Learning and Work hybrid seminars, autumn/winter 2026

The hybrid seminar series takes place every two weeks on Tuesdays from 12.00 to 13.00, both in person and via Microsoft Teams.

Organisers of L&W seminars

Raymond Montizaan: r.montizaan@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Katarina Wessling: k.wessling@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Steffen Künn: s.kuenn@maastrichtuniversity.nl

  • Upcoming seminars

    When: Tuesday, 20 October 2026
    Time: 12.00 - 13.00
    Where: TS53 - C-1.05

    Speaker: Mengwei Lin (University of Barcelona & IEB)

    Titel: Museums Around: Cultural Infrastructure and Educational Outcomes

    Abstract: How do local cultural amenities affect educational attainment and choices? Combining administrative records on 8.5 million students in England with geocoded museum openings, I answer this question using a stacked difference-in-differences design. A museum opening within 2 km of students' homes raises their percentile rank in upper-secondary exams by 1.5 points, the effect fading with distance, while progression to upper-secondary study is unaffected. Subject choices also respond to museum themes; history, social-life, and industry museums increase entry into related subjects by more than 1 percentage point, and science museums, if anything, reallocate students from other subjects to academic STEM. Cultural infrastructure in the adolescent environment thus shapes what young people achieve and what they study.

     

    Upcoming seminars:


    03-11-2026 Guillem Foucault - TSE
    17-11-2026 t.b.a.
    01-12-2026 Albrecht Glitz - Barcelona
    15-12-2026 Sandra McNally - University of Surrey

     

    Previous seminars:

    06-10-2026: Anna Bindler - DIW Berlin, Revealed Trust in Police (with Randi Hjalmarsson & Kyra Hanemaaijer)
    22-09-2026 Harald Pfeifer - BIBB, ROA - CANCELLED
    08-09-2026 Marc Witte (VU) - Wage Information and Applicant Selection
    25-08-2026 Bohdana Kurylo, ROA - Subject-Specific Rank and the Educational Tracking of Migrant Students

     
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