Karin Geuijen

Karin Geuijen is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University's Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, specializing in Public Governance and Management. Her work focuses on public value creation in forced migration contexts, hybrid collaborations across sectors, and community-driven entrepreneurship for sustainable governance.

• Current Affiliations:
  • Co-director of NWO-funded research program on social entrepreneurship ecosystems (2023–2027)
  • Fellow at UGlobe, Navigating Deep Transitions flagship (2021–present)
  • Member of Migration and Societal Change steering committee (2019–2024)

Research Interests revolve around:

• Refugee integration strategies
• Wicked problems in migration governance
• Commons-based collaborations
• Living Labs for policy experimentation
• Asylum seeker reception innovation

Scientific Contributions include:

• 15+ years of fieldwork on Plan Einstein multi-sector asylum models
• Over 70 publications across journals, book chapters, and policy reports
• Cited in 94+ academic works and 5+ policy sources
• Peer-review roles at Public Administration, Policy Sciences, and Clinic in Practice journals

Grants & Awards: Recipient of the De Brouwer Prijs (2017) and shortlisted for Agnites Vrolikprijs (2020). Secured €50,000+ grants for police performance evaluation (2011) and EU policy analysis (2008).
Media Engagement: 31+ media contributions on asylum policy challenges since 2004, including ARD1: Tagesthemen (2024) and Rwandadeal critiques (2024).