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- friday_fortnightly_week_16_ed.10.pdf (325.58 kB, PDF)… for Market Regulation (SAMR) for breach of anti-monopoly laws. In December 2020, the SAMR initiated investigations in Alibaba’s “choose one of two” policy. As per the policy, Alibaba had since 2015, required merchants to sell on one of its two online shopping platforms. Using data and algorithms, the e-commerce giant managed to gain an “improper competitive advantage” on the market. Shortly after the record Alibaba fine, on 13 April 2021, the SAMR also announced that it had warned 34 other … https://balkaninsight.com/2020/11/13/turkey-fines-google-for-violating-competition-rules/ https://www.dailysabah.com/business/tech/turkey-fines-google-366m-for-abusing-its-dominant-position https://www.reuters.com/technology/china-warns-online-platform-companies-halt-anti-competitive-practices-2021-04-13/ https://www.competitionpolicyinternational.com/china-hits-alibaba-with-a-2-8b-antitrust-fine/ https://www.ft.com/content/bb251dcc-4bff-4883-9d81-061114fee87f …
- Jaarverslag Randwyck 2021.pdf (2.27 MB, PDF)… in het kader van de COVID-19 pandemie. Slechts een beperkt aantal afdelingen kon daardoor fysiek worden bezocht. Daarom is besloten om net als in 2020 schriftelijke audits af te nemen. Deze schriftelijke audits werden ook afgenomen bij de fysiek gevisiteerde afdelingen, zodat onderwerpen instellingsbreed getoetst konden worden. Voor dit doel werd een document opgesteld in de vorm van een vragenlijst, waar toezichthouders over de volgende hoofdthema’s werden bevraagd, waarbij de hoofdthema’s in …
- the-mental-well-being-of-students-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-iii-report-by-caring-universities-31032022.pdf (509.62 kB, PDF)… The mental well-being of students during the COVID-19 pandemic III The third measurement by the Caring Universities consortium SUMMARY In November 2021, Caring Universities (CU) sent an online questionnaire about psychological problems to more than 155.723 thousand students from five universities (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Leiden University, Utrecht University, Maastricht University and the Erasmus University Rotterdam). We also … and understand these psychological and psychosocial problems of students, prevent them where possible and improve upon the available services for this target group. In addition to a questionnaire (survey) to uncover the problems, we also set up an online infrastructure to offer students preventive and early low-intensity help. Research3 shows that students with psychological complaints do not always seek out and receive appropriate care in a timely manner. There are several barriers to … is designed to research the psychological and psychosocial problems of students in a structured and scientifically sound manner. The procedure is as follows: all students from the participating universities receive a link via their student email to an online questionnaire that measures the most important psychological and psychosocial problems (including depression, anxiety, alcohol problems). This is not about diagnoses of mental disorders such as major depressive disorder, but rather about …
- mcel_newsletter_20202.pdf (957.48 kB, PDF)… La Quadrature du Net). Herke is a member of the European Commission’s legal service but now also, since May 2020, a (part-time) Professor of European Data Protection and Privacy law at Maastricht University, and member of MCEL. MCEL devoted two online seminars to the discussion of the content and future implications of the judgment of the German Constitutional Court of 5 May 2020 on the European Central Bank's market interventions. In the first seminar Phedon Nicolaides, Marijn Van der Sluis … spoke on Green Public Procurement: at the Summer Course of ERA (Academy of European Law) in which she addressed the role of SMEs in sustainable public procurement at the Online Seminar on European Public Procurement Law': an invitation-only online workshop for procurement and policy professionals on European public procurement law and how it can be leveraged for sustainability, facilitated by the Academy of European Law (ERA) and supported by the Green Electronics Council (GEC - Portland, United … Her role in the Executive Committee is in addition to her roles as the Dutch Director of the EMA Programme and as EMA Director on behalf of Maastricht University. Andrea Ott, Hildegard Schneider, Lilian Tsourdi and Zvezda Vankova co-organised a workshop in the form of a webinar on ‘Migration and EU Borders’ as part of the Jean Monnet NOVA project coordinated by Andrea Ott. The event took place on the 3rd and 4th December 2020. This 2-day workshop assessed the evolution of the asylum, migration, …
Rethinking Vulnerability: How Consumer Law Forgets About Elders
On March 13, 2025, M-EPLI welcomed Professor Bianca Gardella Tedeschi from the University of Eastern Piedmont in Italy to present her groundbreaking research on recognising elders as vulnerable consumers in EU consumer law. The presentation, moderated by Dr. Daniel On, sparked a vibrant discussion...
Why some people hesitate to vaccinate and how healthcare can address this
Doubts about vaccination continue to be a significant challenge for global public health. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed vaccine hesitancy as one of the top ten threats to global health.
But what exactly is vaccine hesitancy and how does it impact our society? How can we address it...
Maastricht's Education on Quantum Computing
“They all love it,” says Georgios Stamoulis from DACS, throwing his arms up in the air. He’s referring to his students enrolled in the Quantum Algorithms course of the master’s specialisation in Quantum Computing. He is about to start the final lecture of this course.