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Tinbergen Institute

Tinbergen Institute is the graduate school and research institute in economics and business, jointly operated by the schools of economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), the University of Amsterdam (UvA), and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). The institute governs two research master’s programs: the Research Master in Economics and the Research Master Business Data Science.

Members of the Supervisory Board

Professor R.M.W.J. Beetsma, Dean Amsterdam School of Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam
Professor P.J.F. Groenen, Dean Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University
Professor A. van Witteloostuijn, Dean School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Members of the Advisory Board

Professor B. Bronnenberg (Professor of Marketing at Tilburg University)
Professor M. Timmer (VICI Laureate, University of Groningen and CPB Netherlands)
Professor J. Haskel (Imperial College and Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee)
Professor G. Imbens (Nobel Laureate, Stanford University)
Professor Anja Lambrecht (London Business School)

Board 

The Board supervises the day-to-day business and has one member: Professor B. van der Klaauw. 

Director of Graduate Studies

Professor F. Sotgiu. is the Director of Graduate Studies of the Research Master in Economics and Research Master Business Data Science.

Tinbergen Institute Research Council

The Research Council is comprised of the leaders in the research fields within the TI Research Institute. 

Tinbergen Institute Admission Board

The Admission Board is in charge of student admissions and the allocation of scholarships of Tinbergen Institute. The Admission Board of Tinbergen Institute is comprised of fellows of the three Schools of Economics of the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). 

Contact the Admission Board 

Tinbergen Institute Educational Board

The Educational Board serves the Tinbergen Institute and the Business Data Science research master programs and consists of six members. Three members are from the teaching staff and three members are students in the research master programs (for distributional reasons students delegate four members; three of them have the right to vote). The Educational Board issues advice, both solicited and unsolicited, to the Director of Graduate Studies on all matters concerning the educational program, with the objective of maintaining or improving the quality of the program.

Members of the Educational Board are:
Joey van Angeren
Thomas Buser (Chair)
Sebastian Gryglewicz
Paul Doekhie
Tijmen Henkes
Milena Nakashima
Jiayuan Ren

Tinbergen Institute Examination Board

The Examination Board serves both the Tinbergen Institute and the Business Data Science research master programs. The main duty of the Examination Board is to supervise all aspects of the quality assurance of the examinations and to determine whether a student fulfils the conditions for obtaining the degree, as defined in the Academic and Examination Regulations. The Examination Board decides on any student requests for exemptions and deviations from the program. 

Contact the Examination Board. Student can submit requests to the Examination Board in Osiris.

Student Council Officers

The student council is a joint council together with the Business Data Research reseseach master students. The Student Council is an independent student body that both informs and advises students, and organizes regular social events. For more information and agenda, look here

Student Council officers for the current year can be found here.