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Hannah Kakara Anderson receives the Jeroen van Merriënboer Award 2025 with her dissertation: 'Exploring Equity in Workplace-based Assessment: a Justice-oriented Approach'.

As part of Postdoc Appreciation Week, we spoke with UM's Postdoc Board. According to the Board, postdoctoral researchers are a unique and vital part of the university ecosystem.

Maastricht University’s Executive Board has appointed Gianclaudio Malgieri as Professor of AI, Data Governance and Fundamental Rights, with effect from 1 September 2026.

Maastricht University’s Executive Board has appointed Dr Rob de Greef as Endowed Professor of Law of Decentralised Authorities, with effect from 1 September 2026.

Joris van Zundert of the Computational Literary Studies department at the Huygens Institute has been appointed Professor by Special Appointment in Computational Humanities at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences with effect from 1 September 2026.

After nearly twenty years of increasingly higher demands being placed on the skills of recent graduates from universities of applied sciences, a striking shift has become apparent starting in 2023.

Meet Dr. Niels van Best, NUTRIM researcher, winner of the 2026 Hustinx Science Award, and discover his research

On Monday 31 August 2026, Maastricht University opened the 2026/27 academic year at Theater aan het Vrijthof. This year the central question is: what will the next 50 years bring for UM, and how can we shape that future together?

During the opening evening of Cultura Nova on 28 August, a broad coalition of public and private organisations signed a joint Letter of Intent. The aim is to develop Parkstad and South Limburg into a leading ecosystem

The workshop represents a new direction in Matthew’s research, building on his recent interest in the ethics of precision agriculture.