Join us on April 25th for a dynamic day dedicated to exploring the theme of 'Geopolitics and Business in the EU'. This event, a collaborative effort by esteemed European business schools, promises an immersive journey into the vital role of the European Union in shaping our collective future.
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UNL, NFU and NWO are delighted to announce a one-day conference entitled “What do we want (or not want) from publishers? Looking beyond the current Dutch contract with Elsevier” that will take place on Thursday, April 18 2024 in the Domstad Conference Centre, in Utrecht.
The context of the conference is the current Dutch contract with Elsevier, but the theme will be broader. The event will explore the successes and challenges of ‘read and publish’ deals; cooperation with publishers in the field of research information; and how concepts such as ‘digital sovereignty’ play out in relationships with commercial publishers. It is conceived as an open forum to discuss what the academic sector wants from the publishing sector in safeguarding academic values in a just, equitable and open scholarly communication landscape.
Robert Dur, Professor of Economics of Incentives and Performances at Erasmus School of Economics, was a guest on a podcast episode of BNR Werkverkenners. The consulting sector is constantly rising in popularity, which is also noticeable among students. Dur elaborates on why this is, and what type of student is going in the consultancy direction.
Many students these days want to become consultants notes Dur, perhaps this is one of the most popular professions mentioned. One of the things that attracts students to this sector is the wide variety they expect. Consequently, many students say that they do not want to be consultants all their lives, but they see it as a nice way to gain experience and look around. Students' main motivation is still income, now that life is very expensive. Young people have many desires besides that. Other factors also play a role, working conditions, tasks and the mission. Consultancy attracts different types of people. If Dur looks at the average, they are more extroverted, curious, ambitious students. They are people who want to explore the world with their heads held high. On average, they may score a little lower on the moral compass. The students with a strongly developed compass are more likely to see Dur heading for other types of jobs that give more back to society.
You can listen to the full podcast from BNR Nieuwsradio, 27 February 2024, here.
Are you an EUR researcher or EUR PhD? Then this workshop is for you!
ORCID provides researchers with a persistent unique identifier. ORCID iD prevents name ambiguity and reliably connects publications, datasets, and affiliations under a researcher’s record.
Learn in this workshop how to create and use your ORCID iD to enhance the discoverability of your research outputs.
This workshop will allow you - as a researcher - to reap the benefits of ORCID. Namely by:
Enhancing the discoverability and visibility of your research;
Preventing name ambiguity problems;
Saving time when applying for funding and/or publishing: enter your information once, re-use often!
Perspectives from economics and philosophy on the policy-relevance of health preferences on reimbursement decision-making.
Preferences play a central role in healthcare reimbursement decisions, for example informing cost-effectiveness analysis, priority setting, and medical product development. But are preferences as currently elicited to inform these decisions fit-for-purpose, or ‘policy-relevant’?
Established literatures in philosophy and behavioural economics challenge this assumption. Relevant preferences would, for example, be well-informed, based on correct reasoning, and due to self-regarding or public-regarding reasons (but not necessarily both). All of these conditions have been contested empirically.
This workshop has therefore invited health economists, behavioural economists, and philosophers to make headway on the question: How can we determine whether stated health preferences are policy-relevant, and what should we do if we have good reason to believe they are not?
In this workshop, which includes a keynote by Daniel Hausman (Rutgers University), the question of when health policy should be based on health preferences and which challenges exists in the measurement and interpretation of those preference will be explored in three sessions (see below for details). The workshop aims to develop agenda for future interdisciplinary research on policy-relevant preferences in healthcare reimbursement.
For more information, the programme and registration click here.
In connection with the SEISMEC project, this mini-symposium will examine the emergence of increased digital and AI supported tools within work contexts. The symposium will raise and discuss means to and the opportunities and challenges of integrating new technologies in relation to empowering workers in multiple ways.
Join us for presentations, keynotes, and discussions on human centric digitalisation and AI encompassing developments in Industry 5.0, perspectives of large organisations and SMEs, human resources and labour organisations.
Brought to you by Erasmus University Rotterdam and Societal Impact of AI (AiPact), the Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics (ECDA), Reshaping Work.
Practice your Dutch, meet new people and get to know the city better! The Social City Walk is all about connection between cultures. Want to have fun conversations with people you may have never met otherwise, while having a nice walk around the city? Walking & Talking brings together ‘new’ Rotterdammers with native speakers. Break out of your bubble and help each other practice the Dutch language and learn new things.
Each group will have a guide that makes sure you will switch buddy’s multiple times during a walk, and have many interesting meetings in one night. With different starting points and routes, we make sure you get a good glimpse of what the city has to offer. For this special edition we will also introduce you to different foods from all over the world. Discover how diverse Rotterdam really is!
Open for (international) EUR staff, students, alumni and everyone else. Bring a friend and enjoy a night of connection! We start at 17:00 at the EUR Campus for a grand opening.
On 16 January, Ed Brinksma officially opened the Immersive Tech Space, as part of the Erasmus Data Collaboratory, at Erasmus University Rotterdam Woudestein campus. The immersive Tech Space brings together EUR academics, students, support staff, and practitioners from industry and government.
Immersive tech is a collective term for technologies that 'immerse' a person in an experience by engaging different senses. Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) are manifestations of immersive tech.
Prof Ed Brinksma: “I am very proud that the Immersive Tech Space, as part of the Erasmus Data Collaboratory is being realized with the involvement of Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics (ECDA), ErasmusX, EUR support staff and diverse external partners. In this space of endless worlds our academics and students can collaborate in completely novel ways, that offer opportunities to address wicked problems (or work on societal challenges) from different perspectives, while speaking the same visual language through immersive technologies.”
Immersive Tech on campus Woudestein
At the Immersive Tech Space on campus Woudestein, people can collaborate, experiment and visualise information with the help of experts in immersive technology and gamification. This space is designed for education, research and making connections between different fields using immersive technologies such as VR, AR, MR and holography.
These new technologies help to better understand concepts, embrace different perspectives and create new types of collaborations that drive innovation and thereby create societal impact. Jos van Dongen, Director Erasmus Data Collaboratory at ECDA: "The Immersive Tech Space brings together our academics, our immersive tech and data engineers, and students with external partners and stakeholders, to truly engage and collaborate via immersive experiences within their own domains, and especially within innovative projects that require an interdisciplinary approach."
After a successful first time, Erasmus University College is organising another Brain Awareness Week! The Brain Awareness Week is a public education activity during which we organise different activities in the city of Rotterdam. The objective of these activities is to educate children, teenagers, and adults on how the brain works, how to take care of the brain and overall brain health.
Last year’s activities included educational talks on the brain, more than 26 neuroscience experimental activities and mini-lecture, 4 brain-related workshops and two brain dissections. Over 50 speakers participated including (EUC) students, lecturers, and researchers, and we got to enjoy two wonderful musical performances!
Brain Awareness Week 2024
The theme of this year’s Brain Awareness Week is “The Changing Brain”. We have yet again found inspiring speakers that will have sessions on “the normal brain”, the aging brain, different aspects to aging and changing as a result of dementia. Activities will include a brain dissection workshop and a workshop with holograms and VR. The events will take place at inspiring locations throughout the city of Rotterdam among others, Erasmus University College and the Natuurhistorisch Museum.
More information
Brain Awareness Week will take place from the 11th of March until the 17th of March 2024. You can view and sign up for the events via: https://www.brain-awareness-week-euc.nl/blank-2Opens external.