Prof. E.M. (Eelke) Heemskerk
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group: Political Economy and Transnational Governance
Photographer: unmask photography
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
- Room number: B8.19
Postal address
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Postbus 15578
1001 NB Amsterdam
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Profile
Welcome
Eelke Heemskerk is Professor of Political Networks at the Political Science department of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), part of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.
He received his PhD at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research in 2006. Before he was research fellow at the Germany Institute and AIAS, both at UvA. He was visiting fellow at the Institute for Strategic Management, Ludwig Maximilians Universität and the Center on Organizational Innovation, Columbia University.
Eelke works as management consultant with top management teams and boards of public and private organisations on issues of corporate governance and strategy.
Eelke published on corporate governance, corporate elites, social networks and institutional reform in the Netherlands and Europe. Some selected publications are availabe on this site.
In his current research Eelke is interested big data related to networks of corporate ownership and control.He directs the ERC funded CORPNET research group. He also works on how social networks influence boardroom decision-making and behavioural corporate governance.
For more information visit his personal website www.eelkeheemskerk.nl or the CORPNET.uva.nl website
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Publications
- refereed (49)
- academic (17)
- professional (18)
- popular scientific (14)
- recognitions (18)
- supervised theses (4)
- doctoral thesis (1)
- datasets (1)
2025
- Babic, M., Fichtner, J., & Heemskerk, E. (2025). Corporate Networks. In J. C. W. Pevehouse, & L. Seabrooke (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of International Political Economy (pp. 403–418 ). (Oxford Handbooks of International Relations). Oxford University Press. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198793519.013.50
2024
Kazmina, Y., Heemskerk, E. M., Bokányi, E., & Takes, F. W. (2024). Socio-economic segregation in a population-scale social network. Social Networks, 78, 279-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2024.02.005 [details]- Downloads
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2023
- Bokányi, E., Heemskerk, E. M., & Takes, F. W. (2023). The anatomy of a population-scale social network. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 9209. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36324-9 [details]
2022
- Boekhout, H. D., Heemskerk, E. M., & Takes, F. W. (2022). Evolution of the World Stage of Global Science from a Scientific City Network Perspective. In R. M. Benito, C. Cherifi, H. Cherifi, E. Moro, L. M. Rocha, & M. Sales-Pardo (Eds.), Complex Networks & Their Applications X: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications COMPLEX NETWORKS 2021 (Vol. 1, pp. 142-154). (Studies in Computational Intelligence; Vol. 1015). Springer. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93409-5_13 [details]
- De Beule, F., Elia, S., Garcia-Bernardo, J., Heemskerk, E. M., Jaklič, A., Takes, F. W., & Zdziarski, M. (2022). Proximity at a distance: The relationship between foreign subsidiary co-location and MNC headquarters board interlock formation. International Business Review, 31(4), Article 101971. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101971 [details]
- Valeeva, D., Takes, F. W., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2022). Beaten paths towards the transnational corporate elite. International Sociology, 37(1), 97-123. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809211051661 [details]
- van Kuppevelt, D. E., Bakhshi, R., Heemskerk, E. M., & Takes, F. W. (2022). Community membership consistency applied to corporate board interlock networks. Journal of Computational Social Science, 5(1), 841-860. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42001-021-00145-5 [details]
2021
