Willem Trommel
Vrije Universiteit, Hoogleraar Sociologie
Willem Trommel (1959) is a sociologist with a special focus on public policy and governance. In 1995 he received his PhD from Leyden University. He published widely on welfare state reform, including the trend towards local welfare, and on the modernization of public governance systems. In 2009 he developed his argument on neoliberal ('greedy') governance. Currently he is working on a research line on artificial intelligence and the state ('governing the algorithmic universe').