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Knowledge workers contribute greatly to academic research and Open Science. To show this important work, Bart Penders, Yannis Stavrakakis and Penelope Bollini are participating in the project Invisible knowledge work and the transformation and scaling of Open Science practices.

In the academic year 2026-2027, the master's programme will launch with a new curriculum. Students will pay more attention to the role the living environment plays in making behavioral choices.

What if the key to new medicines against cancer or HIV lies not in a laboratory but is hidden away in the leaves of a plant? Scientists from Maastricht University and the University of York are joining forces to investigate precisely such a plant.

Christian Scholl and Job Zomerplaag from Maastricht University have now received a €50,000 KIN Grant from Klimaatonderzoek Initiatief Nederland (KIN) to investigate how these community funds function and what impact they have.

Together with the twelve other university funds in the Netherlands, University Fund Limburg is once again joining forces to launch a nationwide campaign highlighting the opportunity to leave a legacy to science.

Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics (SBE) remains firmly among the world’s top 100 business schools in the Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking 2026. SBE's MSc International Business ranks 68th worldwide and second in the Netherlands.

Agustín Parise was elected president of the European Society for Comparative Legal History (ESCLH). His term started in January 2026. The ESCLH was established in 2009, and aims to generate dialogue across jurisdictional and disciplinary boundaries.

Steve van de Weijer has been appointed endowed professor of ‘Family Dynamics and Criminal Behaviour’ as of 1 September. The chair, within the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN), has been established by the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR).

Sabine van Rijt is developing a toolbox to identify the materials, structures and signals that best facilitate the repair of damaged tissue.

Samen Sterk van Start supports early-career teachers through intensive guidance from external mentors. The project investigates whether this preventive approach can reduce teacher attrition and help tackle the teacher shortage.