- Ajdacic, L., Heemskerk, E. M., & Garcia Bernardo, J. (2021). The Wealth Defence Industry: A Large-scale Study on Accountancy Firms as Profit Shifting Facilitators. New Political Economy, 26(4), 690-706. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2020.1816947 [details]
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- Huijzer, M. J., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2021). Delineating the corporate elite: Inquiring the boundaries and composition of interlocking directorate networks. Global Networks, 21(4), 791-820. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12316 [details]
- Mattsson, C. E. S., Takes, F. W., Heemskerk, E. M., Diks, C., Buiten, G., Faber, A., & Sloot, P. M. A. (2021). Functional Structure in Production Networks. Frontiers in Big Data, 4, Article 666712. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdata.2021.666712 [details]
- Petry, J., Fichtner, J., & Heemskerk, E. (2021). Steering capital: the growing private authority of index providers in the age of passive asset management. Review of International Political Economy, 28(1), 152-176. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2019.1699147 [details]
2020
- Babic, M., Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2020). The rise of transnational state capital: state-led foreign investment in the 21st century. Review of International Political Economy, 27(3), 433-475. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2019.1665084 [details]
- Fichtner, J., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2020). The New Permanent Universal Owners: Index funds, patient capital, and the distinction between feeble and forceful stewardship. Economy and Society, 49(4), 493-515. https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2020.1781417 [details]
- Pisani, N., Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Heemskerk, E. (2020). Does it pay to be a multinational? A large‐sample, cross‐national replication assessing the multinationality‐performance relationship. Strategic Management Journal, 41(1), 152-172. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3087 [details]
- Valeeva, D., Heemskerk, E. M., & Takes, F. W. (2020). The duality of firms and directors in board interlock networks: A relational event modeling approach. Social Networks, 62, 68-79. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2020.02.009 [details]
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2019
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2019). Network analysis and the Amsterdam School: an unfulfilled promise? In B. Jessop, & H. Overbeek (Eds.), Transnational Capital and Class Fractions: The Amsterdam School Perspective Reconsidered (pp. 233-238). (Ripe Series In Global Political Economy). Routledge. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351251945-20
2018
- Fennema, M., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2018). When theory meets methods: The naissance of computer assisted corporate interlock research. Global Networks, 18(1), 81-104. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12178 [details]
- Heemskerk, E., Young, K., Takes, F. W., Cronin, B., Garcia-Bernardo, J., Henriksen, L. F., Kindred Winecoff , W., Popov, V., & Laurin-Lamothe , A. (2018). The promise and perils of using big data in the study of corporate networks: problems, diagnostics and fixes. Global Networks, 18(1), 3-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12183 [details]
- Takes, F. W., Kosters, W. A., Witte, B., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2018). Multiplex Network Motifs as Building Blocks of Corporate Networks. Applied Network Science, 3, Article 39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-018-0094-z [details]
- van Kuppevelt, D. E., Takes, F. W., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2018). Understanding evolving communities in transnational board interlock networks. In IEEE 14th International Conference on eScience: proceedings : 29 October-1 November 2018, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (pp. 312-313). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/eScience.2018.00069 [details]
2017
- Babic, M., Fichtner, J., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2017). States versus Corporations: Rethinking the Power of Business in International Politics. The international spectator: Italian journal of international affairs, 52(4), 20-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/03932729.2017.1389151 [details]
