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… 2024 Basic information ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Topic: Decision-making of Chinese Labour Migrants in Europe This PhD project will investigate why and how Chinese labour migrants choose to migrate to and within the EU. This PhD will not only look at the initial decision to migrate to the EU but also their decision-making process with regard to staying, moving to another country or returning to China. The project will focus on different skill levels and different visa categories in different European countries. This PhD will be mainly qualitative in nature but will draw on existing statistics from national governments for background information. The PhD candidate will collect in-depth semi-structured interviews (with the possibility of additional focus groups) in a number of EU countries as well as in China. This PhD will follow individuals over time to better understand the determinants of their … group: UNU-MERIT (Social Protection) - Address for correspondence: Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht - Telephone: +49 1773316540 - E-mail: k.marchand@maastrichtuniversity.nl 2. Information on UM Faculty/ Department/ Institute/ School contact person: When the application is granted by both the CSC and UM, the contact person is responsible for the practical arrangements of the integration of the PhD candidate: - Initial(s), first name, surname: Micheline Goedhuys - Research group: UNU-MERIT (head of …

… of Chinese aid and investment on international migration decisions in Africa (and specifically migration to China) This PhD will investigate the effects of receiving Chinese aid and investment on international migration decisions in different African countries and comparatively across African countries. The focus will be on how Chinese aid and investment affect both the aspirations and capabilities to migrate internationally and specifically to China. This thesis will used mixed methods to better understand both migration aspirations and capabilities. For the quantitative component, we will combine georeferenced data on projects financed by the Chinese government with household surveys, individual surveys or census reporting information about migration. It is also expected that the PhD candidate will complement the quantitative data analysis with qualitative interviews and possibly focus groups to better … UNU-MERIT (Social Protection) - Address for correspondence: Boschstraat 24, 6211 AX Maastricht - Telephone: +31 615661663 - E-mail: bruno.martorano@maastrichtuniversity.nl 2. Information on UM Faculty/ Department/ Institute/ School contact person: When the application is granted by both the CSC and UM, the contact person is responsible for the practical arrangements of the integration of the PhD candidate: - Initial(s), first name, surname: Micheline Goedhuys - Research group: UNU-MERIT (head of …

… Problem 1: Down to the wire When visiting a friend, Sonja notices the following piece of art hanging on the wall. She is much interested in the patterns and curves that are generated by the white pieces of string that are visible in the left bottom corner and the right upper corner. To describe these curves, we introduce coordinates x (horizontal) and y (vertical), such that the four corner points are (0, 0), (1, 0), (0, 1) and (1, 1), respectively, with (0, 0) being the point in the left bottom corner. For convenience, we will only address the right upper part of the figure. Each of the white lines up there has the following property: it connects a point with x-coordinate p 2 [0, 1] on the … of a segment with one endpoint point on C1 and the other endpoint on C2? Problem 3: Star Wars Fred collects laminated pictures of Star wars characters. Those pictures are sold individually packed in opaque pouches and unknown in advance by the buyers, for a price of 1 Euro a pouch. (Hence, each pouch contains exactly one picture.) The seller has filled one third of the pouches with a picture of Rey, one fourth with a picture of Finn, one sixth with a picture of Poe, and the rest with …

… Problem 1: Down to the wire When visiting a friend, Sonja notices the following piece of art hanging on the wall. She is much interested in the patterns and curves that are generated by the white pieces of string that are visible in the left bottom corner and the right upper corner. To describe these curves, we introduce coordinates x (horizontal) and y (vertical), such that the four corner points are (0, 0), (1, 0), (0, 1) and (1, 1), respectively, with (0, 0) being the point in the left bottom corner. For convenience, we will only address the right upper part of the figure. Each of the white lines up there has the following property: it connects a point with x-coordinate p 2 [0, 1] on the … of a segment with one endpoint point on C1 and the other endpoint on C2? Problem 3: Star Wars Fred collects laminated pictures of Star wars characters. Those pictures are sold individually packed in opaque pouches and unknown in advance by the buyers, for a price of 1 Euro a pouch. (Hence, each pouch contains exactly one picture.) The seller has filled one third of the pouches with a picture of Rey, one fourth with a picture of Finn, one sixth with a picture of Poe, and the rest with …

… Problem 1: Down to the wire When visiting a friend, Sonja notices the following piece of art hanging on the wall. She is much interested in the patterns and curves that are generated by the white pieces of string that are visible in the left bottom corner and the right upper corner. To describe these curves, we introduce coordinates x (horizontal) and y (vertical), such that the four corner points are (0, 0), (1, 0), (0, 1) and (1, 1), respectively, with (0, 0) being the point in the left bottom corner. For convenience, we will only address the right upper part of the figure. Each of the white lines up there has the following property: it connects a point with x-coordinate p 2 [0, 1] on the … of a segment with one endpoint point on C1 and the other endpoint on C2? Problem 3: Star Wars Fred collects laminated pictures of Star wars characters. Those pictures are sold individually packed in opaque pouches and unknown in advance by the buyers, for a price of 1 Euro a pouch. (Hence, each pouch contains exactly one picture.) The seller has filled one third of the pouches with a picture of Rey, one fourth with a picture of Finn, one sixth with a picture of Poe, and the rest with …

… at the same time? • Why do casinos only talk about the possible gains and insurance companies only about the danger of losses? Neuroeconomics seeks to understand and explain (puzzling) everyday behavior • Why are people tempted to pick the chocolate when they know that they should better pick the fruit? • Why are all sweets in the rack at the cashier in the supermarket? Neuroeconomics seeks to understand and explain (puzzling) everyday behavior • What makes us humans greedy and cooperative at the same time? • Why are bankers paid huge bonuses and is there anything wrong with that? Neuroeconomics seeks to understand and explain (puzzling) everyday behavior How does this all fit together? Neuroeconomics is an interdisciplinary endeavor Neuroeconomics adds brain to economics. • Neuroeconomics seeks to uncover the …

… Agreement • following adoption by General Council of ‘Decision making Procedures under Articles IX and XII of the WTO Agreement’ (WT/L/93) - waivers and accessions, subject to voting, by consensus • reinforced by consensus in dispute settlement and when amending DSU (Art. X:8 WTO Agreement) • problem of built-in ‘veto’ effect – gives too much weight to de facto economically more powerful WTO Members • voting seen mostly as fall-back (or used as a threat) where consensus cannot be reached with exception of amending provisions in multilateral trade agreements Consensus decision-making at WTO • Previously more focus on external transparency of WTO • relationship of WTO to NGOs – now broader civil society • document de-restriction – …