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Could persistent inflammation in the brain be a common cause behind the symptoms experienced by many post-Covid patients? Coordinated by Maastricht University, scientists from across the Netherlands try to uncover the underlying causes. ZonMW granted them 800 thousand euro to continue their research. 

Medical student Julia Schepers has known she has dyslexia since high school. When she started her studies at Maastricht University three years ago, she went straight to Disability Support to ask for guidance. 

Meet Myrthe Eussen from NUTRIM. Interview about sustainability in the operating room and the CAREFREE project Myrthe as a researcher, is passionate about.

PhD candidate Myrthe Eussen works on the CAREFREE project and researches ways to reduce the environmental impact of the operating room.

Elia Formisano, professor of Neural Signal Analysis, together with his colleague Bruno Giordano at CNRS, France, have received the highly coveted Synergy Grant from the European Research Council. The project is titled Natural Auditory SCEnes in Humans and Machines (NASCE): Establishing the Neural Computations of Everyday Hearing and they will examine how our brain processes real-world soundscapes, how the different sounds are separated and linked to objects and events. They will examine behavioural and brain responses in human listeners and create AI models that can replicate the observed mechanisms. 

Voor het UMagazine gingen we in gesprek met Peter De Weerd, hoogleraar en programmaleider van de nieuwe bachelor Brain Science. 

The NWO XS grants are worth a maximum of €50,000 and enable proposals for curiosity-driven, innovative research.

The purpose of this workshop is to gather empirical accounts and theoretical reflections, and to develop possibilities for interventions at different levels (design, policy, political action).

The world is facing challenges that demand urgent and comprehensive action. These grand challenges require us to rethink how we address long-term societal impacts. As these challenges intensify, there is a growing recognition that our ability to anticipate, prepare for, and shape future outcomes is critical for creating sustainable and just societies. This requires future-oriented thinking that considers how our actions today impact the future of our world. Therefore, my PhD thesis explores these themes by questioning: “How do organisations and individuals assess, navigate, and shape potential desirable futures?”

In October 2024, the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law published the Special Issue "The Future of EU Fundamental Rights", co-edited by Šejla Imamović, Elin Börjedal and Eleonora Di Franco.