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Last September, Temiz and Jabbie began their UM adventure at the School of Business and Economics, where Jan Koppetsch also studied over two decades ago. He has reconnected with his alma mater for a special partnership.

Who’s to blame if AI goes wrong? And who’s responsible for it not having a negative impact in the first place? In her PhD thesis Tricia Griffin looks at the people behind the technology and the clichés.

Led by Claartje Rasterhoff and Christian Ernsten, Rivier Atelier explores the unique watermill landscapes of the Geul and how to protect them in times of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.

Two programmes, one at Maastricht University and one jointly offered by the universities of Maastricht and Nijmegen, have been given the green light. Both tech and science-based programmes focus on a sustainable world and are part of FSE.

As many as ten young UM researchers have been awarded a Veni grant worth up to €320,000 from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The grant is an incentive for researchers to further develop their research ideas.

At just 24 years old, alumn Sjoerd Maillé is the second youngest member of the Limburg Provincial Council and a citizen councillor in Maastricht. It’s the start of a very promising career, in spite of his disability: Maillé is almost blind.