- Fichtner, J. R., Heemskerk, E. M., & Garcia Bernardo, J. (2017). Hidden Power of the Big Three? Passive Index Funds, Re-Concentration of Corporate Ownership, and New Financial Risk. Business and Politics, 19(2), 298-326. https://doi.org/10.1017/bap.2017.6 [details]
- Garcia-Bernardo, J., Fichtner, J., Takes, F. W., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2017). Uncovering Offshore Financial Centers: Conduits and Sinks in the Global Corporate Ownership Network. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 6246. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06322-9 [details]
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- Heemskerk, E. M., Heemskerk, K., & Wats, M. M. (2017). Conflict in the Boardroom: A Participant Observation Study of Non-Executive Board Dynamic. The Journal of Management and Governance, 21(1), 233-263. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-015-9339-8 [details]
- Zdziarski, M., Heemskerk, E. M., Garcia-Bernardo, J., De Beule, F., Jaklic, A., Elia, S., & Takes, F. (2017). The power of proximity at a distance: The role of interlocking directorates in reducing the liability of outsidership. In International Business in the Information Age: 43rd European International Business Academy Conference http://hdl.handle.net/11311/1058649
2016
- Heemskerk, E. M., & Takes, F. W. (2016). The corporate elite community structure of global capitalism. New Political Economy, 21(1), 90-118. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2015.1041483 [details]
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- Heemskerk, E. M., Fennema, M., & Carroll, W. K. (2016). The global corporate elite after the financial crisis: evidence from the transnational network of interlocking directorates. Global Networks, 16(1), 68-88. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12098 [details]
- Heemskerk, E. M., Takes, F. W., Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Huijzer, M. J. (2016). Where is the Global Corporate Élite? A Large-scale Network Study of Local and Nonlocal Interlocking Directorates. Sociologica, 2016(2). https://doi.org/10.2383/85292 [details]
- Mokken, R. J., Heemskerk, E. M., & Laan, S. (2016). Close communication and 2-clubs in corporate networks: Europe 2010. Social Network Analysis and Mining, 6, Article 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13278-016-0345-x [details]
- Takes, F. W., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2016). Centrality in the Global Network of Corporate Control. Social Network Analysis and Mining, 6(1), Article 97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13278-016-0402-5 [details]
2015
- Heemskerk, K., Heemskerk, E. M., & Wats, M. (2015). Behavioral determinants of nonprofit board performance: the case of supervisory boards in Dutch secondary education. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 25(4), 417-430. https://doi.org/10.1002/nml.21137 [details]
2014
- Heemskerk, E. M., & Fennema, M. (2014). Women on board: female board membership as a form of elite democratization. Enterprise and Society, 15(2), 252-284. https://doi.org/10.1093/es/kht136 [details]
- Heemskerk, E. M., & Wats, M. (2014). De professie van het toezicht houden: essay over de ontwikkeling van een beroepsgroep. Goed Bestuur & Toezicht, 10(2), 33-39. http://heemskerk.socsci.uva.nl/pdfs/De%20professie%20van%20het%20toezicht%20houden%20GB&T%202-14.pdf [details]
- Heemskerk, K., Heemskerk, E., & Wats, M. (2014). Wat maakt goed onderwijsbestuur? De gedragsmatige determinanten van taakuitvoering door raden van toezicht in het voortgezet onderwijs. Mens en Maatschappij, 89(2), 151-174. https://doi.org/10.5117/MEM2014.2.HEEM [details]
2013
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2013). The rise of the European corporate elite: evidence from the network of interlocking directorates in 2005 and 2010. Economy and Society, 42(1), 74-101. https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2012.686720 [details]
- Heemskerk, E. M., & Mans, U. (2013). Catering to Cleantech’s resource needs: the strategic importance of board networks in an emerging green industry. RIMCIS, 2(1), 52-87. https://doi.org/10.4471/rimcis.2013.13 [details]
