Summer School
Ready for an impactful step outside of academia?
From August 25 to 29, 2025, the first edition of the Beta in Governance & Policy Summer School took place at Kasteel Spelderholt. This welcoming location created opportunities by offering tailored education and development programs to people with disabilities.
About the Summer School
The BiBB summer school is a fully catered crash course of a small week in which a selection of ambitious students will learn the answers to the following questions and gain practical experience with them:
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How is the government organised?
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How do laws, policies and decisions arise in complex administrative realities and how does the 'real' world influence this?
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How can you operate effectively within that administrative reality? Which skills should people with a science background learn for this?
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Where are the opportunities for people with quantitative, exact, scientific or technical perspectives to be of value in socially urgent themes?
For whom?
A careful selection of approximately 30 ambitious PhDs and Postdocs from science disciplines who want to make the transition to public administration and policy, and want to end up in an impactful and challenging position.​
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After the summer school, participants will have a good idea of ​​where there is a need for a science perspective, how to get to that place and how to collaborate effectively with the Dutch government.
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N.B. Due to the close connection to Dutch government and administration agencies, the programme will be in Dutch only.
Do you want to use your analytical power in society?
Then this summer school is for you.
Contact
If you have any questions you can contact us via the contact form
or via email: zomeschool@betainbestuurenbeleid.nl.
The organization is in the hands of the BiBB team.
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