- The Faculty of Economics and Business - University of Amsterdam http://www.feb.uva.nl/english/home.cfm en Sun, 20 May 2012 13:20:02 GMT http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification UvAweb CMS UvA scores high in Tilburg University Economics Ranking http://www.feb.uva.nl/english/home.cfm/372AAEFE-BF87-4B8F-878C3FE6C60E0583 The University of Amsterdam has risen to 27th place in the latest Tilburg University Economics Ranking. In this international ranking of the 100 best economics research institutes, the UvA placed sixth in Europe and second in the Netherlands. Wed, 09 May 2012 12:15:47 GMT http://www.feb.uva.nl/english/home.cfm/372AAEFE-BF87-4B8F-878C3FE6C60E0583 Three NWO grants for the Amsterdam School of Economics http://www.feb.uva.nl/english/home.cfm/2981FEAD-2528-4C3E-915536275BDCC44A The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded the Amsterdam School of Economics (ASE) three of the six grant applications it submitted to the Research Talent of the NWO Division of Social Sciences (MaGW) programme. Wed, 02 May 2012 10:27:14 GMT http://www.feb.uva.nl/english/home.cfm/2981FEAD-2528-4C3E-915536275BDCC44A MN sponsors UvA Chair in Pension Economics http://www.feb.uva.nl/english/home.cfm/87752185-7A3A-457A-8FBE28128D9D85C0 Pension administrator and investment manager MN will sponsor a Pension Economics chair at the University of Amsterdam that will be named after the company. MN will support the MN Chair in Pension Economics for a period of five years. Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:37:01 GMT http://www.feb.uva.nl/english/home.cfm/87752185-7A3A-457A-8FBE28128D9D85C0 Three UvA professors named Crown-appointed members of Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands http://www.feb.uva.nl/english/home.cfm/7C6EC2AF-AAAA-4C3F-A414FC679EBD39A7 The Dutch cabinet has named three University of Amsterdam (UvA) professors as Crown-appointed members of the Social Economic Council of the Netherlands (SER). Barbara Baarsma, Aukje Nauta and Evert Verhulp will serve as council members from 1 April 2012 to 1 April 2014. Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:51:16 GMT http://www.feb.uva.nl/english/home.cfm/7C6EC2AF-AAAA-4C3F-A414FC679EBD39A7 Alexander Rinnooy Kan appointed University Professor of Economics and Business Studies http://www.feb.uva.nl/english/home.cfm/2519C7D9-A345-40F1-84F8E562F0E460DA The University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Executive Board has appointed Dr A.H.G. Rinnooy Kan University Professor of Economics and Business, specifically focusing on change processes at the micro and macro level. The appointment is effective from 1 September 2012. Alexander Rinnooy Kan is currently president of the Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands (SER). Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:18:13 GMT http://www.feb.uva.nl/english/home.cfm/2519C7D9-A345-40F1-84F8E562F0E460DA