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Maastricht University is introducing new assessment frameworks to evaluate collaborations with partner institutions and other organisations. These frameworks have been developed to ensure that education and research at UM do not, through collaborations, contribute to large-scale human rights violations or hinder the transition to a fossil-free society. An assessment framework for knowledge security has been in place since 2023.

Doubts about vaccination continue to be a significant challenge for global public health. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed vaccine hesitancy as one of the top ten threats to global health.  

But what exactly is vaccine hesitancy and how does it impact our society? How can we address it, particularly in healthcare? PhD candidate Veja Widdershoven conducted research into these questions and proposed ways to approach vaccine hesitancy.

We are pleased to announce the 11 new education innovation projects that have received an EDLAB grant for 2025! 

Courts use digital tools more and more often in criminal proceedings. Defendants ‘attend’ their trial online via a video connection. This sparked Christina Peristeridou’s curiosity: how can effective participation be achieved in a virtual setting?

Her primary school teacher was convinced she would end up saving the whales with Greenpeace. Even as a child, Maastricht University alum Susanne Schnabel couldn’t stand injustice. If a classmate was bullied, she had to intervene. It was this trait, combined with her “big mouth,” that led her to the legal profession. For the last 12 years, Schnabel has worked at Tripels Advocaten in Maastricht. “I don’t go around bragging that I’m a lawyer. This is just my job.”

€50,000 for the project ‘Judicialization and democracy: towards an historicized approach’.

A digital infrastructure (digital resources and technical systems to store, manage and make the language accessible) will be set up in one year to collect, manage and complete a Limburgish Corpus. 

The 3rd edition of the Npuls Magazine (in Dutch) is a special issue packed with information, interviews and articles on Centres for Teaching & Learning. Discover inspiring stories and interviews, including a conversation with Ellen Bastiaens, Director of EDLAB, Maastricht University’s CTL. 

With a new decision model from researchers at GROW within MUMC+, these prospective parents know more quickly if they qualify for embryo selection.

Mark Janssen is researching at MHeNs how deep brain stimulation (DBS) can be used to treat Parkinson's disease and tinnitus.