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Associate Professor Gerard Prinsen MA, PhD

Associate Professor

Doctoral Supervisor
School of People, Environment and Planning

Areas for supervision and collaboration

I find diversity and interdisciplinarity a principal source of inspiration for my teaching and research. If students or colleagues also find inspiration for their research in any of the areas below, then I am keen to have a conversation about:

1. Public education, health services and small businesses in remote or fragile areas in East and Southern Africa.

Check out my blogs (2017-2018) on research with butchers and cooks in Tanzania, or this article (2019). You could also read this article (2017), exploring collaboration between aid organisations, rural communities, and African universities. I am passionate about connecting Aotearoa to Africa in this video: “A cent for Africa” (2018).  Over the years, I have worked in: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda, and Mozambique – where I was also appointed as Honorary Consul for my country of origin, the Netherlands.

2. The design of development programmes, particularly logic models and composite indicators.

This article (2015) reflects on the application of logframes and theory-of-change in aid organisations. Similarly, I am serious about the design of indicators, the quantification of qualitative variables such as ‘sustainability’ or ‘resilience’. Since 2016, for example, I have been contributor to the global Quality of Nationality Index (Wikipedia, 2018), on which the New Zealand Herald reported in 2018: "New Zealand passports slip down!"

3. Policy-making in non-self-governing islands or small island states, especially in negotiations with metropolitan powers or aid donors.

I co-authored this book (2018) exploring how aid affects the sovereignty of Pacific islands. I am particularly interested in how islands that remain constitutionally connected to their colonial metropoles (so called “sub-national island jurisdictions”) seem to be quite successful in negotiating with their metropoles. With colleagues in the Francophone sphere, I have come to argue these islands are developing a new form of sovereignty: an Islandian sovereignty (2017).

4. Interdisciplinary research and bridges between researchers and local communities.

Check out this this video interview (2’45”) I gave in China about conceptual aspects (language, culture, identity) of interdisciplinary research, or this video interview (2’35”) in Tanzania about operational aspects. I am also involved in this research project (2018-2021) on leptospirosis, a crippling disease that affects mostly men, often Māori, working in dairy sheds and meatworks.

 

Professional associations and networks

I am “a pracademic”; a practitioner coming to academia after a career in professional practice and I continue to straddle both worlds. I worked for fifteen years with local governments in diverging African countries, before completing a PhD and becoming part-time lecturer in 2012.

Since then, I also worked part-time for Dutch NGOs supporting education and health services in six post-conflict states (2011-2015); for a British programme on food safety in Tanzania (2015-2019); and for Canada’s Institute of Island Studies investigating "sustainable island futures" (2018-2021). Since 2021, I work as adviser on "research and knowledges" in Caritas' He Oranga Taurikura.

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Professional

Contact details

  • Ph: extension 83636
    Location: 3.19, Social Sciences Tower
    Campus: Manawatu - Palmerston North

Qualifications

  • Master of Arts - Groningen State University (1986)
  • Doctor of Philosophy - Massey University (2012)

Prizes and Awards

  • 2017 Massey University Research Fund (MURF) Award of $12,000. 1.Terms of Engagement (Massey-Lead). This project seeks to ascertain the appropriateness and utility of academic / military engagement. Drawing on debates in Anthropology about the ethics of working with military forces, military sociological literature on civil-military relations, NGO and think tank guidelines on civil-military-police-NGO cooperation, and policy discussions on military roles, interagency and external engagements, this foundational project seeks to identify boundaries in and around academic engagement with militaries and vice versa. Outputs: -Working paper on issues raised in academic discourse about engagement. -Working paper on issues from military perspective. -Set of TOE for future projects between Massey researchers and NZDF. Likely contributors: Nina Harding (Anthropological debates on ethical issues and cultural view on organisations). B Greener and A Powles (civil-military relations, military sociology). Gerard Prinsen (Development Studies perspectives on harm). 2.Southern Katipo 2017 (NZDF Lead) Planning for next major military exercise in 2017. Academics to bring expertise to comment on / engage with military planners to note areas of concern, overlap, limitations, opportunities. Outputs: -Planning and execution of exercise itself. -Post exercise analysis by NZDF and academic team. -Publications on procedural and conceptual - Massey University (2017)

