Partners and projects
Throughout the years, several companies have started a corporate partnership with the Amsterdam School of Economics. Find a selection of sponsored Chairs and research projects.
Sponsored Chairs
- The Chair in Risk and Insurance, sponsored by the Verbond van Verzekeraars (Dutch Association of Insurers), explores the complexity of modern insurance policies and the increasing interconnectedness of insurance risks to other forms of risk. Research done in the context of this Chair has led to further investigation into the micro- and macroeconomic aspects of insurance. The Chair is currently held by Professor Roger Laeven.
- The Chair in (Enterprise) Risk Management, sponsored by the Stichting Assurantiebeurs Amsterdam, intends to promote education and research in the field of insurance studies and enterprise risk management. This Chair is currently held by Professor Bas Kolen and the focus of research is on quantitative modelling of climate risk management for insurers.
Sponsored research projects
- The Research Centre for Sustainable Investments and Insurance (RCSII) is an independent research centre and a collaborative initiative of a.s.r. and UvA Economics and Business. The centre aims to answer questions related to sustainable investment and insurance. Among other things, the research focuses on quantifying climate risks for investors and insurers and on possibilities for detecting ‘green washing’. RCSII thereby aims to contribute to finding innovative solutions to sustainability issues relevant to insurers, financial institutions, regulators and society. The centre’s research projects currently focus on ESG risk in relation to real estate, mortgages, insurance and financial portfolios; investments; and sustainability. The research is carried out by PhD students and postdoctoral researchers together with junior and senior staff members at the centre. General Director is prof. Cees Diks (ASE) and scientific Director is prof. Paul Smeets (ABS).
- The Netspar Topicality Grant is for research that formulates solutions for clearly delineated topical issues that are part of the Netspar knowledge agenda. Such research is aimed at addressing pressing issues faced by the industry, preferably through collaboration between researchers and professional experts. The project ‘Inflation uncertainty, interest rates and stagflation during the pension transition’ looks at short-term inflation risk during the transition to the new pension system. The central question is what we can learn from the recent inflation shock and how can we prevent the transition from being hampered by new shocks (positive or negative)? The research project leader is Dr. W.E. Romp.
- Researchers from the Actuarial Science and Mathematical Finance research group of the ASE participate in the Netspar project 'Optimal intergenerational risk sharing with reference-dependent preferences'. Netspar (the Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement) was established in 2005 and aims to stimulate collaboration between academic researchers and professionals working for pension funds, insurance companies and regulators. The coordinator for the UvA is dr. Servaas van Bilsen.
- The Research Centre for Longevity Risk (RCLR) is an independent institute that researches developments in survival rates and life expectancies of the population in the Netherlands and other countries and how these are influenced by various factors. It is an initiative of the Amsterdam School of Economics and NN Group. Both parties anticipate that the RCLR will enable them to gain a better understanding of the financial and social consequences of longer lifespans and contribute to the public debate by raising people’s awareness. The partnership between ASE and NN involves a financial contribution from the insurer, initially for a period of five years. In addition, the researchers can make use of unique, anonymised data from NN. This enables them to develop new techniques to analyse such datasets. The current director of RCLR is prof. Torsten Kleinow.
- The Amsterdam School of Economics supervises several external PhD candidates who are employed by De Nederlandsche Bank. They are Dimitris Mokas, Sander Lammers, Stephen Kho, Eric Cuijpers, Kalin Anev Janse, Tomás Carrera de Souza and Wouter Honig.