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New interactive map highlights unequal distribution of opportunities in the Netherlands
Do children from different neighbourhoods have the same prospects to ‘get ahead’ in our society? EUR-researcher find that income levels in later life correlate with where you grew up.
Positive social impact of EUR alumni: From date-seed coffee to solar-powered water pumps
The company of EUR alumnus Diederick van der Wijk helps entrepreneurs with a refugee background to set up their company in the Netherlands.
Kees Vink appointed to endowed chair ‘From Big Natural History to Urban Ecology’
Effective 1 November 2020, Dr Kees Vink will hold an endowed chair that carries the title ‘From Big Natural History to Urban Ecology’, in association with the Natural History Museum Rotterdam.
"Equality is not only about noble intentions, we should also act effectively."
Sociologist Illias El Hadioui argues that schools should compose their summerschool programmes based on scientific insights.
"We focus on the social embedment of innovations"
Prof.dr. Antoinette de Bont about the collaboration with Erasmus MC and TU Delft in the field of health and technology.
Launch of Rotterdam Culture Campus in 2022
Codarts Rotterdam, EUR, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and the Municipality of Rotterdam recently signed a covenant paving the way for the arrival of the Culture Campus in Zuid.
Tackling exclusion by connecting our future
The Executive Board of Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), together with Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb and Alderman Said Kasmi, have officially launched EUR’s new outreach programme: "Connecting our Future".
"Vulnerable people are hit much harder, which is also what we’re seeing during the current coronavirus crisis"
Disasters don’t just happen completely out of the blue, and they are never equally distributed, either, according to Professor Thea Hilhorst.
"You could say: 'the big corporations still have a long way to go' - but it’s about the transition as whole and how that process needs to be managed and organised"
Prof.dr. Rob van Tulder sees that sustainable production is a priority for multinational companies. "SDG12 is increasingly becoming a regular management issue."
Why ‘just’ recycling isn’t necessarily a Circular Economy
If you recycle harmful ingredients, you will be making a harmful product. Yet, not all companies that claim to be using the principles of Circular Economy.