Getting cultural heritage to work for Europe

Cultural activities have traditionally been regarded as costs to society. A new report by an Expert Group on Cultural Heritage established by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Programme (DG Research and Innovation) shows that “cultural heritage is...

Artists’ Development Programme 2015: and the winners are…

Aaron Bezzina, 24, from Malta, Markus Hoffmann, 33, from Germany and Fatma Çiftçi 34, from Turkey are the three winners of the 2015 edition of the EIB Institute’s Artists’ Development Programme (ADP) under the mentorship of leading British artist Darren Almond. The...

Professor Zimmerman on inequality and health

In his presentation at the EIB, Prof. Frederick J. Zimmerman, Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, argues that income inequality is a social phenomenon that has big effects on human health and that we can improve health by changing inequality. Income inequality is...