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… Circularity Analyst SYSTEMIQ Anya Trivedi Circularity Analyst SYSTEMIQ Louise Patzdorf Communications Lead SYSTEMIQ Contributors Alexandre Kremer, Ben Dixon, Carl Kühl, Felix Philipp, Joana Kleine-Jäger, Julia Koskella, Mark Wilson, Michael Kast, Mike Webster, Mike Muskett, Sun Oh, Tilmann Vahle. 5 This report shows a path for the European plastic industry to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 and puts the application of the circular economy principles in the core of this transition. Adoption of … Urban and Environmental Psychology University of Vienna ” As we are already front runners in waste logistics and collec- tion, it is important to differentiate the European plastics system and its challenges from the global one. Littering is not the main European challenge and therefore gratuitous reductions and substitutions are not the answer. ReShaping Plastics has given us a long-awaited science-based quan- tification on the potential gains of different approaches to reaching net zero. Single … and bold commitments on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the plastics sector faces significant challenges. The European plastics system in 2021 is predominantly linear, with only 14% of plastic waste estimated to be recycled each year and the remainder being either incinerated with energy recovery, landfilled, exported, or littered. Countries are increasingly pivoting from landfilling waste to incineration with energy recovery, a European policy objectivei that is in-line with the waste …
… volume (Antweiler and Frank, 2004), and sentiment indicators extracted from online forums and searches can predict returns (Chen et al., 2014). A growing economic literature also compares online and offline news (Gentzkow, 2011). Open questions remain in this field regarding social media: How is social media content processed? Is it processed differently from traditional online and offline news? Which models best describe the role of information from different sources? This project relies on … Gödker (k.godker@maastrichtuniversity.nl) Short text: The process of how people form beliefs is not exclusively guided by a desire for accuracy. Instead, the literature on motivated reasoning argues that desires to hold a positive self-view or to maintain a certain conviction constitute strong motives to manipulate own beliefs in a self-serving way. One of the most prominent consequences of such motives is overconfidence, i.e., the systematic overestimation of one’s skills and abilities. People … have the opportunity to work with textual data already collected, using textual analysis. References: Shiller, R. J. (2017). Narrative economics. American Economic Review, 107(4), 967-1004. Further readings: Bursztyn, L., Ederer, F., Ferman, B., & Yuchtman, N. (2014). Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Peer Effects: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Financial Decisions. Econometrica, 82(4), 1273-1301. Title: Impact of Covid-19 on Risk-Neutral Distributions Supervisor: Paulo Rodrigues …
… as part of the data set) countries like Iran, Kazakstan, and Belarus, which even in procedural terms are semi-democracies at best. But they are worth highlighting as interesting problem cases since most of their leaders were elected, reelected, and remain popular. 2Freedom in the World: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties, 1992- 1993, pp. 62o-26; Freedom in the World, 1989-i99o, pp. 312-19. FOREIGN AFFAIRS" Volume76No. 6[241 inefficient, corrupt, shortsighted, irresponsible, … flirtations with democracy after World War I, most East Asian regimes turned authoritarian. Over time they moved from autocracy to liberalizing autocracy, and, in some cases, toward liber- alizing semi-democracy.4 Most of the regimes in East Asia remain only semi-democratic, with patriarchs or one-party systems that make their elections ratifications of power rather than genuine con- tests. But these regimes have accorded their citizens a widening sphere of economic, civil, religious, and limited … proved more beneficial than France's policy of enfranchising some of its colonial populations. While liberal autocracies may have existed in the past, can one imagine them today? Until recently, a small but powerful example flourished off the Asian mainland-Hong Kong. For 156 years, until July 1, 1997, Hong Kong was ruled by the British Crown through an appointed governor general. Until 1991 it had never held a meaningful election, but its government epitomized constitutional liberalism, pro- …
… Article 3 Exam Administration The FASoS Exam Administration, a department in the FASoS Office of Student Affairs, is mandated by the BoE to organise intermediate/regular exams, to register exam grades, to conduct the graduation procedure and to maintain the FASoS examination archive. Article 4 Exams and organisation of exams This section presents the main rules and regulations regarding all exams except final work (for final work provisions, see Article 5 below). FASoS employs a variety of exam formats, including closed books exams which usually take place in the MECC. Exceptionally, exams may take … the programme in or before 2020-2021 1. The following courses are compulsory: a. the following courses (total credit value of 70): all courses from year 1 (43 credits); the following 4 courses from year 2: EUS2000 EU Law I; EUS2001 Policy Domains; EUS2002 Comparative Politics and Government; and EUS2003 Area Studies (27 credits). b. the following skills trainings from the programme are compulsory (total credit value of 39.5): all skills training courses from year 1 (17 credits); all …
