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Valérie Pattyn
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Pattyn
Valérie
KU Leuven – Public Governance Institute
Parkstraat 45 bus 3609 - 3000 Leuven- Belgium
+32 (0) 16/32.32.79
+32 (0) 486 38 95 63
valerie.pattyn@soc.kuleuven.be
1979
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Belgian
University Education
Period: 2008-2014 (defence date: 13 May 2014)
Title: Doctor in Social Sciences (Public Administration)
Institution: KU Leuven, Belgium
Dissertation title: “Policy evaluation (in)activity unravelled. A configurational analysis of the
incidence, number, locus and quality of policy evaluations in the Flemish public sector”
Supervisor: Marleen Brans. Jury: Annie Hondeghem (KUL) Christopher Pollitt (KUL), Frédéric
Varone (Université de Genève) and Benoît Rihoux (UCLouvain)
Period: 10/2000-07/2003
Title: Licentiate in Political Sciences. Major in International and European Politics.
Institution: KU Leuven, Belgium
Thesis title: The idea of a European Constitution in the framework of the legitimacy deficit of the
EU.
Graduated Magna Cum Laude (81%)
Period: 09/2002-01/2003
Erasmus exchange University of Exeter, UK (first degree)
Period: 10/1997-01/2000
Title: Candidate in Educational Sciences
Institution: KU Leuven, Belgium
Career
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Period: Since May 2014:
Position: Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at KU Leuven Public Governance Institute.
Member of the research group “politics, citizen and policy”. Member of the team ‘Policy
Evaluation’.
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Period: Since April 2014:
Doctor Co-ordinator of the Policy Research Centre Governmental Organization and Decisive
Governance (Steunpunt Bestuurlijke Organisatie Vlaanderen), a Consortium of KU Leuven,
Universiteit Gent, Universiteit Hasselt and Universiteit Antwerpen. Research commissioned by
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the Flemish Government, on a wide variety of themes related to ‘Structure’, ‘Processes’ and
‘Culture’ of the Flemish Public Sector and the Flemish municipalities.
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Period: 04/2007-04/2014
Position: Researcher (70%) and teaching assistant (30%), Public Governance Institute KU
Leuven. Member of the research group “politics, citizen and policy”. Member of the team ‘Policy
Evaluation’.
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Period: 10/2003-07/2007
Position: Program Co-ordinator of the international Master of European Politics and Policies
(MEPP). KU Leuven Institute for International and European Policy
Educational, management and scientific support of this advanced Master program, focusing on
comparative public administration/policy/management in Europe. As a co-ordinator I was in
charge of the strategic development, and daily management of the programme, in mutual
consultation with the academic directors (Em. Prof. Dr. Frank Delmartino and Prof. Dr. Marleen
Brans) and the wider steering committee. Appointed at a time when the program underwent
major reforms, the co-ordinationship required the proactive development of appropriate
measures to cope with the post-Bologna educational challenges. The position further involved
the educational and academic mentorship of the group of (international) students, the
elaboration of the files for the selection process, and the organisation of exchanges within the
European Master of Public Administration (EMPA) Network. During my co-ordination the selfevaluations for the European Association for Public Administration Accreditation (EAPAA) and
for the VLIR/NVAO were prepared, drafted and successfully awarded with an accreditation
label.
Research experience
Major research interests:
policy capacity; evidence based policy; policy evaluation; evaluation capacity building; policy
advisory actors (internal and external to government); use of expertise in policy-making; qualitative
research methods; evaluation methods
Projects:
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Period: September 2014- December 2015
An evaluation of the use of Green Papers, White Papers and Concept Notes in the Flemish
government (Commissioner: Steunpunt Bestuurlijke Organisatie Vlaanderen)
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Period: February 2014- November 2014
A qualitative comparative analysis evaluation of HIVOS implemented media support
programmes in Kenia and Tanzania (Commissioner: HIVOS, The Netherlands)
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Period: February 2013- Present:
“Think tanks as policy advisors”. Research in the framework of the International Book Series of
Policy Analysis. Publisher: University of Bristol, The Policy Press. Case study: Belgium
(expected publication date: 2015).
