This research looks into how the Europe 2020 poverty target affected child poverty development trends that took place between 2015 and 2018 in both the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

The aspirational luxury industry is moving beyond its current capacities. Research has indicated that the average age of the luxury consumer has gone down from 48 to 34 (Popomaronis, 2017). With an average of four devices each, the Generation Y and Z consumer want to be engaged in a seamless shopping …

This qualitative research assesses the European Union’s (EU) democracy promotion, through the analysis of eight milestone policies, implemented between 1995 and 2014 in Tunisia. The idea is that these policies should be analyzed over an extended period, rather than separately. This is because the international …

The purpose of this research is to analyse how culture influences online advertisement by comparing the Netherlands and Spain. Online advertisement holds significant importance in the international market sector. The use of online advertisement has increased the past years and has become a vital promotion …

The fast-fashion industry consistently produces fashionable apparel that are sold at relatively low prices. In this dissertation, the social and environmental issues caused by the fast-fashion industry are explored. Moreover, three fast-fashion companies that use the fast-fashion business model are studied …

The Lisbon Treaty stipulates that the European Union's and the Member States' actions should be guided by the principles that inspired its creation. These principles are democracy, the rule of law, human rights. However, influence from outside forces can affect the European Union's unity, and leave Member …

Lily Sprangers is manager van het Leiden Asia Centre. Tijdens dit gesprek met Mendeltje van Keulen en Ruud Schapenk op de Haagse Hogeschool vertelt zij over de Chinese strategie om invloed te krijgen in de wereld. Hoe moeten we ons als Europa positioneren om relevant te blijven in de Aziatische eeuw? …

Willem Post is senior fellow bij instituut Clingendael, gespecialiseerd in Amerikaanse politiek en geschiedenis, met een focus op het presidentschap. Hij heeft meerdere boeken over de Verenigde Staten geschreven en is commentator voor Nederlandse en buitenlandse media. In dit gesprek met Mendeltje van …

Stéphane Alonso is redacteur buitenlandse en Europese zaken op de Haagse redactie van NRC. Daarvoor was hij correspondent in Brussel en Warschau. In deze aflevering van Global Gossip praten Mendeltje van Keulen en Ruud Schapenk met hem over het Nederlandse EU-beleid, het beeld van Europa en Nederland …

The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked the debate on strengthening European-level cooperation and solidarity in tackling the disease. The debate has focused on several questions: Given the common threat to public health, is conferral of more competences upon the EU (1) desirable and (2) feasible? As for desirability: …