Whereas conventional analyses of democratisation tend to focus on formal institutions, elections and political reforms, this project shifts attention to how democracy is lived and practised in everyday settings such as families, neighbourhoods, workplaces and communities.
Hester van der Kaaij has been appointed as our new Vice Dean of Education. Van der Kaaij succeeds Sjoerd Claessens and will officially assume this role at the start of the new academic year.
On Friday 12 June, a group of students from the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) hosted a creative workshop as part of their project ReCrafted . The session brought together participants to explore how waste materials from Maastricht University (UM) can be transformed into meaningful and sust
In collaboration with the Maastricht City Council and the Province of Limburg, the Regional Transition Platform organised the ‘Groen op recept’ event on 1 July, together with researchers from various faculties. Read all about what happened.
Brightlands Limburg is among the seven most innovative regions in the world. The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) announced this this afternoon—Wednesday, June 17—during the Top 7 Communities of 2026 conference taking place in Limburg.
Changes in the voice, measured via a smartphone app, may indicate the onset of a respiratory attack in people with asthma or COPD. This is according to research by pulmonologist Sami Simons ( NUTRIM ) and his team.
Teaching and research are often presented as competing parts of academic life. But do they have to be? The new Mending the Gap booklet shows how colleagues across Maastricht University are bringing both together in their everyday work.