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7 Feb 2011Just a few hours after landing at Delhi airport, the EUR delegation visited a slum and participated in a seminar organised by IHS alumni. The scale of issues in India can easily overwhelm, particularly related to housing, poverty and urban development. By 2030, India will have nearly 1.5bn inhabitants, 40% living in cities. 68 cities [...]
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25 Jan 2011Even een blogje in het Nederlands, voor tussendoor. De foto hiernaast is een afbeelding van een gangpad in het gebouw van De Munt in Utrecht, waar ik gisteren te gast was ivm de eerste muntslag van Erasmus “500 jaar Lof der Zotheid”. Het gangpad bestaat uit diverse munten, in hars ingelegd, en het leidt naar [...]
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13 Dec 2010I have blogged before about the initiative to increase cooperation between the 3 universities of Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam. Today, the 3 executive boards met in Rotterdam to review progress to date and to discuss next steps. Each university has organised engagement sessions with the deans, as a result of which some preliminary ideas have [...]
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10 Sep 2010The Erasmus University plays a key role in human capital development and innovations systems in Rotterdam and its region. Today, the OECD Review of Higher Education was presented at a conference with all relevant stakeholders. My predecessor Jan Willem Oosterwijk was a passionate advocate for this review, and he first led the steering committee for the [...]
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3 Sep 2010Maandag 30 augustus was ik te gast bij het programma Aan de Slag van Paul van Liempt op BNR. In Aan de slag wordt het nieuws doorgenomen en ondervraagt Paul van Liempt op scherpe wijze zijn gasten. Hier is het uitgebreide interview terug te horen. Monday 30th of August I was interviewed on BNR, a [...]
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25 Jun 2010A week of celebrations has passed. One of the attractions of this job is that I have the pleasure of joining all kinds of festive events. This week’s selection: honouring Skadi on winning 5 varsities in a row, celebrating the arrival of summer with representatives of 14 different student associations at the annual Kuyl’s Fundatie dinner, waving the [...]
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17 Jun 2010Tijdens het gisteren door EZ en de SER georganiseerde congres over “goed bestuur op de grens van publiek en privaat” stond het thema centraal hoe governance structuren zich ontwikkelen in het steeds vager wordende grensgebied tussen de private en de publieke sector. Mijn keynote speech is hier aangehecht.
Most of my weeks are filled with (lots of) highs and occasionally a low point, but last week was extreme in both senses. The obvious low point was the memorial service for Jan Willem Oosterwijk on Monday 7 June. A beautiful service it was, in a church packed with hundreds of friends, former colleagues and [...]
“Investering in kennis is essentieel voor de internationale concurrentiepositie Nederland. Dit is de boodschap van het Presidium, het Dagelijks Bestuur van de VSNU. In een korte film doen de presidium-leden een oproep aan de politiek om meer te investeren in het hoger onderwijs.”
Now and then, we are asked to comment in the press. EUR academics frequently appear in radio and tv interviews, next to their written contributions to the public debate. We have our own radio studio link, which I could test this morning in a live interview with BNR radio, together with my UvA colleague Karel [...]

Pauline van der Meer Mohr is president of the Executive Board and is responsible for general administrative matters, such as the relationship with the Board of Trustees and the University Council. She focuses on the strategic policy, international affairs and external contacts, including the Rotterdam region, industry and other knowledge institutions.