News overview

Prof.dr. Gijsbert Oonk produced a data set and wrote an essay on why it took more than a century to almost reach gender parity during the Olympic Games.

Over forty researchers and students from Erasmus University Rotterdam travelled to Antwerp to attend the International Tribunal on Crimes again Women.

Mijke Slot, Arne van Lienden and Marc Verboord are launching a podcast about their research project into AI-use in the news from the public’s perspective.

Researchers Thomas Calkins, Yosha Wijngaarden and Pauwke Berkers have contributed to a new report commissioned by the European Commission.

ESHCC’s Alanna O’Malley gives a different perspective on the UN by viewing it through the lens of the Global South.

ESHCC researchers Lise Zurné, Jasmin Seijbel and Burak Fici are researching inclusivity within the Bachelor History and conclude that there is work to be done.

Jacco van Sterkenburg was interviewed by RTV Rijnmond about controversial radio segment by DJ Ruud de Wild, in which director Julie Ng’s background was mocked

Student of the Master Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship they put theory it into practice by developing and delivering real-world projects.

This April, the Rotterdam Popular Music Studies (RPMS) research cluster organised the international science conference ‘We Want More: Music / Sociology!’.

Thursday 2 April 2026, we hosted our annual award ceremony at HAL4 aan de Maas. The event was hosted by our dean, prof. dr. Esther Rozendaal.