Caspar van den Berg

Caspar van den Berg (1980) has served as President of Universities of the Netherlands (UNL) since 1 June 2024. He was appointed for a four-year term. He is also Professor of Public Institutions and Governance at the University of Groningen and Visiting Professor at Leiden University.
Previously, Van den Berg served as Dean of Campus Fryslân at the University of Groningen and as a Research Fellow at Princeton University. Until September 2024, he was a member of the Senate of the Dutch Parliament for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Van den Berg studied at University College Utrecht, obtained his master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and earned his PhD from Leiden University. In 2025, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Tallinn University of Technology.