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  • “Freedom to refuse vaccination is not unlimited”

    How can and should the government respond to the current low participation in the national immunization programme? Can certain forms of coercion be justified? The book Inducing Immunity? Justifying Immunisation Policies in Times of Vaccine Hesitancy provides answers. 

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  • Back to Maastricht

    The coming years will see tens of thousands of homes in the Netherlands undergo extensive renovation and modernisation. While the main goal is to improve energy efficiency, researcher Juan Palacios is interested in understanding the impact of home renovations on residents’ health. He will spend the...

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  • Who wants to use my (m)ap(p)?

    Failure is part of life, but not something academics talk about often. In this interview, Brigitte Le Normand reflects on the failure of her creative research outputs.

    Brigitte le Normand
  • AI-AI Captain

    AI will change the world – possibly in a very direct way. UNU-MERIT's Michal Natorski thinks the technology could inadvertently influence the decision-making processes of UN agencies.

    Michal Natorski
  • The microbiota is an important key in cancer treatment

    On February 8, 2024, Ziemons received her PhD from Maastricht University for the dissertation “The role of the gut microbiota in human cancer, the power of an equilibrium". This dissertation is the result of Ziemons' research on the role of the microbiota in cancer – colorectal cancer but also...

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  • The tale of the fox and the grapes

    Failure is part of life, but not something academics talk about often. In this interview, Tullio Viola reflects on the difficulties he has with being understood by those that are different.

    Tullio Viola
  • Climate change imposes a different way of doing scientific research

    Wim Vriezen seeks science that has a significant impact on society. Because, despite climate change, the rising global population must continue to eat. Vriezen was recently appointed as professor of Plant Functional Genomics at Maastricht University's Faculty of Science and Engineering.

    Wim Vriezen
  • Prince Friso Engineering Award: UM wins both public prizes

    Kim Ragaert and SublimeStone students won the public's awards given out during the Engineer of the Year contest. This triumph as well as the nomination of both, by the Royal Netherlands Society of Engineers, demonstrates that Maastricht University, particularly its only five-year-old Faculty of...

    SublimeStone and Kim Ragaert