Research Expertise

Research Interests

I am interested in using and building bridges between the work of practitioners and the work of researchers in three spheres:

Development programmes in practice

  • Designing indicators. (See this paper for an analysis of the background and the technical, political and epistemological challenges in the use of indicators for development programmes.)
  • Testing innovations in development management instruments. (See this paper about field experiences with the Theory-of-Change approach in planning development programmes in post-conflict contexts – contrasting it with the more predominating logical framework approach.)

Development policies and politics

  • Local polities and small island states negotiating development sovereignty. (Click here for a paper on policy sovereignty in the Pacific.)
  • Local communities or ethnic minorities defining development policies and priorities. (See this article I wrote as a practitioner in 2000 and which - to my great surprise - I found again as an academic when it was reprinted in books in 2003, 2006, and 2011.)

Teaching and researching development work

  • Using extensive simulation games to teach postgraduate students about the practice of policy-making, implementation, and evaluation in development work. (See this paper about my experiences at Victoria University.)
  • Researching the effects and effectiveness of the 'supervision experiences' of African doctoral students and their supervisors at Massey and Victoria Universities, with Victoria University colleagues and funded by AKO - the National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence. (Click here for the project document.)
  • Using texts - found in old filing cabinets as well as in cyber space - for research purposes. (Click for a book chapter on methodological considerations, especially around maintaining a text's 'contextual integrity'.)
  • Whenever possible, I collaborate or align with individual postgraduate students to turn work that's already been created for educational purposes into products or services that may be useful for the wide community of researchers and practitioners. See this prezi by Gisela Purcell on work we did together.

My activities around indicators are relevant for both researchers as well as practitioners. This comes together practically in an interactive database of over 300 very diverse documents about indicators. This article outlines the background and purpose of the database and this one-minute video clip highlights its content. Please contact me for obtaining free access to this database.

Thematics

Resource Development and Management

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Human Geography (160400): International Relations (160607): Other Studies in Human Society (169900): Policy and Administration (160500): Political Science (160600): Studies In Human Society (160000)

Keywords

  • Africa, local governance, health and education services. This is driven by my past and on-going professional engagement with international aid policies and aid work. If you are thinking of research in or about Africa; I will buy the first cup of coffee.
  • Local polities and sovereignty. One of my personal discoveries in my research was the enduring resilience of local polities in Africa and I see a similar dynamic in the research on aid and sovereignty in the Pacific. 'Small is beautiful' needs an upgrade. If you want to research whether 'small is strong', please come and do some arm wrestling with me.
  • Participatory research methods and development indicators. Here I am not just interested in the creative and interactive application of participatory research, but also in the challenges posed by upscaling participatory methods to feed into policy-making and research. If you want to quantify qualitative research, let's count some beans in my office.

Research Projects

Summary of Research Projects

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Completed Projects

Project Title: Use of development indicators

Indicators - as instruments to measure change - originate in economics and business management. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), for example, is an indicator of economic change, and many businesses use performance indicators. However, since the early 2000s indicators are also, and increasingly, used to measure more complex matters such as political sovereignty, community resilience, environmental sustainability, or state fragility. Some counting suggests the number of indicators rose from 132 in the year 2000, to 5,340 in 2010. Gerard Prinsen and Gisele Purcell sampled over 300 documents on indicators (see this paper http://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/4950). They found - in a proportion of about 3:2:1 - most documents discuss technical-operational issues of indicators, fewer have attention for political-strategic aspects, and fewer yet reflect on more conceptual issues. Another principle that divides indicators into different categories is the way in which the design of indicators - also an instrument to 'construct' knowledge - involves primary stakeholders. Indicators can be designed without stakeholders, with all stakeholders, or with only one stakeholder. Each design process has clear consequences for the character of the indicators. The 300 documents have been placed in a growing database that organises these documents in various user-oriented categories. Organisations or individuals can access this database after contacting Gerard Prinsen.
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Date Range: 2012 - 2013

