News

Daisy Blaauw shares her vision on resilience, change and the power of connection: organisations become future-proof when people feel heard, get involved and move forward together.

During the opening of the academic year, Jolijn van Vugt was singing and dancing on stage at Theater aan het Vrijthof. As a performer, to be precise. The 21-year-old medical student manages to combine her studies with singing and dancing at an advanced level. She dances at the Oxygen dance school in...

Studio Europa spoke with Lilian Tsourdi, Professor and Jean Monnet Chair in European Migration Law and Governance at the Law Faculty of Maastricht University, about the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum (the Pact).

Professor Wim Gijselaers reflects on 40+ years at Maastricht University's School of Business and Economics, highlighting its rise to international recognition through innovation, problem-based learning and collaboration. As he retires, he celebrates people, lifelong learning and lasting impact.

The prize particularly honours work that, from a historical perspective, contributes to a deeper understanding of issues relevant to contemporary society. Michiel's PhD research is about “The Petro-Atom: A Century of Ubiquitous Oil Involvement in Nuclear Energy.”

Dr. Joël Karel and his colleagues obtained an NWO Open Competition ENW-XS grant for their project " Let the signals self-calibrate: data-driven inverse problem in electrocardiography".

Dr. Chang Sun received an NWO Veni grant for the project "Generative AI for Causal Treatment-Toxicity Analysis in Rare Blood Cancers ".

On 18 June 2026, the ICGI hosted a PhD Workshop in Corporate Law, bringing together researchers from Maastricht University, Tilburg University, and the University of Amsterdam.

On the sidelines of the conference The State of Union Law, held at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law on 12 June, Studio Europa Maastricht spoke with Ben Smulders, Dutch judge at the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

SBE researchers Stephan Smeekes and Ines Wilms have received an €800,000 NWO grant to develop Econometric Intelligence, a new methodology that combines econometrics and AI to analyse complex data and support better decision-making.