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  • Good education through the Educational Agenda Limburg

    In 2014 Trudie Schils, professor of Economics of Education, was one of the driving forces behind the start of the Educational Agenda Limburg. The agenda is a long-term project seeking to improve education in the province and the connection to the labour market. The first concrete results have since...

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  • Pension fund more green thanks to participants

    Participants in Pensioenfonds Detailhandel want sustainable investments, even if this yields less investment return. This is evident from research by Maastricht University in 2018, and was confirmed during a second study in 2020.  

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  • UM psychiatrist joins Queen Máxima's online working visit

    Queen Máxima spoke online on Tuesday, April 6, with researchers, psychiatrists, a general practitioner and the MIND patient organization. The digital working visit was devoted to the effects of the corona crisis on mental health. On behalf of UM, psychiatrist and researcher Suzanne van Bronswijk...

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  • Introducing New Member: Dr Patricia de Vries

    As an assistant professor of philosophy at FASoS, Dr Patricia de Vries recently joined MACCH as an affiliated researcher. Her work resides at the intersection of philosophy, art and technology. More specifically, exploring artistic and social imaginaries of emerging technologies, and the anxieties...

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  • International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

    6 April is the 'International Day of Sport for Development and Peace'. Even in these times of social distancing, when exercising is not always easy, it is very important to stay active. How does UM facilitate this?

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  • ‘A few’ (or rather, many) good people in Lebanon

    After earning her master’s degree at the UM School of Health Professions Education (SHE), Zakia Dimassi is now back in Beirut, Lebanon, where she is an assistant professor at Saint George Hospital University Medical Center. There, she hopes to put her knowledge to good use, contributing to better...

    Zakia Dimassi on her balcony in Beirut