Funding Body: Massey University

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Research Outputs

Journal

Prinsen, G., Benschop, J., Collins-Emerson, J., Nisa, S., & Yeung, P. (2023). ‘The reason why I got it … ’–messages from people diagnosed with leptospirosis about infection in the workplace and its impact on livelihoods. Kotuitui.
[Journal article]Authored by: Benschop, J., Collins-Emerson, J., Prinsen, J., Yeung, P.
Prinsen, G., Kiddle, GL., Nyman, M., & de la Torre Parra, L. (2023). Teaching development practices post-Covid-19: Findings from a literature review, a survey and interviews in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of International Development.
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G., Baker, M., Benschop, J., Collins-Emerson, J., Douwes, J., Fayaz, A., . . . Yeung, P. (2023). “We don't really do doctors.” messages from people diagnosed with occupational leptospirosis for medical professionals on infection, hospitalisation, and long-term effects. Heliyon. 9(9)
[Journal article]Authored by: Benschop, J., Collins-Emerson, J., Douwes, J., Fayaz, A., Littlejohn, S., Nisa, S., Prinsen, J., Yeung, P.
Nisa, S., Vallee, E., Marshall, J., Collins-Emerson, J., Yeung, P., Prinsen, G., . . . Benschop, J. (2023). Leptospirosis in Aotearoa New Zealand: Protocol for a Nationwide Case-Control Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 12
[Journal article]Authored by: Benschop, J., Collins-Emerson, J., Douwes, J., Fayaz, A., Littlejohn, S., Marshall, J., Nisa, S., Prinsen, J., Vallee, E., Yeung, P.
Blaise, S., David, C., & Prinsen, G. (2022). For a re-appraisal of the concepts of "decolonization, independence, sovereignty" to the prism of the New Caledonian experience. Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes. 155(2), 327-344
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Leuthart, G., & Prinsen, G. (2022). Making Relationships Count: Measuring Trust in Relationships Between a Catholic Development Agency and Maori Communities. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation. 37(2), 186-206
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G., Lotti, A., & Worliczek, E. (2022). ‘Wallis and Futuna Have Never Been a Colony’: A Non-sovereign Island Territory Negotiating Primary Education with Metropolitan France. Oceania. 92(1), 133-153
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Zadoks, RN., Barker, GC., Benschop, J., Allan, KJ., Chaters, G., Cleaveland, S., . . . French, NP. (2022). Spread of Nontyphoidal Salmonella in the Beef Supply Chain in Northern Tanzania: Sensitivity in a Probabilistic Model Integrating Microbiological Data and Data from Stakeholder Interviews. Risk Analysis. 42(5), 989-1006
[Journal article]Authored by: Benschop, J., French, N., Prinsen, J.
Hamilton, H., Walters, V., & Prinsen, G. (2021). Understanding Children’s Power in Bangladesh’s Informal Settlements. Forum for Development Studies. 48(3), 461-494
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J., Walters, V.
Prinsen, G., Mawyer, A., Cholymay, M., Lotti, A., Manuireva, E., & Muir, H. (2021). Inter-island relations in Oceania's archipelagos: Identity and everyday politics. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 62(2), 223-241
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Koning, JD., Hobbis, SK., McNeill, J., & Prinsen, G. (2021). Vacating place, vacated space? A research agenda for places where people leave. Journal of Rural Studies. 82, 271-278
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Crump, JA., Thomas, KM., Benschop, J., Knox, MA., Wilkinson, DA., Midwinter, AC., . . . Zadoks, RN. (2021). Investigating the Meat Pathway as a Source of Human Nontyphoidal Salmonella Bloodstream Infections and Diarrhea in East Africa. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 73(7), E1570-E1578
[Journal article]Authored by: Benschop, J., French, N., Knox, M., Midwinter, A., Prinsen, J.
Waldman, L., Hrynick, TA., Benschop, J., Cleaveland, S., Crump, JA., Davis, MA., . . . Zadoks, RN. (2020). Meat Safety in Northern Tanzania: Inspectors' and Slaughter Workers' Risk Perceptions and Management. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7
[Journal article]Authored by: Benschop, J., Prinsen, J.
Korson, C., Poaouteta, S., & Prinsen, G. (2020). Triangular negotiations of island sovereignty: Indigenous and customary authorities-metropolitan states-local metropolitan authorities. Island Studies Journal. 15(1), 67-88
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G., Benschop, J., Cleaveland, S., Crump, JA., French, NP., Hrynick, TA., . . . Waldman, L. (2020). Meat safety in tanzania’s value chain: Experiences, explanations and expectations in butcheries and eateries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(8)
[Journal article]Authored by: Benschop, J., French, N., Prinsen, J.
Thomas, KM., de Glanville, WA., Barker, GC., Benschop, J., Buza, JJ., Cleaveland, S., . . . Crump, JA. (2020). Prevalence of Campylobacter and Salmonella in African food animals and meat: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 315
