A new report, co-authored by Maastricht University researchers Felix Peerboom and Lilian Tsourdi, highlights the current crossroads in global migration governance. The study assesses the effectiveness, robustness, and democratic credentials of the UN Global Compact on Migration (GCM) and the UN...
What drives people to embrace radical conspiracy theories, sometimes with far-reaching consequences for society? During his inaugural lecture on Friday 27 June, Prof. Dr. Jan Willem van Prooijen (radicalisation, extremism, and conspiracy thinking) will address this urgent question.
From hip-hop to Victor Hugo, and historical fiction to classic cinema: What do these things have in common with the study of law, you might think? At Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law, a growing group of researchers and students is exploring exactly that and even more.
Thanks to the SURF Incentive Scheme for Open and Online Education (still available at the time), Gwen Noteborn (university lecturer in personal and family law at Maastricht University), Claudia Hocks and Janneke Hendrix (lecturers in law at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences) were able to get...
Mieke Olaerts, Tom Vos, Bastiaan Kemp, Constantijn Van Aartsen, and Rob Bauer published a study on the Law on the Reflection Period, commissioned by the WODC.
Professor Liesbeth Lijnzaad, endowed professor Practice of International Law at the Faculty of Law received an honorary doctorate from Aalborg University (AAU) in Denmark on 4 April.
Anna Beckers contributed a chapter titled "The Remains of the Corporation: A Future of Fragmented Corporate Personhood" to the book The Future of the Person, edited by Hans-W. Micklitz and Giuseppe Vettori.
Three researchers from Maastricht University (UM) will receive a prestigious ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council. They will receive €1.5 million each. Their funding is part of the EU Horizon Europe programme.
‘Practice what you preach’. This is the motto that led endowed professor of restorative justice and associate professor of criminal law and criminal procedure, Jacques Claessen, to voluntarily wear an electronic ankle bracelet.
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) awarded a grant for the new research project CHILD-WAR by Dr. Marieke Hopman and Dr. Guleid Jama.