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Period: February 2013-Present:
“Party study centres as policy advisors”. Research in the framework of the International Book
Series of Policy Analysis. Publisher: University of Bristol, The Policy Press. Case study:
Belgium (expected publication date: 2015).
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Period: February 2013- Present:
Continuity and change in times of crisis. An analysis of Belgium’s caretaker administrations.
Research topic jointly explored with Marleen Brans (Self-funded research).
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Period: 2008-2014
PhD Project: “Policy evaluation (in)activity unravelled. A configurational analysis of the
incidence, number, locus and quality of policy evaluations in the Flemish public sector”.
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Period: 12/2009- 09/2010
Evaluation of the Effects of the Municipal Culture Policy Plans 2008-2013 (Commissioner:
Flemish Ministry of Culture, Youth, Sports and Media).
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Period: 05/2008-09/2008
First evaluation of the Decree on the policy concerning the Covenants Municipal Development
Cooperation (Commissioner: Flemish Agency for International Cooperation (VAIS)). Jointly
executed by the Public Governance Institute and the Institute for Higher Labour Studies,
K.U.Leuven)
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Period: 01/2007-03/2008
Euro-Med Public Administration Researchers Network (EUMEPAR-Network), “Tendencies and
determining factors of autonomisation in the MENA area. Experiences in Algeria, Lebanon and
Tunisia in the water management and telecommunication sector”. Financed by the Anna Lindh
EuroMediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures, ALF/2006/CFP3/C/13.
Next to being involved as a EUMEPAR researcher, I was in charge of the project management,
in consultation with the senior academic team of the network.
Foreign research experience
Université de Tunis, Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Politiques et Sociales, Cartage, Tunisia,
18/6/2007-1/7/2007, financed by the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue
between Cultures
Additional training
Period: September 2014
Title: Contribution analysis, Professional development workshop in evaluation, European
Evaluation Society Conference, Dublin
Period: 14-21 February 2014
Title: Advanced issues in Set theoretic methods and QCA. Instructor: Carsten Schneider
Institution: ECPR Winter School, Vienna, Austria
Period: 4-7 March 2013
Title: Master Class Guy Peters
Institution: Netherlands Institute of Government, Utrecht
Period: November 2011
Title: Professional development workshops in evaluation
Institution: American Evaluation Association, Anaheim, CA
Period: 18/4/2011-22/4/2011
Titel: Configurational Comparative Approaches in Public Administration and Political Science
Institution: Netherlands Institute of Government, Utrecht
Period: 30/8/2010-3/9/2010
International Summer School on Public Policy Evaluation Research, Lille (FR)
Organised by the Network of Researchers on Policy and Programme Evaluation, under the aegis of
the Société Française de l’Évaluation (SFE)
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Period: September 2009-December 2009
Title: Academic Writing (English)
Institution: K.U.Leuven Language Institute (ILT)
Period: December 2008- April 2009
Title: EASY-ECO e-learning course for Young Researchers on Evaluation of Sustainability.
Period: 14/4/2009-18/4/2009:
Title: EASY-ECO On-site training for Young Researchers on Evaluation of Sustainability (Case: Ex
ante evaluation of the Delta Metropolitan Plan, The Netherlands).
Institution: International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University, Sweden.
Period: February-March 2009:
Title: Master course in Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Set Analysis (by Prof. Dr.
Benoît Rihoux and Prof. Dr. Charles Ragin)
Institution: HUBrussels, Belgium
Period: September 2008:
Title: Professional Development Workshops in evaluation, Organized in the framework of the
European Evaluation Society Conference, Lisbon.
Period: January 2007:
Training seminar ‘The administrations and the public services: between fragmentation and
coordination. Experiences in OECD countries, Algeria, Tunisia and Lebanon’ (co-organisation and
participation), Euro Arab Foundation, Granada, Spain (17/1/2007-21/7/2007).
Period: 02/2006:
Title: Certificate Directorate-General Development Cooperation Info cycle North-South
Institution: Belgian Technical Co-operation BTC-CTB
Teaching experience
For students:
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As lecturer:
o Course Comparative European Politics at the Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe.
