Rian Drogendijk: Nurturer of talented researchers, with a personal touch
| Date: | 16 March 2020 |
If the Faculty of Economics and Business were a professional football club (FC FEB), Rian Drogendijk would be the head of the scouting and youth division. The Director of Graduate Studies is closely involved in selecting students for the Research Master’s...
Philip Steinberg: 'I am interested in how corporations can be innovative'
| Date: | 09 March 2020 |
For assistant professor Philip Steinberg, innovation and how companies can thrive in dynamic environments are pressing topics for research. Steinberg joined the Faculty of Economics and Business after completing his PhD studies at the University of...
Nudging out support for a carbon tax: David Hagmann on achieving green change
| Date: | 02 March 2020 |
How to accommodate human behavior to stave off severe forms of climate change? Around this question, the FEB signature area Markets and Sustainability organized an interdisciplinary symposium on January 24–25. Researchers from economics, operations,...
Trying to solve the world: Andreas Lange on real-life adaptations to climate change
| Date: | 25 February 2020 |
How to accommodate human behavior to stave off severe forms of climate change? Around this question, the FEB signature area Markets and Sustainability organized an interdisciplinary symposium on January 24–25. Researchers from economics, operations,...
‘I’m interested in human behaviour’: Renée Adams boards, diversity and women in leadership
| Date: | 18 February 2020 |
Renée Adams is Professor of Finance of the University of Oxford. She currently sits on the council of Society for Financial Studies, serves at Management Science and chairs the co-founded AFA’s “Academic Female Finance Committee”. Adams recently visited...
Janka Stoker appointed member of the KHMW
| Date: | 11 February 2020 |
Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change Janka Stoker has been appointed a member of the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW, Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and Humanities) on 8 February.
Our economy could use some comedy!
| Date: | 11 February 2020 |
Can jokes be the best way to tackle the sometimes dry world of economics? Groningen set out to prove they are the perfect match in October, when the first Standup Economics festival came to the city. Making important economic topics tangible and open for...
Burcu Subasi: 'diversity is a double edged sword'
| Date: | 04 February 2020 |
The right thing to do, and good for growth. A new generation of researchers in the faculty are studying the topic of diversity in business. They are taking on questions like: what is the impact of increasing gender balance on a company’s bottom line? And...
Edwina Wong: 'achieving both diversity and inclusion is difficult'
| Date: | 28 January 2020 |
Good for the balance sheet, and the right thing to do: a new generation of researchers in the faculty are studying the topic of diversity in business. They are taking on questions like: how can diverse teams best work together? Does diversity in the...
Esha Mendiratta: 'equal access of opportunity is good for all'
| Date: | 21 January 2020 |
The right thing to do, and good for growth. A new generation of researchers in the faculty are studying the topic of diversity in business. They are taking on questions like: how can diverse teams best work together? What is the impact of increasing gender...