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In 1949, a group of prominent Limburg residents founded the Social Historical Centre for Limburg (SHCL). Their aim: to preserve the history of social life in Limburg for posterity. This year, the centre celebrates its 75th anniversary.
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Dr Laure Wynants has received an €850,000 Vidi grant to advance her research on improving the reliability of artificial intelligence in healthcare over the next five years.
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The YERUN Research Mobility Awards (YRMA) return with a refreshed approach for the 2024-2025 edition, offering opportunities for impactful research collaborations across the YERUN network.
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“You look young for your age!”, “Young people are innovative” or “Population ageing is a problem”. These are all statements that express wrongful assumptions about age. Prof. dr. Aagje Swinnen holds a chair with specialised remit in Ageing Studies at UM. She studies the cultural meaning behind ageing and the stigmas attached to growing old. She started running a humorous T-shirt campaign amongst UM students and staff, to make them aware of the ideal of youth that our society clings to.
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This summer, I attended the EURAM and EGOS conference, where I presented Martin Carree’s and my paper on how ecosystem factors impact social enterprise’s social performance. Both conferences offered invaluable opportunities to present my research, connect with fellow academics, and engage in some of the most critical discussions surrounding social innovation, organizational theory, and the grand challenges we face as a society.
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On Tuesday, October 8th, the first Brightlands AgriTech Event took place. Approximately 350 visitors were introduced to the latest technologies in AgriTech and could immerse themselves in a highly diverse programme. Additionally, three side events were held: the Brightlands AgriTech Student Challenge, the opening of the high-tech research greenhouse of Maastricht University, and the award ceremony for the Waarde-Ring.
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Caroline Bouvier likes to look beyond the image. Or more accurately, beneath it. A postdoctoral researcher from Paris, she is less interested in what a painting depicts—the iconography—than in the chemical processes behind the composition.
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In this article, Stefanie Roost explains why Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson deserve the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics and shares her enthusiasm for the laureates' works.
