“Peter van der Knaap (Amsterdam, 1965) has over 30 years of experience in policy evaluation and performance audits. Since 2021, he is director of IOB-evaluation: the independent evaluation directorate of The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Before that, he was director of SWOV, the National Institute for Scientific Research on Road Safety, and research director for the Netherlands Court of Audit. As the head of Evaluation with the Netherlands ministry of Finance, Peter was responsible for evaluation policy with the Dutch central government.
Van der Knaap earned his PhD in administrative science on policy evaluation and decision-making within the EU. He is an Editorial Board member of Evaluation and Bestuurskunde (Public Administration) and, from 2016 until 2022, chairperson of the Dutch Evaluation Society Vide. Throughout his career, his work and many publications focus on policy evaluation as a tool to improve public policy, budgeting, and a ‘learning government’. In his free time, Peter enjoys watersports, music, and his modest collection of French youngtimer voitures. He lives near the beach in The Hague with his wife, son, and daughter.”