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Dutch healthcare faces a potential collapse within 10 years, driven by acute staff shortages. CAPHRI researchers remain optimistic: “There are so many levers we can pull.”

Preventing disease is not always cheaper than treating it — but it can be vital for keeping healthcare affordable and accessible. Professor Mickaël Hiligsmann (VHC), newly appointed Professor of Health Preferences and Economics of Prevention at CAPHRI, studies how preventive measures can deliver...

The Institute for Globalization and International Regulation (IGIR), which now also includes several former members of METRO, recently presented itself to colleagues in the faculty after implementing an update in, among other things, its management and research profile.

Aurélie Carlier, Bart Spronck and Nicole Leibold receive a Vidi grant of up to 850,000 euros to further develop their lines of research.

PhD thesis by Mathijs Klemm

According to many, elections are normally about domestic policy — about jobs, healthcare, and taxes. Foreign policy, by contrast, is seen as something for elites and diplomats, not for the voter. But according to Joris Melman, researcher at Studio Europa Maastricht, that needs to change. In an...

Hospitals are often seen through the lens of urgency, care, and crisis – but what about the materials that make them work? 

Lore Eckelmans studies Medicine and is the youngest female candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Ever since high school, she has loved debating. With her candidacy for Volt, she wants to bring more attention to issues that affect her generation – such as inequality and the growing...

The EU announced last week that it would double its tariffs on steel to 50 percent, bringing them in line with US levels. Studio Europa Maastricht spoke with Mark Sanders, Associate Professor of International Economics at Maastricht University about the latest developments surrounding the increase...