In September 2000 world leaders agreed to eight so-called Millennium Development Goals. With the first and most prominent Millennium Development Goal 191 member states of the United Nations committed themselves "to halve, by the year 2015, the proportion of the world's people whose income is
The course aims to give students a broad vision and perspective on Global Climate Change: its mechanisms, impacts upon society and the environment, emerging mitigation technologies, and adaptation strategies. Students will explore these issues in a multidisciplinary framework with lectures,
Global and Imperial History provides you with a rich introduction to some of the most important developments in the creation of the modern world: the module encourages you to explore global patterns of change, contest, and the movement of ideas, goods and peoples via both original historical
This course introduces students to basic derivative products, discusses their design and pricing as well as their use in practice. The first part of the course will focus on financial derivatives and their pricing. In practical exercises students will analyze structured products offered by banks
The European Union started in 1951 as an attempt to prevent a new World-war in Europe. No other region has displayed similar willingness to give up important parts of national sovereignty in pursuit of a stronger global competitive positioning. The European Union keeps pressuring the
Trust comes by foot and leaves by horse! Since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008 there is a growing concern of policy makers, business, and scientists about the impact the destruction of interpersonal and institutional trust has on economic recovery. This course deals with this issue by
During this three-week intensive course you will be immersed in a creative pressure cooker. A collaboration between visual artists and IT specialists leads to interactive installations in a public setting/environment during an exhibition. Period 27-05-2013 - 14-06-2013 (3 weeks) Target group
The course is about Dutch art - with an emphasis on painting. Ever since the Middle Ages the Netherlands has played a pivotal role in the history of European art and culture. Dutch and Flemish artists were the first to use oil paints, the first to visually document the lives and cultures of
With its great treasure of visual arts and architecture, it is often overlooked that the Netherlands and Belgium also have a rich heritage and thriving presence in literary fields of expression. All of this is directly linked to the history of Western civilisation and European culture. Students
This course provides an analysis of the historical and current processes leading to economic, political, and social reforms in East Central Europe. This region is rich with a diverse set of ethnic cultures, economic developments, and political experiments before and after the fall of the Berlin
