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This year’s Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to R obert E. Hall and Michael Woodford for their contributions to the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation.SBE academics reflect on the laureates’ contributions.

We are proud to announce that Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (SBE) has once again been awarded EQUIS re-accreditation for the maximum period of five years, continuing more than two decades of EQUIS accreditation since 2005.

Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics (SBE) is proud to announce that its Executive MBA programme (MaastrichtMBA) has made the Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking 2026, earning a place among the world's leading Executive MBA programmes. This marks an important milestone for the

How can Europe strengthen its competitiveness in a rapidly changing world? This question took centre stage in Maastricht on 1 October, when Maastricht University and the Netherlands France Chamber of Commerce brought together academics, business leaders, policymakers and alumni for the European Comp

New research by Maastricht University SBE and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship shows that social enterprises rarely follow a linear path to growth. Based on nine Latin American enterprises, the study highlights the importance of context, adaptation, resilience and social impact.

SBE Professors Didier Fouarge and Inge de Wolf have joined Dutch advisory councils on productivity and education, bringing research expertise on labour, skills and education to national policy discussions.

Professor Nancy Bocken’s new honorary fellowship at Copenhagen Business School strengthens a decade-long partnership with Maastricht University, creating new opportunities for research, education and collaboration on global sustainability challenges.

Education Lab and Dutch schools are bringing research and practice together to improve education. With €4.3 million in new funding, their co-creation labs will deepen collaboration, develop evidence-informed solutions and help spread effective approaches across the Netherlands.

Christian Scholl and Job Zomerplaag from Maastricht University have now received a €50,000 KIN Grant from Klimaatonderzoek Initiatief Nederland (KIN) to investigate how these community funds function and what impact they have.

Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics (SBE) remains firmly among the world’s top 100 business schools in the Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking 2026. SBE's MSc International Business ranks 68th worldwide and second in the Netherlands.