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Head, Brussels Office
Stijn Hoorens is the head of RAND's Brussels Office and an associate director of RAND Europe. He has extensive experience in designing and leading policy studies at RAND for a range of international clients in the private and public sector. His research interests are broad, but most of his work…
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Deputy Head of Brussels Office
Axelle Devaux is a research leader at RAND Europe and deputy head of the Brussels office. Her research focuses on education policies with a particular interest in education technologies and how they can support vulnerable learners. Devaux has worked with the EU institutions for over 15 years and…
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Associate Director
Joanna Hofman is associate director at RAND Europe conducting research in the fields of employment and social policy. She specialises in process and impact evaluations drawing on various research designs (from experimental to mixed methods) and approaches (e.g. theory-based, realist…
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Senior Economist
Marco Hafner is a senior economist and research leader at RAND Europe working on employment, education and social policy research. He completed his doctoral studies in economics and applied econometrics and holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Zurich.
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Senior Analyst
Barbara Janta is a senior analyst at RAND Europe. Her expertise and interests span across employment, child and family policy, demography, and foresight studies. She has been involved in a number of studies for a wide range of organisations, such as the European Commission (DG EMPL, DG JUST, DG…
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Research Group Director, Home Affairs and Social Policy, RAND Europe
Emma Disley is director of the Home Affairs and Social Policy programme at RAND Europe. Her research interests include policing and EU law enforcement cooperation, drugs and illicit markets, criminal justice and offending, and serious and organised crime. Methodologically, Disley specialises in…
