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85- Coordinator Research Support Office, department of Strategy and Policy, General Executive Affairs, <a href="https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/other-offices/General-Executive-Affairs" target="_blank">Maastricht University</a>. 86<br> 87- Research fellow at the Researchcentre for Education and the Labour Market (<a href="https://www.roa.nl/about-us/fellows" target="_blank">ROA</a>), Maastricht University. 88<br> 89- Editor at Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken (<a href="https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/01692216" target="_blank">TvA</a>). 90<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> </p> 91<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">See my LinkedIn profile for contact details:</p> 92<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">W: 93 94<a href="https://nl.linkedin.com/in/ruudgerards" target="_blank">LinkedIn profile</a> </p> 95<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="sameAs" content="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7570-8298" href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7570-8298" target="orcid.widget" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="vertical-align:top;"><img src="https://orcid.org/sites/default/files/images/orcid_16x16.png" style="width:1em;margin-right:.5em;" alt="ORCID iD icon"><span class="auto-style7">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7570-8298</span></a></div> 96</td> 97<td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 150.0pt;" width="393"> 98<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""> 99<o:p><img alt="" height="200" src="Roa.DSCF4759.jpg" width="132"></o:p></span></p> 100</td> 101</tr> 102</tbody> 103</table> 104</div> 105</td> 106</tr> 107</tbody> 108</table> 109</div> 110<span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span> 111<div align="center"> 112<table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 712.5pt; border-collapse: collapse;" bordercolorlight="#9AE6FE" id="table3" bordercolordark="#9AE6FE" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="950"> 113<tbody> 114<tr style=""> 115<td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> 116<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><b> 117Recent events </b></span></p> 118<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> </p> 119<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> 120<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"> 121<b><strong>2026</b></strong></span></p> 122<ul> 123<li class="auto-style2"> 124 Sep.: <strong>New job</strong><span class="auto-style6"> 125 as Coordinator Research Support Office in the department of Strategy and Policy of the General Executive Affairs at Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. 126</ul> 127 128<b><strong>2025</b></strong></span></p> 129<ul> 130<li class="auto-style2"> 131 Oct.: <strong>Book chapter published </strong><span class="auto-style6"> on how to manage sustainable hybrid working. Our chapter is part of 'A research agenda for flexible working arrangements', edited by Lilian M. de Menezes and Clare Kelliher. 132 The chapter can be found 133 <a href="https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035317622.00018" target="_blank">here</a> and the whole book <a href="https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035317622" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></li> 134<li class="auto-style2"> 135 Oct.: <strong>Journal article published </strong><span class="auto-style6"> on the effects of energy poverty on job search success of the unemployed. The paper 136 is available open access in Energy Research & Social Science, 137 <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2025.104377" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></li> 138<li class="auto-style2"> 139 Sep.: <strong>Co-edited journal issue published </strong><span class="auto-style6"> 140 on solutions for the tight Dutch labour market, including our thoughts and perspectives as editors (<a href="https://doi.org/10.5117/TVA2025.3.001.GERA" target="_blank">link 141 to our editorial</a>), published in the latest edition of Dutch language journal <a href="https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/01692216/41/3" target="_blank"> 142 Tijdschrift voor Arbeidsvraagstukken</a>, which I edited together with Jos Sanders and Fabian Dekker. 143<li class="auto-style2"> 144 May: <strong>New job</strong><span class="auto-style6"> 145 as Consultant Institutional Research in the administrative department of Education and Research at Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. 146<li class="auto-style2"> 147 Apr.: <strong>Journal article published</strong><span class="auto-style6"> 148 in the top-ranked Journal of Management Studies, on what makes mothers decide (not) to become entrepreneurs? Unpacking the role of time and money in parental leave policies. <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joms.13215" target="_blank">Link</a>. 149<li class="auto-style2"> 150 Jan.: <strong>
150Invited contribution to a NSVP think tank</strong><span class="auto-style6"> 151 discussing various scenarios for the future of the (Dutch) labour market. (<a href="https://www.innovatiefinwerk.nl">NSVP</a>) 152</ul> 153</td> 154</tr> 155</tbody> 156</table> 157</div> 158</div> 159</div> 160</div> 161</body></html>
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