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**Heleen Mees** (born **Heleen Nijkamp**, 1968)[1] is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_people) opinion writer, economist, and lawyer. Involved with politics and public policy in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) and the [US](/source/United_States), she has also taught at universities in both countries.

## Biography

Mees graduated in Economy and Law at [University of Groningen](/source/University_of_Groningen). From 1992 to 1998, she worked for the Dutch Treasury in [The Hague](/source/The_Hague), for two years as spokeswoman for former [State Secretary](/source/State_Secretary_(Netherlands)) [Willem Vermeend](/source/Willem_Vermeend).[1] She then worked for the [European Commission](/source/European_Commission) in [Brussels](/source/Brussels) from 1998 to 2000.[1] In 2000 she emigrated to the US, where she changed her surname from Nijkamp to Mees.[2]

In New York Mees was initially employed as a European affairs consultant for [Ernst & Young](/source/Ernst_%26_Young).[1][3] When her contract was not renewed, Mees stayed in New York and worked as an independent consultant on European affairs.[1] Mees also started writing opinion pieces for several Dutch newspapers.

Mees' breakthrough as an opinion writer (she is credited as a [third wave feminist](/source/Third-wave_feminism)[4]) in the Netherlands came in 2006 when she wrote "The time is long overdue that women should go to work", her first feminist opinion piece in *NRC Handelsblad*.[5] The same year, she co-founded Women on Top, an organization that until 2011 advocated more women in top jobs.[6] As a firm advocate of female ambition and a promoter of more women in the supervisory and executive boards of big companies, Mees has been described as a "power feminist".[7]

From 2006 to 2010 she wrote a bi-weekly column in *NRC Handelsblad*, and from 2012 to 2013 a weekly column for *[Het Financieele Dagblad](/source/Het_Financieele_Dagblad)*.[8] She has written for publications such as *[Foreign Policy](/source/Foreign_Policy_(magazine))*[9] and for *[Project Syndicate](/source/Project_Syndicate)* In September 2015 she was a guest columnist for *[de Volkskrant](/source/De_Volkskrant)*,[10] and in 2016 began a biweekly column for that same paper.[11]

She was vice-president of the chapter of [the Dutch Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(Netherlands)) (PvdA) in New York.[12] From 2005 to 2008[13] she worked as volunteer-fundraiser for the presidential campaign of [Hillary Clinton](/source/Hillary_Clinton).[3] In July 2013, Mees was arrested in New York on charges of stalking her former lover, the chief economist of [Citigroup](/source/Citigroup), [Willem Buiter](/source/Willem_Buiter).[14] In March 2014, the court decided that the case against Mees was to be dismissed in one year provided that she complies with two conditions.[15] Later that year, in September 2014, Mees responded by filing for damages against Buiter.[16] In November 2016, Mees simultaneously lost both lawsuits in Amsterdam and New York.[17]

In August 2012, Mees completed a doctoral thesis at the [Erasmus School of Economics](/source/Erasmus_School_of_Economics), in which she argued that the primary cause of the [2008 financial crisis](/source/2008_financial_crisis) was the flourishing economy in China and resulting savings and government investments by the Chinese.[18][19] While completing her research, she worked as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at [Tilburg University](/source/Tilburg_University).[20] From September 2012 until July 2013, Mees was employed as an Adjunct Associate Professor of [Public Administration](/source/Public_Administration) at [New York University](/source/New_York_University)'s [Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service](/source/Robert_F._Wagner_Graduate_School_of_Public_Service).[21]

## Publications

### in English

- Mees, Heleen (2012). *Changing fortunes : how China's boom caused the financial crisis*. ERIM Ph.D. series research in management, 266. Rotterdam: Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), Erasmus University Rotterdam. ISBN 9789058923110. [OCLC 869743485](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/869743485) PhD dissertation, 159 pp.
- "NY Service Economy - A Template for a Future Suburbia" in *Here, There, Everywhere* 2014. DroogLab Amsterdam. ISBN 978-9090281735[22]
- *The Chinese Birdcage - How China's Rise Almost Toppled the West* (2016). ISBN 978-1-137-58885-2[23]

