December 2004

Nereus Membership fee drastically reduced
The Nereus membership fee has been reduced to 5000 euros from 1 April 2005. Members are in addition expected to contribute a 0.25 staff member in time to develop Nereus activities.

November 2004

Nereus to meet with the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Nereus will meet with the prestigious economics faculty of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and its library on 24 November to discuss Nereus Membership.

October 2004

Scholar Unlock - Unlocking the research of Europe’s top economists
A new project has just begun to unlock new content to the scientific community of some of Europe's key researchers by making as much of that content digitally accessible. Nereus and the University of Maastricht are starting with this initiative in the form of the pilot project Scholar Unlock. Near to one hundred of Europe’s top economists’ complete research output will be visible, accessible and searchable in a new form. The project begins in October 2004 for completion by end of March 2005.

If this proves to be a success, it is the intention to extend the content of scholarly excellence in the future.

Two new members for the Nereus Scientific Advisory Board
Professor Marco Becht, Professor of Finance and Economics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and

Professor Willem Buijink, Professor in Accounting/Accountancy, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Tilburg University.

New developments and plans to be published soon
The Nereus Steering Committee and Operational Group met at the London School of Economics in early October. Some new developments concerning the direction Nereus will be taking in the future will be published shortly.