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Do you want to join forces and create impact together? Get in touch with Impact Developer Mark Siebert.
Impact
Discover the impact of UvA Economics and Business: our teaching and research makes a difference when it comes to the economy, policy, and society.
Impact Stories
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What explains the difference in life expectancy between neighbourhoods?
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What happens if you ban air travel advertising?
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Greater social return per donated euro thanks to UvA research
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Research into COVID-19 excess mortality helps us prepare better for future pandemics
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The Innovation Monitor: facts as the compass for tomorrow's economy
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Wind turbines and house prices: how research helps make the energy transition fairer
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New economic models give central banks better tools in times of crisis
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From graduation project to global use at FrieslandCampina
AI for Business and Society
AI creates opportunities for innovation. Discover how our expertise helps organisations apply AI responsibly, effectively, and with a human-centred approach.
Impact News
Meet the changemakers
Every month, you are introduced to a talented scientist whose research focuses on societal challenges.
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Meet the changemakers: Stanislav Avdeev
Stanislav examines how exposure to international students affects native Dutch students over the long term. -
Meet the changemakers: Andreas Cole
Andreas studies how psychological traits and environmental factors shape healthy and unhealthy relationships between leaders and followers in organisations. -
Meet the changemakers: Helen Zhao
Helen explores how artificial intelligence shapes employee well-being in today’s fast-changing and complex workplace. -
Meet the changemakers Britt van Veggel
PhD student Britt looks how data and decision models can help build more equitable access to essential services around the world. -
Meet the changemakers: Marleen de Jonge
Marleen's research focuses on using advanced AI techniques to better measure and understand climate risk and its impact on financial markets. -
Meet the changemakers: Jens Robben
Climate extremes like heat waves and air pollution affect mortality patterns, and Jens shows how this knowledge can help insurers and policymakers build more resilient responses to a changing climate. -
Meet the changemakers: Shelby Matevich
Shelby explores how entrepreneurship can be a driver of positive change in the conservation sector.
Impact Centres
Our Impact Centres use different approaches, but they all share a common goal: maximising impact. We achieve this goal through sustainable relationships, shared expertise and different forms of collaboration between academia and practice
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AI4Business Lab
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Amsterdam People Analytics Centre
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Amsterdam Center of Excellence in Risk, Resilience and Regulation
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Analytics for a Better World
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AI4Fintech
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Marketing Insights for Societal Transitions
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Amsterdam Digital Transformation Lab
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Research Centre for Longevity Risk
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Center for Nonlinear Dynamics in Economics and Finance
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Amsterdam Research Centre for Health Economics and Management
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Amsterdam Centre for Business Innovation
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Amsterdam Centre for Responsible Leadership
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Research Centre for Sustainable Investments & Insurance
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Creative Industry Lab
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Amsterdam Accounting Impact Centre
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Impact Lab Amsterdam
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Amsterdam Center for Digital Competition
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Amsterdam Social and Economic Wellbeing Research Centre