UM organises a symposium to co-create a strategy on sustainability research and sustainable research. Highlights will include the results of a survey on existing research and a discussion to determine our vision on a Sustainable UM in 2030.
Report about the conference on new ways of recognising and rewarding scientists, in Rotterdam on 15 November 2019.
Studio Data discusses text mining, AI education in Maastricht and the benefits of being both CSO of ZyLAB and extraordinary professor (interview in Dutch).
“Fairtrade labels are meant to safeguard our values and turn them into verifiable standards,” explains Ceren Pekdemir from UM’s International Centre for Integrated assessment and Sustainable development (ICIS). “They have an effect on the wages and training farmers receive – but not to the extent...
While in Beijing teaching Competition Law at the China-EU School of Law (with Caroline Cauffman) from 4-8 November, Niels Philipsen gave guest lectures at the CUPL School of Law and Economics and at the Central University of Finance and Economics. Also in November, Marjan Peeters was invited to give...
A research consortium led by dr. Anke Oenema provided an extensive overview of scientific and practice based evidence on the relation between nutrition and mental disorders across the life span. The results and conclusions of this study are presented in a report that is now available.
This year, the prize for the best knowledge utilisation in physics goes to Ron Heeren (M4I). He works on improving clinical diagnostics by means of mass spectrometry imaging.
Interview with prof. Ron Heeren because of his winning the NWO Physics Valorisation Prize.
Niels Janssen defended his PhD dissertation 15 November 2019 at Maastricht University.
On 15 November, Professor Dick T.H.M. Sijm gave his inaugural address, entitled ‘There is more behind the label’, and accepted the function of Associate Professor at Maastricht University (UM). He will work at the Faculty of Science and Engineering, University College Venlo in Venlo. His chair is...