US Programme in European Studies (2.5 hours/week-20 lectures/year) [From October
2013]
o Course Policy evaluation at KU Leuven Master in Public Management and Policy
[From February 2014, in replacement of Marleen Brans]
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As research and teaching assistant (period: 04/2007-04/2014), I co-organized the following
courses at KU Leuven (this included: designing the course; lecturing; and assisting students
with assignments).
o Comparative Public Policy in Europe, English Master of European Politics and Policies
programma, KULeuven & UCLouvain. [Academic years 2010 until 2013]
o Workshops Master thesis, Dutch-language Master in Public Management and Policy,
[Academic years 2010 until 2012]
o Seminar Public Administration. Dutch-language 3rd Bachelor Political Science. Seminar
topics: “policy evaluation” and “policy advisors in Belgium” [Academic years 2007-2008
and 2011-2014].
o Policy evaluation. Dutch-language Master in Public Management and Policy [Academic
years 2008 until 2013]
o Special Topics in Contemporary European Policies (together with Frank Delmartino).
[Academic years 2003-2005]
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Guest lectures in the following KU Leuven courses:
o Design and Strategy of Policy. Dutch-language Master in Public Management and
Policy, KULeuven.
o Policy analysis. Dutch-language Bachelor in Political Science.
For civil servants:
 Since 2009: (co-)trainer (with Bart De Peuter) of annual 3-day course on “policy evaluation”,
Leuven
Guidance of master dissertations
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From 2007-2014, I was assessor for a large number of master dissertations for students of the
Master of European Politics and Policies program (English), and the Dutch-language Master of
Public Management and Policy.
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Since academic year 2014-2015, I am supervising dissertations myself (topics: party study
centers; parliamentary attention for policy evaluations and Belgium’s caretaker government,
etc.)
Invited lectures/ presentations
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5/6 March 2015: Presentation about ‘parliamentary interest for evaluation’ and ‘evaluation
activity in Flanders’ for scholars engaged in the Swiss Politics of Policy Evaluation project,
University of Luzerne, Switzerland.
10 December 2014: Institutionalizing policy evaluation in the Department Space and
Immovable Heritage, Flemish Government, Brussels
4 December 2014: “De praktijk van beleidsevaluatie ontrafeld. Een configuratie analyse van
het vóórkomen, aantal, de plaats en kwaliteit van beleidsevaluaties in de Vlaamse publieke
sector”. Ontbijtsessie Vlaams Evaluatie Platform.
19 November 2014: “Beleidsevaluatie in Vlaanderen, en de positie van het Departement
Onderwijs”. High-level kenniskring Departement Onderwijs en Vorming, Flemish Government,
Brussels.
8 November 2013: “Policy evaluation”, guest lecture at Ghent High School. Department Public
Administration
27 March 2013: “Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Approach and technique”, guest lecture at
Ghent University, Faculty of Economics. Master in Business Economics.
21 May 2015 (with Marleen Brans, Bart De Peuter and Ellen Fobé): “Evaluatiepraktijk en ex
ante evaluatie in Vlaanderen”. Bijeenkomst Nederlands evaluatorennetwerk over ex ante
evaluatie. Den Haag, Nederland
25 March 2013: Presentation on the “Potential of QCA for evaluation research”, Workshop,
jointly given with Stefan Verweij (EUR, The Netherlands), for the Flemish Evaluation Platform
(VEP) and the Higher Institute of Labour Studies (HIVA)
27 June 2011: Presentation on ‘policy evaluation’ in the framework of the “Week of Integral
Security”, organized by the Federal Administration of Internal Affairs, Brussels FOD.
28/10/2008: “Policy evaluation culture and practice in Belgium and Flanders”, Breakfast
workshop, jointly given with Bart De Peuter (KULeuven), for the Flemish Evaluation Platform
(VEP).
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Memberships and Networks
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Since 10/2014: Member of the editorial board of Bestuurskunde
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9/2012- 10/2014. Member of the COMPASSS Management Team (COMPArative Methods for
Systematic cross-caSe analysis).
