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PhD thesis written by Benedicta Deogratias.
Marital captivity describes a situation in which one or both spouses are unable to dissolve their marriage due to religious reasons. The consequence is that they are essentially forced to remain married. The aim of this research was to contribute to the ongoing efforts of finding effective solutions by investigating how human rights law can contribute to addressing marital captivity. 

Theresa Thoma-Lürken heeft tijdens het jaarlijkse Maastricht University Dinner de Valorisatieprijs ontvangen voor haar proefschrift ‘Innovating Long-Term Care for Older People’. Dr. Thoma heeft onderzoek gedaan naar innovaties in de ouderenzorg en specifiek een besluitvormingsondersteunende app ontwikkeld voor wijkverpleegkundigen en casemanagers.

As of 1 March 2019, Prof. Britta Böhler has been appointed Professor of Legal Professions & Ethics. The chair is part of the Department of Foundations and Methods of Law. The establishment of this chair is in line with the faculty’s policy to further strengthen the range of skills of our graduates by systematically focusing on the increasingly important ethical aspects of professional practice by gownsmen.

Frank Nijpels is working on the Vitrojet, a new device that prepares samples for a form of electron microscopy that received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The project “Roadmap and factsheet for the recognition of qualifications for highly demanded professions” is aimed at creating two practical documents per highly demanded profession aimed at boosting cross-border mobility and employability by improving recognition. The project was submitted by the Province of Limburg (NL) as lead applicant and is carried out by the ITEM Expertise Centre.

Mickael Hiligsmann co-chaired three symposiums and was speaker at four symposiums during the World Congress of Osteoporosis (WCO-ESCEO-IOF) that was held in Paris between 3 and 6 April 2019.

The redevelopment of the former Tapijn barracks in Maastricht has officially begun. The starting shot was given on 1 April 2019.

In 28 March 2019, Maastricht University had the pleasure of welcoming Christian Klein, Operations Manager Process Management and Daniel Rausch, Business Developer from Zalando as jury members for determining the best marketing research project (MRP) as part of the Marketing & Supply Chain Management course.

Limburg is van een sulletje veranderd in een economische tijger, maar wel een die door gebrek aan personeel dreigt te verhongeren. Daarom moet het nog altijd grote Limburgse leger van niet-werkenden worden gemobiliseerd voor de arbeidsmarkt. De wetenschap helpt mee.