Robots are on an unstoppable march in healthcare, restaurants, airports and shops. The various research projects at the Maastricht Center for Robots at the School of Business and Economics focus on the interaction between service robots and humans. One of these projects was conducted by Chelsea...
The European Research Council has awarded Professor Nancy Bocken an ERC Proof of Concept grant.
A change of course is needed if we are to keep healthcare in the Netherlands accessible. The South Limburg Regional Plan, presented in late 2023, focuses on cooperation between dozens of parties and organisations. Researchers Daan Westra and Svenja Cremer explain the contribution that Maastricht...
Her primary school teacher was convinced she would end up saving the whales with Greenpeace. Even as a child, Maastricht University alum Susanne Schnabel couldn’t stand injustice. If a classmate was bullied, she had to intervene. It was this trait, combined with her “big mouth,” that led her to the...
This summer, the HeArt Ma’at racing crew ran Maastrichts Mooiste, the city’s largest annual running event. Their goal was to raise money for research into an art therapy for heart patients. Dozens of crowdfunding initiatives and hundreds of donations later, they managed to raise more than €55,000...
Sharon Anyango moved from Kenya to Maastricht six years ago for the Master in Globalisation and Development. At first, things were tough: the education was completely different from what she was used to. So, too, was the food culture—especially lunch. “I still can’t get used to the sandwiches.”
That Stephan Smeekes became a professor of econometrics at the age of 41 is not to say this path is open to anyone with a disability. “Everybody’s different, and so is every disability,” he says. He doesn’t see himself as an ambassador for disabled academics. “But if my story inspires others, that’s...
Pablo del Hierro’s work on transnational fascism in his native Madrid has led to a book, a documentary, the FASoS Valorisation Prize and a political campaign to remove a fascist monument.
Even more than his undisputed ingenuity and technical savvy, it is his imagination that has lifted Rainer Goebel to the highest echelons of cognitive neuroscience. In no less than a world-class achievement, he recently landed his second ERC grant worth €2.5 million, this time for his research...
Anyone who thinks all students do is study and party hasn’t met Emma Daalmans and Cristian Rusu. The former and current presidents of study association JFV Ouranos are currently raising money for charity. Why do they place so much value on societal engagement? And what have they learnt during their...
