Research
The Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN) at Maastricht University offers opportunities for researchers at every step of their career. The diverse fields of psychology and neuroscience are well represented within our six departments, and we value collaboration and innovative thinking.
For 2025-2030, we have defined our research strategy within three major themes, that we call spearheads. These spearheads represent research lines that go beyond individual Principal Investigators, sections and departments, offering a perspective at a meta level. Serving as a guide that enables the strategic deployment of resources and talent in key areas, ensuring focused governance.
Spearheads | Departments and sections | Graduate School | Ethical Review | Research Support
Spearheads
- Mechanistic understanding
- Treatment approaches
- Computational & systems neuroscience
- Neuromodulation
- Sustainable employability
- Public health
- Legal psychology
Departments
Clinical Psychological Science (CPS)
Sections
- Eating Disorders & Obesity
- Experimental Health Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Forensic Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience (CN)
Sections
- Auditory Neuroscience and Statistical Modeling
- Visual Neuroscience and Brain–Computer Interfacing
- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
- Multi-Scale Imaging of Brain Connectivity
- Neuroplasticity, Synchrony and Cognition
Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology (NP&PP)
Sections
- Neuropsychology
- Psychopharmacology
Work and Social Psychology (WSP)
Sections
- Applied Social Psychology
- Work and Organisational Psychology
Methodology & Statistics (M&S)
Section Teaching and Innovation of Learning (STIL)
STIL at FPN, is a section dedicated to professionalisation and innovation of teaching at FPN.
Ethics Review Committee Psychology and Neuroscience (ERCPN)
Ethical review of research involving human participants or their data is carried out by the ERCPN. If studies fall under the ‘Medical-Research-Involving-Human-Subjects-Act’ (WMO), a review by the medical ethics committee METC is mandatory.
ERCPN only governs research for which FPN staff carries principal responsibility. Therefore, only FPN academic staff and FPN PhD students can submit an application to the ERCPN.
Research Support Department
FPN-researchers can approach Research Support Department (RSD) for all imaginable research support (with the exception of technology and laboratory equipment) e.g.: recruiting, measurements, experiments, interviews, specialised research, supervising students, lab experiments, monitoring studies, administration, coordination multi center trials, etc.
RSD competences: written and verbal communicative skills, flexibility, accuracy, learning capacity, problem-solving skills, organisational skills, integrity, adaptability