### in Dutch

- Mees, Heleen (2009). *Tussen hebzucht en verlangen - de wereld en het grote geld. Columns over actuele sociaal-economische kwesties.* [Between Greed And Desire - Big Money and the World] (in Dutch). Nieuw Amsterdam. ISBN 978-90-468-0572-5.
- Mees, Heleen (2007). *Weg met het deeltijdfeminisme! : over vrouwen, ambitie en carrière* [No More Part-Time Feminism! - On Women, Ambition and Career] (in Dutch). 2nd ed. Amsterdam: Nieuw Amsterdam. ISBN 9789046802144. [OCLC 150254852](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/150254852) 160pp. First edition was 2006.[24]
- *Compendium van het Europees belastingrecht* [Compendium of EU Law] (2002) (coauthor). ISBN 90-200-2435-3[25]

## References

1. ["Powerfeminist Heleen Mees: 'Het liefst zou ik trouwen en kinderen krijgen'"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140311064248/http://www.vn.nl/Standaard-Media-Pagina/Powerfeminist-Heleen-Mees-Het-liefst-zou-ik-trouwen-en-kinderen-krijgen.htm) [Power feminist Heleen Mees: 'I would rather get married and have children'] (in Dutch). *[Vrij Nederland](/source/Vrij_Nederland)*. 25 April 2009. Archived from [the original](http://www.vn.nl/Standaard-Media-Pagina/Powerfeminist-Heleen-Mees-Het-liefst-zou-ik-trouwen-en-kinderen-krijgen.htm) on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.

1. Visser, Arjan (22 March 2008). ["Heleen Mees / Ik vind het niet erg mensen op de kast te jagen"](http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4324/Nieuws/article/detail/1215419/2008/03/22/Heleen-Mees-Ik-vind-het-niet-erg-mensen-op-de-kast-te-jagen.dhtml) [Heleen Mees / I don't mind getting a rise out of people] (in Dutch). Trouw.nl. Retrieved 8 May 2014.

1. Carrie ten Napel (April 2008). ["Twentse power-feministe Heleen Mees haalt geld op voor Hillary Clinton"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140427194530/http://www.twentevisie.nl/Files/Billeder/PDF%20Archief/2008/April/0804-08.pdf) [Power Feminist Heleen Mees from Twente fundraiser for Hillary Clinton] (in Dutch). TwenteVisie. Archived from [the original](http://www.twentevisie.nl/Files/Billeder/PDF%20Archief/2008/April/0804-08.pdf) on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

1. Mat, Joke (3 March 2008). ["Ambitieuze powerfeministe met extreme meningen"](http://www.nrc.nl/handelsblad/van/2008/maart/03/ambitieuze-powerfeministe-met-extreme-meningen-11496960) [Ambitious power feminist with extreme opinions] (in Dutch). *NRC*. [NRC Handelsblad](/source/NRC_Handelsblad). Retrieved 30 April 2014.

1. ["Vrouwen moeten nu eindelijk eens echt aan het werk gaan"](http://www.women-on-top.nl/wp-content/uploads/nrc-mees.pdf) [The time is long overdue that women should go to work] (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. 21 January 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

1. ["Women on Top"](http://www.women-on-top.nl) (in Dutch). Women on Top. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

1. Huigsloot, Nathalie (21 October 2013). ["Heleen Mees, profiel van een gevallen vrouw"](http://www.hpdetijd.nl/2013-10-21/heleen-mees-profiel-gevallen-vrouw) [Heleen Mees, Profile of a Fallen Woman] (in Dutch). HP de Tijd. Retrieved 8 May 2014.

1. "[Heleen Mees](http://fd.nl/economie-politiek/columns/heleen-mees/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140417001911/http://fd.nl/economie-politiek/columns/heleen-mees/) 17 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine". *Het Financieele Dagblad*. Retrieved 10 May 2014.

1. "[Heleen Mees](https://foreignpolicy.com/profiles/Heleen-Mees)", *Foreign Policy*. Retrieved 10 May 2014.

1. Mees, Heleen (13 September 2015). ["Verhuis noorderlingen naar de grote stad"](http://www.volkskrant.nl/opinie/verhuis-noorderlingen-naar-de-grote-stad~a4140190/) (in Dutch). *[De Volkskrant](/source/De_Volkskrant)*. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

1. ["Heleen Mees wordt vaste columnist van de Volkskrant"](http://www.quotenet.nl/Nieuws/Heleen-Mees-wordt-vaste-columnist-van-de-Volkskrant-175144) (in Dutch). *[Quote](/source/Quote_(magazine))*. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.

