A conversation about Islam, Extremism and Terrorism at Maastricht University
It was the first time that mothers Karolina Dam and Nicola Benyahia spoke to an audience of five hundred about their sons, who got killed in Syria after joining Isis.
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Preventing diabetes
On this day exactly 125 years ago, physician Sir Fredrick Grant Banting was born. Together with Charles Best and John Macleod, Banting discovered that insulin could be used to treat diabetes.
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“Severe punishment is not the same as smart punishment”
Assistent professor Jacques Claessen (Faculty of Law) is a proponent of ‘restorative justice’, someone who believes in the power of mediation in criminal cases. 16 November marks the International Day of Tolerance – an opportune time to highlight the difference between ‘severe’ and ‘smart’...
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“This is the jewel in the crown of our work in the sciences”
The new Center Court on the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Sittard Geleen will be officially opened on 16 November.
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“Pneumonia is still the biggest killer in Africa”
Twelve November it is World Pneumonia Day. Camielle Noordam did PhD research on pneumonia in children in sub-Saharan Africa.
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ITEM starts feasibility study ‘cross-border professional recognition card’.
One of the obstacles is the recognition of professional qualifications. Therefore, ITEM is announcing its intention to carry out a feasibility study about creating a “cross-border professional recognition card”. The final “cross-border professional recognition card” would be a tool developed to...
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ITEM publishes effects for border regions in first cross-border impact assessment
The Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility / ITEM, established in 2015, has the important objective to identify the effects of laws and regulations for border regions. Therefore ITEM launched its Cross-border impact assessment in 2016. The results of this...
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Rector Magnificus Rianne Letschert in 20 words
She will not be presenting a 10-step plan for Maastricht University today – she can hardly be expected to know all the ins and outs of the place yet. But she has been around the world of higher education long enough to know there is room for improvement. And as the youngest female rector in the...
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ITEM’s prospective study on understanding the decision of international migrants to stay in or leave the Euregio Meuse-Rhine (EMR), which officially starts in 2017, is being prepared.
ITEM researchers kicked off the preparatory work for ITEM’s prospective PhD research project with the title “Understanding the decision of international migrants to stay in or leave the Euroregion” starting in 2017.
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Article by Martin Unfried in TAZ Tageszeitung
On Friday 15 July Martin Unfried appeared in the TAZ Tageszeitung with his article "Debate on European Union: A much troubled monster".
