Economics and Business

Corporate Governance and the Effectiveness of Boards

What do boards do? What factors influence what they do and how they do it? How do they perform and contribute to the overall performance of the company they represent? In this summer school we answer these questions taking a multi-disciplinary approach using insights from economics, finance, management and sociology and psychology.

Dates: 8 - 12 July 2024
Application dealine: 1 June 2024

Energy Challenge – an interdisciplinary approach

Is hydrogen the answer in our quest to stop climate change? This summer school addresses the challenges of a hydrogen economy.

Dates: 26 - 30 August 2024
Application deadline: 15 May 2024

Health Equality in All Policies

Interested in public health and health equality? The summer school ‘Health Equality in All Policies’ offers a unique illustration of the different perspectives that are needed for good policies on public health.

Dates: 1 - 5 July 2024
Application deadline: 15 April 2024

Finding Your Way in the Education-Work Transition

Gulu, northern Uganda, offers unique possibilities for fieldwork and interdisciplinary exchange to gain insight in mental resilience and youth entrepreneurship in a complex post-conflict area

Dates: 16 - 25 July 2024
Application deadline: 20 April 2024

Financial, Economic and Business History
Experience presenting your work for peer and experts, and learn how to publish and build a career in Financial, Economic and Business History.

Dates: 24 - 28 June 2024
Application deadline: 15 March 2024

Mining industry, CSR and Local Development

We will focus on the local perspective, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ecnomics of mining in Tanzania. We will have lectures and field visits, and will advise local parties.

Dates: 18 - 25 August 2024
Application deadline: 15 May 2024

Public Participation in Sustainable Transitions

Transform your summer with our Public Participation in Sustainable Transitions School! Discover the power of public participation, dive into sustainable energy transition solutions and engage with local communities. Enroll now!

Dates: 27 - 31 May 2024
Early-bird deadline: 15 March 2024

SuRe - Sustainable and Resilient societies

Polycrisis and disruptive transformations happen at different levels, but their common denominator is the insight that understanding resilience problems analytically and societally requires transcending disciplinary silos, monocausal explanations and single-issue policies and interventions.

Dates: 24 - 29 June 2024
Application deadline: 1 March 2024

Cultural Entrepreneurship in the Global North and the Global South

Expand your knowledge on entrepreneurship in culture and develop new opportunities for professionals in the global North and South.

Dates: 8 -12 July 2024
Application deadline: 31 March 2024

Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Growth

This summer school will discuss the major developments regarding research on financial inclusion, including microfinance. It will shed much light on how financial inclusion can induce sustainable growth in low-income economies, with explicit attention to African countries.

Dates: 21 - 26 July 2024
Application deadline: 30 April 2024

A degrowth trajectory towards living with Earth through a Planetary Health lens

Join our Summer School on Planetary Health and Degrowth. Understand how ecological, social, and economic crises challenge our health and the health of the planet, and discover how shifting towards degrowth can offer solutions.

Dates: 24 - 29 June 2024
Application deadline: 24 May 2024