Ernst ten Heuvelhof

Professor dr Ernst ten Heuvelhof (1954) is professor of Public Administration at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management of Delft University of Technology (DUT) and at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is director Education of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management of Delft University of Technology. For more information see website

Disciplinary background

• Physical planning
• Public management
• Law

Scientific expertise

• Managing complex decision making processes
• Public management
• Strategic behaviour
• Regulations of infrastructure sectors
• Enforcement
• Privatization and competition network based industries

Areas of application

• Management
• Energy
• Telecom
• Spatial Planning
• Environmental affaires
• Water

Secondary employment
No indication

Core publications Law Enforcement. The Game between Inspectors and Inspectees. (coauthors: Hans de Bruijn and Marieke Berlo) Management in Netwerken (Management in Networks) (in Dutch) (co-author Hans de  Bruijn). Proces Management. Over Procesontwerp en Procesmanagement (Process Management.    About Process Design and Process Management) (in Dutch) (co-authors Hans de Bruijn and   Roel in’t Veld) Process Management, Why Project Management Fails in Complex Decision Making (co-authors Hans de Bruijn and Roel in’t Veld) Infrastratego, Strategisch Gedrag in Infrastructuurgebonden Sectoren (Infrastratego, Strategic Behaviour in Infrastructure-based Sectors) (in Dutch) (co-authors Martin de Jong, Martijn Kuit and Helen Stout).