Steven van den Oord is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Organization Studies at Tilburg University and concurrently serves as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp's Chair of Crisis Governance. He holds visiting lecturer roles at Antwerp Management School and Avans University of Applied Sciences. His research focuses on organizational network governance, crisis management, and network effectiveness in complex environments. Van den Oord's academic career includes affiliations with multiple institutions: the University of Antwerp (as a researcher and guest lecturer), the Centre of Expertise Safety & Resilience in Eindhoven, and Antwerp Management School. His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Applied Economics from the University of Antwerp. He teaches courses on wicked problems, organizational networks, academic skills development, and management studies. Research interests span crisis governance frameworks, network leadership in turbulent environments, and data-sharing practices in critical infrastructure. Notable work includes analyzing Antwerp's fire service during the pandemic, exploring football transfer markets via network analysis, and evaluating supra-regional youth care networks. His recent projects address governance challenges in public safety systems and educational pedagogy. He has contributed to 13 peer-reviewed publications since 2017, including studies on socio-technical systems in water management, business case pedagogy, and crisis resilience. His work emphasizes practical governance solutions for dynamic organizational networks.
