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  • Official start of FINGER-NL study

    Today marks the official start of the FINGER-NL study, a two-year intervention investigating the effect of a combination of lifestyle modifications on the thinking skills of older people. In the FINGER-NL study, part of the overarching national MOCIA project, five Dutch research centers join forces...

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  • Patients with schizophrenia hardly represented in antipsychotic drug studies

    No less than 80 per cent of patients who are prone to psychosis are left out of clinical studies on the effectiveness of antipsychotics. These drug studies apply strict exclusion criteria, which means that only the least ill patients participate, such as those who are susceptible to psychosis, but...

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  • Bauer proposes a bold change for world’s largest sovereign wealth fund

    The Norwegian Ministry of Finance regularly asks experts for a thorough analysis of the Norwegian Oil Fund. Last year, Rob Bauer, professor of Finance at the School of Business and Economics and holder of the Elverding Chair on Sustainable Business, culture, and corporate regulation, was among three...

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  • Is Europe becoming a world power?

    The world order is shifting. Putin continues to taunt Europe. China’s global expansionism seems limitless. And how to respond to the United States’ renewed desire for cooperation? The European Union’s answer should be greater strategic autonomy, says Sophie Vanhoonacker, professor of Administrative...

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  • Holacracy driving Sustainable Future Winners

    How can business respond faster, better, effective, and efficient to the challenges of our times? The winners of the future experiment with new organisational concepts

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  • Open Universiteit partner in project 'Einstein Telescope Technologies'

    Het onderzoek dat nodig is om alle technologische uitdagingen die bij de bouw èn de uiteindelijk ingebruikname van de telescoop komen kijken aan te pakken, vindt plaats binnen het onderzoeksproject 'Einstein Telescope Technologies (ETT)'. De Open Universiteit heeft zich als partner verbonden aan...

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