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Events (archive)

Events (archive)

We believe in our duty to share knowledge through weekly seminars, regularly workshops and other events. on this page you'll find events organized in the past. If you're interested in upcoming events visit the Events page. Our weekly seminars at DIFFER cover a wide range of topics and are open to everybody. Please, read more on our dedicated Seminars page. You can find specific information for external visitors and subscribe to our seminar mailinglist on this page.

DIFFER seminar: The scale and impact of the local authority housing rent subsidy

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This presentation will initially focus on a wider discussion of housing economics, current debates among housing economists, and how economics can be applied to practical, policy-relevant research questions in the housing realm. The presentation will then turn to a specific research paper, which examines the targeting of rent subsidies among renting households in Ireland.
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DIFFER seminar: The impact of digital media on children's cognitive development

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AbstractDigital media has profoundly changed how children nowadays read, play, socialize, and spend their free time. These new experiences could potentially have benefits and drawbacks to cognitive development. Such topic has been a source of many mixed findings and heated public debates.
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EERA - REPowering Europe for a sustainable EU strategic autonomy

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Presenting an R&I agenda for REPowerEUThe world is living through unprecedented times, shaped by a combination of converging crises. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked a domino effect causing global fuel prices to skyrocket, commodity prices and inflation to reach record highs, and the very energy security of the EU bloc to be at stake.
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FuseNet lerarendag

Workshop,
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De jaarlijkse gratis lerarendag (of eigenlijk middag) over kernfusie is online op vrijdag 14 oktober. De middag is bedoeld voor alle natuurkundeleraren in Europa. Docenten maken kennis met kernfusie, krijgen nieuwe lesmethodes te zien en kunnen virtuele rondleidingen volgen.
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EIRES/TUe Energy Days

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The short and the long term: decision-making in times of climate changeWe are feeling the consequences of climate change now, but the more severe impacts will happen further in the future. Decision-makers, in government and business, need to weigh long-term risks against short-term needs. Crises enlarge the problem. Should we build those houses now, despite rising risks of flooding?
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