A new DKK 70 million grant from Trygfonden contributes to ensuring that TrygFonden’s Centre for Child Research can continue its research in children’s learning and wellbeing for another seven year.

How do we ensure that we don’t leave bills for future generations and instead make sure there are resources left for them? Professor of economics Torben M. Andersen and his colleagues Cecilie Marie Løchte Jørgensen and Allan Sørensen have received DKK 4.9 million from the ROCKWOOL Foundation to help solve this issue.

World leading researcher in econometrics Jeffrey Andrew Smith is appointed honorary doctor at Aarhus University. Aarhus enjoys a special place in his heart. He collaborates closely with researchers from the Department of Economics and Business Economics.

It is with great sadness that we received the news about Professor Peder J. Pedersen's death. Peder J. Pedersen died suddenly at the end of July of a heart attack at the age of 80 years.

The Ministry of Higher Education and Science has appointed professor of economics Philipp Schröder from Aarhus BSS as the chair of a new green expert group. The experts will assess the effect of research and innovation on technologies which can reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases. This is an important step towards achieving Denmark’s climate goals.

How do you reduce dropout rates on higher education degree programmes? This was the challenge the Ministry of Higher Education and Science presented to the students on the Bachelor’s degree programme in public policy at the Department of Economics and Business Economics and the Department of Political Science at Aarhus BSS. Emil Jøhnke Handberg, Volmer Jahnsen, Nikolaj Corlin and Andreas Sejr Andersen came up with the best idea, thereby winning the case competition.

Associate Professors Michael Johannes Koch and Ina Charlotte Jäkel and Professors Philipp Schröder and Frederic Warzynski are part of a research group…

Students from the Department of Economics and Business Economics at Aarhus BSS have analysed and prepared a forecast of the shipping industry in the near future. Vestas is pleased to get a fresh perspective on their logistical challenges, and the students are proud of their collaboration with the prestigious wind turbine company.

Professor Simon Calmar Andersen receives The Beryl Radin Award 2022 for best article in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART). The article shows that small financial incentives can improve policy implementation in schools.

Morten Balling, professor og tidligere rektor for Handelshøjskolen i Aarhus døde lørdag den 7. maj 2022. Han blev 83 år.

Morten efterlader sig Ellen,…