The Fourth Episode
In this fourth episode of our Conversations with Deans series we talk with prof. dr. Roel Beetsma from the University of Amsterdam. We dive deeper into the strengths of the university and its economics programme and discuss how the university’s vision of economics education relates to the values of RE:NL. The overarching goal of the series is to get a better understanding of the status of economics education in the Netherlands. The interview was conducted by Katharina Buchsbaum and Tim Mulder with support of Eva van Soerland.
Check out the interview on YouTube or as a podcast on Spotify!
The Third Episode
In this third episode of our Conversations with Deans series we talk with prof. dr. Wilko Letterie from Maastricht University. The interview was conducted by Hannah Scheibe and Moritz Odersky with the support of Jan Frohn.
Check out the interview on YouTube or as a podcast on Spotify!
The Second Episode
We are publishing the second interview with prof. dr. Erik Stam from Utrecht University. The interview was conducted by Koen Smeets and Ilse Meijer with support of Jan Frohn.
Our Conversation with the Deans
In 2018, rethinkers Joris Tieleman, Sam de Muijnck, Maarten Kavelaar and Francis Ostermeijer conducted a quantitative research on economics programmes in the Netherlands. The concluding report was ‘Thinking like an economist?’ (https://www.rethinkingeconomics.nl/publications).
In 2021, RE:NL invited all the deans of economics faculties in the Netherlands for a conversation. The goal of the conversation is to get a better understanding of the status of economics education now. The deans talk about the strengths of their university and programme, their goals related to their economics programmes, and they reflect on their programme in relation to RE:NL values.
Now in 2022, we are publishing the first interview with prof. dr. van Witteloostuijn from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The interview was conducted by Aleksandra Twardowska and Tim Mulder, with support ofBarnabas Bakucz.
Check out the interview and let’s keep the conversation going!
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