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08 Dec Nursena Aksünger
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Nursena Aksünger holds a BA in Economics from Istanbul Technical University and MSc in Economics from the University of Amsterdam. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD in Economics at Vrije University, Amsterdam under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Wendy Janssens and Prof. Dr. Menno Pradhan....
08 Jul The new normal: how to adapt to new data collection methods
COVID-19 is here with us, and with it, the obvious need for change. The stipulated guidelines by the Kenya Ministry of Health on social distancing and increased hand hygiene aimed at reducing the risk of getting this new infectious disease have led to new policies...
27 May Professor Wendy Janssens appointed to AIGHD Executive Board and Full Professor at VU
The Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development congratulates Professor Wendy Janssens for being appointed Full Professor of Development Economics at the Vrije Universiteit and the newest member of the AIGHD Executive Board, representing the School of Business and Economics of the VU. She will take...
16 Jul AIGHD Remembers Joep & Jacqueline
It’s been five years since Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over Eastern Ukraine. All 298 on board were killed, including our director Prof. Joep Lange and our colleague Jacqueline van Tongeren, who were on their way to the 20th International AIDS Conference in...
20 Mar Wendy Janssens
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Wendy Janssens’ research focuses on experimental and micro-econometric evaluations of the impact of development programmes in the areas of global mental health, sexual and reproductive health and HIV/Aids, health financing and health behaviour, and women’s empowerment and intra-household decision-making – aiming to understand the behavioural...