Prof. E. de Jong (Eelke)

Eelke de Jong (1955) is full-professor of International Economics at the department of Economics and Business Economics at Radboud University. He studied econometrics, BA and MA (cum laude), at the University of Groningen and received his PhD-degree in economics from the University of Amsterdam. From 1980 to 1984 he worked at the University of Groningen and from 1984 to 1994 at the University of Amsterdam. In 1994 he was a guest lecturer at Charles University, Prague (Czech Republic). His research focuses on the role of culture, in the sense of norms and values, in economic behavior. He is particularly interested in the role of culture in economic cooperation within the European Union and the Economic and Monetary Union. In addition, he takes part in research projects related to the Global Data Lab.