prof. dr. H. (Hans) van Ees

Hans van Ees obtained his PhD in economics in 1990. In 1997-2010, he
was appointed Professor of Economic Theory and Economic Education at the Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen and from 2010 onwards he is Professor of Corporate governance and institutions, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen. Between April 2013 – February 2020 he served as founding Dean of the University College Groningen, University of Groningen.
Van Ees has been engaged in the management of education in several positions. He has served as director of education of the Faculty of Economics between 1997 -2001, programme director MSc International and Economics and Business, 2008-2011 and chair, department Global Economics and Management from 2011 – 2013. He has been a member of an NVAO-accreditation committees for the MSc programs in Economics. Between 2008-2012 he served as director of the corporate Governance Insights Centre, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen. Between 2010 - 2013, he was Vice President European Academy of Management, EIASM, Brussels and between 2017-2020 he was a member of the Supervisory Board of the Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health, Groningen
In his research Hans van Ees studies the complexities of corporate governance and the interdependency between corporate governance and higher order institutions in a multi country perspective. He publishes research and supervises PhD projects on corporate governance, theory of business groups, board of directors and sustainable corporate performance and international business strategy. Hans van Ees has been associate editor of Corporate governance: an international review, has been on the editorial board of Journal of International Business Studies and is on the editorial board of European Management Review and has been a member of ethics committee of the Academy of Management. He is fellow of the research institute Systems, Organization and Management (SOM), Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen. He has been director of the corporate Governance Insights Centre, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen until 2014, fellow of the Institute of Governance and Organizational Responsibility (iGOr) since 2014 and member of the SOM signature area, board effectiveness.Hans van Ees has been visiting professor at Boston University, USA, and visiting professor at LUISS University, Rome and is regularly involved in consultancy and research for private and public organizations and the Dutch government on the principles of good governance.