- Heemskerk, E. M., Daolio, F., & Tomassini, M. (2013). The community structure of the European network of interlocking directorates 2005-2010. PLoS ONE, 8(7), e68581. Article e68581. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068581 [details]
- Heemskerk, E., & Fennema, M. (2013). Hoe kwamen vrouwen aan de top in het bedrijfsleven? Res Publica, 55(3), 399-405. http://heemskerk.socsci.uva.nl/pdfs/Hoe%20kwamen%20vrouwen%20aan%20de%20top%20in%20het%20bedrijfsleven%20Res%20Publica.pdf [details]
- Heemskerk, K., Heemskerk, E., & Wats, M. (2013). Van controleren naar anticiperen: de rol van toezichthouders op goed bestuur in het voortgezet onderwijs. Goed Bestuur & Toezicht, 9(1), 36-43. http://www.galangroep.nl/images/uploads/p_36-43_Anticiperend_GB_1_2013.pdf [details]
2012
- Ferraro, F., Schnyder, G., Heemskerk, E. M., Corrado, R., & Vecchio, N. (2012). Structural breaks and governance networks in Western Europe. In B. Kogut (Ed.), The small worlds of corporate governance (pp. 151-182). MIT Press. http://blog.iese.edu/ferraro/files/2012/01/Chapter-5-proofs-2.pdf [details]
- Heemskerk, E. M., Mokken, R. J., & Fennema, M. (2012). The fading of the state: corporate-government networks in the Netherlands. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 53(4), 253-274. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020715212458516 [details]
- Kogut, B., Colomer, J., Ahmadjian, C., Alexander, M., Belinky, M., von Bernath Bardina, J. P., Brookfield, J., Chang, S-J., Conyon, M. J., Corrado, R., Davis, G. F., Del Vecchio, N., Drori, I., Edling, C., Ellis, S., Ferraro, F., Goyer, M., Guthrie, D., Hamadi, M., ... Xiao, Z. (2012). Is there a global small world of owners and directors? In B. Kogut (Ed.), The small worlds of corporate governance (pp. 259-299). MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9780262017275.003.0219 [details]
2011
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2011). The social field of the European corporate elite: a network analysis of interlocking directorates among Europe's largest corporate boards. Global Networks, 11(4), 440-460. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0374.2011.00315.x [details]
2010
- Carroll, W. K., Carson, C., Fennema, M., Heemskerk, E., & Sapinski, J. P. (2010). The making of a transnational capitalist class: corporate power in the twenty-first century. Zed Books. [details]
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- Carroll, W. K., Fennema, M., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2010). Constituting Corporate Europe: a study of elite social organization. Antipode, 42(4), 811-843. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2010.00777.x [details]
2009
- Heemskerk, E., & Fennema, M. (2009). Network dynamics of the Dutch business elite. International Sociology, 26(6), 807-832. https://doi.org/10.1177/0268580909343496 [details]
2008
- Heemskerk, E. M., & Schnyder, G. (2008). Small states, international pressures, and interlocking directorates: the cases of Switzerland and the Netherlands. European Management Review, 5(1), 41-54. https://doi.org/10.1057/emr.2008.3 [details]
2007
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2007). Decline of the corporate community: network dynamics of the Dutch business elite. Amsterdam University Press. [details]
2002
- Heemskerk, E. M., Mokken, R. J., & Fennema, M. (2002). De organisatie van het Nederlandse bedrijfsleven. Graven naar Macht 25 jaar later. Tijdschrift voor Politieke Ekonomie, 24(1), 109-134. [details]
2021
- Huijzer, M. J., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2021). Erratum. Global Networks, 21(4), 821. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12330
2020
- Fichtner, J. (Author), Heemskerk, E. (Author), & Petry, J. (Author). (2020). Three financial firms could change the direction of the climate crisis – and few people have any idea. Web publication or website, The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/three-financial-firms-could-change-the-direction-of-the-climate-crisis-and-few-people-have-any-idea-131869 [details]
2018
