Erasmus PhD Programmes in Business and Management - Erasmus Research Institute of Management

"Doing your PhD at ERIM is a major milestone towards an international academic career"
Prof. Pursey Heugens, Scientific Director ERIM

“At ERIM, we will train you to be an academic who creates positive social impact”
Prof. Flore Bridoux, Director of Doctoral Education

“My supervisor introduced me to the top professors in my field”
Dr Dan Zhang, alumna

“ERIM will give you expertise and opportunities for your research to be excellent and meaningful”
Martina Pocchiari, PhD candidate

“ERIM is willing to invest in the development of its PhD students”
Dr Mariano Heyden, alumnus

ERIM hosts the Erasmus Full-Time and Part-Time PhD Programmes in Business and Management, which are focused on developing and nurturing international academic talent. It enables promising students to develop into ‘thought leaders’ and become top researchers at the world’s best universities and business schools. Depending on the PhD project, generous funding can be generated for 4 or 5 years; further extensions are possible.

Facts and figures

Erasmus University Rotterdam is ranked number 3 in Business Administration and number 4 in Management (ARWU 2021)
ERIM currently supports a community of around 250 senior researchers and 160 doctoral students
5 research programmes spanning all areas of management research: Business Processes, Logistics & Information Systems; Organisation; Marketing; Finance & Accounting; Strategy & Entrepreneurship
Research initiatives which focus on specific areas of research interest
Access to EUR's state-of-the-art behavioural lab, extensive range of databases and excellent computing facilities.
ERIM has a strong presence in top academic journals
More than 200 international research seminars, workshops and conferences are held each year

Latest doctoral news

Wednesday, 3 May 2023

PhD Defence Merel van Hulsen

In her dissertation, 'Wait for Others? Social and Intertemporal Preferences in Allocation of Healthcare Resources', ERIM’s Merel van Hulsen studied the joint effect of peoples' social and intertemporal preferences on allocation decisions, focusing on decision-making in healthcare. Most countries' budgets for healthcare is limited; therefore, decisions must be made on how to spend this budget, who receives treatment, and when, which may have significant temporal and social consequences.

Wednesday, 15 March 2023

PhD Defence Ilaria Orlandi

In her dissertation, 'Unringing the Stigma Bell: Investigating Informational and Social Mechanisms Behind Boards of Directors’ Appointments', ERIM’s Ilaria Orlandi focused on how people make decisions when a lot of information is unknown or kept hidden. Ilaria examined this by exploring the appointment of directors by board members: How do board members gather information, evaluate it, and make their decisions?