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  • Where Law Meets Pop Culture: A Creative Space for Exploration

    From hip-hop to Victor Hugo, and historical fiction to classic cinema: What do these things have in common with the study of law, you might think? At Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law, a growing group of researchers and students is exploring exactly that and even more. 

    Agustin Parise, Livia Solaro and Arthur Willemse LPC-RN
  • One Step Closer to the Solution: Students Help With Cold Case Research

    Through the International Cold Case Analysis Project (ICCAP), Maastricht University offers students the opportunity to gain practical experience in analysing real unsolved cases. For Isis van Cruchten, a recently graduated master student in Criminology, Forensics and Law, this project was a perfect...

    Isis samen met Karsten Bettels
  • Most prestigious European grant to two UM scientists

    Two Maastricht University professors are to receive the most prestigious European research grant for individual researchers: an ERC Advanced Grant, worth over €2.5 million. They are Lorenzo Moroni (MERLN) and Alexander Sack (FPN).

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  • A Prestigious Opportunity at the International Court of Justice

    As the first student from Maastricht University, PhD candidate Doudou Huang was selected for a prestigious fellowship at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. Since September 2024, she has been on her adventure at the ‘Peace Palace’ as a Judicial Fellow and now she’s halfway through...

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  • Combining a law degree with top-level sports. Casper and Lisa do it!

    Studeren aan de rechtenfaculteit is al een uitdaging op zich, maar Lisa en Casper voegen daar nog een flinke schep bovenop. Beiden combineren hun rechtenstudie met een topsportcarrière: Lisa als internationaal wushu-atleet en Casper als keeper bij een Eredivisieclub. In dit interview vertellen ze...

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  • Innovative Education in Personal and Family Law

    Thanks to the SURF Incentive Scheme for Open and Online Education (still available at the time), Gwen Noteborn (university lecturer in personal and family law at Maastricht University), Claudia Hocks and Janneke Hendrix (lecturers in law at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences) were able to get...

    Gwen Noteborn en Claudia Hock in het klaslokaal