Dr. Ruud Gerards
 

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Maastricht University: School of Business and Economics (SBE)

Thesis supervision
 Experienced M.Sc. thesis superviser and Ph.D. thesis supervisor/co-promotor, to date having supervised over two-dozen projects to completion. Also experienced examiner/degree committee member for theses from other universities.

Master Courses
● Economics of Labour Markets & Human Capital
● Social Europe(s) (Lecturer and Planning group member)
● European Economic Integration
● International Financial Markets and International Banking

Bachelor Courses (2nd / 3rd year courses)
● Job performance and the employment relationship (personnel economics)
● Public Finance and Public Choice 
● Economic Psychology
● Gender in Economics and Management
● Country Risk Analysis  (Lecturer and Course Coordinator)
● Presentation Skills

Bachelor Courses (1st year courses)
● Economics and Business  
● Macroeconomics  
● International Economic Relations

Maastricht University: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS)
● Making a European Market (2nd year bachelor)
● The Economist's Point of View (1st year bachelor)

Maastricht University: University College Maastricht (UCM)
● Macro Sociology: An introduction to human societies (1st year bachelor)

Fontys University of Applied Sciences: International Business and Management Studies (IBMS)
● Statistics (2nd year bachelor)
● Economics (2nd year bachelor)
● Academic Skills (4th year bachelor)

Freelance jobs in (post)graduate and executive education
● External thesis examiner for Masters of Economics and Honours theses for James Cook University, Townsville/Cairns, Australia (continuing)
● Lecturer in Managerial Economics in the Executive MBA of FHR Lim A Po Institute in Paramaribo, Surinam, commissioned by Maastricht School of Management (2014)
● Thesis supervisor in the Executive Master in Personal Leadership in Innovation and Change at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (2013)
 ● Lecturer Incompany macro-economics program for Statistics Netherlands (2009)
● Lecturer Incompany macro-economics program for MBA Hotel and Tourism Management at Maastricht Hotel Management School (2007, 2008)