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A study by among others Jan Stoop reveals that racial and ethnic differences in key behavioural traits are just as large as the well-known gender gap.

Maarten Bosker of Erasmus School of Economics, together with co-authors, examined the phased roll out of Jakarta's completely new metro line in 2019. 

He warns in an opinion piece in de Volkskrant about the coalition’s plans to raise the amount of health care spending that people pay out of their own pocket.

As of 1 January 2026, Kim Peijnenburg is appointed as Professor of Household Credit at Erasmus School of Economics.

With a keynote and various workshops, participants were given plenty of tools to better guide their students towards a suitable further education programme.

Power, submission, and breaking through existing identities. Michel Foucault (1926-1984) wrote about how our identity is connected to the power relations.

Zweistra and Hoppenbrouwers discuss the impact of AI on legal practice and explain why lawyers should take a critical view of its use.

From 1 February 2026 he succeeds Prof. Jane Murray Cramm as the new Chief Diversity Officer of Erasmus University Rotterdam.

The Buffett Indicator has climbed to a record level. Despite its shortcomings the measure remains a valuable tool according to Laurens Swinkels.

Powered by electricity from microbes and colours that respond to ecological change, this innovative water guardian literally shows how well the water is doing.