Partners & networks

ROA collaborates with several institutes and undertakes joint research activities in the field of Education and the Labour Market. By cooperation nationally and internationally and exchanging ideas, ROA aims to bolster research efforts and to improve the coherence and quality of research.

IAB - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung

The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) was set up as a research unit of the former German Federal Employment Service conducting research on the labour market in order to advise political actors at all levels. > read more

BIBB

The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) is recognized as a center of excellence for vocational research and for the progressive development of vocational education and training (VET) in Germany. BIBB works to identify future challenges in VET, stimulate innovation in national and international vocational systems, and develop new, practiceoriented solutions for both initial and continuing vocational education and training. > read more

OML - Limburg Education Monitor

Within the Limburg Education Monitor (OML), primary and secondary schools in Limburg and Maastricht University have been working together for 15 years to build up knowledge about good education. The OML's working method is based on the quality cycle of goals-data-interpretation-action.

Together, we analyse a theme relevant to education in Limburg (e.g. language skills), after which we identify where adjustments are needed and which approaches (or elements thereof) could be valuable for schools in Limburg (e.g. revising reading policy), and where these will be monitored and evaluated during implementation. These steps are repeated until the desired results are achieved. In this way, we arrive at a step-by-step improvement of education at (regional) bottlenecks. > read more

EALE – The European Association of Labour Economists

EALE aims to promote the advancement of knowledge in the field of labour economics in Europe and elsewhere. Its activities include the organisation of international conferences and workshop, the promotion of the study and application of labour economics, the formation of international groups concerned with research and teaching, and support to publications in the field of labour economics. The EALE secretariat is located at ROA. > read more

ITEM - The Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility

The Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility (ITEM) operates at the convergence of research, counselling, knowledge exchange, and training activities in the domain of cross-border mobility and cooperation. ITEM is an interdisciplinary institute which was initiated by Maastricht University (UM) in cooperation with Zuyd Hogeschool, NEIMED, the (Dutch) province of Limburg, the city of Maastricht and the Meuse-Rhine Euregion. Within Maastricht University in particular the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the School of Business and Economics (represented by ROA) are involved in the activities of ITEM. > read more

MACIMIDE - Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development 

Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) is the interdisciplinary research platform of Maastricht University that brings together scholars working in the fields of migration, mobility, citizenship, development and family life. ROA is represented in its Executive Board and in the activities of the research themes of MACIMIDE. In order to contribute to a better understanding of the dynamics and consequences of transnational migration and mobility in a European and global context MACIMIDE combines various research lines across different Faculties of Maastricht University. > read more