- Babic, M. (Author), Heemskerk, E. (Author), & Fichtner, J. (Author). (2018). Who is more powerful – states or corporations?. Web publication or website, The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/who-is-more-powerful-states-or-corporations-99616 [details]
- Berkhout, D. J., Hanegraaff, M. C., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2018, Dec 20). Dataset Pyttersen’s Almanak: Dataset Pyttersen’s Nederlandse Almanak (Sectie: Verenigingen en Stichtingen) (1997-2008, 1956, 1971, 1985 en 1992-1993) . Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-z73-s9k7
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2017
- van der Brug, W., & Heemskerk, E. (2017). Politics and Power. In P. van Praag (Ed.), Political Science and Changing Politics (pp. 11-30). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1zqrmq0.4 [details]
2016
- Fennema, M. (Author), & Heemskerk, E. M. (Author). (2016). When Theory Meets Methods: The Naissance of the Field of Corporate Interlock Research. Web publication or website, SSRN. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2827627 [details]
- Heemskerk, E. (Author). (2016). How Corporate Boards Connect, in Charts. Web publication or website, Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2016/04/how-corporate-boards-connect-in-charts [details]
2014
- Heemskerk, E., & Zeitlin, J. (2014). Public-private partnerships in Dutch vocational education and training: Learning, monitoring and governance. Platform Bèta Techniek. http://www.platformbetatechniek.nl/media/files/publicaties/Bijlage3-Public-privatepartnerships-WEB.pdf [details]
- van Veen, K., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2014). Interlocking directorate networks. In R. Alhajj, & J. Rokne (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social network analysis and mining (pp. 742-747). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6170-8_274 [details]
2013
- Heemskerk, E. (2013). Goed bestuur en goed gedrag: wat maakt een goede raad van commissarissen goed? Jaarboek Corporate Governance, 2013-2014, 27-46. http://heemskerk.socsci.uva.nl/pdfs/Jaarboek%20corporate%20governance%20Heemskerk.pdf [details]
2012
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2012). Fennema's netwerk benadering: over anekdotes, zwakke verbindingen en negatief netwerken. In M. Maussen, & F. Vermeulen (Eds.), Democratie en wetenschap: essays voor Meindert Fennema (pp. 16-35). Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Resarch (AISSR), University of Amsterdam. http://heemskerk.socsci.uva.nl/pdfs/Fennemas%20netwerk%20benadering.pdf [details]
2008
- Fennema, M., & Heemskerk, E. (2008). Nieuwe netwerken: de elite en de ondergang van NV Nederland. Bert Bakker. [details]
- Heemskerk, E. (2008). European integration and the business elite: The formation of a pan-European network of interlocking directories? Forschungsberichte aus dem Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam Universiteit van Amsterdam, 4, 139-156. [details]
2007
- Fennema, M., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2007). Het old boys netwerk wankelt. In K. van Beek, & M. Ham (Eds.), Gaat de elite ons redden. De nieuwe rol van de bovenlaag in onze samenleving (pp. 5-28). Amsterdam: Van Gennep. [details]
2005
- Fennema, M., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2005). Het old boys netwerk bestaat niet meer. In D. J. Kraan, & A. P. Ros (Eds.), The Visible Hand. Ondernemingsbestuur in Nederland. (pp. 70-84). Wim Drees Stichting voor Openbare Financiën. http://wimdreesstichting.nl/page/downloads/Dreesforum_1_-_The_Visible_Hand.pdf [details]
2004
2003
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2003). "Bibliography of Bas de Gaay Fortman". In K. Arts, & P. Miyo (Eds.), Responding to the Human Rights Deficit. Essays in Honour of Bas de Gaay Fortman Kluwer Law International. [details]
2021
- Buiten, G., Diks, C., Faber, A., Heemskerk, E., Mattsson, C., Takes, F., & Sloot, P. (2021). Netwerkanalyse biedt nieuwe inzichten voor clustergericht energiebeleid. Economisch-Statistische Berichten, 106(4804), 586-588. Advance online publication. https://esb.nu/esb/20068796/netwerkanalyse-biedt-nieuwe-inzichten-voor-clustergericht-energiebeleid [details]
2017
- Heemskerk, E. (2017). Langetermijnoriëntatie en de opkomst van passieve investeerders. Economisch Statistische Berichten, 102(4751), 320-321. https://esb.nu/esb/20029499/langetermijnorientatie-en-de-opkomst-van-passieve-investeerders [details]
