Results for tag: Staff
The hydrogen economy and employment
| Date: | 15 December 2020 |
In early December, several media outlets paid attention to a report written by Bart Los and Jouke van Dijk (UG, Faculty of Spatial Sciences), about the employment impact of the large NortH2 hydrogen project for the North of the Netherlands in general and...
Bart van Ark appointed honorary professor
| Date: | 14 December 2020 |
Following the appointment of Bart van Ark as director of the new Productivity Institute, he has been appointed as honorary professor at FEB to emphasise his continued engagement with the University of Groningen, see here for more details.
Robert Inklaar new GGDC director
| Date: | 01 September 2020 |
On September 1, Robert Inklaar has taken over as director of the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) from Marcel Timmer.
Grant for digitising Dutch financial market information since 1796
| Date: | 08 June 2020 |
Herman de Jong received a large grant for building a new Dutch database holding Dutch corporate and stock exchange data for the period 1796-1980. The grant is awarded by the KNAW (Royal Dutch Academy of Science) in cooperation with digital infrastructures...
Obituary Adam (Eddy) Szirmai
| Date: | 15 January 2020 |
It is with great sadness that we received news on the passing away of our good friend and colleague Eddy (Adam) Szirmai. Eddy was one the co-founders of the GGDC in 1994. He has been crucial in bringing together a group of dedicated scholars on the topic...
Branko Milanovic new Maddison Chair
| Date: | 14 November 2019 |
Branko Milanovic has been appointed as the third holder of the Maddison Chair. In this role, he will be affiliated with the University of Groningen and regularly visit for research and teaching activities.
Marcel Timmer to be appointed to the board of the CPB
| Date: | 15 April 2019 |
Marcel Timmer, director of the Groningen Growth and Development Centre will be appointed as one of the three board members of the Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis, CPB, starting September 1, 2019. In this position, he will jointly lead the...
Beyond Growth? Robert Inklaar's inaugural lecture
| Date: | 08 March 2018 |
On March 6, Robert Inklaar gave his inaugural lecture to officially accept his position of Professor in the Economics of Productivity and Welfare. In this lecture, he established how productivity growth in the 21st century has been low by historical...
Brain gain from emigration
| Date: | 01 November 2017 |
The research of Marianna Papakonstantinou is featured in Trouw (in Dutch): she finds that countries with greater emigration subsequently experience faster growth in knowledge-intensive industries. This implies that factors such as return migration,...
Robert Inklaar appointed full professor
| Date: | 15 July 2017 |
On July 1, Robert Inklaar was appointed Professor in the Economics of Productivity and Welfare at the University of Groningen. The main research objective of this new chair is to better understand how automation will affect not just economic activity, but...