Harry Garretsen new dean Faculty of Economics and Business

The board of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) welcomes prof.dr. J.H. (Harry) Garretsen as new dean for the coming five years as of 1 March 2011. Garretsen will succeed Elmer Sterken, who will become Rector Magnificus of the University of Groningen.

On November 5, the members of the economics and business faculty council approved his appointment and are enthusiastic about the new composition of the board.

Harry Garretsen

Professor Garretsen is currently professor in International Economics and Business at FEB. He studied economics in Groningen and obtained his PhD at the University of Groningen in 1991. He subsequently worked at De Nederlandsche Bank and became professor in economics at the Radboud University in Nijmegen and at Utrecht University.

Garretsen is a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge and research fellow at the CESifo institute in Munich. Furthermore, he is a deputy Crown member of the The Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands (SER) and member of the central planning office and academic partner at the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB).