journal and book series 'Der Bürger im Staat', Stuttgart, Landeszentrale für politische Bildung en Kohlhammer Verlag

 

Waarden, Frans van (1993) 'Über die Beständigkeit nationaler Politikstile und Politiknetzwerke. Eine Studie über die Genese ihrer institutionellen Verankerung', in Roland Czada and Manfred Schmidt (eds) Verhandlungsdemokratie, Interessenvermittlung, Regierbarkeit. Festschrift für Gerhard Lehmbruch, Opladen (Westdeutscher Verlag)

 

 

In Dutch:

 

Waarden, Frans van, and Robin van Dalen (2010) ‘Het homunculusprobleem van vrije markten. Over het halal-geval van handel in vertrouwen’, Beleid en Maatschappij Volume 37, No. 3, pp. 259-278

 

Unger, Brigitte, en Frans van Waarden (2009) ‘Ondergronds geld geven - op welke gronden? Over migrantenoverdrachten naar Suriname’, in Henk van der Bunt en Dina Siegel (eds) Ondergronds bankieren in Nederland, Den Haag: Boom Juridische Uitgevers, pp. 33-60

 

Waarden, Frans van (2006) ‘Werk in een wantrouwende wereld. Omvang en oorzaken van een uitdijende controle-industrie’, in Beleid en Maatschappij, volume 33, no. 4, pp. 232-251

 

Waarden, Frans van (2006) ‘Paradoxen van publieke en private keuzen en kanalen’, in Jan Peter van den Toren e.a. (eds) Het overlegmodel op de divan. Een praktijkatelier met wetenschap, beleid en praktijk over de relatie tussen overheid en sociale partners, Den Haag:  Kabinet van de Minister-President (praktijkatelier Rijksbreed Strategieberaad) en NWO, pp. 62-73

 

Waarden, Frans van (2006) ‘Meer toezicht en controle leiden paradoxaal genoeg vaak tot minder vertrouwen in de beroepsgroep’, in J.C.A.Houdijk (red.) Advocatuur en notariaat: tussen profijt en professie, Nijmegen: Radboud Universiteit, pp. 10-13

 

Waarden, Frans van (2004) ‘Het werk van de wever’, in Textielhistorische Bijdragen, Vol. 44, pp. 65-108, Veenendaal: Stichting Textielgeschiedenis

 

Waarden, Frans van (2003) ‘Bouwenquete beperkt bestek’, in Economisch-Statistische Berichten Vol. 88, nr. 4393, January 24, pp. 36-39

 

Waarden, Frans van (2002) ‘De tucht van de economie’ in Socialisme en Democratie, special issue on ‘Privatisering: Ophouden of doorgaan?’, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 42-46

 

Waarden, Frans van (2002) ‘Privatisering: Macht, Cultuur en Rationaliteit’, in H. J. de Ru and J.A.F. Peters (eds) Verzelfstandiging en marktwerking. Stand van zaken en perspectieven, The Hague (SDU), pp. 33-55

 

Waarden, Frans van (2001) ‘Grenzen aan privatisering: een nieuwe tragedie van de commons?’, in Jet Bussemaker and Rick van der Ploeg (eds) Leven na paars? Linkse visies op de derde weg, Amsterdam (Prometheus), pp. 115-127

 

Waarden, Frans van (2000) ‘Is ons overlegmodel overdraagbaar? Over de voorwaarden van onze overlegeconomie’, in Sociaal-Economische Raad (ed.) Met raad en daad. Visies op de toekomst van de overlegeconomie op nationaal en sectoraal niveau, Uitgave van de SER en de product- en bedrijfschappen ter gelegenheid van het vijftigjarig bestaan van de Wet op de bedrijfsorganisatie, Den Haag (http://www.ser.nl/_upload/b18494.pdf)

 

Bakker, Wieger, and Frans van Waarden (eds) (1999) Ruimte rond regels. Reguleringsstijlen vergeleken, Jaarboek 1999 Beleid en Maatschappij, Amsterdam and Meppel (uitgeverij Boom), sept. 1999

 

Waarden, Frans van (1999) ‘De institutionele grondslag van gewoonte’, in Wieger Bakker and Frans van Waarden (eds) Ruimte rond regels. Reguleringsstijlen vergeleken, Jaarboek 1999 Beleid en Maatschappij, Amsterdam and Meppel (uitgeverij Boom)

 

