The world is becoming more interconnected as people, goods, ideas, and institutions cross boundaries. Global Studies empowers future change-makers with the tools and skills needed to analyse and address the complex global challenges we face.
As the first student from Maastricht University, PhD candidate Doudou Huang was selected for a prestigious fellowship at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. Since September 2024, she has been on her adventure at the ‘Peace Palace’ as a Judicial Fellow and now she’s halfway through...
Arts and Culture explores Western culture through the lens of art, science, media and politics. Students learn to analyse its development and contemporary challenges, such as democracy, digitalization and climate change, in an interdisciplinary way.
A change of course is needed if we are to keep healthcare in the Netherlands accessible. The South Limburg Regional Plan, presented in late 2023, focuses on cooperation between dozens of parties and organisations. Researchers Daan Westra and Svenja Cremer explain the contribution that Maastricht...
It may come as a surprise that a core task of the European Union is to promote peace and security in crisis areas around the world. But why does it do this, and what is it aiming to achieve?
They may study an unconventional group, but they have fun doing so. Lynn van Vugt and Mark Levels focus on NEETs: young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training, and are difficult to engage. Van Vugt’s PhD research—supervised by Levels, professor of Health, Education and Work—produced...
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) recently awarded their prestigious Veni funding to 188 promising researchers (out of 1462 applicants) in the Netherlands. SBE's Juan Palacios and Max Löffler were among the 188 laureates who each received up to €280,000 in funding which they will use to develop their...
In the KE@Work programme, students solve a complex, real-world problem while working at a local company. An honours track of the bachelor’s in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, KE@Work provides ambitious students with valuable work...
