Events
Upcoming events
10.09.2025
Study trip
Arts and Culture: Arts and Heritage: Policy, Management and Education
The group will start the day with a visit to the European Commission, where they will learn about European cultural policy. Afterwards, they'll take part in a discussion Brussels-based experts to gain further insights into the topic at the UM Brussels Hub.
18-19.09.2025
Conference
Workshop: Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD)
The consortium includes several universities, industry partners, and policy-related organisations based in the Netherlands. During the visit, the group will take part in lectures, debates, and workshops with professionals working in the European Parliament, policymaking, and lobbying.
The project is NWO funded
29.09.- 03.10.2025
Training
Data Protection Officer (DPO) Certification
Part of the DPO training course, organised by the Maastricht European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC), will be held at the Brussels Hub. The training provides a detailed overview of the GDPR and its implementation requirements, with a focus on practical application in organisational contexts.
15.10.2025
Conference
ENHANCE STEM Ambassadors Programme
Selected ambassadors will take part in the Women and Girls in STEM Forum in Brussels a pan-European event bringing together finalists of the Girls Go Circular STEM competition. Participants will engage with high school students from across Europe, share their personal STEM journeys during live sessions, and may form informal mentoring connections beyond the event.
This project is EU funded
27-31.10.2025
Training
The Migration Management Embassy Professionals Training
This one-week, full-time residential programme, in Brussels, Belgium uses various teaching and evaluation methods, including lectures, interactive sessions, and hands-on practical exercises, with a special focus on the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) method.
This training is EU funded
18-20.11.2025
Workshop
As part of the ENSURED project, a focused in-person workshop will be held at the UM Brussels Hub, bringing together consortium members to collaboratively develop contributions for the upcoming special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.
This project is EU funded
27-28.11.2025
Conference
Maastricht University is a partner in GUEST XR Horizon project, which explores the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and socially responsible digital technologies. This event will bring together project partners to reflect on key outcomes and future directions.
The project is EU funded
2.12.2025
Conference
This conference aims to bring policymakers closer to researchers from the expertise centre ITEM (Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility). The session will facilitate dialogue and exchange on key policy challenges in this field.
Past events
16.06.2025
Enriching policy with academic-driven advocacy: how to bridge the gap
We brought together voices from academia (Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) and the policy world (European Training Institute) to explore the evolving relationship between research and policymaking and how we can work more effectively together.

12.06.2025
Meeting UnILiON
We hosted a meeting of the UnILiON - Universities Informal Liaison Offices Network working group 'Excellence', who were here to discuss recent developments regarding the European Research Council (ERC) and MSCA programmes (European Commission) .

05.05.2025
FASoS Workshop The Prediction Machine
This time we facilitated the VENI project funded by NWO-I workshop βππ§πππππ©ππ£π ππͺπ§π€π₯π: πππ¨π©π€π§πππ¨ π€π π©ππ ππͺπ©πͺπ§π ππ£ ππ€π¨π©-1945 ππͺπ§π€π₯πβ organised by Dr Jacob Ward and Dr Aleksandra Komornicka researchers at Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
The workshop explored how ideas and tools for predicting the future like forecasts, scenarios, and foresight studies have shaped Europeβs political and economic development since 1945.

12.05.2025
SBE Brussels Study trip
The UM Brussels Hub hosted and co-organised the Brussels study trip for master's students from Maastricht University School of Business and Economics. Participants came from a diverse set of programmes, including MSc Economics, MSc Economics and Strategy in Emerging Markets, MSc Human Decision Science, MSc Financial Economics, and MSc Economic and Financial Research.

24.03.2025
Kenyan officials visit the Hub (ECPC)
The Hubβs role is also to support the active and engaged UM community with their activities in Brussels, we hosted our colleagues from the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC).

24.03.2025
Study visit (FHML)
We welcomed master students from the FHML's Health and Digital Transformation programme to the Hub as part of their Brussels trip. The Hub team contributed to the creation of the programme and invited Gozde Susuzlu Briggs, Senior Programme Manager at the European Patients'β Forum (EPF), to present and share insights from her experience in digital health, and the Data Saves Lives Initiative.

20.03.2025
PRAETORIAN Meeting (FHML)
The PRAETORIAN project organised a midterm meeting at Maastricht University Brussels Hub, where they presented their research progress and showcased significant advancements. This project is funded by the European Commission's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme.
