Aleid Brouwer

Aleid Brouwer serves as Professor at the University of Groningen with dual appointments in the Faculty of Economics and Business and Faculty of Spatial Sciences, while maintaining an external professorship at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences since 2018. Her research directly supports UN Sustainable Development Goals through regional development initiatives focused on social equity and economic prosperity in the Northern Netherlands.

Her scholarly focus spans critical domains:

• Demographic shifts in Older Adults workforce participation
• Entrepreneurship and Self Employment dynamics
• Multi-dimensional Wellbeing frameworks (brede welvaart)
• Regional Economic Integration mechanisms
• Remote Work's socioeconomic implications

Analysis of recent publications reveals consistent emphasis on scenario-based welfare modeling, Dutch labor market tightness (particularly in IT sectors), and historical-regional economic analysis. Her methodology integrates quantitative revealed preferences with policy-oriented spatial analysis, targeting practical applications for regional stakeholders and government bodies.

No scientific awards were documented in the available records.

She has supervised at least one academic work according to institutional records. Her extensive conference organization (including Spatial Analysis of Regional Inequalities workshops) and editorial contributions indicate active grant-funded research, though specific project details remain unreported.

As core faculty within the Urban and Regional Studies Institute, Brouwer leads research on spatial inequality metrics and evidence-based regional development strategies, with particular focus on the Northern Netherlands' economic transformation through 2040.