Biography
I am trained as an interpretative and qualitative sociologist and have been engaging throughout my academic career in research and education into issues of governance of health and citizens’ and patients’ experiences and involvement in such practices. I am intrigued by sociological work on risk and uncertainty, medical sociology and health policy, and qualitative research methods such as ethnography, action research and discourse analysis. Currently I am exploring questions on (pandemic) preparedness and health system resilience, with a particular focus on the lived experiences and concrete practices through which such might be achieved.
Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management
Assistant professor | Health Care Governance (HCG)
- degraaff@eshpm.eur.nl
More information
Work
- Valérie Johannavan Hezik-Wester, Saskia de Groot, Job van Exel, Hester van de Bovenkamp & Bert de Graaff (2026) - - Epilepsy and Behavior, 178 - doi: -
- Philipa Mos, Bert de Graaff, Michelle Heijke, Hester Lingsma, Robert Jan Baatenburg de Jong & Vivian Reckers-Droog (2026) - - Medical Decision Making, 46 (4), 480-488 - doi: -
- Renée Michels, Diana Delnoij, Wichor Bramer & Bert De Graaff (2026) - - Health Economics, Policy and Law, 21 (2), 214-231 - doi: -
- Robert Borst, Yared Abayneh Abebe, Karin van Vuuren, Julien Magana, Bert de Graaff, Saba Hinrichs-Krapels, Bas Kolen, Maria Pregnolato, Anja Schreijer, Tina Comes, Sebastiaan N. Jonkman & Roland Bal (2025) - - Health Research Policy and Systems, 23 (1) - doi:
- Bert de Graaff, Sabrina Huizenga & Roland Bal (2025) - - Social science & medicine (1982), 380 - doi: -
- Renee Michels, Diana Delnoij & Bert de Graaff (2025) - - Futures, 171 - doi:
- Renee Else Michels, Diana M.J. Delnoij & Martinus B. de Graaff (2025) - - Health Policy and Technology, 14 (3) - doi: -
- Jolien van de Sande, Bert de Graaff, Diana Delnoij & Antoinette de Bont (2024) - - Health Economics, Policy and Law, 19 (4), 498-516 - doi: -
- Bert de Graaff, Suzanne Rutz, Annemiek Stoopendaal & Hester van de Bovenkamp (2024) - - Regulation & Governance, 18 (4), 1411-1425 - doi: -
- Robert Borst & Bert de Graaff (2024) -
- Karin van Vuuren, Robert Borst, Bert de Graaff, Floor Moes & Roland Bal (27 January 2026) - Opinie: Staar je niet blind op normen en kaders in de voorbereiding op extreme regen
- Diana Delnoij, Hester Lingsma, Robert Jan Baatenburg de Jong, Anouk van Alphen, Esmee Venema, Michelle Heijke, Vivian Reckers, Bert de Graaff, Thomas Reindersma, Philipa Mos, Joost Enzing & Saskia Knies (13 January 2025) - Verdeel schaarse zorg niet alleen op basis van urgentie
- Bert de Graaff (2024) - European Sociological Association (External organisation) (Chair)
Activity: Membership of network › Academic - Robert Borst & Bert de Graaff (2024) - Tussen ‘Acts of God’ en risicobeheersing: resilience in de zorg op Bonaire, Sint-Eustatius en Saba (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - MB (Bert) de Graaff (2018) - Health Risk & Society (Journal) (Reviewer)
Activity: Editorial work › Academic
- Bert de Graaff, Suzanne Rutz, Annemiek Stoopendaal & Hester van de Bovenkamp (2024) - Vide publicatieprijs 2024
Dorpsbelang Skingen-Slappeterp
- Start date approval
- November 2025
- End date approval
- November 2028
- Place
- SKINGEN
- Description
- Secretaris
Healthy Ageing Campus B.V.
- Start date approval
- November 2025
- End date approval
- November 2028
- Place
- GRONINGEN
- Description
- Senior Projectmanager Aletta Advies / AJSPH
Health, Risk & Society
- Start date approval
- March 2026
- End date approval
- March 2029
- Place
- LONDON
- Description
- Editorial board
Research Network 22, European Sociological Associa
- Start date approval
- March 2026
- End date approval
- March 2029
- Place
- PARIJS
- Level
- master - jaar 1
- Year Level
- master - jaar 1
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- GW4007MD
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- GW4007MV
- Level
- master
- Year Level
- master
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- GW4030MV
- Level
- pre-master
- Year Level
- pre-master
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- GW5617PM
- Level
- pre-master
- Year Level
- pre-master
- Year
- 2025
- Course Code
- GW5617PMO
