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Tracy Brown Hamilton; Photographer Michel Saive·Awards·June 22, 2017·0 comments

Marie Curie fellow, SBE’s Matthias Wibral, on how investors can take a broader view on the risks they take

Wibral will be conducting research into how to encourage ‘broad bracketing’ when making decisions involving risk.
Tracy Brown Hamilton; Photographer Michel Saive·Awards·June 20, 2017·0 comments

Marie Curie fellow, SBE’s Peter Werner, on the benefits and risks of wage transparency

The main question Werner seeks to answer is how much information about wage structure an employer should reveal to employees. The project contributes to the emerging field of economic design, combining insights and methods from behavioral and experimental economics, social psychology and management research.
Tracy Brown Hamilton·International Focus·June 12, 2017·0 comments

‘A Second Chance for Europe’: Prof Jozef Ritzen offers solutions to anti-EU feelings

The rise of populism and discontentment with globalisation has made the European Union seem steadily vulnerable, not only with extreme actions such as the Brexit vote but in more subtle ways, as individuals increasingly feel discontentment with how society is organised and run. To help understand and also counter these ‘anti’ feelings, Jozef Ritzen—honourary professor at Maastricht University among many other distinguished titles—has edited a new book, ‘A Second Chance for Europe.’
Annelotte Huiskes ·International Focus·June 9, 2017·0 comments

What might the UK election mean for Brexit? Prof Luc Soete argues in favour of the EU

The signing of the Maastricht Treaty marked the first step towards the establishment of the European Union (EU) as we know it today. Now, 25 years later, it is time to take stock. Has the EU lived up to expectations? Is it up to the task of addressing the problems of our time – the euro crisis, the refugee crisis, Brexit and rising anti-European populism, with Trump as just the latest variation on this theme? Has the ideal of an integrated Europe become obsolete? If it were up to Luc Soete, professor of International Economic Relations, Brussels should be given more power.
Sueli Brodin·News Highlights·May 31, 2017·0 comments

Learning at the workplace for auditors

Therese Grohnert, PhD candidate at Maastricht University, wanted to know why audit firms sometimes form insufficiently supported judgements on their clients’ financial statements. Over the past years, these firms regularly received bad publicity because of insufficiently supported judgements. She examined the judgements of 252 auditors and discovered that only one third of those were sufficiently founded. Grohnert presented these results to the involved audit firms and succeeded in convincing them of the solution: learning at the workplace. The auditors received her advice with great professionalism and relief.

Tracy Brown Hamilton·Cultural event·May 24, 2017·0 comments

Watch the 2017 Schuman Lecture: Europe’s Pursuit of Peace: Past, Present and Future

Watch this year’s Schuman Lecture, delivered by Prof. Stella Ghervas.
Tracy Brown Hamilton·Research & Analysis·September 9, 2016·0 comments

Video: A recap of the LOFT 2016 conference

LOFT 2016 is the twelfth in a series of bi-annual conferences on the applications of logical methods to foundational issues in the theory of individual and interactive decision-making. This Conference on Logic and the Foundations of Game and Decision Theory took place at Maastricht University at the end of July.
admin·News Highlights, Videos·June 16, 2016·0 comments

The Dark Charisma Of Adolf Hitler by Laurence Reese

Adolf Hitler was an unlikely leader – fuelled by hate, incapable of forming normal human relationships, unwilling to debate political issues – and yet he commanded enormous support. So how was it possible that Hitler became such an attractive figure to millions of people? That is the important question at the core of Laurence Rees’ new book.
Sueli Brodin·Videos·May 13, 2016·0 comments

Brendan Simms lecture: Towards a Pan-Continental Identity–A German or an Anglo-American Europe

Watch Professor Brendan Simms deliver the 2016 Schuman Lecture, which reflects on how European and German identity have developed in tandem.
Tracy Brown Hamilton·Alumni Corner, News Highlights·April 1, 2016·0 comments

SBE alum Thijs de Wert on working with Fresh Forces, a company designed for Gen Y entrepreneurs

How can young, entrepreneurial-minded university graduates position themselves to start their own businesses? Thijs de Wert, a project manager with Fresh Forces, also called Frisse Blikken, believes his company knows what Gen Y entrepreneurs need.
Tracy Brown Hamilton·Cultural event, News Highlights·March 21, 2016·0 comments

Videos: Dutch Basic Income Association celebrates its 25th year in Maastricht; experts weigh in on whether basic income can work

Earlier this year, the Dutch Basic Income Association (Vereniging Basisinkomen) celebrated its 25th year with a conference in Maastricht. For three days in January, approximately 150 people–politicians, councilors, scholars and activists–gathered in the city to discuss the various controversies and misunderstandings relating to definitions in The Netherlands about all kinds of initiatives concerning the universal basic income (UBI).
Tracy Brown Hamilton·International Focus, News Highlights·March 9, 2016·0 comments

