News overview

Almost every job applicant embellishes their CV, but there is a significant difference between polishing and outright lying. Sophie van der Zee discusses this.

Hong Deng tackles technical and analytical constraints in real-time personalisation in digital marketing by developing advanced methods.

Olympic gymnast Frank Rijken has mastered the art of achieving the perfect balance. He explains how he balanced his gymnastics and university work.

A study by among others Jan Stoop reveals that racial and ethnic differences in key behavioural traits are just as large as the well-known gender gap.

Maarten Bosker of Erasmus School of Economics, together with co-authors, examined the phased roll out of Jakarta's completely new metro line in 2019. 

He warns in an opinion piece in de Volkskrant about the coalition’s plans to raise the amount of health care spending that people pay out of their own pocket.

As of 1 January 2026, Kim Peijnenburg is appointed as Professor of Household Credit at Erasmus School of Economics.

The Buffett Indicator has climbed to a record level. Despite its shortcomings the measure remains a valuable tool according to Laurens Swinkels.

According to Ivo Arnold the decline of the US dollar reflects growing anxiety among financial markets about President Trump’s economic policies.

Export restrictions only deliver their intended economic benefits when they are matched by realistic and timely investment in downstream industries.