Once a refugee, she is now rector magnificus of Maastricht University. Both roles underline the importance of human rights and that’s why Pamela Habibović spoke at the opening of Maastricht Human Rights Week on 22 May.
At the initiative of Harm Hospers, UM's then vice-rector of education, a regional network was set up in 2015 to support the integration and education of refugees. This education network is unique to the Netherlands and still active.
EU immigration and asylum law are plagued by disharmony and dysfunction. Lilian Tsourdi, assistant professor of International and European Law, is investigating how to improve the situation.
Why do humans act the way they do? To answer this complex question, Hannes Rusch has to be a bit of everything: economist, biologist, philosopher, mathematician. He recently received a €1.5 million ERC Starting Grant to develop and empirically validate an interdisciplinary theoretical framework for...
Is sustainability worthwhile? Or is it only worth it if it makes financial sense? Professor in Real Estate Finance Nils Kok and Professor of Planetary Health Pim Martens discuss.
In November 2021, UM signed Amnesty International's manifesto Let's Talk About Yes. That was the go-ahead for UM to intensify activities against sexual violence. What has happened since then and what developments have taken place within UM's various departments to address this important issue? And...
As a student of Business Administration at Maastricht University, Alberic Pater had no clear-cut career plans. The penny dropped when he was studying in Pretoria, South Africa.
While the discourse around ChatGPT has probably started reaching saturation point, it’s worth pointing out how few of these discussions are actually about the chatbot itself. From being too quick to accuse students of cheating, to underestimating what humans can do, to the perils of following the...
It all started with an unexpected discovery. Bart van Grinsven, associate professor of Sensor Engineering, figured out how to detect microparticles—bacteria, toxins and proteins—in a liquid using a rapid testing method based on heat transfer. Through the startup Sensip-dx, Jaap Drenth is now turning...
The Centre for European Research in Maastricht and UM Campus Brussels often work together to create impact.