Waarden, Frans van (1999) ‘Elk land zijn eigen trant’, in Wieger Bakker and Frans van Waarden (eds) Ruimte rond regels. Reguleringsstijlen vergeleken, Jaarboek 1999 Beleid en Maatschappij, Amsterdam and Meppel (uitgeverij Boom)

 

Bakker, Wieger, and Frans van Waarden (1999) ‘Discretionaire ruimte bij de formulering en handhaving van regelgeving’, in Wieger Bakker and Frans van Waarden (eds) Ruimte rond regels. Reguleringsstijlen vergeleken, Jaarboek 1999 Beleid en Maatschappij, Amsterdam and Meppel (uitgeverij Boom)

 

Waarden, Frans van (1998) ‘Hoe uniek, legitiem en efficiënt is de Nederlandse overlegeconomie in vergelijkend perspectief?’, in Sociaal-Economische Raad 150 jaar grondwet. Overlegeconomie in een goede constitutie, Den Haag (SER), October, pp. 23-81

 

Waarden, Frans van (1998) ‘Zijn Appels wel Appels? Problemen met de Vergelijkbaarheid van Begrippen en Verschijnselen in Diverse Landen en Mogelijke Oplossingen’, in Sociale Wetenschappen Vol. 41, No. 4 (Fall), pp. 97-118

 

Waarden, Frans van (1998) ‘Transacties over taxi’s’, in Economisch-Statistische Berichten Vol. 83, No. 4135 (16 January) , pp.28-32; reprinted in H.P. van Dalen and L. Van der Geest (eds) Jaarboek 1997/98 van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor de Staathuishoudkunde, Rotterdam (ESB) (reprint), pp. 60-68

 

Waarden, Frans van (1997). Vakopleiding in de procesindustrie een collectief goed? In: KPMG Bureau voor Economische Argumentatie (ed.) Een reisje langs de Rijn. Visies op organisatie en financiering van opleiding in de procesindustrie. Haarlem: AWV en Opleidingsfonds Procesindustrie OVP, p. 72-91.

 

Waarden, Frans van (1995) Het schap als maat voor band van maatschappij en staat', in Economisch-Statistische Berichten, Vol. 80, No. 4028, 11 October, pp. 904-907

 

Waarden, Frans van (1995) 'Breekt Nederland zijn dijken door?', shortened version of inaugural lecture, in Economisch-Statistische Berichten, vol. 80, no. 3993, pp. 52-57; reprinted in H.P. van Dalen and L. van der Geest (eds) Jaarboek 1995/96 van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor de Staathuishoudkunde, Rotterdam: ESB (reprint), p. 28-41

 

Waarden, Frans van (1995) Van kartelparadijs naar oligopolierijk', in Economisch-Statistische Berichten, Vol. 80, No. 4038, 20/27 December, pp. 1149-1152

 

Waarden, Frans van (1995) Zal de markt voor openbaar vervoer werken?', in Economisch-Statistische Berichten, Vol. 80, No. 4026, 27 September, pp. 866-872

 

Waarden, Frans van (1995) Dynamiek of zenuwachtigheid?', in Economisch-Statistische Berichten, vol. 80, no. 4023, 6 September, pp. 790-792

 

Waarden, Frans van (1993) 'Organisatie en Omgeving: de organisatiesociologie en haar wetenschappelijke omgeving', in J.A.A. van Doorn, P.L. Meurs and A.A. Mijs (eds) Het comparatieve principe in de sociologie. Feestbundel voor Cor Lammers, Utrecht (Spectrum)

 

Waarden, Frans van (1992) 'De rol van de staat in de arbeidsverhoudingen', in Jacques van Hoof and Jacques van Ruysseveldt (eds) Arbeidsverhoudingen in Europa, Open University, Heerlen

 

Waarden, Frans van (1992) 'Werkgeversorganisaties en arbeidsverhoudingen, een vergelijkend perspectief', in Jacques van Hoof and Jacques van Ruysseveldt (eds) Arbeidsverhoudingen in Europa, Open University, Heerlen

 

Courses

As Fellow at the international honors University College Utrecht:

1. POL31 Comparative Political Institutions
2. POL32 The Politics of Economic Regulation
3. POL35 Public Policy Studies
4. SOC31 Comparative Studies of Organizations
5. SOC34 The Sociology of Value and Money

Outside activities

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Name	prof. dr. Waarden, B.F. van (Frans)
E-mailaddress	f.vanwaarden@uu.nl
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