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Frederik-Jan receives the medal for his exceptional contributions to early detection of diseases and a safer living environment.

Under ERASMUS+, the European Commission's mobility programme for education and training, UM sends and receives more students than any other Dutch university. President Rianne Letschert on h er own ERASMUS experience, the benefits of leaving your comfort zone, and being inspired by different...

DigiMach is a transnational 3-year collaborative approach that will transform manufacturing across the Meuse-Rhine region by bringing AI, IoT, and robotics to small and medium-sized enterprises in the machining sector. The project will assist more than 150 SMEs to adopt smart, digital tools, through...

New PhD coordinators Agnes Boots and Alex Remels guide PhD candidates at NUTRIM during their journey.

Athletes must warm up and concentrate before any performance. Why, then, do we expect our students to instantly become active when they enter a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) session?

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.