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Philine van Overbeeke
Part-time PhD candidate
Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
Erasmus University Rotterdam

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Philine is academic researcher and lecturer at the Business-Society Management Department at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Besides her research and teaching she works part-time on a PhD in Management on the topic of volunteer management. Philine holds a BSc in Business administration and a MSc in Gobal Business & Sustainability, both obtained at RSM. Her MSc thesis focussed on the value of volunteers for UNICEF the Netherlands. In her PhD projects she will expand this research with the overarching question: How do volunteers create value-added for different stakeholders. In answering this question, attention is given to third-party models and volunteer inclusion.

Philine teaches several courses on the BSc and MSc level, including courses on nonprofit management, economics of nonprofits, value of volunteer organizations, inclusive leadership, social consultancy and qualitative research methods. She also coaches several theses and research projects with a focus on CSR, volunteer management and related topics.

Publications

Academic (7)
  • Hoedemakers, J., de Bruin Cardoso, I., van Overbeeke, P., & Meijs, L. (2024). Instead of with a rowboat, search for the north star by navigating a sailboat through turbulent times. Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing, 29(3), Article e1873. https://doi.org/10.1002/nvsm.1873

  • de Reeder, A., Hendriks, P., Plug - van der Plas, H., Zweers, D., van Overbeeke, P. S. M., Gravendeel, J., Kruimer, J. W. H., van der Meer, R. W., & Burgmans, M. C. (2023). Sustainability within interventional radiology: opportunities and hurdles. CVIR Endovascular, 6(1), Article 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42155-023-00362-1

  • Koolen-Maas, S. A., Meijs, L. C. P. M., van Overbeeke, P. S. M., & Brudney, J. L. (2023). Rethinking Volunteering as a Natural Resource: A Conceptual Typology. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 52(1_suppl), 353S-377S. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640221127947

  • van Overbeeke, P., Koolen - Maas, S., Meijs, L., & Brudney, JL. (2022). You Shall (Not) Pass: Strategies for Third-Party Gatekeepers to Enhance Volunteer Inclusion. Voluntas, 33(1), 33-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-021-00384-0

  • Preradović, N. M., Čalić, M., & van Overbeeke, P. S. M. (2022). Rural 3.0: A Case Study of University– Community Engagement Through Rural Service-Learning in Croatia. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 26(1), 117-128.

  • Meijs, L. C. P. M., Geers, I., Maas, S., & van Overbeeke, P. (2022). The segmentation of volunteering. Voluntaris, 10(1), 155. https://doi.org/10.5771/2196-3886-2022-1

  • Brudney, JL., Meijs, L., & van Overbeeke, P. (2019). More is less? The volunteer stewardship framework and models. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 30(1), 69-87. https://doi.org/10.1002/nml.21358

Academic (1)
  • van Overbeeke, P., & Ouacha, M. (2022). The value of diasporic cross-border philanthropy and voluntourism. In K. Biekart, & A. Fowler (Eds.), A Research Agenda for Civil Society (pp. 173-187). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800378155.00021

Internal (1)
  • van Overbeeke, P. (2024). Appreciating what matters: The many dimensions of volunteer value. [Doctoral Thesis, Erasmus University Rotterdam]. Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR).

Popular (4)
  • Meijs, L., Yan Man, W., & van Overbeeke, P. (2020). Burn-out en bore-out bij vrijwilligers voorkomen?. Web publication/site, Sportknowhow XL.

  • Meijs, L., van Overbeeke, P., & Simons, FJ. (2018). tipping tractors in het vrijwilligerswerk. Web publication/site, Sportknowhow XL.

  • Meijs, L., & van Overbeeke, P. (2017). Vrijwilligers maken de waarde. Web publication/site, Sportknowhow XL.

  • Meijs, L., & van Overbeeke, P. (2016). Wat leiders kunnen leren van vrijwilligerswerk. Web publication/site, Sociale Vraagstukken : Wetenschappers & professionals over maatschappelijke kwesties.

Professional (5)
  • Meijs, L., Hoedemakers, J., & van Overbeeke, P. (2021). We hebben weer hofnarren nodig om tegenkracht te bieden.. Web publication/site, Sociale Vraagstukken : Wetenschappers & professionals over maatschappelijke kwesties. https://www.socialevraagstukken.nl/we-hebben-weer-hofnars-nodig-om-tegenkracht-te-bieden/

  • Meijs, L., & van Overbeeke, P. (2019). Beroepskrachten en vrijwilligers: communicerende vaten?. Web publication/site, sportknowhowXL.

  • Meijs, L., & van Overbeeke, P. (2019). De vereniging als een vrijwilligersmagneet. Web publication/site, sportknowhowXL.

  • Meijs, L., & van Overbeeke, P. (2018). De sportvereniging is nodig om goed burgerschap te oefenen. (blog).. Web publication/site, sportknowhowXL.

  • Meijs, L., van Overbeeke, P., & Simons, FJ. (2018). Benader de ‘nu-niet-vrijwilliger’ als een fruitmachine.. Web publication/site, sportknowhowXL.

