Season’s greetings from the EIB Institute

Happy holidays and best wishes for 2019 from the EIB Institute! What a year it has been! 2018 was the year of the first EIB Summer School, of the first EIB conference on the circular economy and of the first SIT alumni meeting. It was the year of the EIB art...

EIB donation following earthquake in Indonesia

The EIB Group, via the EIB Institute, is donating EUR 250 000 to three emergency aid agencies to support the victims of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Indonesia in September 2018. The three organisations focusing on helping children are UNICEF...
2018 SIT Alumni showcased at EVPA

2018 SIT Alumni showcased at EVPA

On 30 November in Warsaw, 11 SIT alumni showcased their high-impact ventures at the 14th Annual Conference of the European Venture Philanthropists Association (EVPA). The alumni – AdoptGrandParents, Aprendices Visuales, AUARA, Design by Pana, FARMIDABLE (pictured),...
Inequality and happiness

Inequality and happiness

Happiness is a subjective notion but so is income inequality as “we are happier when comparing to others” said Professor Andrew Clark, Paris School of Economics at a seminar on “Inequality and happiness” organised jointly by the EIB Institute and the University of...

EIBURS research leads to new research centre

For the first time, an EIBURS research has led to the creation of a dedicated new research centre: the Leibniz Science Campus Ruhr (LSCR). LSCR  is a research collaboration focused on “Health care challenges in regions with declining and ageing populations” and was...