During Economie Ontcijferd, Prof. Steven Van Passel, talks about the economic implications of climate action and inaction. A brief summary.
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In a new research project, professors of the Faculty of Business and Economics work together with the Port of Antwerp to analyze the safety networks with the aim to achieve integrated risk and crisis governance for this critical infrastructure.
Alexis Soulopoulos founded Mad Paws, Australia’s leading
pet sitting community. The Sydney-based start-up has over 20,000 approved sitters and 500.000 pets on its books. Given the way he handled the coronacrisis, The CEO Magazine named him Young Executive of the Year. In 2019, Alexis was also listed in Forbes 30 under 30 Asia.
For Kamal Kharmach – alumnus, lecturer, entrepreneur and stand-up comedian, humor is crucial in corona times: “Laughing gives us a sense of control, it’s an expression of a healthy society that can put things into perspective”.
The University of Antwerp is proud to announce Arnaud Adam and Joris Beckers as the winners of the triennial Mercator-Ortelius Prize 202. With their thesis, both authors make an original contribution of high scientific quality to a relevant social and economic theme.
Sustalab, short for sustainability lab, is a learning, leadership and consultancy for good initiative. The dynamic team of students and alumni use hands-on management methods and self-developed tools to facilitate sustainable change among companies, sector federations and the Flemish government.
Yanou Ramon won this year’s “Best Paper Award” for her paper on “Metafeatures-based explanations for prediction models on big behavior data”. The Award Committee selected her paper during the first virtual edition of the Doctoral Day.
Alumnus Philip Alliet is CEO of AON Belgium & Luxembourg. Philip was recently elected President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium (AmCham Belgium), as first non-American.
This year, 4 students of the Faculty of Business and Economics won the Pierre Wildiers award for best thesis in 2019. The winners were selected based on three criteria: scientific quality of the Master’s thesis, academic language and newsworthiness of the findings. Each of the students are awarded with the prestigious title and a money prize of 1.250 €.
Danny Sandra obtained his PhD at the Faculty of Business and Economics (UAntwerp). In one minute, he explains why entrainment is relevant for organisations and how the model of spiritual leadership can influence this process.
Walter Van Andel was finishing his PhD when the pandemic hit. It taught him valuable lessons about the content of his dissertation, and the value of being able to realign your perspective in the light of unexpected changes.
What do Jan, Sören and Lien have in common? All three are alumni Business Engineering: Management Information Systems at the University of Antwerp. All three work at The Master Labs. But they have very different jobs.