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27-29 November 2013. Member of the Organization Committee of the Celebratory
Comparative Policy Analysis Conference “Validating methods for comparing public policy:
Academia and government in dialogue”, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the International
Comparative Policy Analysis Forum and 15th anniversary of the International Journal of
Comparative Policy Analysis. Leuven.
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29 June 2013. Panel proposer and chair of “Configurational comparative methods as the way
forward in comparative public policy and administration?” panel at the first International
Conference on Public Policy, Grenoble, France.
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21 May 2012. Co-organisation of Seminar on Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in
Policy-oriented and Public Administration Research, jointly organized by KU Leuven and UC
Louvain. With the support of the CMAP, CESPOL, COMPASSS, Instituut voor de Overheid,
VPW, and the ABSP
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17/1/2007-21/1/2007. Organisation of training seminar ‘The administrations and the public
services: between fragmentation and coordination. Experiences in OECD countries, Algeria,
Tunisia and Lebanon’ (mede-organisatie en deelname), Euro Arab Foundation, Granada,
Spain.
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2007. Member of the Academy of Management, Public & Nonprofit Division
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2006. Member of the ‘Polibius meeting of experts and academic officials’ (Network of academic
institutions in the Euro-Mediterranean Region, active in public management and governance.
Euro Arab Foundation, Granada, Spain.
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2003-2008: member of the European Master of Public Administration (EMPA) Network
(uitwisselingsnetwerk van onderwijsprogramma’s in comparative public administration, public
policy, public management), representing KU Leuven Master of European Politics and Policies.
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2002: “Youth 2002”- European Youth on the Future of Europe, at the occasion of the Danish
Presidency of European Union. Oure Idrætshøjskole, Denmark
Jury membership
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Member of selection panel of municipalities for the Covenants Development Cooperation in
Flanders, Flemish Agency for Development Cooperation, round 2009-2010, round 2010-2012,
and round 2011-2013, 2012-2014, Brussels.
Member of selection panel of the 6th round of the “EU Young Cells Scheme Postgraduate
Scholarship Programme in Civil Service for Kosovo”, May 2009, Pristina.
Languages
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Dutch: Mother tongue
French: Fluent
English: Fluent
German: Basic
Arabic: Notions
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Grants
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2011: Travel grant by Academische Stichting Leuven to participate in the American Evaluation
Association Conference, Anaheim, USA
2010: Grant by the Société Française de l’Evaluation to participate in the 1ste International
Summer School on Public Policy Evaluation Research, Lille, France
2010: Grant by the European Commission to participate in the EASY-ECO e-learning course +
on-site training for Young Researchers on Evaluation of Sustainability, Lund, Sweden
2010: Grant by the European Evaluation Association to participate in the European Evaluation
Society Conference, Prague, Czech Republic
2007: Grant by the Anna Lindh Euro Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between
Cultures for the training seminar ‘The administrations and the public services: between
fragmentation and coordination. Experiences in OECD countries, Algeria, Tunisia and
Lebanon’, Euro Arab Foundation, Granada, Spain.
2002: Grant by the Danish Presidency of the European Union to participate in “Youth 2002”European Youth Conference about the Future of Europe, Denmark
Publications
Chapters in Books
Brans, M. and Pattyn, V. (Eds.) Comparative methods. In M. Dubnick (ed.). Encyclopedia of Public
Administration and Public Policy. Taylor and Francis.
Pattyn, V. and Brans, M. (Accepted and forthcoming). Belgium. In M. Dubnick (ed.). Encyclopedia
of Public Administration and Public Policy. 3rd edition. Taylor and Francis.
Pattyn, V., Pirlot, P., Brans, M., Rihoux, B. and Van Hecke S. (in progress). Policy analysis by
political party study centers. In: Brans M. and Aubin D. (Eds.) Policy analysis in Belgium. University
of Bristol: The Policy Press.
Fraussen, B., Pattyn, V. and Lawarée J. (in progress). Policy analysis by think tanks. In: Brans M.
and Aubin D. (Eds.) Policy analysis in Belgium. University of Bristol: The Policy Press.
