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Fostering meaningful industry partners
Learn moreHaving worked for over 25 years in top management positions for several banks and asset managers in Luxembourg. Patrick Weydert has recently joined the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) as Partnership Development Officer for the Luxembourg School of Finance (LSF). In the following interview Patrick will talk about the importance of academia and…
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FDEF Newsletter – July 2021
Learn moreRead our research, teaching and outreach news at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance.
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Making Elections Work with Prof. Vincent Anesi
Learn moreIn a representative democracy, the accountability of elected officials to their constituents stems from elections. Scholars have argued, however, that elections present important limitations that constitute a barrier to political accountability.
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In Memory of Sachin S. Vankalas (1983 – 2021)
Learn moreWe are deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Mr. Sachin S. Vankalas, LuxFLAG’s General Manager and part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance.
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Flashback to the June 2021 Energy Seminar
Learn moreOn June 30th, the current academic year concluded with another successful Energy Seminar held as a hybrid event on Campus Belval. The topic of the seminar was “Flexibility for the Energy System of the Future” and dealt with how advances in materials for electricity storage, as well as information technology, will facilitate integration of intermittent…
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Working Yet Poor Project releases National Report for Luxembourg
Learn moreThe European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) aims at granting all workers “fair and adequate wages” as well as an “adequate protection for all kinds of employment”. But what does the reality look like for millions of EU citizens who are either in low wage employment, part of the “gig” economy, are solo self-employed or…
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Two FDEF Bachelor students selected for the Bâloise Fellowship
Learn moreEllma Bahtijari and Dylan Esteves are both students of the Bachelor in Applied Management programme at the University of Luxembourg.
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FDEF research into economic growth when people work less & less
Learn morePeople work much less today than they used to in the past. Take a male full-time production worker in the U.K. His weekly workload dropped from 56.9 hours in 1870 to roughly 42 hours in 2000, an absolute decline of 35%. At the same time, his standard of living soared. What does modern growth theory…
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For richer or for poorer: marital patterns and income inequality
Learn moreIn recent years, increasing income equality in developed countries has been a hot topic among economists. Researchers have attempted to explain these disparities in surprising ways, including family economics.
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FDEF award winner Q&A: Dylan Theis
Learn moreEvery two weeks during the summer season, we will be having a chat with some of the Student Award winners from the graduating class of 2020. We are beginning with Dylan Theis, Prix Luis y Antonio Portabella Excellence Académique Laureate who completed a Bachelor in Economics and Management at the FDEF.