The book ‘intellectual property (IP) as a complex adaptive system’ concludes the Horizon 2020 European Joint Doctorate program. The program by the European IP Institutes Network (EIPIN) aims to provide conclusions and recommendations to political leaders on how to deal with the complexities of...
Recruitment agencies make millions from new charitable donors and there is no supervision
The European Green deal aims to strengthen the regulatory approach towards climate change and environmental degradation. The way power is exerted around this topic, asks for critical reflection. That’s why a selected group of students and staff members joined forces in a thesis project to study EU...
The actor and activist Ossie Davis once said: ‘Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change—it can not only move us, it makes us move.’ In other words, art not only pleases and inspires, but it also provokes people to act. Those actions are not always legal, ethical, or...
How do you get your kids to eat more vegetables? It's an issue many parents struggle with. A pilot at 26 day-care centers in North Limburg shows that when children are offered vegetables on a daily basis and are rewarded for eating them, vegetable consumption goes way up.
Cross-border business in the Euregio Maas-Rhine (EMR), i.e. business in the border area between Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, offers many opportunities. But what are the general requirements for starting up a business in the different countries? And what do I need to pay attention to as an...
In various hereditary brain diseases, a mutated protein damages brain cells, resulting in deterioration of health, disabilities and death. There is now hope to develop experimental therapies that can inhibit the production or toxic effects of these proteins. A consortium of several organizations...
This blog is about the GroЯ® trading platform of Vestergaard, a social entrepreneurship company based in Switzerland. Vestergaard is well known for its high-quality mosquito nets distributed to approximately 2 billion people in Africa and Asia. As an FSD team member, I see strong alignment between...