Martinez, G., Pattyn, V. (2011). Autonomization of drinking water management supply? The
Tunisian experience. In: Bogdanovic S. (Eds.), Water policy and Law in the Mediterranean. An
evolving nexus. Novi Sad:. University of Novi Sad & Robert Schuman Center, European University
Institute, pp. 191-211.
De Peuter, B., & Pattyn V. (2009), “Evaluation capacity : enabler or exponent of evaluation culture”,
in L’évaluation des politiques publiques en Europe : cultures et futurs, Paris, L’Harmattan, pp. 133142.
De Peuter, B.; Pattyn V.; & Brans B. (2009), “Risico’s op perverse effecten bij beleidsevaluatie?
Een vergelijking van mogelijke evaluatiemotieven tegen de achtergrond van de Vlaamse
hervormingscontext” in D. Verlet & C. Devos (red.), Over beleidsevaluatie: Van theorie naar praktijk
en terug, SVR-studie 2008/2, Studiedienst van de Vlaamse Regering, pp. 84-113.
Brans M., & Pattyn V. (2008). “Fostering higher education mobility in Europe. Challenges for
international program collaboration in the post-Bologna era” in György Jenei and Karoly, Mike
(eds.) Public Administration and Public Policy Degree Programs in Europe. The Road from
Bologna, Slovak Republic: NISPAcee Press, pp. 361-377.
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Pattyn V., Broucker B., & Brans M. (2008). “Quality management in public administration master
programs: towards a holistic approach” in György Jenei and Karoly, Mike (eds.) Public
Administration and Public Policy Degree Programs in Europe. The Road from Bologna, Slovak
Republic: NISPAcee Press, pp. 81-105.
Delmartino F., & Pattyn V. (2008), “Federal-type arrangements in the European Union. A quest for
a new paradigm” in M. O’Neill & N. Paun (eds), Europe’s Constitutional Crisis: International
Perspectives, European Studies Foundation Publishing House, Romania: Cluj-Napoca, pp.168-187
Articles
Van Damme, J., Pattyn, V. and De Rynck, F. (eds.). Overheid in transitie(s). Themanummer
Vlaams Tijdschrift voor Overheidsmanagement (in progress).
Brans M. and Pattyn V. (eds.) Validating Methods for Comparing Public Policy: Academia and
Government in Dialogue. Special issue (in progress). Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis.
Pattyn V. and Brans M. (in review). Organisational capacity for policy evaluation activity. In search
of necessary conditions. Policy & Society. Special issue by Ramesh, M., Howlett, M. and Xun W.
(Eds.). Policy Capacity: Composition And Dynamics
Speer, S., Pattyn V., and De Peuter B. 2015. The Growing Role of Evaluation in Parliaments:
Holding Governments Accountable. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 81,
forthcoming
Pattyn, V. 2014. De techniek van grootste gelijkenis en verschil (MDSO/MSDO). Een hulpmiddel
voor de selectie van causaal relevante variabelen in een databestand met weinig casussen.
KWALON: Tijdschrift voor Kwalitatief Onderzoek, 57, 19(3), 55-67.
Pattyn V., Van Hecke S., Brans M., Libeer T. 2014. Tussen politieke partijen en think tanks: Een
verkennende analyse van de Vlaamse partijstudiediensten. Res Publica: Tijdschrift voor
Politologie, 3 , 293-316.
Pattyn, V. (2014). Explaining Variance in Policy Evaluation Regularity. The case of the Flemish
Public Sector. Public Management Review, DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2014.943270
Pattyn V. (2014). Why organisations (do not) evaluate? Explaining evaluation activity through the
lens of configurational comparative methods. Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory,
Research and Practice. 20(3), 348-367.
Pattyn V. and Brans M. (2014). “Explaining organisational variety in evaluation quality assurance.
Which conditions matter?" International Journal of Public Administration, 37(6), 363-375.
Pattyn V. and Verweij S. (2014). “Beleidsevaluaties tussen methode en praktijk: Naar een meer
realistische evaluatiebenadering” Burger, Bestuur en Beleid, 4, 260-267.
