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  • If Europe wants it, it is possible: a better world

    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.'

    UCM Mathieu Segers
  • Science is not a monopoly of Universities

    For science does not happen only through the university, Marjolein van Asselt, outgoing professor of Risk Governance at Maastricht University, argued during her farewell lecture.

    Marjolein van Asselt
  • Why ChatGPT has generated so much hype

    While the discourse around ChatGPT has probably started reaching saturation point, it’s worth pointing out how few of these discussions are actually about the chatbot itself. From being too quick to accuse students of cheating, to underestimating what humans can do, to the perils of following the...

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  • Reinventing the orchestra

    How can you reinvent the orchestra? The Maastricht Centre for the Innovation of Classical Music (MCICM) and philharmonie zuidnederland worked together to appeal to a new audience.

    Peter Peters en Stefan Rosu
  • Happy cows make a soft humming sound

    Bijzonder hoogleraar Taalcultuur Leonie Cornips ziet in ieder geval verregaande vormen van verbale en non-verbale communicatie tussen koeien onderling en de dieren en hun verzorgers.

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  • Who’s afraid of foreign funds?

    State-owned sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), like that of FIFA World Cup host nation Qatar, are major shareholders in Western industrial and cultural assets. Is that a cause for concern? FASoS’ Adam Dixon has some answers.

    Adam Dixon
  • Sorting through democracy’s arsenal

    From polarisation, misinformation and populists at home to geopolitical pressure from abroad: European democracy is feeling the strain. In an effort to uphold and expand one of its core values, the EU is financing a research project on the promotion of democracy. Professor Giselle Bosse, an Eastern...

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