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Tania Treibich examines the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics laureates’ contributions to understanding the dynamics of innovation, showing how their research demonstrates that technological change, entrepreneurial investment, and competition are central to sustained economic growth.

Mark Sanders reflects on his personal encounters with Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt, explaining why their research on innovation-driven economic growth deserves the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics and how their work advances the Schumpeterian tradition.

UNU-MERIT celebrates the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt for their groundbreaking work on technological change and economic growth. In this reflection, Luc Soete and Bart Verspagen explore the laureates’ connections to UNU-MERIT’s four decades of...

This year’s Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt for their groundbreaking research on innovation-driven economic growth. SBE academics reflect on the laureates’ contributions, the enduring influence of Schumpeterian ideas, and the insights their work...

Whether a specific intervention to create a smoke-free outdoor environment is effective or not has been widely studied. However, to improve compliance, policymakers need to understand how smokers react to those interventions and the factors influencing their compliance.

Overweight people who want to lose weight successfully are better off supplementing their healthy diet with sweeteners than with foods containing sugar products. An international study, in which Maastricht University (UM) participated, shows that people who supplement their diet with sweeteners are...

On 1 October 2025, during the 20th anniversary celebration of the FIR-PRI “Finance & Sustainable Development” Prize in Paris, Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (SBE) received a special recognition for being one of the most awarded institutions in the history of the prize. Hosted in...

Prof. Dr. Nancy Bocken has recently reached a significant academic milestone with more than 50,000 citations on Google Scholar. This recognition underscores the influence of her research on sustainable business models and circular business transitions. In addition, she has consistently been included in...

Prof. Dr. Dominik Mahr and Prof. Dr. Gaby Odekerken-Schröder from the School of Business and Economics (SBE) are part of a consortium that has been awarded a €2.3 million Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions training network grant for their project JustHealth. This project aims to create a decolonised ethics...

As a clinician, educationalist and mother of three teenagers, Esther Heuts understands better than anyone the constantly evolving world of students and doctors. From this academic year, Esther will draw on that experience in her new role as Director of Education for Medicine.