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Snelle groei gebruik van Uber-app Amsterdam
Het aantal taxichauffeurs dat in Amsterdam gebruik maakt van de Uber app is gegroeid van 1.298 in januari 2016 naar 5.217 in december 2019, en het aantal gemaakte trips is ook sterk gestegen. Er werden in december 2019 8,8 keer meer trips gemaakt dan in januari 2016, en het totale aantal afgelegde...
Jam v. International Finance Corporation. Het U.S. Supreme Court over de immuniteit van een internationale organisatie
This blog is only in Dutch. Op 27 februari jl. deed het US Supreme Court een interessante uitspraak over de immuniteit van een internationale organisatie. Het gaat om de International Finance Corporation (IFC), een onderdeel van de World Bank Group. 184 staten, waaronder India en de VS zijn...
RELAY workshop: A Europe fit for the digital age
Data-driven technologies are changing nearly every aspect of our lives, from how we work, learn, eat, sleep, vote, listen to music, watch films and TV, choose partners, communicate with friends and family, get the news. It’s hard to think of a single facet of contemporary life that is not being...
17 junIslamic feminist in Maastricht academia
At Maastricht University assistant professor Lana Sirri critically examines feminism at the intersection of gender and religion, including aspects such as race, sexuality and ethnicity.
Energy transition for all? A third of the world's population still cooks on open fires
In a new study, PhD student Esther Boudewijns developed two practical tools to improve the implementation of cleaner cooking in low-wage countries. The results of the research will be published on June 16 in The Lancet Planetary Health.
LIMES: an interdisciplinary approach to studying borders
In this article, we spoke with two of the PhD candidates from the School of Business and Economics participating in the EU-funded project LIMES to find out what drew them to the project and to get an update on their research so far.
How do we become global citizens?
Herco Fonteijn received €250,000 from the NWO to advance global citizenship education.