[Journal article]Authored by: Benschop, J., French, N., Prinsen, J.
Hrynick, TA., Barasa, V., Benschop, J., Cleaveland, S., Crump, JA., Davis, M., . . . Waldman, L. (2019). Street-level diplomacy and local enforcement for meat safety in northern Tanzania: Knowledge, pragmatism and trust. BMC Public Health. 19(1)
[Journal article]Authored by: Benschop, J., Prinsen, J.
Leslie, H., & Prinsen, G. (2018). French territories in the Forum: Trojan horse or paddles for the Pacific canoe?. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 59(3), 384-390
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Leslie, HM., Banks, G., Prinsen, G., Scheyvens, R., & Stewart-Withers, R. (2018). Complexities of development management in the 2020s: Aligning values, skills and competencies in development studies. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 59(2), 235-245
[Journal article]Authored by: Banks, G., Prinsen, J., Scheyvens, R., Stewart-Withers, R.
Doyle, S., Manathunga, C., Prinsen, G., Tallon, R., & Cornforth, S. (2018). African international doctoral students in New Zealand: Englishes, doctoral writing and intercultural supervision. Higher Education Research and Development. 37(1), 1-14
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G., Lafoy, Y., & Migozzi, J. (2017). Showcasing the sovereignty of non-self-governing islands: New Caledonia. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 58(3), 331-346
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G., Hartog, I., & Vink, M. (2017). "it Would be Great to See an Example.." Collaboration between International NGOs and National Knowledge Institutes in Six African Countries. Higher Education Policy. 30(2), 203-223
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G., & Blaise, S. (2017). An emerging "Islandian" sovereignty of non-self-governing islands. International Journal. 72(1), 56-78
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G., & Nijhof, S. (2015). Between logframes and theory of change: reviewing debates and a practical experience. Development in Practice. 25(2), 234-246
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, JGH., & Purcell, G. (2013). Measuring, defining, and valuing change: A database on development indicators for policy-makers, activists, and researchers. Development Studies Working Paper Series. 2013(1), 6-17 Retrieved from http://mro.massey.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10179/4950/Prinsen%20and%20Purcell.pdf?sequence=3
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Overton, JO., Prinsen, G., Murray, WE., & Wrighton, N. (2013). Reversing the Tide of Aid: Investigating Development Policy Sovereignty in the Pacific. Journal de la Société des Océanistes. 2(135) Retrieved from http://translate.google.co.nz/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://jso.revues.org/?lang=en&prev=/search?q=Journal+de+la+Soci%25C3%25A9t%25C3%25A9+des+Oc%25C3%25A9anistes&rls=com.microsoft:en-NZ:IE-Address
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Overton, J., Prinsen, G., Murray, WE., & Wrighton, N. (2012). Reversing the tide of aid: Investigating development policy sovereignty in the pacific. Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes. 135(2), 229-242
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Murray, WE., Overton, JO., Prinsen, G., & Schott, C. (2011). Bringing the world to the classroom – Towards ‘virtual reality’ pedagogies for international education. Journal of International Education and Business (NZ). 2(2), 7-26
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G., & Overton, J. (2011). Policy, personalities and pedagogy: The use of simulation games to teach and learn about development policy. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 35(2), 281-297
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G., & Titeca, K. (2008). Uganda's decentralised primary education: Musical chairs and inverted elite capture in School Management Committees. Public Administration and Development. 28(2), 149-164
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
van Klinken, R., & Prinsen, G. (2007). Practioner-led research: Experiences with learning platforms. Development in Practice. 17(3), 419-425
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Mompati, T., & Prinsen, G. (2000). Ethnicity and participatory development methods in Botswana: Some participants are to be seen and not heard. Development in Practice. 10(5), 625-637
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Bar-on, AA., & Prinsen, G. (1999). Planning, communities and empowerment: An introduction to participatory rural appraisal. International Social Work. 42(3), 277-294
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Bar-On, A., & Prinsen, G. (1999). Planning, Communities and Empowerment. International Social Work. 42(3), 277-294
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Bar-On, AA., & Prinsen, G. (1999). Participatory planning: Counterbalancing centralisation. Journal of Social Development in Africa. 14(1), 101-119
[Journal article]Authored by: Prinsen, J.

