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The Fair & Smart Data (FSD) Spearhead joined the LANDAc Conference titled ‘Land governance and the politics of fair transitions: Deepening the search for social justice’, which is dedicated to addressing land governance for equitable and sustainable development. FSD organised a session on "Inclusive Carbon Markets: Co-Creating Solutions for Smallholder Empowerment" under the conference stream of carbon colonialism.
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The Dutch Research Council (NWO) awarded a grant for the new research project CHILD-WAR by Dr. Marieke Hopman and Dr. Guleid Jama.
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YUFE is thrilled to announce that its student programme, the YUFE Student Journey, evolves into OpenYUFE, enabling students to apply all year long.
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Nick Bos describes himself as “a fairly rational person.” When he so much as mentions words like pleasure, love or lonely, he immediately corrects himself: “Well, love is a big word. Let’s just say my affinity with the university blossomed at UM.” In Maastricht, the man who initially aspired to an academic career discovered that his real gift lay in facilitating other academics. After 25 years at UM, Nick Bos is now set to retire.
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A study conducted by the Easo led by Prof. Gijs Goossens of Maastricht UMC+ and Dr. Luca Busetto published today in Nature Medicine.
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The School of Business and Economics is located in a former Jesuit monastery. This former Jesuit monastery has played many roles over the years. It was also the first building to belong to Maastricht University, then known as Rijksuniversiteit Limburg. Here, the initial 50 first-year students started their studies in September 1974.
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Two Law PhD candidates of the Maastricht Faculty received awards for their doctoral theses during the 21st International Congress of the International Association of the Penal Law in Paris.
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We are happy to have welcomed you on June 19th during our annual CAPHRI Research Day 2024 with the theme “Fostering Wellbeing in our CAPHRI Community”. We look back at yet another successful edition, where we got the chance to meet, interact, discuss, reflect and learn. Thank you for your presence and contributions!
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Maastricht University received grants for three of the ten research projects starting in the National Growth Fund program Circular Plastics NL.
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UM alumni Brian and Rob Timmermans combined their degrees in Econometrics and Sustainable Finance with their passion for karate, resulting in an ever-expanding trophy collection. Both brothers are multi-time and reigning Dutch champions in their respective weight classes and have achieved success on the international stage. “Doing karate is like solving a complex maths problem.”