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On 6 December 2019, a delegation of the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) visited METRO, to discuss digital governments, government information disclosure and economics of regulation. 

Since the introduction of photos on the packaging of tobacco products in 2016, Dutch smokers have become more aware of the harmful effects of their addiction. This is the conclusion of PhD research by health scientist Dirk Jan van Mourik, who will be defending his thesis at Maastricht University on...

In the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Prof. Gerhard Weiss discusses why companies can be reluctant about AI applications although they think it is a game changer in their domain (essay in German).

The consultation round on the upcoming ITEM Cross-Border Impact Assessment 2020 has been launched.

Interview with Kirsten Peetoom, winner of the Catharina Pijls prize 2019.

The percentage of female professors in Maastricht now stands at 29.7%, earning UM a shared second place in the Women Professors Monitor 2019 together with Leiden University. 

The province of Limburg will support expertise centre ITEM with a grant of 3 million euros over the next 5 years. 

PhD thesis written by Thomas Kipka.
Comparative Analysis of the Treatment of Soft-Intangibles in Business Restructurings in Germany, the United States and according to the OECD.

UM researcher Kay Deckers was announced the first ever winner of the Young Outstanding Research Award, for the most promising dementia researcher in The Netherlands. The research of neuropsychologist and epidemiologist Deckers focuses on the relationship between lifestyle factors and the chance of...