News

  • ZonMw funds social science research on Pandemic Preparedness

    Over one and a half million for BePrepared consortium

    A consortium (BePrepared) of 12 universities, including Maastricht University
    (Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences and Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience), TNO, Pharos, Trimbos Institute and RIVM has received 1.6 million euros from...

    Placeholder DRUPAL_do NOT touch
  • PhD research shows impact of aggression on staff and patients in forensic care

    Nienke Verstegen, researcher at De Forensische Zorgspecialisten, has conducted research on aggression within forensic care and its impact on patients and staff. On July 6, 2023, she will receive her PhD from Maastricht University with her dissertation 'Hurt people hurt people. Characteristics and...

    Nienke Verstegen
  • From 'people in economic chains' to 'fellow human beings in value(s) chains

    Professor Harry Hummels, Professor of Ethics, Organizations and Society, emphasizes the importance of dialogue about this with stakeholders. In one of his latest papers, People in Chains, he aims to start a movement from "people in economic chains" to "fellow people in value(s) chains.

    Harry Hummels
  • MORSE PhD Workshop 2023

    As part of its commitment to bring researchers with different topical and methodological backgrounds together, the Maastricht Observatory on Responsible, Resilient and Sustainable Societies, Economies and Enterprise (MORSE) organized the 3rd MORSE PhD Workshop on June 20 and 21. The workshop...

    morse phdworkshop
  • Making Sense of Uncertainty

    Uncertainty can make our lives difficult. This blog post will walk through the basic concepts of uncertainty in economics, coupled with a few takeaways from our research.

     

    a screen showing a graph of stocks
  • “Change the work, not the workers”

    Professor Fred Zijlstra is set to retire in May. How does he look back on his career? What is his take on current developments in the field of work and organisational psychology? And how can we, as a society, best organise work—now and in the future?

    Fred Zijlstra