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Businesses are trying to become more sustainable in a world with sustainability challenges like climate change, biodiversity decline and pollution. Project Circular X at the Maastricht Sustainability Institute helps companies that want to experiment with circular and sustainable business models. The team has developed several tools for circularity, sufficiency and regenerative business models.

In his master’s thesis, “Empowering Smallholder Farmers in Data-driven Agriculture through Blockchain Technology,” Daniel Acosta Stasiukynas, MSc Sustainability Science, Policy & Society graduate, explored blockchain technology and its potential to benefit smallholder farmers. In this blog, he summarises his findings.

The Grote Gracht is richly lined with historical buildings that conceal remarkable stories. Once again, our “hidden gem” is located on this street in Maastricht, this time at number 76: the (bike) cellar.

In their NRO-funded project CO-PILOT of €25,000, Johan Adriaensen, Mirko Reithler and Robyn Ausmeier explore the potential of using Large Language Models (LLMs) as a scaffolding tool for in-class use. 

De Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) maakte 17 juli jl. bekend welke onderzoekers de zogenaamde Veni-beurs krijgen. Deze beurs gaat naar veelbelovende onderzoekers uit de volle breedte van de wetenschap. 

The 2024 Turriano Prize from ICOHTEC (the International Committee for the History of Technology) was awarded to Jacob Ward’s book Visions of a Digital Nation (MIT Press, 2024). The Turriano Prize recognises the best first book by an historian of technology. 

Since Hungary took over the rotating presidency of the EU Council on July 1st, its Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has embarked on a widely criticized peace mission for Ukraine, including meetings with leaders of Russia and China. This has led to much speculation about what the next six months of the Hungarian presidency will mean for the EU. Studio Europa Maastricht discussed this with Dr Giselle Bosse, Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair in EU International Relations at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University.

"We are the pioneers in a brand-new field of engineering sciences, not just in Maastricht but globally as well", says Francesco Ferrari about the group of thirteen students, himself included, who in July received the first bachelor's degree in Circular Engineering. 

Aleksandra Komornicka has received a Veni grant of € 320,000 from NWO for her project ‘The Market Next Door: Western European Multinationals and the Remaking of Central Europe, 1969-1993’.