Scientific career
Engelen's tenure at the UvA dates back to 1994. He has been a senior university lecturer at the Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies since 2007. From 2003 to 2005, he also worked as a research fellow at Wageningen University and Research Centre, where he specialised in social sciences and applied philosophy. From 2004 to 2006, Engelen worked as a researcher at the Advisory Council on Government Policy. As of 2008, he has served as advisor and member of the editorial board at Buitenhof, a television programme broadcast by VPRO. He also writes a regular column on economic affairs at De Groene Amsterdammer. In 2005, Engelen was awarded a Vidi grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) in recognition of his study entitled Where the Global Becomes Local. Amsterdam and the Changing Face of Finance.