Working with RAND Europe

Our Mission

RAND Europe is a not-for-profit research institute whose mission is to help improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis.

What We Do

Our mix of subject expertise, contextual understanding and innovative methodologies creates insightful yet robust analysis.

RAND Europe’s work covers a kaleidoscope of policy-relevant topics from defence and security, innovation and technology policy, and criminal justice through to health and social issues.

Cutting across topical areas are the methods-focused groups, including evaluation and impact measurement, and choice modelling and valuation.

Who We Are

Our staff includes more than 80 experts from a wide range of disciplines:

economics
behavioural science
sociology
policy analysis
statistics
political science.

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RAND Europe Leadership

Hans Pung

President, RAND Europe

Hans Pung is president of RAND Europe, a not-for-profit public policy research organisation that helps improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis. With offices in Cambridge (UK), and Brussels (BE), RAND's staff undertakes empirical studies for public, private, and third…

Christian Van Stolk

Vice President, RAND Europe

Christian van Stolk is vice president at RAND Europe and director of the Home Affairs and Social Policy research group. He has worked extensively on social and employment policies and recently finished a review for the UK Government on improving employment outcomes of those with mental health…

Charlene Rohr

Senior Research Leader

Charlene Rohr is a senior research leader at RAND Europe. Her research interests are in understanding factors that influence mobility and travel, using quantitative (discrete choice modelling) and qualitative (literature review, future scenarios) methods.

Jon Freeman

Research Group Director, Innovation, Health and Science, RAND Europe

Jon Freeman is the research group director for RAND Europe's Innovation, Health and Science group, which provides detailed analysis and considered recommendations to support public policy decision-makers in the UK and Europe.

Peter Burge

Operations Director, RAND Europe

Peter Burge is the operations director at RAND Europe. He also maintains an active research portfolio. His main areas of research interest are stated preference market research and discrete choice modelling, and he has been involved in more than 60 studies employing these techniques to address…

Stijn Hoorens

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…

Axelle Devaux

Deputy Head of Brussels Office

Axelle Devaux is a senior analyst at RAND Europe and deputy head of the Brussels office. Her research work focuses on education policies with a particular interest in education technologies and their in supporting vulnerable learners. Devaux has worked with the EU institutions for over 13 years…

Emma Disley

Associate Research Group Director, RAND Europe

Emma Disley is associate director of the Home Affairs 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 complex…

Tom Ling

Senior Research Leader and Head of Evaluation, RAND Europe

Tom Ling has over 20 years of experience in designing, managing and delivering complex evaluations. He is a senior research leader at RAND Europe and head of evaluation. He leads evaluations and applied research focused on the key challenges facing organisations in health, well-being, and…

RAND Europe Solutions

Depressed woman talking to her therapist

Policy Analysis

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Mental illness is increasing among the working-age population in the United Kingdom and is associated with high economic and social costs; it is one of the leading reasons that people claim sickness benefits.

Performance Measurement and Measurement Development

Impact Dashboard Helps Local Regulatory Services Deliver Value

In much of Europe, local authorities receive taxpayer funds to enforce national and European regulations and ensure that food and workplaces are safe, companies trade fairly, and the environment is clean. RAND Europe developed an impact dashboard to help these local regulators show when and how they deliver value for money.

Program Evaluation

Assessing and Articulating the Wider Benefits of Research

In times of austerity, when every budget is being cut or under close scrutiny, higher education institutions are being asked to prove that their research programmes are valuable to society. RAND's Impact Finder helps to measure the benefits and impacts of research for the broader population.

Ways the United States Could Overextend and Unbalance Russia

Human Smuggling Operations from Central America to the United States

Childhood Trauma Is More Common Than You Think. This School-Based Intervention Can Help

Syrian Refugees Won't Be Going Home Any Time Soon

The United States and Europe Since World War II: A Mutually Beneficial Partnership

The Policy Currents Podcast

Measuring Wellbeing to Help Communities Thrive

Impact Dashboard Helps Local Regulatory Services Deliver Value

Improving Access to Early Childhood Education

Addressing the Invisible Wounds of War

Working with RAND Europe

Our Mission

What We Do

Who We Are