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Liesbeth van Rossum (internist, professor of obesity Erasmus MC) makes scientific knowledge about obesity more widely accessible and more targeted.

The European Commission has granted Erasmus School of Philosophy with a European Research Area (ERA) consortium grant in the WIDERA programme.

Derk Loorbach is director of the Dutch Research Institute for Transitions and enjoys shaking up systems that need change to address sustainability concerns.

From a new culture campus in Rotterdam-South, the new University of the Arts wants to offer courses to new generations of students in the arts and sciences.

In a blogpost of Economisch Statistische Berichten, Teresa Bago d’Uva, Pilar Garcia Gomez and Vahid Moghani elaborate on their findings about student wellbeing.

Sustainable investing has become all the rage. In this opinion article by professor Mary Pieterse-Bloem, she discusses retail investor preferences.

The government has proposed increasing the minimum wage to 11.89 euros an hour. According to professor Bas Jacobs, the cabinet is risking employment losses.

Most participants in MOOCs struggle to complete a course, for example by procrastinating. This is shown in research by Jacqueline Wong.

This POPLIVE report contains facts, figures and analyses based on almost 300.000 live pop performances in the Netherlands during twelve years.

Three PhD positions in cybersecurity are being created at the Centre for the Law & Economics of Cyber Security, in cooperation with the field.