Book

Prinsen, G. (2020). Small, subnational jurisdictions. In Handbook on the Politics of Small States. (pp. 362 - 378).
[Chapter]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Overton, J., Murray, WE., Prinsen, G., Ulu, AJ., & Wrighton, NN.(2018). Aid, ownership and development: The inverse sovereignty effect in the pacific islands.
[Authored Book]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Azizian, R., Choi, S., Belgrave, D., Greener, B., Harding, N., Hoverd, W., . . . Prinsen, .(2018). The 2018 Strategic Defence Statement: Ten Different Views from Massey Scholars.
[Discussion Paper]Authored by: Azizian, R., Choi, S., Greener, B., Harding, N., Hoverd, W., Powles, A., Prinsen, J.Edited by: Greener, B.
Prinsen, JGH. (2017). The Pacific: A Continuum of Sovereign States and Overseas Territories. In D. Kochenov, & . Henley & Partners (Eds.) Quality of Nationality Index (QNI). A Sophisticated Methodology Measuring the Quality of Nationalities Worldwide. 2nd edition. (pp. 220 - 224). New York: IDEOS
[Chapter]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Murray, W., Overton, J., Prinsen, JGH., Tagaloa Avataeao Ulu, J., & Wrighton, N.(2017). Aid, development and ownership: The inverse sovereignty effect in the Pacific. : Routledge
[Authored Book]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, JGH. (2016). The Pacific region. In . Henley & Partners, & D. Kochenov (Eds.) Quality of Nationality Index. A sophisticated methodology measuring the quality of nationalities worldwide.. (pp. 155 - 160). Zurich: Ideos Publications Ltd
[Chapter]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G. (2015). Measuring the impact of a kiss on love: Designing indicators for multi-dimensional concepts such as sovereignty, resilience, sustainability, or fragility. In S. Blaise, V. David, & C. David (Eds.) Le développement durable en Océanie: Vers une éthique nouvelle?. (pp. 351 - 369). Marseille: Presses Universitaires de Provence et Presses Universitaires d'Aix-Marseille
[Chapter]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
McLennan, SJ., & Prinsen, G. (2014). Something old, something new: Research using archives, texts and virtual data. In R. Scheyvens (Ed.) Development Fieldwork: A Practical Guide. (pp. 81 - 100). : SAGE
[Chapter]Authored by: McLennan, S., Prinsen, J.Edited by: Scheyvens, R.
McLennan, S., & Prinsen, JGH. (2014). Something old, something new: Research using archival, textual, and virtual data. In R. Scheyvens (Ed.) Development fieldwork: A practical guide. (pp. 81 - 100). London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications
[Chapter]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Mompati, T., & Prinsen, G. (2011). Ethnicity and participatory development methods in Botswana: Some participants are to be seen and not heard. In A. Cornwall (Ed.) The participation reader. (pp. 625 - 637). London, UK: Zed Books
[Chapter]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Mompati, T., & Prinsen, G. (2006). Ethnicity and participatory development methods in Botswana: Some participants are to be seen and not heard. In Development methods and approaches: Critical reflections. Selected essays from Development in Practice. New Delhi: Rawat
[Chapter]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Mompati, T., & Prinsen, G. (2002). Ethnicity and participatory development methods in Botswana: Some participants are to be seen and not heard. In Development and Culture. (pp. 92 - 109). London: Kumarian Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Prinsen, J.

