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  • Would you like to meet a colleague from Radboud University to see if you can work together or exchange expertise? Then sign up now for the first 'Meet in the middle' event in Venlo on 14 March 2024.

  • Maastricht University is an active member of the Young European Research Universities Network, championing values of innovation, openess and responsibility. 

  • Today, the new covenant 'continued horizontal monitoring' was signed by Maastricht University and the Dutch Tax Administration. The covenant is a derivative of the long-standing cooperation between the university as taxpayer and the Dutch Tax Administration. The aim being a confidential and...

  • Radboud University and Maastricht University want to work together more often. The aim of the collaboration: a joining of forces that ensures academic and social impact in the Southeast Netherlands. Would you like to contribute to this and do you have an idea for a project? Then there is now an...

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  • Climate, war and resurgent nationalism: global cooperation is rattling on all sides. Yet Professor Mathieu Segers still advocates European leadership: 'When death and destruction are spreading, and there seems to be no more light, often the most brilliant plans emerge.'

  • Reusing waste as a source for new materials appears to be an effective way to reduce the use of fossil-based sources in the production of materials such as plastic. However, how do you do this on a large industrial scale? In late November, Maastricht University and its partners TNO and Brightlands...

  • Under the name "Terra," Albert Heijn has introduced a 100 percent plant-based product line, with some two hundred different food items ranging from beverages to spreads and meat substitutes. How sustainable and healthy are these products?

  • During his farewell lecture, Professor of Health Promotion Nanne de Vries received the Tans Medal, UM's highest distinction honouring those who have made a significant contribution to the development of the university.

  • If you start working less, it will also affect pension accrual. You will have less to spend after you retire. Employees do not give this enough thought.