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… and Economics Human Decisions and Policy Design What role do emotions play in our decisions? Can 'choice architecture' nudge consumers into selecting the best-value, healthiest or most suitable options? As society ages, can we expect our pensions to remain secure? How do incentives affect management behaviour in firms, regulatory authorities and banks? What is the most effective way to provide public services? Should the world’s wealth be distributed more equitably – and if so, how? Answering … School of Business and Economics. … What role do emotions play in our decisions? Can 'choice architecture' nudge consumers into selecting the best-value, healthiest or most suitable options? As society ages, can we expect our pensions to remain secure? How do incentives affect management behaviour in firms, regulatory authorities and banks? What is the most effective way to provide public services? Should the world’s wealth be distributed more equitably – and if so, how? Answering …
… of Business and Economics Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility / ITEM The expertise centre ITEM operates at the convergence of research, counselling, knowledge exchange, and training activities in the domain of cross-border mobility and cooperation. The countries of the European Union are confronted with great challenges following the increasing globalisation of the economy and the internationalisation of the current and future society. ITEM is an … Annual Cross-border impact assessment Information exchange with border information points Interdisciplinary collaboration with Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, NEIMED and others ITEM director is Prof. Dr. Anouk Bollen-Vandenboorn Visit the ITEM website … Conducts interdisciplinary research within the scope of cross-border mobility & cooperation issues wherein special attention is paid to practical solutions for these issues. … The expertise centre ITEM operates at the convergence of research, counselling, knowledge exchange, and training activities in the domain of cross-border mobility and cooperation. The countries of the European Union are confronted with great challenges following the increasing globalisation of the economy and the internationalisation of the current and future society. ITEM is an …
… has become critically important, not only to us as students, employees, citizens and consumers, but also to businesses, and to society’s capacity for resilience. And as the population ages and we retire later, we face the challenge of remaining employable throughout longer working careers. Learning and Work focuses on research that can help us understand what these technological and demographic changes mean for education and employment. It centres on four issues: school, study and … can help you to know what you know (meta-cognition) and to close the gap to what you need to know (effective learning) Dominik Mahr The importance of non-cognitive skills in education and the labour market is increasingly recognised, but it remains difficult to grasp and measure the skills that are particularly significant. Achievement tests are typically seen as measures of cognition, but test-taking behaviour can also be used to extract those non-cognitive skills that are important in … has become critically important, not only to us as students, employees, citizens and consumers, but also to businesses, and to society’s capacity for resilience. And as the population ages and we retire later, we face the challenge of remaining employable throughout longer working careers. … Learning and Work …
… to improve their proficiency in a wide variety of methodological and technical skills. This ensures that SBE research and education benefit optimally from the opportunities created by digitalization. DxU starts small, but dreams big. We organize four main activities to help SBE achieve a balanced portfolio of strategically interesting research projects on digitalization and automation, and train our staff. You can learn more about them by clicking on the links: DxU Seminars DXU Methods Workshops …
… 59 women 74 staff members, including 14 from developing countries and 33 women one of the largest institutes in the United Nations University network ranked among the top innovation institutes in the world led by Prof. Bartel Van de Walle UNU-MERIT website UNU-MERIT is the UN’s institute for comprehensive innovation: a research and training institute that mobilises knowledge, education and policy to unlock the full potential of comprehensive innovation for sustainable development. Institute for Societal Policy & Innovation Research (INSPIRE) INSPIRE is the research institute that is the interface between UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University consisting of two main components: research units and the UNU-MERIT Graduate School and its 180 students. INSPIRE’s core purpose is to enable collaboration and learning between students, academics and policymakers in a creative and mutually beneficial environment. Our … the academic debate and to societal policy and innovation solutions at all stages of the policy process: from the setting of a policy agenda to the delivery and evaluation of public policy. Areas of focus UNU-MERIT’s research focuses on two specific main areas: Economics of Innovation and Technology Public Policy and Governance of Innovation We have also launched four Comprehensive Innovation for Sustainable Development Teams ( CI4SD ) which combine our long-run expertise on innovation and …
… are: Economic preferences and sustainable institutions Digitalisation and individual choices Globalisation, fair organisations and collective action Thematic cluster 1 (TC1): Economic preferences and sustainable institutions The first main goal of the activities within TC1 is to analyse and test mechanisms to stimulate behavioral change in a wide range of important societal domains, thus providing clear recommendations for policy-makers and practice. Applications include, for example, personal and public health, gender equality, (financial) well-being and sustainable pension systems, saving and borrowing decisions, the … cognitive underpinnings. Thematic cluster 2 (TC2): Digitalisation and individual choices The first goal of the research within TC2 is to understand the interaction between digital tools and technologies and economic decisions in a wide range of domains, for instance concerning (financial) well-being, managerial decisions and health-related choices. Other initiatives within TC2 analyse the impact of social media on economic behavior. Finally, members of UM-BIC conduct research with the goal to …
Combines various research lines in order to contribute to a better understanding of the dynamics & consequences of trans-national migration & mobility in a European & global context.
Brings together economic, legal, historical, philosophical & practical expertise in response to the increasingly multi-layered & complex challenges facing the fields of arts & heritage today.
ICIS doet interdisciplinair onderzoek dat bijdraagt aan wetenschappelijke kennis en expertise op het gebied van duurzaamheidswetenschappen voor beleidsvorming en innovatie.
… countries and 33 women one of the largest institutes in the United Nations University network ranked among the top innovation institutes in the world: above Harvard Business School and the MIT Economics Department led by Prof. Bart Verspagen UNU-MERIT website Research UNU-MERIT’s research programme is organised around eight research themes based on broadly common methodological approaches. Education UNU-MERIT offers a PhD programme in Economics and Governance , together with its School of …