NWO Awards VIDI Grants to Martijn de Jong and Patrick Verwijmeren
TI research fellows Martijn de Jong and Patrick Verwijmeren have been awarded a Vidi grant by NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) for their research projects, respectively: Online Privacy and Disclosure of Personal Information: A Cross-Cultural Research Programme and Forensic Finance: Detecting and Preventing Insider Trading. Both Fellows will receive a Vidi grant of 800.000 euros each. In the field of Humanities and Social Sciences, NWO received a total of 103 applications and decided to award 13 applications for a Vidi grant, including these two TI Fellows.
Abstract of Martijn de Jong’s research project: Technology and globalization have created an interconnected world. Millions of individuals regularly share detailed personal information online, for instance on social media and in Web surveys. Information that is shared may have serious personal, social, financial and legal consequences. The overall aim of the research programme is to understand the trade-off between privacy and online information disclosure, and how it varies across cultures. Martijn de Jong is Professor of Marketing Research at the Erasmus School of Economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam). He is a research fellow at TI and at the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM).
Abstract of Patrick Verwijmeren’s research project: Insider trading is a type of securities fraud that occurs when insiders trade on private information. It is generally regarded as one of the most popular white-collar crimes these days. My research aims to establish how insider trading can be detected and in which circumstances it can be prevented, with the goal of increasing confidence and fairness of capital markets. Patrick Verwijmeren is a Professor of Corporate Finance at the Erasmus School of Economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam). He is a research fellow at TI and at the Duisenberg School of Finance. Patrick is a part-time Research Professor at the University of Glasgow, and also holds a visiting position with the University of Melbourne.
The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Vidi is a grant for experienced and excellent researchers. Vidi gives researchers who have already spent several years doing postdoctoral research the opportunity to develop their own innovative lines of research, and to appoint one or more researchers. Vidi is part of the Talent Scheme.