On Tuesday 29 May 2012 Julia Swart will defend her PhD thesis entitled 'Natural resources and the environment: implications for economic development and international relations'. Supervisor is Professor Philip Hans Franses.

On Thursday 10 May 2012 Rianne Legerstee will defend her PhD thesis entitled 'Evaluating Econometric Models and Expert Intuition'. Supervisor is Professor Philip Hans Franses.

On Tuesday 20 March 2012 Mirjam van Ginkel - Bieshaar will defend her PhD thesis entitled 'The Impact of Abstract versus Concrete Product Communications on Consumer Decision-making Processes'. Supervisor is Professor Benedict Dellaert.