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2017). Ligt het Rijnland nu in de VS? Lange termijn oriëntatie en passieve investeringsfondsen. Goed Bestuur & Toezicht, 13(2), 14-19. http://heemskerk.socsci.uva.nl/pdfs/Ligt%20het%20Rijnland%20nu%20in%20de%20VS.pdf [details]
- Shenkar, C., Heemskerk, E. M., & Fichtner, J. (2017). The New Mandate Owners: Passive Asset Managers and the Decoupling of Corporate Ownership. Antitrust Chronicle, Spring 2017(3), 51-57. https://ssrn.com/abstract=2988937 [details]
- van der Brug, W., & Heemskerk, E. (2017). Politiek en macht. In P. van Praag (Ed.), Politicologie en de veranderende politiek (pp. 11-32). Amsterdam University Press. [details]
2016
- Heemskerk, E., & Wats, M. (2016). Constructief conflict in de RvC: Boardroom dynamics en goed bestuur. Goed Bestuur & Toezicht, 12(3), 23-27. http://heemskerk.socsci.uva.nl/pdfs/Conflict.pdf [details]
2015
- de Koning, J., van Muijen, J., & Heemskerk, E. (2015). Bestuursacademie als Governance Accelerator: Rode Kruis Voorloper Met Eigen Leerinstituut. Goed Bestuur & Toezicht, (2), 44-47. https://www.sportenzaken.nl/StippWebDLL/Resources/Handlers/DownloadBestand.ashx?ID=1000001732 [details]
2014
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2014). Besluitvorming via netwerken: resultaten uit het Nederlands Topmanagers Onderzoek. Goed Bestuur & Toezicht, 10(4), 23-29. http://heemskerk.socsci.uva.nl/pdfs/GB&T%204-14%20art%20NTO%20Heemskerk.pdf [details]
- Heemskerk, E., Cuijpers, A., & de Ruijter, H. (2014). Anticiperend toezicht door commissarissen. Hoe doe je dat? Tijdschrift voor de Volkshuisvesting, (2), 25-28. http://heemskerk.socsci.uva.nl/pdfs/Tijdschrift%20voor%20Volkshuisvesting.pdf [details]
2013
- Fennema, M., & Heemskerk, E. (2013). Economische elite zet in op euro. In Dutch Economic Touch (pp. 103-106). 4Days for Europe. http://heemskerk.socsci.uva.nl/pdfs/Economische%20elite%20zet%20in%20op%20Europ%202013.pdf [details]
2012
- Heemskerk, E., & Wats, M. (2012). Toezicht op kwaliteit en veiligheid: hoe betrokken of afstandelijk wil je zijn? Goed Bestuur, 8(2), 48-53. https://www.goedbestuurentoezicht.nl/kennisbank/toezicht-op-kwaliteit-en-veiligheid [details]
2010
- Heemskerk, E., Hendriks, T., & Wats, M. (2010). Vormen de 'old boys' een gevaar voor marktwerking in de zorg? Goed Bestuur, 6(4), 48-55. https://www.goedbestuurentoezicht.nl/kennisbank/old-boys-netwerk-in-de-zorg [details]
2009
- Heemskerk, E. (2009). Bestuurlijke elite, toon moreel leiderschap! Goed Bestuur, 5(2), 64-70. http://heemskerk.socsci.uva.nl/pdfs/Goed%20Bestuur%20Bestuurlijke%20elite%20toon%20moreel%20leiderschap%202009.pdf [details]
- Heemskerk, E. (2009). Moreel reveil van de bestuurlijke elite. Idee, 30(3), 44-47. http://irs.ub.rug.nl/dbi/4fd9c9587213f [details]
2008
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2008). Van controle naar vertrouwen: governance in ontwikkeling. Pensioen Bestuur & Management, 2008(2), 21-23. http://www.pensioenbestuurenmanagement.nl/nieuws/pfg__pension_fund_governance_/van_controle_naar_vertrouwen__governance_in_ontwikkeling [details]
2007
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2007). Burt, Ronald S., Brokerage & Closure. An Introduction to Social Capital [Review of: Brokerage & Closure]. Comparative Sociology, 6(1-2), 232-235.
2002
- Heemskerk, E. M., & Fennema, M. (2002). Achter de schermen: een netwerk van AEP'ers. Amsterdam: Research Report for Ministry of Economic Affairs.
- Heemskerk, E. M., & Fennema, M. (2002). Een Netwerkanalyse van de mediasector in Nederland. Hilversum: Commissariaat voor de Media. [details]
2020
- Fichtner, J. R. (Author), Heemskerk, E. M. (Author), & Petry, J. (Author). (2020). Index funds might sound boring. But who decides which countries and companies to include? Index providers wield a lot of power in global finance — and that raises big political questions. Web publication or website, The Washington Post: Monkey Cage. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/08/index-funds-might-sound-boring-who-decides-which-countries-companies-include/
2018
- Babic, M., Fichtner, J., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2018). Who is more powerful – States or Corporations? The Conversation.
