Our
research-driven education is strongly rooted in business practice
and society. At the heart of our teaching approach is
(interdisciplinary) research and in collaboration with external
partners, students, and professors conduct projects on societally
relevant topics such as healthy society and the economics of
healthcare systems, digitalization, and how AI is shaping business
and societies, leadership and governance, future prosperity and
sustainability, climate change and how to tackle the shift to
renewable energy. From day one of your degree, we are about making
a real impact. The teachers in this programme are all active
researchers in the
Global Economics
and Management
research group, in
the area of international economics, and several of them
collaborate with the renowned
Groningen Growth
and Development Centre
. The following
(full) professors teach in this MSc programme:
Milena
Nikolova
is the Aletta
Jacobs Professor in the Economics of Well-being. She is an expert
on the health and well-being consequences of migration, labor
market arrangements, and entrepreneurship. In addition to science,
she is actively engaged in public policy and making a societal
impact – she has worked in tanks and international
institutions, such as the Urban Institute, the Brookings
Institution, and the World Bank.
Steven
Brakman
is an expert in
the field of economic geography, including as co-editor of
the
Journal of
Regional Science
. He frequently
contributes to the public debate, including on Brexit,
Trump’s trade war, and trade agreements. He has published
extensively and authored textbooks on international economics and
economic geography.
Dirk
Bezemer
studies the
interaction between the financial system and the rest of the
economy, focusing on the role of debt. His research is published in
numerous journals and he has been funded by the
Institute of New
Economic Thinking
. He is also a
columnist in the Dutch periodical
De Groene
Amsterdammer
.
Bart
Los
’ area of
expertise is on the interlinked nature of (regional) economies and
the impact of such linkages on trade patterns and economic
outcomes, such as economic growth and employment. He has published
widely, is the editor of
Economic Systems
Research
, and has
contributed to the public debate on the consequences of
Brexit.
Robert
Inklaar
’s research
is on the causes and consequences of productivity growth, including
the impact on broader welfare. His research has appeared in a range
of top economic journals and his work on developing the
Penn World
Table
and
Maddison Project
Database
is used
extensively around the world.
Erik
Dietzenbacher
is an authority in
the field of input-output analysis, including as president of
the
International
Input-Output Association
. His research has
improved the tools for input-output analysis and these have been
applied in such areas as international trade and environmental
economics.
Harry
Garretsen
combines research
in international economics with research on management and
leadership. In this latter role, he is one of the directors of
the
LEAD
centre of
expertise. He is also a sought-after expert, including on the
Bankraad, the advisory board of the Dutch Central Bank.
