Gerard van Bortel

Gerard van Bortel serves as Assistant Professor of Housing Management at TU Delft's Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, combining academic expertise with extensive practical experience in social housing management. His career began in the early 1990s as a social housing professional in the Netherlands before transitioning to academia in 2006. His academic credentials include an MSc in Organizational Strategies (2003), focusing on housing association governance, and a Ph.D. (2016) examining housing associations' role in neighborhood regeneration. Since 2006, he has coordinated the ENHR Working Group on Social Housing Institutions, Organizations and Governance, while maintaining active involvement in housing practice as chairman of the supervisory board of housing association Parteon since 2016. His professional experience includes significant roles at housing associations in Zwolle (SAVO/DeltaWonen, 1989-1997) and Groningen (De Huismeesters, 1997-2004), and chairing the Audit Board for Flemish Housing Associations in Belgium. His research focuses on network governance in urban regeneration, particularly examining how housing organizations can serve as stabilizing forces in neighborhood development, bridging gaps between community, market, and government organizations, while contributing significantly to international housing research through multiple journal publications and collaborative projects.