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On 23 October 2025, the Globalisation & Law Network, together with the Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence, organised a seminar featuring Giuseppe Martinico (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa).

Together with broadcaster L1, NUTRIM created a five-part video series offering an exclusive look behind the scenes of our research. Watch the videos

After careful consideration, Promenade I has emerged as the clear preferred location for the establishment of Maastricht University (UM) in Heerlen. In the coming period, the municipality of Heerlen and UM will jointly investigate the feasibility of this step, which should be accompanied by a...

We are happy to share the publication of the Veldkrant Geuldal. Over beheertwijfel in een veranderend landschap. The veldkrant was written by Claartje Rasterhoff and Christian Ernsten, in collaboration with Erik Wong and Thijs de Zeeuw, and published by MACCH in October 2025.

Are EU citizens essentially the serfs of a handful of American monopolies? Here, Maastricht University researchers Valentina Golunova and Dani Shanley discuss the geopolitical and institutional consequences of the new ‘digital oligarchy.’ Why do its leaders—paradoxically—still need our consent for the...

PhD thesis by Ibrahim Shehata

It is with great pleasure that we announce that MACCH member Anna de Jong successfully defended her PhD on June 24, 2025.

Eleven consortia from various scientific disciplines are set to launch projects of great value to science. The Dutch government is making a total of €197 million available for this purpose. Scientists from Maastricht University (UM) are closely involved in seven of the eleven projects.

Hooray! The 1,500th Vitrobot was recently built. This remarkable device helps scientists to better understand diseases such as Alzheimer's and COVID-19. The Vitrobot is now used in hundreds of laboratories worldwide, but its roots lie right here – at Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus.

MUMC+ is main applicant in the NCC: a unique research infrastructure with data from almost half a million Dutch citizens.