Pattyn V. and Brans M. (2013). Outsource versus In-house? An identification of organizational
conditions influencing the choice for internal or external evaluators. The Canadian Journal of
Program Evaluation, 28(2), 43-63.
Oomsels, P. and Pattyn V. (2013), “Initiatie. De ontbrekende schakel in beleidsevaluatieonderzoek.
Drie hefbomen voor beter gebruik van beleidsevaluaties”, Bestuurskunde, 22(1), 177-187.
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De Peuter, B., Pattyn V. and Wayenberg, E. (2011), “Territorial reform of local government and
alternative strategies: A comparative inquiry into evaluation criteria underpinning decisions and
debate in Flanders”, Local Government Studies, 37(5): 533-552
De Peuter, B., & Pattyn V. (2010), “Evaluatie van interbestuurlijk beleid via de
beleidstheoriegedreven benadering”, Vlaams Tijdschrift voor Overheidsmanagement, 3, 18-28.
Brans M., & Pattyn V. (2008) “Developing a “European Culture of Quality” in European Union
Studies Programmes” in Focuses and Challenges in European Union Studies, Tartu Eurocollege
Working Paper Series..
Delmartino F., & Pattyn V. (2007), “Federal-type arrangements in the European Union. A quest for
a new paradigm” in Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Studia Europaea, 7 (2) pp.167-192
Evaluation Reports
De Peuter, B., & Pattyn, V. (2010) "Evaluatie van het Decreet van 13 juli 2001 houdende het
stimuleren van een kwalitatief en integraal lokaal cultuurbeleid?", uitgevoerd in opdracht van het
Vlaams Departement voor Cultuur, Jeugd, Sport en Media, 179p.
De Bruyn, T., Huyse, H., De Peuter, B., Pattyn, V., & Brans, M. (2008) Eerste evaluatie van het
decreet betreffende het beleid inzake convenants gemeentelijke ontwikkelingssamenwerking
uitgevoerd in opdracht van het Vlaams Agentschap voor Internationale Samenwerking [First
evaluation of the Decree on the policy concerning the “Convenants Municipal Development
Cooperation, K.U.Leuven: Institute for Higher Labour Studies/Public Management Institute], 91p.
Curriculumevaluatie Master of European Politics and Policies, Zelfevaluatie ter voorbereiding van
de onderwijsvisitatie VLIR, K.U.Leuven: Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen, Leuven, December
2006, 77p.
Self-evaluation report Master of European Politics and Policies programme (2004), prepared in the
framework of the European Association for Public Administration Accreditation (EAPAA) site-visit
(volumes 1 & 2) , December 2004, K.U.Leuven: Faculty of Social Sciences.
Miscellaneous
Pattyn, Valérie (2012). "Why organizations (do not) evaluate. A search for necessary and sufficient
conditions". COMPASSS working paper, 2012-70. Downloadable via:
http://www.compasss.org/wpseries/Pattyn2012.pdf (peer reviewed)
Brans, Marleen; Pattyn Valérie and De Peuter Bart (2011). « The evaluation of Labour Market
Policies in Belgium : A Meta-analysis». Peer country comments paper Belgium for the purposes of
the EU Mutual Learning Programme. Peer review on Evaluation of labour market policies and
programmes: Methodology and practice.
Papers/Presentations at International conferences and workshops
Pattyn, V. and Molenveld, A. (2014). Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis in an evaluation
context. Potential and challenges. Experiences from an application in development cooperation.
European Evaluation Society Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Fobé, E., Pattyn, V. and Brans, M. (2014). A cross-sectoral analysis of the variation in use of ex
ante evaluation methods. International Political Science Association Conference, Montréal,
Canada.
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Pattyn, V. and Brans, M. (2014). Organizational capacity for evaluation activity. Paper presented at
the Workshop on Policy Capacity, Zheijang University, Hangzhou, China.
