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  • Inaugural lecture by prof.dr. Maja Brkan

    On 29 November 2024, MCEL member Maja Brkan, Judge at the General Court of the European Union, gave her inaugural lecture on 'Digitalisation and EU fundamental rights: the good, the bad and the opaque'. 

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  • Bioprinting kidney models in the lab

    Carlos Mota develops new in vitro models to study kidney diseases at MERLN. For his NEPRHON project, he received the ERC Consolidator Grant.

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  • Prestigious European grant for two UM researchers

    Two researchers from Maastricht University (UM) have received a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council. This will allow them to set up a scientific research team in the coming years for studies on bioprinted models of a human kidney and on female guest workers from...

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  • Book contribution by Anna Beckers

    Anna Beckers contributed a chapter titled "From Corporate Personality to Corporate Governance: The Transformation of International Human Rights Through Corporate Practice" to the book Global Rights? Human Rights in Complex Governance, edited by Nehal Bhuta and Rodrigo Vallejo. 

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  • Globalisation & Law Network seminar with Andrea Leiter

    What does the recent victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential elections mean for the future of cryptocurrency? This and many other pressing issues were addressed by Dr Andrea Leiter at the Globalisation & Law Network seminar held on 13 November 2024.

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  • Can You Sue Away Climate Change?

    PhD thesis written by Jana Nysten
    This thesis sets out to examine the potentials and limitations of climate change litigation. It establishes a framework which allows for some general conclusions on how different types of climate change litigation function and how they can help address gaps in the...

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