1. ["Het New Yorkse PvdA-honk"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140512230857/http://www.pvda.nl/berichten/2013/04/Het+New+Yorkse+PvdA-honk) (in Dutch). [PvdA](/source/Labour_Party_(Netherlands)). 1 April 2013. Archived from [the original](http://www.pvda.nl/berichten/2013/04/Het+New+Yorkse+PvdA-honk) on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

1. She worked from 2005 for the Clinton campaigns. [NOS Heleen Mees on the election in America (announcement)](http://nos.nl/audio/26486-heleen-mees-over-amerikaanse-verkiezingen.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140512221612/http://nos.nl/audio/26486-heleen-mees-over-amerikaanse-verkiezingen.html) 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine, NOS, 3 January 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2014. The last campaign was in 2008.

1. Rosenberg, Rebecca (3 July 2013). ["Ex-NYU prof charged in Citigroup stalk"](http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ex_nyu_prof_charged_in_citigroup_jv8h0yt1qYyNeNxy48W3WO). *New York Post*. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

1. ["Dutch prof's NYC stalking case set for dismissal"](https://www.wsj.com/articles/AP35e7f881be7841169dff04a021abd01a). *Wall Street Journal*. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.

1. "[Heleen Mees eist miljoenen](http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/23137087/__Heleen_Mees_eist_miljoenen__.html)". *[De Telegraaf](/source/De_Telegraaf)* 29 September 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

1. [Sonny Motké: Pijnlijk: Heleen Mees verliest rechtszaak van Willem Buiter (Painful: Heleen Mees loses lawsuit against Willem Buiter)](http://www.quotenet.nl/Nieuws/Pijnlijk-Heleen-Mees-verliest-rechtszaak-van-Willem-Buiter-187358), www.quotenet.nl (9 november 2016)

1. Mees, Heleen (2012). [*Changing Fortunes. How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis (Dissertation)*](http://repub.eur.nl/pub/34930/). Erasmus University Rotterdam. ISBN 9789058923110.

1. Corstens, Veerle (November 2013). ["How China's boom caused the financial crisis"](http://tedx.amsterdam/2013/11/how-chinas-boom-caused-the-financial-crisis/). [TEDx](/source/TEDx) Amsterdam.

1. ["Heleen Mees wil vrouwelijk potentieel mobiliseren"](http://universonline.nl/2010/11/12/heleen-mees-wil-vrouwelijk-potentieel-mobiliseren) [Heleen Mees wants to unlock the Female Potential] (in Dutch). Univers.online. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

1. ["Heleen Mees: Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Administration"](http://wagner.nyu.edu/Mees). *Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service*. New York University. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130226062918/http://wagner.nyu.edu/Mees) 26 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

1. "[Here, There, Everywhere a 4-year journey](http://www.droog.com/news/2014/05/here-there-4-year-journey/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161012224416/http://www.droog.com/news/2014/05/here-there-4-year-journey/) 12 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine", *droog*. Accessed 12 October 2016

1. "[Chinese Birdcage, The: How China's Rise Almost Toppled the West: 2016](http://webmail.newasiabooks.org/publication/chinese-birdcage-how-chinas-rise-almost-toppled-west-2016?page=1) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161009182832/http://webmail.newasiabooks.org/publication/chinese-birdcage-how-chinas-rise-almost-toppled-west-2016?page=1) 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine", *newbooks.asia*. Accessed 7 October 2016

1. ["Weg met het deeltijdfeminisme!"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140318014632/http://www.nieuwamsterdam.nl/weg-met-het-deeltijdfeminisme-#.UzLQWCjfFLE) [No More Part-Time Feminism! - On Women, Ambition and Career] (in Dutch). Nieuw Amsterdam. Archived from [the original](http://www.nieuwamsterdam.nl/weg-met-het-deeltijdfeminisme-#.UzLQWCjfFLE) on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.

1. ["Compendium van het Europees belastingrecht"](http://www.literatuurplein.nl/boekdetail.jsp?boekId=390144) [Compendium of EU Law] (in Dutch). Kluwer. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150530122608/http://www.literatuurplein.nl/boekdetail.jsp?boekId=390144) 2015-05-30 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 29 May 2015.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.heleenmees.com)

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