Dr. P. (Peter) van der Knaap (Amsterdam, 1965)
Work
2021 – now: Director of IOB-evaluation, the independent evaluation directorate with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2013 – 2021: Director of SWOV – Scientific Institute for Road Safety Research
2004 – 2013: Director of Policy Evaluation and Performance Audits, Netherlands Court of Audit
1997 – 2004: Head of Policy Evaluation (and other functions), Netherlands Ministry of Finance
1996 – 1997: Policy specialist, Inspectorate of the Budget (IRF), Netherlands Ministry of Finance
1991 – 1996: Scientific Research / PhD student, Department of Public Administratiion, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Voluntary functions
Since 2024: Board Member and Vice-President of the European Evaluation Society (EES)
Since 2006: Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Evaluation (Sage Publishers, Londen)
2016 – 2022: Chairperson of Vide, the Dutch Evaluation Society
2015 – 2025: Member of the Editorial Board of Bestuurskunde (Boom Bestuurskunde, The Hague)
2000 – 2023: Member of the Adviescollege van de Opleiding Bestuurskunde, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
1997 – 2021: Lecturer with Rijksacademie voor Financiën, NSOB, Science Works, PBLQ, and other institutions.
2016 – 2022: Chairperson of the Advisory Audit Committee of the Nederlandse Zorgautoriteit
2014 – 2021: Chairperson of the jury of the Intertraffic Innovation Awards
2016 – 2017: Member of the Committee Tijdigheid en Transparantie (zorguitgaven)
2006 – 2009: Member of the Adviesgroep Performance management, Oxfam Novib
2002 – 2004: External member of Rekenkamercommissie, Gemeente Den Haag
Education
1997: PhD. in Public Administration, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Dissertation: ‘Lerende overheid, intelligent beleid – De lessen van beleidsevaluatie en beleidsadvisering voor de structuurfondsen van de Europese Unie’ – zie Dissertation
1985 -1990: Master in Public Administration (doctorandus) – Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Specialties: Financial-Economic ManagemenVerdieping and International Economy and Politics – Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1978 – 1985: Atheneum – Scholengemeenschap Guillaume Farel, Ridderkerk