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… 21 maart 2024 Registration starts 27 March Zoekresultaten Ahead of the European Parliamentary Elections in June, Studio Europa Maastricht and POLITICO warmly invite you for the Maastricht Debate 2024. The third edition of this large political debate will take place on Monday, April 29 in the Theater aan het Vrijthof. Registration open as … bring your ID. For further questions about this event, you can contact us via email ( maastrichtdebate24@studioeuropamaastricht.nl ) or by telephone (+31 (0)43 388 46 90). Event details: • Date: Monday April 29, 2024 • Time: 16:15 – 23:00 • Website and registration: https://maastrichtdebate.eu/watch-the-debate/ The Maastricht Debate is supported by Maastricht University, Province of Limburg, City of Maastricht and the European Parliament. Register on the together.eu platform to receive …
… 18 maart 2024 Opinion Joris Melman Zoekresultaten Things got heated during the peasant protests that swept through Brussels last month. Tractors broke through barricades, a statue was vandalized and fires were set in several places. In farmer app groups, the fantasies went even further, sharing (fictional) images of a burning down European Parliament. The protests were not without consequence: the European pesticide law was repealed, environmental requirements that farmers must meet to receive … policy. It is not a sustainable strategy to immediately abandon policies that have been worked on for years as soon as there are aggressive protests. And certainly, the protests also have risks for the EU. For example, they could fuel the idea that groups willing to engage in violent protest can force their way through. Moreover, they could also fuel the idea that "we need to get out of the EU" - although that is an illogical goal for a sector that gets over a third of the EU budget and needs … debate with each other during the Maastricht Debate. … Things got heated during the peasant protests that swept through Brussels last month. Tractors broke through barricades, a statue was vandalized and fires were set in several places. In farmer app groups, the fantasies went even further, sharing (fictional) images of a burning down European Parliament. The protests were not without consequence: the European pesticide law was repealed, environmental requirements that farmers must meet to receive …
Sectie Arbeids en Organisatiepsychologie
Arbeids- en Sociale Psychologie
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
d.vasiljeva@maastrichtuniversity.nl
… applied their framework to understand how Amsterdam’s plans to build or improve new parks might affect physical activity for everyone in the city. They also looked at the effects on different sub-populations, like youth, elderly and low-income groups. This example illustrates how the city could invest in urban nature to have the greatest physical activity benefits for human health. The research will ultimately serve as the basis for a new health model in Natural Capital Project … 775 European cities to understand the potential of nature-based solutions for addressing climate change. Eventually, the new health model software will be available to city planners, investors and anyone else interested in new arguments and tools for targeting investments in nature in cities. Nature’s contributions are multidimensional—they can support cognitive, emotional, and spiritual well-being, as well as physical health. Previous work from the Natural Capital Project has shown many of these …
… with measuring instruments on the back and a laptop in a basket on the handlebar. 'I study the health effects of spatial planning', he says. He is happy to explain more. Bram Oosterbroek on the move with his measuring bike Our living environment Starting with spatial planning. What is that? 'We are now on the Groene Loper [a greenway in Maastricht], but there used to be a highway here. There are also, of course, buildings, benches and a climbing frame.' The public space, the living environment … to them for health, called "hotspots". Because of corona, we haven’t yet come together to brainstorm about the opportunities, but I can also measure that in the future.' Do you live near the Groene Loper and are you interested? Then check out the website of RuimteGIDS (in Dutch) or talk to Bram when he cycles past again. Original article (in Dutch): https://www.mijngroeneloper.nl/nieuws/nieuws-archief/op-pad-met-de-urban-hotspotter-meetfiets … You may have seen him passing by on the Groene …
Sectie Arbeids en Organisatiepsychologie
Arbeids- en Sociale Psychologie
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
d.vasiljeva@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Ahead of the European elections, there are concerns about the state of democracy and rule of law in Europe. In the Netherlands, it is a concern hanging around the formation table. For a long time, Poland seemed to be heading in the same direction as Hungary, but since last October's elections, the tide seems to have turned there. The most important lesson we can learn from Poland? Democracy is not made in the voting booth, but on the streets.
People who are customers of a bicycle rental company are more likely to go by bike instead of public transport, car or on foot. This is according to recent research by scientists at Maastricht University.
Sectie Arbeids en Organisatiepsychologie
Arbeids- en Sociale Psychologie
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
r.ruiter@maastrichtuniversity.nl