Pattyn, V. (2013), Explaining variety in evaluation routinization in an era of evidence based
everything. Paper presented at the 1st International Conference on Public Policy, Grenoble, France
Pattyn, V., Brans, M. and Van Hecke, S. (2013), Isles of Policy Expertise? Belgian Political Parties
and their Study Centers. Paper presented at the 1st International Conference on Public Policy,
Grenoble, France
Brans, M., Pattyn, V. and Bouckaert, G. (2013), Continuity and change in times of crisis. An
analysis of Belgium’s caretaker administration (2010-2011). Paper presented at the 2013
EUSA Thirteenth Biennial Conference, Baltimore, USA.
Pattyn, V. (2012), “Comparative public administration. State of the art & potentials for
configurational comparative methods”. Presentation with Marleen Brans at Seminar on Qualitative
Comparative Analysis (QCA) in Policy-oriented and Public Administration Research, jointly
organized by KU Leuven and UC Louvain, 21 mei 2012
Pattyn, V. (2012), “Rethinking contingency in evaluation quality management. Insights from a
multiple conjunctural approach”, 2012 International Research Society for Public Management,
Rome, Italy.
Brans, M., Pattyn V. and De Peuter B. (2011). The evaluation of labour market policies in Belgium:
A meta-analysis. Paper presented in the framework of the European Commission’s Mutual
Learning Programme. Peer review on Evaluation of labour market policies and programmes:
methodology and practice. United Kingdom, 29-30 September.
Pattyn, V. (2011), “Why are some public agencies more active in policy evaluation than others?”,
American Evaluation Association Conference, Anaheim, CA.
De Peuter, B., & Pattyn V. (2010), “Shifting purposes of policy evaluation as a key information
source for political decisionmaking? Analysis of trends in evaluation motives”, European Evaluation
Society Conference, Prague, Czech Republic. Scholarship awarded by EES.
De Peuter, B., & Pattyn V. (2010), « Evaluation and the democratic role of Parliament. Is
Parliament in control?”, European Evaluation Society Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
Scholarship awarded by EES.
Pattyn, V. (2010) “Contingency questioned. Understanding the dynamics of policy evaluation
practices in public sector organisations”, International Summer School on Public Policy Evaluation
Research, Lille, France.
De Peuter, B., & Pattyn, V. (2009) “Evaluation of intergovernmental policy by the theory-driven
method”, European Consortium for Political Research Conference, Potsdam, Germany.
De Peuter, B., Pattyn V., Brans, M. (2008) “Policy evaluation before and after the governmental
reform in Flanders (Belgium). Progress in evaluating progress?” European Evaluation Society
(EES) Conference, Lisbon, Portugal
De Peuter B., & Pattyn V. (2008) “Evaluation capacity : enabler or exponent of evaluation culture”,
SFE-DeGeVal Conference on “Policy and Programme Evaluation in Europe: Cultures and
Prospects”, Strasbourg, France
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Brans, M., & Pattyn V. (2008). “Bridges between science and policy-making in Belgium: non-linear
and unpredictable connections?”, Netwerk voor Publieke Onderzoeksprogrammering (NPO)
Conferentie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
De Peuter, B., & Pattyn V. (2008) “Perverse effecten bij beleidsevaluatie ? Een risicoanalyse van
de praktijk in Vlaanderen in het licht van mogelijke evaluatiemotieven”, Politicologenetmaal,
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Martinez G., Pattyn V. & Challita M (2007) “Tendencies and Determining Factors of Autonomisation
in Tunisia: Experiences in the Water and Telecommunication Sectors”, EGPA pre-PhD
Conference, Madrid, Spain
Pattyn V., & Brans M. (2007) “Challenges and opportunities for international program collaboration
in the post-Bologna era. Experiences from the Master of European Politics and Policies program
(K.U.Leuven)”, Academy of Management Conference, PDW Public Administration and Teaching,
The Design and Operations of MPA, MPP and MPM Programs, Philadelphia, USA.
Pattyn V., & Brans M. (2006) “Sharing experiences about teaching and learning public
administration. The case of the Master of European Politics and Policies (MEPP) programme
(K.U.Leuven)”, EGPA Conference, Milano, Italy
Delmartino F. & Pattyn, V. (2006) “Federal-type arrangements in the European Union. A quest for
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