A changing NATO for a changing world: In conversation with Dr. Jamie Shea

Watch Dr. Jamie Shea’s February Studium Generale lecture, “A Changing NATO for a Changing World,” and Dr. Shea’s conversation with Talkin’ Business that followed.
Tracy Brown Hamilton·Videos·February 18, 2016·0 comments

Dr. Bram Foubert on MediaMetrics: Tracking the impact of advertising, hourly

A new firm helps advertisers track their impact on the hourly level.
Tracy Brown Hamilton·News Highlights·January 26, 2016·0 comments

Think the rich are greedy? Dr. Paul Smeets says think again

Watch Dr. Paul Smeets, Assistant Professor in Finance at Maastricht University, discuss some of the findings of his recent paper, “Giving Behavior of Millionaires.” Some may surprise you.
Tracy Brown Hamilton·Cultural event, International Focus·January 12, 2016·0 comments

The Revolt of the Machines: In conversation with Philipp Blom

Philipp Blom speaks with us about, among other topics, how religion forms the mentality of a society, life for everyday people in the inter-war years and the sometimes destructive effects of rapid technological advancement.
Tracy Brown Hamilton; photo by Peter Thoeny·International Focus, Research & Analysis·November 5, 2015·0 comments

Silicon Valley: The new welfare state? A lecture by Evgeny Morozov

Today, technology companies promise us a seemingly genuine path towards social mobility. So they are more than happy to provide the public with free services in exchange for our data. But what are the moral, political, and social consequences of accepting this free bargain? And why are our existing governments so eager to go along with Silicon Valley’s plans? Evgeny Morozov addressed these issues this week in his Studium Generale lecture, which can you watch here.
Bert Schreurs·Spotlight, Videos·October 12, 2015·0 comments

Crisis management: Petra Dassen-Housen, mayor of Beesel, talks about responding to a hostage situation

In this video interview, Petra Dassen-Housen, the mayor of Beesel, a small town in the Dutch province of Limburg, shares her experience with crisis management following a hostage-taking situation that ended with the death of the hostage-taker and his three-year-old daughter. She recently gave a lecture on the subject to third-year bachelor’s students participating in the course Crisis Management in Organizations (EBC2100) at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (SBE).
Tracy Brown Hamilton·Research & Analysis, Videos·June 11, 2015·0 comments

Results of “Women in Academia” project presented: How to achieve gender equity in universities (video)

The higher up the career ladder you look, the fewer women you see in universities in the Netherlands. Nine percent of Maastricht University professors are women – but this can and must be improved, according to Dr. Lisa Brüggen of SBE.
Brüggen, who created the Elinor Ostrom Fund in 2014 to provide a long-term source of funding for women at Maastricht University, was the project leader of the “Women in Academia” Service Science project initiated by the faculty board of SBE.
Tracy Brown Hamilton; photo by www.EuroCrisisExplained.co.uk/·Awards, International Focus, Research & Analysis, Videos·April 28, 2015·0 comments

Prof. Paul De Grauwe delivers first Joan Muysken lecture and asks: “Is the Eurocrisis over?” (Video)

On 20 April, Paul De Grauwe, Professor of European Political Economy at the London School of Economics visited the University of Maastricht to deliver a lecture entitled, “Is the Eurocrisis over?” Watch the complete lecture here.
Tracy Brown Hamilton·News Highlights, Videos·January 6, 2015·0 comments

The Maastricht University virtual campus tour: almost as good as the real thing

For alumni wishing to take a virtual walk down memory lane, or prospective students wanting a preview of Maastricht life, we give you the Maastricht University (UM) virtual campus tour.
Sueli Brodin·Videos·June 8, 2014·0 comments

Prof. Muriel Niederle on ‘Gender, competitiveness and career choices’

Prof. Muriel Niederle, Stanford University, gave a keynote speech on the topic ‘Gender, competitiveness and career choices’ at SBE’s 7th Maastricht Behavioral and Experimental Economics Symposium (M-BEES) on 2 June 2014.
Sueli Brodin·Videos·May 17, 2014·0 comments

Tomáš Sedláček – The European (R)evolution – Schuman Lecture 2014

The silent revolution called the European Union has enriched us tremendously. But perhaps it is time to think in terms other than economic expansion and growth.
Sueli Brodin·Videos·May 17, 2014·0 comments

Lecture Series Playlist: The Euro Crisis: opportunities and Threats

On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers, one of the most prestigious players on Wall Street, filed for bankruptcy. This marked