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The 2022 World Cup comes with a surge of nationalism as well as intense scrutiny of host nation Qatar and the financial power of Gulf States in general.

Het WK voetbal gaat gepaard met zowel een golf van nationalisme als zeer kritische aandacht voor het gastland Qatar en de financiële macht van de Golfstaten in het algemeen.

Eleanor Roosevelt was the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the United States' longest serving president, who held office from 1933 until 1945, four terms in total.

Based on a law and economics approach, observations are made on the efficiency of the legal regime to evaluate if the existing rules are in line with economic starting points. Following the limitatio

Technical universities are indispensable for our society. They make an important contribution to solving social problems, by training ambitious engineers, developing knowledge and technology and stimulating entrepreneurship.

10:28 Publication The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) regard trade as a key mechanism for inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction.

The startup Cryocop from Wageningen University & Research wins the fourth edition of the 4TU Impact Challenge, a competition for the most promising student idea from the four Dutch tech universities.

TU/e Real Estate has been working on gas-free heating of the buildings for 20 years and is steadily working towards soon connecting as many locations as possible to the special heat and cold storage system (aquifer thermal energy storage or ATES).

As rising house prices and rents trigger a grim affordability crisis in many urban markets, both policymakers and frustrated tenants have been longing for solutions.

Sharon Dolmans is leading a new project to develop societally-aligned, trusted security solutions for quantum cryptography of the future.

De plotselinge en extreme stijging van de energieprijzen en de daaropvolgende hoge inflatie is een aanzienlijke negatieve schok voor de economie, waarbij zowel huishoudens als bedrijven zwaar getroffen worden.

Informal businesses are crucial to secure people's access to food, which is an important Sustainable Development Goal.

Like most other disciplines emanating from the need to educate a managerial class in business schools, supply chain management was predominantly deployed at a firm-focused analytical level.

Though the fight for equality has been going on for decades, progress in certain areas has been disappointingly slow.

The Port of Rotterdam stakeholders will be able to participate and benefit from an untappable, multi-user quantum network for their critical communication systems.

In South Africa, wildlife economies based around tourism, real estate developments, game meat and more, have been hailed as great catalysts for employment and sustainable growth.

The EU ban on menthol cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco introduced in May 2020 led menthol smokers to be more likely to try to quit smoking and to be successful in quitting compared to non-menthol smokers.

Consumers spent €9.5 billion on sustainable food in 2021. We are spending more and more on products with sustainability labels like Beter Leven, Organic and Rainforest Alliance.

Many fans of online video games make their own content, inspired by their favourite game: from self-invented storylines to new characters.