… there is going to be any centralisation of international law in the near future. For that reason, if we look at international legal rules as such statements, the set is bound to be or become inconsistent. As soon as it becomes inconsistent, it will remain so even if further statements are added. As mentioned before, this would be problematic in that inconsistency between rules increases the potential for conflicts, which are obstacles for international cooperation. This understanding of … of a rule set by creating additional rules. However, these additional rules need to be the right kind of rules. We will return to this in section 7. 6. How adding rules can remove conflicts It is possible that there are cases in which a set of rules remains inconsistent, that is, in which rule conflicts are not impossible. Returning to our previous example, let us focus solely on the initial set {R1, R2}, supposing that R3 does not exist. In such a scenario, the set {R1, R2} is inconsistent and … dictate a particular way of dealing with conflicts. It can only help by providing clarity and structure in the complexity. The concrete development of such a framework of rules is a task for international lawyers and, ultimately, for States as the main actors of international law. In that connection, we can look at the International Law Commission’s (ILC) 2006 Report33 on the fragmentation of international law as an initial effort to lay practical guidance for lawyers in the field. The Report …
… the university is classified in the non-employed PhD candidate - PhD scholarship candidate category. Non-employed PhD candidate PhD scholarship candidate Person who does not have an employment contract with UM (where the PhD is to be taken) but whose main objective is to take his/her PhD and receives the necessary funding from a scholarship provider. An important indicator is then that the person does not receive a salary from UM (or no more than a supplement to the scholarship). This can relate to … position paper in November 2019, which explains the ambitions to expand the recognition of and rewards for the work of academic staff. Less emphasis will be placed on the number of publications and more emphasis will be placed on the other domains, such as education, leadership and impact. The objective is to achieve more scope for diversity in academic career paths and end the fixation on research and output and, in so doing, implement the new principle that quality has priority over … postdocs have often been issued a residence permit (visa) for the term of their project. Their residence permit will also need to be extended when their project can be extended (when it is the intention that the relevant PhD candidate/postdoc will remain in the Netherlands). Now the Public Servants (Standardization of Legal Status) Act has entered into force, all non- employed PhD candidates only have recourse to what are referred to as ‘hosting agreements’. The residence permits of non-employed …
… only media purchasing, while this new contract includes mechanisms for media strategy and planning, an essential difference. Outside of the scope of this tender are services that we conduct in-house and the creation and production of materials. The main contact for UM is the DPC (Department of Public and Communication) Service Centre, as many self-placements are made from UM. For self-placements, the e-mail addresses and contacts below can be contacted. DPCServicecenter@initiative.com : for … and Marco de Kwant. Media strategy, purchasing and planning Initiative Media BV Initiative Media BV Peter van Anrooystraat 7 1076 DA Amsterdam 020 - 7993000 www.initiative.nl Disclaimer The copyright for text, design, photographs and logos on this website rests with Maastricht University. The corporate identity and the content of this website may not be used by third parties without prior consent. … Print & digital media …
… of the Kwakwaka'wakw, a First Nation from Alert Bay, Canada. Schoer developed a methodology, the Session Musician’s Approach, which places the researcher as an equal among his “research subjects”, the people he works with to acquire his findings. The main goal is to mediate between people from different cultures, not on a fact-based level, but on a basis of empathy. The Sounding Museum has been acknowledged by the Swiss UNESCO Commission as a contribution to the 2010 International Year of the … following a competency-based programme in the Netherlands achieved higher competency levels than their peers who stayed at home. After graduating at their own university and working for three years in their home countries, their competency levels remain higher but do not impact their position in the labour market. They do benefit from their time in the Netherlands in that they have more international positions with more responsibilities and a salary that is 10% higher than their fellow students …
… and technical change among SMEs in apparel manufacturing business in Ghana. A survey of 140 firms shows weak signs of catching-up with the best practice firms even with increasing application of new technologies. Levels of poverty/deprivation remain high among apparel manufacturers, down from 41.8 percent in 2002 to 34.2 percent in 2007. The study linked the drop in poverty to output growth and proposed a more sustained and comprehensive policy measures to boost productivity growth through a … the risk of death and diseases, among which chronic lung damage. In lung fluid of premature infants changes were found that can predict and partly explain lung damage. Furthermore, children were examined that were born after a uterus infection, main cause for preterm birth. There are indications that they can be better treated by raised dosage and more extensive application of medicines that are already used in practice. This can lead to a strong decrease of disease and death. It shows that …
… and Productivity: A Microeconometric Analysis of the Québec Case” The dissertation empirically assesses the effectiveness of direct and indirect government support to the private R&D investment of firms in Québec on their economic performances. The main results are that the level-based tax credit is less effective than the incremental R&D tax credit since it contains a deadweight loss. Firms which use public grants for R&D in conjunction with R&D tax incentives perform better in terms of R&D … perturbation in walking pattern PhD Conferral Ms. Sanne P.M. Verhoef, MSc Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences. Supervisor: Prof.dr. K.R. Westerterp, Prof.dr. E.C.M. Mariman Friday 31 May 2013, 10.00 hours “Body weight loss and maintenance as affected by environment and genetic predisposition” Award of the Faculty of Law honorary doctorate to Prof.dr. Christine Van den Wyngaert Academic Ceremony on the occasion of the award of the Faculty of Law honorary doctorate to Prof.dr. …