2017
- Fichtner, J. R. (Author), Garcia Bernardo, J. (Author), Heemskerk, E. M. (Author), & Takes, F. W. (Author). (2017). These five countries are conduits for the world’s biggest tax havens. Web publication or website https://theconversation.com/these-five-countries-are-conduits-for-the-worlds-biggest-tax-havens-79555
- Fichtner, J. R. (Author), Heemskerk, E. M. (Author), & Garcia Bernardo, J. (Author). (2017). These three firms own corporate America. Web publication or website https://theconversation.com/these-three-firms-own-corporate-america-77072
2016
- Heemskerk, E. M. (Author), & Takes, F. W. (Author). (2016). Brexit en de verdeeldheid van het Britse Old Boys netwerk. Web publication or website, Stuk Rood Vlees. http://stukroodvlees.nl/brexit-verdeeldheid-britse-old-boys-netwerk/
2011
- Fennema, M., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2011). Eenwording Europa onafwendbaar. De Volkskrant.
2009
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2009). Bedrijf zonder goede raad van toezicht loopt gevaar. De Volkskrant.
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2009). Elite moet moreel leiderschap tonen. De Volkskrant.
2008
- Fennema, M., & Heemskerk, E. (2008). Houd het Rijnlands model hoog. De Volkskrant, 11.
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2008). Meer controle op het bedrijfsleven. Folia Civitatis.
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2008). Zorgtoezicht is zelf aan periodiek onderzoek toe. Het Financiële Dagblad.
2005
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2005). Moreel Appel werkt niet als topinkomens blijven groeien. NRC Handelsblad.
2004
- Fennema, M., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2004). Het Old Boys Netwerk bestaat allang niet meer. NRC Handelsblad.
2003
- Heemskerk, E. M., & Fennema, M. (2003). Internationale Bestuurdersmarkt is fabel. De Volkskrant.
Prize / grant
- Heemskerk, E. (2023). NWO Roadmap Grant for project "Social Science and Humanities Open Cloud for the Netherlands (SSHOC-NL)". https://odissei-data.nl/nl/2023/02/nwo-roadmap-subsidie-voor-digitale-infrastructuur-sociale-en-geesteswetenschappen/
- Fichtner, J. R., Heemskerk, E. M. & Garcia Bernardo, J. (2018). 2018 David P. Baron Award.
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2014). Corporate Network Governance: Power, Ownership and Control in Contemporary Global Capitalism (ERC Starting Grant).
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2011). NWO VENI Award.
Membership / relevant position
- Heemskerk, E. M. (2005). member, Society for the Advancement of Socio Economics.
Media appearance
- Heemskerk, E. (22-05-2024). 'Eén wereldelite? Overdreven idee' [Print] Het Parool. 'Eén wereldelite? Overdreven idee'. https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1519360&crid=6f9eefe8-a7af-495e-844f-ab6751b45d18&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn…
- Heemskerk, E. (22-05-2024). Hoogleraar: ‘Amsterdamse financiële dienstverlening heeft als doel rijken zo weinig mogelijk belasting te laten betalen’ [Web] Het Parool. Hoogleraar: ‘Amsterdamse financiële dienstverlening heeft als doel rijken zo weinig mogelijk belasting te laten betalen’. https://www.parool.nl/nederland/hoogleraar-amsterdamse-financiele-dienstverlening-heeft-als-doel-rijken-zo-weinig-mogelijk-belasting-te-late…
- Fennema, M. & Heemskerk, E. (09-06-2022). In middelmatige kringen; Elitevorming in Nederland [Print] De Groene Amsterdammer. In middelmatige kringen; Elitevorming in Nederland. https://www.groene.nl/artikel/in-middelmatige-kringen
- Heemskerk, E. (05-11-2021). Dit mysterieuze megabedrijf beheert de grootste spaarpot ooit (en waarschijnlijk ook jouw centen) [Web] De Volkskrant. Dit mysterieuze megabedrijf beheert de grootste spaarpot ooit (en waarschijnlijk ook jouw centen). https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1516831&crid=6b6d038b-d877-4f6e-865a-8b048df3e3ec&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn…
