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The Maastricht Centre for Human Rights hosted the first session of the International Law Discussion Group in its renewed format.

Following his keynote at the Sixth Global Citizenship Education Symposium, Gert Biesta continued the discussion in a conversation with EDLAB research assistant Megheti Tashdjian, turning to a bigger question: What is the purpose of education in a democracy?

Rianne Letschert, chair of the UM Executive Board, has been nominated as Minister of Education, Culture and Science (OCW). She is scheduled to be formally appointed and sworn in on 23 February, together with the other members of the new cabinet.

When Bart talks about climate change, his perspective quickly zooms out, literally. If meaningful action is needed, he believes, it must focus on the oceans, which cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface and directly support around 80% of humanity.

Pick our Brains with Coline van Everdingen

NUTRIM principal investigator Luc van Loon, professor of Exercise Physiology and Nutrition, receives grant from Stichting De Weijerhorst.

How do cancers develop, how do they grow and how does therapy resistance arise? Professor Kasper Rouschop aims to answer these questions.

Pia Geffroy is a creative jack-of-all-trades. At the moment, she mainly focuses on her music: a surprising combination of pop and classical.

As of September 2026, the new Responsible Data Science master’s programme at Maastricht University prepares students to become professionals who deploy artificial intelligence and other digital technologies with respect for both people and the planet.

A calculus course is not the obvious place for sustainability. Yet Circular Engineering student Leoni Haller helped rethink her mathematics course with sustainability-related examples, showing how calculus formulas can be taught in a real-world context.