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  • DATASET project validates Digital Readiness Scan and delivers key insights

    DATASET researchers from Maastricht University (BISCI) and Fontys applied the Digital Readiness Scan developed by Logistiek Digitaal to several regional logistics service providers, scientifically validated the underlying methodology, and analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of this tool. 

    Illustration of synthetic data concept
  • The international poverty line and the sausage factory

    Anecdotal evidence imply that what ones sees in a sausage factory cannot be unseen, and such an experience somehow takes away something from the joy that stems out of the carefree consumption of such delicacies. In this blog entry about the international poverty line’s maladies I don’t want to ask...

    International poverty lines
  • Alumnus Charles Brichet's turbulent journey from law to aviation

    From a childhood dream of becoming a pilot to studying law, with a brief detour into finance, and now working as a Procurement Manager for the Lufthansa Group, Alumnus Charles Brichet was determined to pursue his dream career in aviation, overcoming every obstacle, challenge, or setback along the...

    Charles Brichet and model plane
  • Alumni success stories: Y Chi Lange

    Alumni success story: Y Chi's academic journey began with a Bachelor’s degree at SBE, she graduated in 2018. In this article she will tell you all the ins and outs about her career, read for more!

     

    Y Chi Lange
  • New obesity framework: looking beyond BMI

    A study conducted by the Easo led by Prof. Gijs Goossens of Maastricht UMC+ and Dr. Luca Busetto published today in Nature Medicine.

    EASO Gijs Goossens
  • Not one for the spotlight

    Nick Bos describes himself as “a fairly rational person.” When he so much as mentions words like pleasure, love or lonely, he immediately corrects himself: “Well, love is a big word. Let’s just say my affinity with the university blossomed at UM.” In Maastricht, the man who initially aspired to an...

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