Courses

Career Skills: Managing & Valuing Volunteers

  • Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022
  • Code: FEB13911

Past courses

Corporate Social investors as a force for positive change

  • Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020
  • Code: BMME143
  • Level: Master

GBS Company-based Research Project

  • Study year: 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
  • Code: BMBPGBS
  • Level: Master

iOnderzoekstraining 1

  • Study year: 2022/2023
  • Code: BPN1103

Learning by Doing: consulting social entrepreneurs

  • Study year: 2022/2023, 2021/2022
  • Code: B3MIN1020
  • Level: Bachelor, Bachelor 3, Bachelor 3

Managing NGOs

  • Study year: 2022/2023, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
  • Code: BMME037
  • Level: Master, Master, Master, Master

Onderzoekstraining II

  • Study year: 2022/2023
  • Code: BPN1104

Onderzoekstraining III

  • Study year: 2022/2023, 2021/2022
  • Code: BPN1107

Premaster Project

  • Study year: 2022/2023, 2021/2022
  • Code: BPN1108

Research Training III

  • Study year: 2022/2023, 2021/2022
  • Code: BPE1107

Premaster Project

  • Study year: 2021/2022
  • Code: BPE1108

Bedrijfsproject

  • Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
  • Code: BMA1011
  • ECTS: 4

Inclusive and Emergent Leadership

  • Study year: 2020/2021
  • Code: BKBMIN052
  • Level: Bachelor, Bachelor 3, Bachelor 3

Internationaal Project

  • Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020
  • Code: BMA2102
  • ECTS: 5

Kick-off PMB

  • Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
  • Code: BPA1010

Learning by doing: consulting to social entrepreneurs

  • Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
  • Code: BKBMIN020
  • Level: Bachelor, Bachelor 3, Bachelor 3

Premaster Project

  • Study year: 2020/2021
  • Code: BP1106
  • ECTS: 10

Human resource management

  • Study year: 2019/2020
  • Code: BKB1022
  • Level: Bachelor 3, Pre-master

Methodology

  • Study year: 2019/2020, 2018/2019
  • Code: BKB002

Leadership, sustainability & governance

  • Study year: 2018/2019
  • Code: BKB3029
  • ECTS: 5 Level: Bachelor 2, Pre-master

Featured in the media

  • If volunteers suddenly resign from their duties, society collapses

    Volunteers are sometimes called the backbone of society. But is that really correct? Philine van Overbeeke knows! She will receive her PhD tomorrow at RSM for her research into the value of volunteer work. …

  • Rethinking Volunteering as a Natural Resource: A Conceptual Typology

    Prof. Lucas Meijs and PhD candidiate Philine van Overbeeke co-authored this article that explores volunteering: it can be understood as a human-made, renewable resource that can be grown and recycled, and whose continuation and…

  • Rethinking Volunteering as a Natural Resource: A Conceptual Typology

    Breaking the concept of volunteering into three categories: traditional, third party, and spontaneous, and how thy manifest and serve different purposes. Written by Stephanie Koolen-Maas, Lucas Meijs and Philine van Overbeeke, …

  • You Shall (Not) Pass: Strategies for Third-Party Gatekeepers to Enhance Volunteer Inclusion

    PhD candidate Philine S. M. van Overbeeke, Post-doc researcher Stephanie A. Koolen-Maas, and Prof. Lucas Meijs co-authored this article about volunteer exclusion in volunteer management.

  • You Shall (Not) Pass: Strategies for Third-Party Gatekeepers to Enhance Volunteer Inclusion

    Volunteering as a mechanism contributing to societal inclusion has a flip side in the form of volunteer exclusion that derives from the failure to seek, recruit, and place potential volunteers - and that's a predictor of having no…

  • Hoe gaan we om met vrijwillige energie?

    Lucas Meijs and Philine van Overbeeke of RSM interviewed 450 volunteer managers about what they considered important in their work. For this research they have divided volunteer organisations into four categories based on two…

  • Tipping tractors in het vrijwilligerswerk

    An article that discusses the 'fainting goats' issue that may often occur. Board members are often honoured to be a board member, but when asked to chair a meeting, represent the club anywhere, present or understand how the annual…

  • De vereniging als een vrijwilligersmagneet

    An article written by Lucas Meijs and Philine van Overbeeke of RSM. The article discusses how sports club may find volunteers more easily.

  • De sportvereniging is nodig om goed burgerschap te oefenen

    An article written by Lucas Meijs of RSM, and Philine van Overbeeke, Junior Researcher at the Business-Society Management Department at RSM. The article discusses the importance of sports clubs, and the importance of sports in…

  • Tipping tractors in het vrijwilligerswerk

    An article written by Lucas Meijs, Philine van Overbeeke and Frans-Joseph Simons. The article discusses volunteerability, which may be defined as the employability of volunteering. Volunteerability has three components to it:…

  • Benader de ‘nu-niet-vrijwilliger’ als een fruitmachine

    An article written by Lucas Meijs, Professor of Volunteering, Civil Society and Businesses and Professor of Strategic Philanthropy at RSM, Philine van Overbeeke and Frans-Joseph Simons, both researchers at RSM. The article…

  • Vrijwilligers maken waarde!

    Volunteering in sports has historically been an important method to keep the costs low for all members. In the last few years, in addition to volunteer-saved costs, the idea of ​​volunteer-added-value has been gaining traction. A…

  • Blog: Doet de juiste persoon het werk wel? Waarom organisaties meer vrijwilligers in moeten zetten

    A blog by Philine van Overbeeke, Junior Researcher at RSM, on volunteering. Should companies use volunteers? This question is often heard, particularly in sectors where the financial belt is being strapped tighter. Often the idea…

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