Thesis

Prinsen, G. (2011). Negotiating on a Seesaw. The decentralisation of education and health services in Uganda and Tanzania from a local perspective and in a historical context. (Doctoral Thesis)
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: Prinsen, J.

Report

Prinsen, JGH.(2014). Knowledge networks in fragile states. Collaboration between international NGOs and national knowledge institutes: The state of affairs, the state of the art, and an outlook beyond 2015. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
[Technical Report]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G.(2007). When Measuring Outweighs Knowing. Evaluation Report of Dutch Governance Policies and Instruments in Africa 1998-2006.
[Technical Report]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Klinken, van, R., Prinsen, G., & Slootweg, S.(2006). Local Elections, Local Revenues, Local Services and Local Partnerships. Capacity Development in Local Governance in Africa.
[Technical Report]Authored by: Prinsen, J.

Conference

Prinsen, JGH. (2017, November). Islanders crafting a new sovereignty: Five mechanisms and four ingredients. Presented at 1st International Conference on Island Economics. Haikou (Hainan Island) PR China.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, JGH., Waldman, L., & Mariki, B. (2017, September). Food safety and zoonoses in Tanzania’s meat value chain: Experiences and expectations in butcheries and eateries. Presented at Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Sussex Lunch Seminars Series. Brighton.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Zadoks, R., & Prinsen, JGH. (2016, December). Food safety awareness and practices in urban and rural butcheries and eateries in northern Tanzania. Presented at 9th Biennial Conference New Zealand International Development Studies Network. Wellington.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Ayena, G., Goldsmith, A., & Prinsen, JGH. (2015, November). Collaboration between international NGOs and national knowledge institutes in Africa’s fragile states. Presented at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Netherlands Lunch Lectures. The Hague.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, JGH. (2015, March). Models for Collaboration between NGOs and Knowledge Institutes. Presented at Annual Conference of the Dutch Consortium for Rehabilitation (DCR). Entebbe.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, JGH. (2015, March). Knowledge networks in fragile states. Presented at Annual Conference of the Dutch Consortium for Rehabilitation (DCR). Entebbe, Uganda.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, JGH., & Blaise, S. (2014, June). The complex nexus between development policy and sovereignty of autonomous island states: The case of New Caledonia. Presented at Pacific Islands Political Studies Association (PIPSA) Conference 2014. Political, Economic and Legal Governance in Pacific States andTerritories.. Papeete.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, JGH. (2014, March). Using and quantifying participatory tools: Pairwise Ranking and Venn Diagrams. Presented at Annual Conference of Dutch Consortium for Rehabilitation (DCR). Entebbe.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, JGH. (2014, November). New Zealand’s withdrawal from development cooperation with Africa and its consequences. Presented at Biennial Conference of International Development Studies Network (DevNet. Dunedin, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, JGH. (2014, November). International NGOs and national universities in post-conflict contexts.. Presented at Annual Conference of African Studies Association of Austalasia and the Pacific (ASAAP). Dunedin, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, JGH., & Mathias, J. (2014, November). Community regime shift: A new paradigm for resilience in unstable contexts. Presented at Biennial Conference of International Development Studies Network (DevNet). Dunedin, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, JGH. (2014, November). Intercultural communication in the supervision of African doctoral students in New Zealand: The English language. Presented at Annual Conference of African Studies Association of Austalasia and the Pacific (ASAAP). Dunedin, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, JGH., & Benschop, J. (2014, November). Food safety and economic opportunity in Tanzania’s meat value chain. Presented at the Annual Conference of African Studies Association of Austalasia and the Pacific (ASAAP). Dunedin, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Benschop, J., Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, JGH. (2014, November). Islands moving from Westphalian to Islandian sovereignty. Presented at Pasifika at Massey Annual Research Conference. Palmerston North, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, JGH. (2014, November). ‘Islandian’ sovereignty (souveraineté ilienne): The breakdown and reclaiming of sovereign powers. Presented at the Conférence du Réseau des Universités du Pacifique Insulaire (PIURN). Nouméa/Koohnê, New Caledonia.