The Health Economics Research Amsterdam (HERA) staff
Meet our HERA Team
The HERA team (Alphabetically)
Researchers affiliated with HERA have expertise in global and public health economics, health economics of the Dutch care system and health management of hospitals and other care organizations.
Agnes Bäker, HERA Management Team
Dr. Agnes Bäker is Associate Professor of Leadership at the department of Management and Organization at VU Amsterdam and Program Director of the bachelor program in International Business Administration.
Wendy Janssens, HERA Management Team
Wendy Janssens is Professor in Development Economics. She is the director of HERA, academic board member of the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD), in the HERA management team (Health Economics Research Amsterdam), and research fellow at the Tinbergen Institute.
Pierre Koning, HERA Management Team
Pierre Koning (1971) is full professor "Economics of social insurance and the Labor Market" at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. Pierre is an affiliate of HERA (Health Economics Research Amsterdam), IZA and Tinbergen Institute.
Xander Koolman, HERA Management Team
Xander Koolman is full professor Health Economics and chairs the Health Economics section at the department of Ethics, Governance and Society, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Meike Morren, HERA Management Team
HERA Management Team Meike Morren is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at VU University Amsterdam since 2012.
Angela Johnson, HERA Postdoc
Angela Johnson is a postdoctoral researcher at the department of Marketing of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Gabriela Estefania Morejón Cabrera, HERA Postdoc
Gabriela Morejón Cabrera is a postdoc at the department of Ethics Governance and Society of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Clotilde Mahe, HERA Postdoc
Clotilde Mahé is a postdoctoral researcher at the department of Economics of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Fatima Amankour, HERA Publicity Officer
Fatima Amankour is a PhD Candidate at the department of Ethics Governance and Society of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Nursena Aksünger
Nursena Aksünger is a PhD candidate at the Department of Economics of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Yvonne Krabbe Alkemade
Yvonne Krabbe-Alkemade is a researcher at the department of Ethics, Governance and Society.
Aylin Aydinli
Aylin Aydinli is an Associate Professor of Marketing at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Shiko Ben-Menahem
Shiko M. Ben-Menahem is Associate Professor of Technology and Innovation Management at the Organization Theory group of the Management & Organization Department, School of Business and Economics, VU Amsterdam.
Rob Boterenbrood
Rob Boterenbrood is lecturer at the department of Accounting of the Vrije Universiteit.
Tjerk Budding
Tjerk Budding is full professor Public Sector Accounting at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Elco van Burg
Elco van Burg is full professor of Organizational Theory and Head of Organizational Theory Section at the School of Business and Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Marcel Canoy
Marcel Canoy is endowed professor in Health Economics at the department of Ethics, Governance and Society of the School of Business and Economics of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Hilco van Elten
Hilco van Elten is an associate professor at the Department of Accounting of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and is the program director for the Certified Public Controllers program at the Zijlstra Center.
Ruud Frambach
Ruud Frambach is Professor of Marketing at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam since 2000.
Titus Galama
Titus Galama, Director of the Center for the Study of Health Inequality (CSHI), Lead of the European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN), Associate Professor of Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, is an award-winning astrophysicist who turned to business and management, then to policy analysis and economics.
Selin Göksel
Selin is assistant professor at the department of Marketing of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Eric van der Hijden
Eric van der Hijden is a researcher at the department of Ethics, Governance and Society. Additionally, he holds the position of Manager of the Strategic Department at the health insurer Zilveren Kruis.
Ismail Ismail
Ismail Ismail is a PhD candidate at the department of Ethics, Governance and Society of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Svetlana Khapova
Prof. dr. Svetlana Khapova is Associate Dean of Business and Public Engagement and Full Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Leadership at the School of Business and Economics (SBE) of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Mirella Kleijnen
Mirella Kleijnen is Professor of Customer Experience Management at the Marketing Department of the School of Business and Economics (SBE), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Berend van der Kolk
Berend van der Kolk works as an associate professor at the Accounting department of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Ingmar Leijen
Ingmar Leijen (1969) started his career studying classical piano and subsequently Arts Management. He is working as Lecturer Marketing at the VU Amsterdam since 2008.
Maarten Lindeboom
Maarten Lindeboom (PhD Leiden University) is a professor of Economics at the department of economics of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Simon J.L.M. Loop
Simon Loop is a PhD candidate at the department of Ethics, Governance and Society of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Kobe Millet
Kobe Millet is Professor of Decision Making & Sustainability in Marketing.
Christine Moser
Christine Moser is Professor of Sustainable Organizing at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Samantha van Os
Samantha van Os is an (executive) PhD candidate at the School of Business & Economics.
Marina Aguiar Palma
Marina is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a Research Fellow at FGV-Rio.
Anna Plotnikova
Dr. Anna Plotnikova is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Change at VU Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics.
France R.M. Portrait
Dr F.R.M. Portrait (1969) obtained her PhD in econometrics from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in October 2000.
Menno Pradhan
Menno Pradhan (PhD Tilburg University) is professor in Project and Program Evaluation for International Development at the VU and UvA Economics departments since 2007.
Rebecca Ruehle
Rebecca C. Ruehle joined the Vrije Universiteit as an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Business Ethics at the beginning of 2020.
Vera van Schie
Vera van Schie is a PhD candidate at the departement of Ethics, Governance and Society of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Chantal Schouwenaar
Chantal Schouwenaar is a PhD candidate at the department of Ethics Governance and Society of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Piet Stam
Piet Stam is trained as an econometrician and holds a PhD in health economics. Since 2007, he has held positions as a visiting lecturer and visiting fellow at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Wouter van Straaten
Wouter van Straaten is a researcher at the department of Ethics, Governance and Society of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Eva Velthuijs
Eva Velthuijs is a physician-scientist at both Amsterdam UMC and the department of Ethics Governance and Society of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Vera de Weerdt
Vera de Weerdt is PhD candidate at the department of Ethics, Governance and Society of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Lia van Wesenbeeck
Lia van Wesenbeeck is Associate Professor Development Economics and Director of the Amsterdam Centre for World Food Studies and hence responsible for the management and coordination of the day-to-day activities of the Centre.
