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Research projects

  • Technequality

    Technequality aims to improve our understanding of the relation between current technological innovations (robotisation, automation, and digitisation) and social inequalities (income, skills, education, well-being and health) in European countries.

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    Project the big unknown

    The Big Unknown: A Journey into Generative AI‘s Transformative Effect on Professions, starting with Medical Practitioners

    This innovative research project investigates the integration of generative AI into medical practice, particularly focusing on its utility in enhancing the diagnostic capabilities of general practitioners in the Netherlands, Kenya, and Indonesia. ...

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    project fowig

    The Future of Work in Germany (FoWiG)

    This research project empirically assesses the consequences of implementing artificial intelligence for employment, productivity, quality of working life, and skills requirements of jobs. We study how ai transforms the work of human experts in var...

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    The National Education Cohort Study

    The Netherlands Cohort Study on Education

    The Netherlands Cohort Study on Education (Dutch abbreviation: ‘NCO’) uses longitudinal register data on track placement of cohorts of students in primary and secondary education. This study is instigated and financed by the Netherlands Organi...

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    um scanner alumni

    UM-Scanner

    This project monitors the school to work transition and labour market outcomes of alumni from Maastricht University. We make use of the Nationale Alumni Enquete (NAE) for information over alumni 1.5 years after graduation and have our own alumni s...

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    craftmanship

    Vakmanschap | Craftsmanship

    Craftsmanship has different meanings. For one person, the development of well-trained people who are flexible, have '21st century skills' and can contribute to a 'learning economy'. For the other, craftsmanship stands for the development of specia...

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    Work ageing health and retirement

    Work, ageing, health and retirement

    This project analyzes the relationships between, on the one hand, workers’ tasks, vitality and human capital development and, on the other hand, the various transitions from work to retirement and individual health in the increasingly dynamic an...

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