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, JGH. (2014, October). Markers of political status, independence, self-governance, and sovereignty, in the 21st century Pacific. Presented at Meeting of Pacific Diplomatic and Academic Representatives Associated with Victoria University Wellington. Wellington, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, JGH., & Blaise, S. (2014, June). The complex nexus between development policy and sovereignty of autonomous island states: The case of New Caledonia. Presented at Annual Conference of the Pacific Islands Political Studies Association (PIPSA). Papeete Tahiti, French Polynesia.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G., Blaise, S., & Wrighton, N.(2014, June). The complex nexus between development policy and sovereignty: The case of New Caledonia. . Retreived from http://www.upf.pf/IMG/pdf/PIPSA_2014_FINAL_DRAFT_PROGRAM.pdf
[Conference]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G., & Nijhof, S.(2013, March). Using the Theory-of-Change approach to identify knowledge gaps in intervention logic. .
[Conference]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G. (2013, March). Triangulation in field research. Presented at Annual Conference Dutch Consortium for Rehabilitation (DCR). Entebbe - Uganda.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G. (2013, March). Using and quantifying participatory tools in semi-structured Interviews: Pair-wise ranking and Venn diagrams. Presented at Annual Conference Dutch Consortium for Rehabilitation (DCR). Entebbe.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G. (2012, December). Putting the results agenda into practice: Background to Results-Based Management. Presented at International Development Conference: Integrating Research, Policy and Practice. Auckland: University of Auckland.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G. (2012, December). Aid in the Pacific. Sovereignty indicators across the Pacific. Presented at International Development Conference: Integrating Research, Policy and Practice 3-5 December 2012. Auckland: University of Auckland. Auckland: University of Auckland.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G. (2011, April). “Centre, Periphery and Decentralisation”. Presented at Changing Geographies of Aid by the New Zealand Geographical Society. Wellington: NZGS..
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G. (2010, December). “Risky Business: Managing Fiduciary Risk in Tiers Monde. A 12 Week Simulation Game about Development Policy”. Presented at Connections, Learning, and Commitment. Biennial DevNet Conference. Palmerston North: Massey University.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G. (2008, December). “Researching the Practice of the Public Budget”. Presented at Peripheral Vision. Biennial DevNet Conference. Wellington: Victoria University.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G. (2007, November). "Putting it into practice: What needs to be done". Presented at Civil Society & Governance - DevNet Symposium. Wellington: Victoria University.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G. (2006, November). “From Best Practice to Better Understanding. Collaboration Between Academics and Practitioners in Local Governance Research”. Presented at Southern Perspectives on Development: Dialogue or Division. Biennial DevNet Conference. Dunedin.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Klinken, van, R., & Prinsen, G. (2005, June). “Avoiding Best-Practice Hallelujah Stories and Esoteric Monographs: Practitioner-Led Research in East Africa”. Presented at Approaching the Post-Colonial Half Century in Sub-Saharan Africa. AEGIS Conference. London: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.
Prinsen, G. (2005, June). "The Parents, the Patients and the Privileged. Accountability and Elite Capture in Management Committees for Schools and Clinics in Uganda and Tanzania". Presented at Approaching the Post-Colonial Half Century in Sub-Saharan Africa. AEGIS Conference. London: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Prinsen, J.

Other

Prinsen, G., & Purcell, G. (2013). Measuring, defining, and valuing change. A database on development indicators for policy-makers, activists, and researchers. (pp. 1 - 12). : Massey University
[Working Paper]Authored by: Prinsen, J.

