If you work with us, you contribute to a better society, directly or indirectly. Partly through your work, solutions to social issues are found.
In conversation with Rotterdam residents
With the "Vital Cities and Citizens" initiative, EUR scientists are conducting research into current challenges in Rotterdam: how can municipalities create space for diversity and give residents the feeling that everyone belongs? For example, Warda Belabas (ESSB) is conducting research into the Rotterdam district of Beverwaard, a neighbourhood that struggles with a bad image due to its struggle with crime. 'We know that there are quite a few problems in this neighbourhood surrounding poverty, safety, language skills and distrust of authorities', says Belabas. 'That is why we are not just looking at the neighbourhood from our tower, but we are actually talking to the residents. Together we think about what we can do here.'
Meet the Professor
In May 2024, almost 45 Rotterdam professors cycled to primary schools in the city to teach primary school children. This way, children get to know the university in an accessible way.
Music as medicine
A group of EUR scientists collected data at music festival Lowlands to investigate whether different music genres have an effect on the perception of pain.
Erasmus Charity Run
The Erasmus Charity Run is part of the official Marathon Rotterdam, in which students, scientists, employees, alumni and affiliates of the university raise money for scholarship students.
Helping at the Rotterdam Food Bank
Every year in December, EUR employees can choose to donate their end-of-year gift. In 2023, 102 employees did this, allowing the Rotterdam Food Bank to put together 800 food parcels with the help of ten EUR employees. Even though the food bank only needed ten employees to help, over a hundred colleagues had signed up to volunteer. One of the employees who was there, Eloise Swets, says: 'I thought it was a valuable morning that once again confronted you with the facts. It's good to get away from your desk and to be able to do something for others.'
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