- Heemskerk, E. (09-06-2021). University of Amsterdam: Fundamental change in financial power structures [Other] ENP Newswire. University of Amsterdam: Fundamental change in financial power structures. https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1516831&crid=dd8136f4-a834-4d6d-bbff-210aad121f59&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn…
- Heemskerk, E. (22-04-2021). Doorsluisland; Advies aan de (in)formateur (2) Eelke Heemskerk Doorsluisland; Advies aan de (in)formateur (2) Eelke Heemskerk [Print] De Groene Amsterdammer. Doorsluisland; Advies aan de (in)formateur (2) Eelke Heemskerk. https://www.groene.nl/artikel/doorsluisland
- Heemskerk, E. & Fichtner, J. (25-03-2021). Index to inequality Index to inequality [Print] New Straits Times. Index to inequality. https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1516831&crid=3458e29c-d38a-4981-9f2f-b9c49be8aa4a&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn…
- Fichtner, J. & Heemskerk, E. (21-03-2021). The Guardian view on finance failures: manmade errors amplified by machines The Guardian. The Guardian view on finance failures: manmade errors amplified by machines. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/21/the-guardian-view-on-finance-failures-manmade-errors-amplified-by-machines
- Heemskerk, E., Fichtner, J. & Petry, J. (20-01-2020). The index providers are quietly building up enormous powers [Print] Financial Times. The index providers are quietly building up enormous powers. https://www.ft.com/content/e761bdb2-33b3-11ea-9703-eea0cae3f0de
- Heemskerk, E., Fichtner, J. & Petry, J. (19-12-2019). Indexbouwers zijn de nieuwe poortwachters van de financiële markten, maar wie controleert ze? [Print] FD. Indexbouwers zijn de nieuwe poortwachters van de financiële markten, maar wie controleert ze?. https://fd.nl/beurs/1328714/indexbouwers-zijn-de-nieuwe-poortwachters-van-de-financiele-markten-maar-wie-controleert-ze
- Babic, M., Fichtner, J. R. & Heemskerk, E. M. (19-07-2018). Wer ist mächtiger - Staaten oder Konzerne? [Web]. Wer ist mächtiger – Staaten oder Konzerne?. https://makronom.de/wer-ist-maechtiger-staaten-oder-konzerne-27317
Journal editor
- Heemskerk, E. M. (editor) (2012). Res Publica (Journal).
- Heemskerk, E. M. (editor) (2011). Res Publica (Journal).
2021
- Babic, M. (2021). State transformations in the global political economy: The rise of transnational state capital in the 21st century. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]
- Downloads
- Thesis (complete) (embargo until 21 April 2026)
- Cover; Contents; List of publications; Acknowledgments; Summary; Samenvatting
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Transnational state capital and structural changes in the global political economy (embargo until 21 April 2026)
- Chapter 2: States versus corporations: Rethinking the power of business in international politics
- Chapter 3: The rise of transnational state capital: State-led foreign investment in the 21st century
- Chapter 4: Foreign state investment and international politics: Mapping the geoeconomic consequences of the rise of transnational state capital
- Conclusion
- References; Article acknowledgments; Appendixes
- Downloads
- Valeeva, D. (2021). The transnational corporate elite network: Nature and properties. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]
2020
- García-Bernardo, J. (2020). Offshore finance and corporate tax avoidance. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]
- Moerman, P. F. (2020). Governance regimes and problem-solving capacity: Public-private partnerships in Dutch vocational and higher education. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]
2018
- Berkhout, D. J., Hanegraaff, M. C. & Heemskerk, E. M. (31-12-2018). Pyttersen’s Almanak. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-z73-s9k7
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Kazmina, Y., Heemskerk, E. M., Bokányi, E., & Takes, F. W. (2024). Socio-economic segregation in a population-scale social network. Social Networks, 78, 279-291.