Erasmus University Rotterdam - Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Welcome to Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB)

ESSB is home to a vast diversity of study programmes and scientific disciplines: Public Administration, Pedagogical Sciences, Psychology and Sociology. In addition, the Erasmus University College, IHS, and two research institutes RISBO and DRIFT are linked to the faculty. Our education is based on intensive interaction between lecturers and students, small classes and accessible teachers. Being connected to the professional field is another characteristic of our study programmes.

Dean

The final responsibility for the faculty board and management of the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB) lies with the dean. The dean is supported by his staff, consisting of the dean, a student member, the faculty director and the policy advisors education and research and the business controller.

Academic Teams

The academic staff works together in teams. In total, 11 teams focus on different themes. A team leader leads the teams and has a shared set of tasks in education, research, impact and engagement, management, and innovation and entrepreneurship.

Joint decision making

Joint decision making means that various stakeholders are able to participate in discussions on important topics. At ESSB, students, either in a group or individually, can join discussions with professors and employees of the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences in order to represent students and their opinion. Students are active in joint decision-making processes at different levels, thus conveying their ideas and complaints.

This part of the website gives information on the various possibilities to participate in joint decision making at the ESSB, how this is organised and where to go to in case of a complaint about the education.

There are various joint decision-making bodies & stakeholders at the ESSB:

• Educational committees
• The Faculty Council
• The University Council
• Student members of board councils
• The student member of the Management Team

Cedo Nulli

"Cedo Nulli", which means ‘I do not give way to nothing or nobody’, is the motto of the most influential humanist of its time: Desiderius Erasmus. This motto is also the name of the student association of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Cedo Nulli represents public administrators, sociologists, pedagogists and psychologists to be, offering additional activities and facilities, varying from symposia for the various study programmes, lectures, workshops and study-tours.