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  • How digital tools can give farmers in Malawi their fair share

    Fair and Smart Data, an SBE Spearhead, was recently invited to join Solidaridad Network, one of their partners, on a field trip to Malawi and Zambia. The goal was to introduce their partners and colleagues to their smallholder farmers-oriented digital projects. In this blog, Sidi Amar reflects on...

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  • A sense of justice | FPN student stories

    Rachel Barros Custódio’s affinity with fairness and justice started early when she looked around her Portuguese hometown of Lisbon and saw the mistreatment of animals. “A lot of people in Portugal treat their animals like things, sometimes even worse. They don’t view them as living creatures with...

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  • Eternal Blue, a reminder of the cyber attack

    Recently, a work of art commemorating the cyberattack of 23 December 2019 has been on display in the main hall of the Aula at the Minderbroedersberg. In collaboration with the Arts and Heritage Committee, artist Richard Vijgen has created an installation that depicts the vulnerability of our world...

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  • The biggest animal lovers don't have pets themselves

    No, the animals on the livestock farm do not have it best. But that applies just as much to many of our pets, says Professor Pim Martens in his book Animal Dignity. An animal that is used to living in a forest in Romania can't just be dropped into a flat in Amsterdam.

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  • Second CCCDay in Maastricht

    On 21 June the second CAPHRI - Centre for Health and Society Düsseldorf Collaboration Day (CCCDay) took place in Maastricht.

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  • Outlaw motorcycle gangs in the Meuse Rhine Euregion

    PhD thesis written by Kim Geurtjens.
    This book deals with the history of OMCGs and the responses in each country, the authorities involved in the response, and contemporary problems in the Meuse Rhine Euregion.

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