Drawing blood, inserting an IV, or examining the ear; even seemingly simple medical procedures can cause anxiety, pain, and stress in children. According to pediatric intensivist Piet Leroy, comfort and trust are just as important as the medical treatment itself. He is therefore researching how...
Businesses are trying to become more sustainable in a world with sustainability challenges like climate change, biodiversity decline and pollution. Project Circular X at the Maastricht Sustainability Institute helps companies that want to experiment with circular and sustainable business models. The...
Elia Formisano, professor of Neural Signal Analysis at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience recently published a paper in Nature Neuroscience in collaboration with Bruno Giordano at Université Aix-Marseille, France and Michele Esposito, Giancarlo Valente. The title of the paper is Intermediate...
A presumed consent system for organ donation, where you are an organ donor unless you indicate that you do not want to, does not automatically lead to fewer deaths among organ patients. The positive expectations in this regard may need to be adjusted.
During the national Day for Sustainability you will learn everything about the energy transition.
A global symposium about opportunities for local development and systems change.
ICIS, the International Centre for Integrated assessment and Sustainable development at Maastricht University, presents itself at its 20-year jubilee. This will be done through interactive lectures and workshops in...
We invite you to submit an abstract of a paper to present at the conference on the topic of "Recharacterising International Disputes" which will be held at our Faculty of Law on 12 & 13 June 2024 in Maastricht.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many employees into teleworking, frontier workers included. For many people, it seems to be the new standard to work from home. For frontier workers, the relevant treaties and regulations on the coordination of social security systems could have major consequences.
Jacob Ward, a researcher at Maastricht University, has been awarded a Veni research grant of up to 280,000 euros by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The Veni grants are for newly graduated excellent researchers, at the beginning of their scientific career and with an...
