News overview

The Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics has just published a new issue. With contributions of Thomas Ferreti, Daniel Kuen, Huub Brouwer, and many more.

After 350 years a new translation of a lost text by philosopher René Descartes has been found. An academic rediscovery of L’homme at Leiden University by Erik

Convergence H&T Flagship program-funded Integrative Neuromedicine research team, including EUR Maren Wehrle, seek to find a approach and improve patient outcome

Scientists Markus Haverland (ESSB), Daan van Knippenberg (RSM) and Hub Zwart (ESPhil) receive funding of up to 750,000 euros for their research.

In this fourth blogpost on ‘Exploring transformative research’, we talk with Joris Krijger about his work for the Erasmus School of Philosophy and the Volksbank.

The blossoming research field “philosophy of economics” has a new resource: “Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Economics”. It is co-edited by Conrad Heilman.

Dr. Esther Rozendaal has been appointed dean of the Erasmus Graduate School of Social Sciences and the Humanities (EGSH) by the Supervisory Board as of 1

Andrea Sangiacomo will be appointed endowed professor as of 1 September and will hold the Spinoza Chair at the Erasmus School of Philosophy.

Sports philosopher Sandra Meeuwsen is critical of the international swimming federation Fina for excluding transgender women.

Transgenders confront top-class sport with ethical dilemmas. Sports philosopher Sandra Meeuwsen reflects on this in newspaper Trouw