Events

Workshop

ENHANCE STEM Ambassadors Programme

Selected ambassadors took part in the Women and Girls in STEM Forum in Brussels, a pan-European event that brought together finalists of the Girls Go Circular STEM competition. Participants engaged with high school students from across Europe, shared their personal STEM journeys during live sessions, and in some cases, formed informal mentoring connections beyond the event.

Conference

Workshop: Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) 

The consortium included several universities, industry partners, and policy-related organisations based in the Netherlands. During the visit, the group took part in lectures, debates, and workshops with professionals working in the European Parliament, policymaking, and lobbying. The project was funded by NWO.

Study trip

Arts and Culture: Arts and Heritage: Policy, Management and Education

The group began the day with a visit to the European Commission, where they learned about European cultural policy. Afterwards, they took part in a discussion with Brussels-based experts at the UM Brussels Hub, gaining further insights into the topic.

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.

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) . 

 

FASoS Workshop The Prediction Machine

This time we facilitated the VENI project funded by NWO-I workshop “𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚: 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙩-1945 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚” 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 Europe’s political and economic development since 1945.
 

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. 
 

Kenyan officials visit the Hub (ECPC)

The Hub’s 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). 

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'​ Forum (EPF), to present and share insights from her experience in digital health, and the Data Saves Lives Initiative. 

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.