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Newly appointed NUTRIM Professor as of July 1st 2024

Newly appointed NUTRIM Professor as of July 1st 2024

‘Practice what you preach’. This is the motto that led endowed professor of restorative justice and associate professor of criminal law and criminal procedure, Jacques Claessen, to voluntarily wear an electronic ankle bracelet. 

Is the Einstein Telescope coming to the Euregion? As yet, nobody knows. But if the telescope is built here, it will offer many opportunities for valorisation, according to Han Dols. Dols is head of business development at CERN, the European laboratory for particle physics in Geneva. He delivered the...

The study was conducted by physician-researcher Julia Bels and led by intensivist Marcel van de Poll both NUTRIM /MUMC+ researchers

Alum Saara Martinmäki volunteered for the Red Cross, and during high school helped drowning survivors overcome their fear of water. She came to Maastricht University in 2015 to pursue a master’s in Clinical Psychology. Today, she conducts research on the wellbeing of humanitarian aid workers and...

“Do you make lists too?” This was one of the first questions that professor of Financial Services Lisa Brüggen asked PhD candidate Jenna Barrett. Her affirmative reply sealed the deal. An inspiring and fruitful partnership ensued, resulting in Barrett’s dissertation ‘Money matters: Understanding and...

Businesses are trying to become more sustainable in a world with sustainability challenges like climate change, biodiversity decline and pollution. Project Circular X at the Maastricht Sustainability Institute helps companies that want to experiment with circular and sustainable business models. The...

The 2024 Turriano Prize from ICOHTEC (the International Committee for the History of Technology) was awarded to Jacob Ward’s book Visions of a Digital Nation (MIT Press, 2024). The Turriano Prize recognises the best first book by an historian of technology. 

Maastricht University has built a new research greenhouse at Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo. Starting on September 1, research will be conducted in this high-tech greenhouse on the agriculture and horticulture of the future: from new cultivation techniques and the development of plants to the...