Consultancy and Languages

Consultancy

  • Jan-Jul 2008 - Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Teamleader for the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department, evaluating Dutch 'good governance' programmes in Africa between 1998-2007.
  • Jun 2011 - Dec 2015 - Dutch Consortium for Rehabilitation (DCR)
    Adviser for the Knowledge Network of the DCR, supporting research designs and reviewing draft research reports.
  • May 2011 - Dec 2015 - Research Trust of Victoria University
    Consultant for a Marsden-funded research into policy sovereignty in the Pacific to design and apply indicators, and to research international aid policies.
  • Jan 2015 - Dec 2017 - University of Glasgow
    Associate Investigator in Project "Hazards Associated with Zoonotic pathogens in Emerging Livestock meat pathways" (HAZEL)

Languages

  • Dutch
    Last used: this morning
    Spoken ability: Excellent
    Written ability: Excellent
  • Portuguese
    Last used: last week
    Spoken ability: Excellent
    Written ability: Excellent
  • French
    Last used: last month
    Spoken ability: Average
    Written ability: Needs work
  • Spanish
    Last used: last year
    Spoken ability: Average
    Written ability: Needs work
  • German
    Last used: a long time ago
    Spoken ability: Average
    Written ability: Needs work

Teaching and Supervision

Teaching Statement

  • 131.702 Development Management - Internal
  • 131.702 Development Management - Distance

My classes are quite often a mix of 'training in technical skills' followed by 'critical reflection on the application'. As an example, you may want to sit back and check out this audio-visual recording of a postgraduate class on the design and application of logframes as an important management tool in development practice (47'37").

Here's a thought I found worth sharing: “If the student is not better than the teacher, then the teacher is a failure.”  (Allen Ginsberg, quoting a Buddhist saying)

Summary of Doctoral Supervision

Position Current Completed
Main Supervisor 2 3
Co-supervisor 2 2

Current Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

  • Yunhan Zhu - Doctor of Philosophy
    Tripartite Cooperation (PR China, EU, African States) In Education and Health Services in Fragile Contexts
  • Adam Fraser - Doctor of Philosophy
    Habitability, sovereignty and negotiation – the challenges for the Cook and Marshall Islands to adapt in place to climate change.

Co-supervisor of:

  • Jolene Wescombe - Doctor of Philosophy
    Midwives as agents of change? Exploring empowerment within midwifery in Ethiopia
  • James Stiefvater - Doctor of Philosophy
    Otonomi bilong wanem? Autonomy for What?: the Confluence of Identity, Development, and Decentralisation in Papua New Guinea

Completed Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

  • 2023 - Sueann Waite - Doctor of Philosophy
    Narratives of Creole islandness: Exploring the relational practices of public servants and community leaders in Jamaica
  • 2017 - Amaliah Fitriah - Doctor of Philosophy
    Decentralization, Identity Construction, and Conflict: Education under Aceh's Special Autonomy
  • 2017 - Yuanheng Zheng - Doctor of Philosophy
    Political and Ethnic Representation in Chinese Local Governance - Analysis of the Roles of the Deputies of Leishan County People's Congress, Guizhou Province, China

Co-supervisor of:

  • 2022 - Heidi-Mari Van Der Watt - Doctor of Philosophy
    "Better lives for all"? Prospects for empowerment through marine wildlife tourism in Gansbaai, South Africa
  • 2020 - Ackim Mwape - Doctor of Philosophy
    From international conventions to local park management plans: an analysis of the vertical integrity of Zambia’s national park system

Media and Links

Media

  • 30 Nov 2010 - Video
    Civil Society, Development Policies and Indicators
    DevNet/NZAID Conference presentation
  • 16 Oct 2012 - Radio
    Radio NZ Sunday Morning: A look at overseas aid
    As “former aid worker”, I have discussed aid policies with Jane Silloway Smith from the Maxim Institute (a conservative NZ think tank) and Geoff Bertram, economist at Victoria University.
  • 11 Jul 2014 - Online
    NZ Aid & Africa: 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2… 1
    Development Policy Blog of the Australian National University (ANU)

Other Links