Pauline van der Meer Mohr

Just before closing down for the holiday season we are celebrating the inauguration of Smartport’s Advisory council this evening. After a long (and sometimes tedious) history, Smartport became a reality in December 2010 as a partnership between EUR, the city council of Rotterdam, the Harbour and Deltalinq. In the past year, many people have put [...]

As the holiday season is drawing near, I am making up the balance sheet of the year. Looking back on what has been achieved, I think we can be satisfied that tremendous progress has been made which can best be summed up as the foundation for the next generation. The campus looks desolate but will [...]

Of all the BV2013 projects (for outsiders: this is the pan-university support services improvement programme) one of the most critical is the selection and implementation of a new SIS – student information system. Currently, the Erasmus university operates on a combined EIS/Osiris platform, which will be replaced in the coming years. The BV 2013 team [...]

A smooth transition between university and the labour market does not only add to the ‘value proposition’ that universities offer to their students, it is also essential to achieve a higher position in the international rankings. Looking at the FT rankings of business schools, for example, it is interesting to note the criteria determining the [...]

Last night, I had the great pleasure to be invited to a performance of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. Together with a small group of people who occasionally advise the theater on issues regarding fund raising or relationship management, we were privileged to hear an introduction to the performance by the director, Theu Boermans. He started [...]

Erasmus proudly presents…. the smartest woman in The Netherlands (according to Viva magazine): Elke Geraerts, FSW psychologist and member of KNAW’s “Jonge Academie”. Elke has also been selected to represent a group of young Dutch thought leaders known as ‘young shapers’ to join the 2012 World Economic Forum in Davos. I am extraordinarily proud to [...]

I don’t usually blog about the financial crisis, because there are many experts on the subject out there adding their perspective to the public debate, and I always think one should not blabber on about things one does not know enough about. What fascinates me is the tension that seems to be building up around [...]