Business
Nyenrode Business University
About the Project Deceptive advertising involves false, misleading, or incomplete claims designed to influence consumer perceptions and decisions. Such practices may include omitting relevant information, presenting misleading sources, exaggerating product performance, or using branding cues that create false associations.
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Deadline
- 1 March 2027
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Communication & Media Studies
Nyenrode Business University
About the Project New communication technologies and the COVID-19 pandemic have encouraged employees to use virtual tools (e.g., Generative AI) to maintain high levels of performance (Bailey & Breslin, 2020; Raghuram, Hill, Gibbs, & Maruping, 2019).
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Deadline
- 1 March 2027
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Accounting
Nyenrode Business University
About the Project All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Organizations invest heavily in governance frameworks and risk dashboards, yet major failures often stem from human behavior rather than missing procedures. This practice‑oriented project examines how boards and audit committees interpret risk information and how cultural dynamics influence their decisions. Why do “green” dashboards sometimes hide red flags?
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nyenrode Business University
About the Project All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Corporate due diligence is at the core of responsible business conduct due to an increasing complexity of global supply chains and a changing regulatory framework in Europe and across the globe.
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nyenrode Business University
About the Project All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Expressions of interest are invited for part-time PhD projects in corporate governance, with a primary emphasis on boards, CEOs, and executive compensation.
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Finance
Nyenrode Business University
About the Project All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. The PhD project explores the startup and scaleup potential in The Netherlands by improving the alignment of critical resources to generate societal and financial returns for stakeholders.
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nyenrode Business University
About the Project All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Traditional models of asset pricing, such as the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), rely on historical data to estimate systematic risk (beta). Yet, these backward-looking estimates fail to capture how investors perceive risk in real time—especially in volatile or emerging markets.
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nyenrode Business University
About the Project All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. One of the key characteristics of an ecosystem is that each member must create value for itself, but not at the expense of the larger ecosystem.
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Artificial Intelligence
Nyenrode Business University
About the Project All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Public sector organizations worldwide struggle to move AI initiatives beyond pilot projects. Despite widespread recognition of AI's transformative potential, only 26% of government organizations have achieved meaningful deployment, and just 12% have scaled generative AI solutions.
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Artificial Intelligence
Nyenrode Business University
About the Project All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. This PhD project pioneers next-generation audit methods that embed artificial intelligence and advanced analytics at the heart of the audit process, with the twin goals of raising audit quality and boosting efficiency.
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nyenrode Business University
About the Project All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Globalization has encouraged firms to offshore production, resulting in extensive supply networks that deliver notable economic advantages. This expansion has also increased structural complexity and heightened vulnerability to disruptions that interrupt the movement of materials and goods.
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nyenrode Business University
About the Project All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. If firms are involved in forced labor in the value chain, this may lead to challenges in the corporate reporting arena. These relate to reputational problems and the corporate license to operate. What are the determinants and consequences or reporting on forces labor? Certain industries have larger challenges than other industries.
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nyenrode Business University
About the Project All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Nyenrode Business University offers a part-time PhD trajectory for professionals who want to advance research on long-term value creation and the integration of sustainability into financial decision-making. How do companies ensure that they create value not only for shareholders, but for nature and society as well?
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nyenrode Business University
About the Project All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. This PhD project explores how business education can catalyze sustainability transitions by fostering transformative learning and individual agency. Sustainability transitions require systemic change across socio-technical regimes, yet such change is deeply personal, demanding shifts in worldviews and values.
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Business
Nyenrode Business University
About the Project All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. After the COVID-19 pandemic (March 11th, 2020 to May 5 th , 2023), hybrid working has become the 'normal way of working.' Hybrid working allows particularly knowledge workers to use information and communication technology to carry out their work, both at the (central) office and at other locations, including the private home.
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only