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Lifelong Learning

What are the drivers of lifelong learning and how do different groups in the Dutch population acquire their human capital during their life course?

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Skills2Capabilities

This project, funded by Horizon Europe, aims to bring together a diverse set of related skills mismatch issues in one comprehensive framework

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The National Education Cohort Study

To reduce research pressure and give useful results back to schools - that is what the National Cohort Study Education (NCO) stands for.

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Early Predictors of School Success

How lifestyle, different aspects of health and (un)healthy behaviour of primary and secondary school pupils affect their educational performance and educational career

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  • News

    skills2capabilities

    ROA researchers share S2C findings at the ELMI Conference in Brussels

    Skills2Capabilities project

     

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    cover thesis Per Bles

    Per Bles Successfully defends his thesis

    PhD Defence

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    ai:conomics project

    Trust, transparency, encouragement: Starting points for the design of operational AI innovation processes

    ai:conomics Policy Brief #5 is published

     

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    New research on international students’ role in the supply of new workers for Dutch labour market

    ROA report

     

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  • Events

    Learning & Work Seminar

    Learning and Work Hybrid Seminars, Maastricht University, SBE, Autumn 2024

    Our regular Tuesday hybrid seminar series (from 12:00 to 13:00, onsite and also via zoom) features researchers from different disciplines, with focuses on both academic and policy issues.

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    Online PhD Defence Alina Shirshikova

    Alina Shirshikova will defend her PhD thesis on Wednesday, 23 October 2024, at 16:00 hours

     

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    PhD Defence Stijn Horck

    Stijn Horck will defend his PhD thesis on Tuesday, 29 October 2024, at 10:00 hours at the Auditorium of the Maastricht University (Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht).

     

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    PhD Defence Mélanie Monfrance

    Mélanie Monfrance will defend her PhD thesis on Thursday, 14 November 2024, at 13:00 hours at the Auditorium of the Maastricht University (Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht).

     

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  • ROA mission

    The Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) is a research institute of the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, established in 1986. The overarching research theme of ROA is the acquisition and depreciation of human capital over the life course in relation to the dynamics of the labor market. ROA aims to do high level scientific research with a substantial policy impact. This dual mission is pursued in all research project, regardless of the type of funding (fundamental or commissioned research). ROA receives funding from scientific funds (e.g. NRO, NWO, NETSPAR, ORA, H2020), as well as from national and international authorities (Ministries, European Commission, OECD) and various other organizations such as training funds, educational institutes and regional governments. For more information, please click here