Amsterdam Business School (ABS) researchers Henk Volberda, Ans Kolk, and Deanne den Hartog were recently ranked among the top 10 scholars in the Netherlands. They were recognised for their scholarly accomplishments in the field of business and management. The ranking released by Research.com ide...

Amsterdam Business School (ABS) professor of innovation and strategy Henk Volberda weighs in on the potential trade war between Europe and the US. A VVD Member of the European Parliament, Bart Groothuis, recently stated that Europe shouldn't retaliate against Trump with ‘stupid tariffs’. Instead,...

In an article published in Nederlands Dagblad, Amsterdam Business School (ABS) professor of philanthropy Paul Smeets explains the relationship between the media and charity. He also advises how charities could do more with less. Smeets' comments came after the devastating earthquake in Myanmar o...

As of March 2025, Martijn Dekker has been appointed Professor of Business and Cybersecurity at the Amsterdam Business School (ABS), part of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). He joins the Business Analytics section and will focus on both teaching and research, with a strong emphasis on Executive ...

Starting April 2025, ten new interdisciplinary research projects will commence at the UvA.

A new study on strategic bottlenecks in digital platform ecosystems by Amsterdam Business School researcher Dr Hakan Özalp (Strategy & International Business section) has just been published in the Academy of Management Perspectives.

Papers by two ABS researchers, Kevin Curran (Entrepreneurship & Innovation section) and Panikos Georgallis (Strategy & International Business section) , were selected among the best papers of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM).

An article based on research by ABS researchers Martijn Dröes and Yasmine van der Straten (both with the ABS Finance section) was recently published on the economist’s platform ESB. They analysed the effectiveness of home energy-saving subsidies. With the Netherlands looking to make its housing s...

Responsible Digital Transformations is pleased to announce the conference GenAI & Creative Practices: Past, Present, and Future, taking place on 17 and 18 December 2025. This international conference will bring together scholars, researchers, and practitioners to critically examine the evolving r...

Former Minister of Education, Culture and Science and renowned mathematical physicist Prof. Robbert Dijkgraaf is returning to the UvA: he has been appointed university professor of Science and Society from an International Perspective as of 1 April. Dijkgraaf will combine his professorship at the...

The new Master’s programme Business Information Technology Management (BITM) has been officially accredited and will start on 1 September 2025.

Thousands of UvA staff, lecturers, and students protested on Monday, 17 March, against the planned cuts to higher education.

Jan Willem Bolderdijk (ABS Marketing section) and a team of researchers analysed the power of words when it comes to combating climate change.

The Executive Board of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has decided to follow the advice of the Advisory Committee on Collaboration with Third Parties regarding three international collaborations.

Together with colleagues from Amsterdam UMC (Medicine), FNWI (Science), and ACTA (Dentistry), Amsterdam Business School professor Ans Kolk received an interdisciplinary grant for the project ‘Health(ier) without PFAS: phasing out non-essential uses of ‘forever chemicals’ in hospitals and healthca...

If nothing changes, PostNL - in its current form - is doomed. On this, economists, postal workers, and even company executives fully agree. But what is needed to get the Netherlands' largest parcel and mail delivery service back on track? And what does that mean for consumers?

A recent study by Alejandro Hirmas and Jan Hausfeld (both with the Amsterdam School of Economics Microeconomics section) explores how intermediaries form beliefs about hiring managers’ preferences and whether these beliefs influence their selection process. They received funding for their study f...

In the final budget, you can read – among other things – how the cuts will affect the UvA in 2025. You can also read how the UvA is preparing for the future.

Enrico Perotti and Spyros Terovitis (both with the Amsterdam Business School’s Finance section) are publishing a novel idea in the highly ranked ‘Journal of Economic Theory’. They present a model that explores how people in different circumstances ensure their financial security.

The Amsterdam Center of Excellence in Risk, Resilience and Regulation (AC3R) has received an IP Midsize Grant 2025. AC3R is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Amsterdam School of Economics, the Amsterdam Business School, and the Amsterdam Law School, led by Prof. Roger Laeven.