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Nearly half of all online purchases made during the festive season are sent back after Christmas. Wilco van den Heuvel researches alternative ways for returns.

Frederike Ambagtsheer (Erasmus MC) en Robby Roks (Erasmus School of Law) about the research project 'Walls of Secrecy and Silence in the Human Organ Trade'.

Why do some highly educated parents choose not to vaccinate their children? Sociologist Josje ten Kate (ESSB) explored this question in her PhD.

Sascha van Schendel and Wouter Scherpenisse interpret the Odido data breach and discuss the implications for cybersecurity and data protection.

The prestigious Hofstra Medal 2026 has been awarded to Sijbren Cnossen, Emeritus Professor of Tax Law at Erasmus School of Economics.

Julia Krämer examines how Apple and Google, through their app stores, influence GDPR compliance in the mobile ecosystem.

Dismissing a football manager during the season generally has little effect on a club’s performance.

University Library adds PLOS to EUR’s Open Access agreements. From 1 March 2026, EUR corresponding authors get 100% APC discount.

An overloaded electricity grid threatens to seriously hamper Almere's ambitions to develop into the Netherlands’ fifth technological hotspot.

In 2024, 99.6 per cent of the university’s scholarly publications were open access. What does this milestone mean and what does the future hold for Open Access?