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  • The Effects of Promoting Labour Market Mobility, Intended and Unintended

    A new paper by Associate Professor Steffen Künn from Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (forthcoming in the Review of Economics and Statistics) now provides novel evidence that providing unconditional financial support to encourage geographical mobility among unemployed job...

    Steffen Kuehn
  • Rector Pamela Habibovic named Top Woman Limburg 2023

    Pamela Habibovic, the Rector Magnificus of Maastricht University, has been this year’s named Top Woman of Limburg province. The announcement was made by the Topvrouwen Limburg foundation at their annual meeting in Venlo.

    Pamela Habibovic
  • Who is faster: a cybercriminal or the police?

    Be it phishing emails or helpdesk employees who ask you to transfer money— digital crime is on the rise and is becoming even slicker. Artificial intelligence can play both a negative and positive role in this. On the one hand, new forms of cybercrime are emerging from AI; on the other hand, AI is...

    digital crime
  • Limburg economy benefits from sciences

    Since 2010, Maastricht University, in cooperation with the Province of Limburg, has invested heavily to increase the supply of science. The positive results of this are visible through the Brightlands campuses, among others. The conclusion of the project, called "Strengthening Natural Sciences," was...

  • Deep Brain Stimulation to treat tinnitus

    A new tinnitus treatment using Deep Brain Stimulation is being trialled at MUMC+ ­with promising results. PhD student Jana Devos and Assistant Professor Mark Janssen on the mysterious disease, brain implants and startled rats.

    Deep Brain Stimulation
  • 'Introduction to Chinese Law' Course

    METRO introduced the extra-curricular course 'Introduction to Chinese Law' to the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University. The course is almost exclusively taught by Chinese (current and former) PhD researchers affiliated with the Faculty of Law and/or METRO. It will run from October until December...

    Chinese Law Course
  • FASoS Anthology: The stories we tell

    Over the past year, 19 researchers have worked hard to put together the first FASoS anthology of creative nonfiction. It features work from all four faculty research groups and all five departments.

    FASoS Anthology: The stories we tell