Tinbergen Institute Opening Conference: Science for Society

The Tinbergen Institute Opening Conference will take place at De Brug, Roeterseiland campus of the University of Amsterdam on April 9. Theme of the conference is 'Science for Society'.

Registration

It is an internal event. All Tinbergen Institute's board members, (former) directors, directors of graduate studies, fellows, teachers, PhD and research master students, alumni, and everyone who has contributed to the Institute are cordially invited to attend. Due to limited capacity, registration is mandatory. Secure your seat here:

Sign up here

Please register before Wednesday April 1, 2026. Please note that there is limited seating for the plenary sessions (max. 300). For the Buffet dinner more people can attend.

Program

All presenters are associated to Tinbergen Institute and are a mix of senior and junior research fellows and PhD students. PhD students and Postdocs have been invited to submit a proposal for a poster presentation in the registration form.

The conference program as PDF.

9.30 – 9.50 Registration / Coffee
9.50 – 10.00: Opening talk
10.00 – 11.00: Session 1: Innovation (Chair Eric Bartelsman)

• Alessandro Zona (UvA – Finance)
• Vittoria Scalera (UvA – Strategy & International Business)
• Ajay Bhaskarabhatla (EUR – Applied Economics)
• Francesco Balocco (VU - KIN Center for Digital Innovation)
• Henri de Groot (VU – Spatial Economics)

11.00 – 11.20: Coffee break
11.20 – 12.20: Session 2: Sustainability (Chair Florian Wagener)

• Julia Schaumburg (VU - Econometrics)
• Ana Aranda (UvA - Strategy & International Business)
• Robert Faber (VU - Accountancy)
• Remco Zwinkels (VU – Finance)
• Aylin Aydinli (VU – Marketing)

12.20 – 13.20: Lunch with posters (PhD students & postdocs)
Signed up: Olivier Feltham (UvA), Cristina Figueroa (UvA), Alessandro Capra (UvA), Tijmen Henkes (UvA), Davide Castellani (UvA), Lukas Hofmann (UvA), Sorravich Kingsuwankul (VU), Tina Rozsos (VU), Sindri Engilbertsson (UvA), Ana Popovici (VU), Alberto Antonello (UvA), Trang Luu (UvA), Nadja van ‘t Hoff (UvA), Patricia Himml (EUR), Reza Armakan (UvA), Emma Schmiedel (UvA), Tim Wienand (EUR)

13.20 – 14.20: Session 3: Education, Work & Health (Chair Robert Dur)

• Esmee Zwiers (UvA – Econometrics)
• Agnes Baker (VU Management & Organization)
• Stanislav Avdeev (UvA – Human Capital)
• Hans van Kippersluis (EUR – Applied Economics)
• Nadine Ketel (VU – Economics)

14.20 - 14.40: Coffee break
14.40 - 15.40: RM Students theses pitches (Chair Francesca Sotgiu)
Francesco Serra, Luca Tomassi, Alex Arasanz Goset, Ekaterina Siniakova

15.40 – 16.00: Coffee break
16.00 – 17.00: Session 4: Diversity & Inequality (Chair Klarita Gerxhani)

• Clement Bellet (EUR - Marketing)
• Thomas Buser (UvA – Human Capital)
• Milan Makany (EUR – Economics)
• Almasa Sarabi (UvA - Leadership & Management)
• Wendy Janssens (VU - Development Economics)

17:00-17:10: Closing remarks
17.10 – 18.00: Drinks
18.00 – 20.00: Buffet

Venue 

Venue De Brug is a unique event room located above the Nieuwe Achtergracht on the Roeterseiland campus.

Registration desk: Entrance B/C on Niuewe Achtergracht 166: Roeterseilandcampus - building B/C/D and De Brug (entrance B/C) - University of Amsterdam
You can also reach the venue by Entrance D on Nieuwe Achtergracht 127: Roeterseilandcampus - building E/D and De Brug (entrance D) - University of Amsterdam

Questions?

Contact: seminar@tinbergen.nl.