FASoS Research Institute
Moving boundaries, bridging disciplines
The research institute of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS) at Maastricht University studies societies and cultures as they unfolded during the modern and contemporary era in a radically interdisciplinary manner. We analyse the interrelationships of Europeanisation, globalisation, scientific and technological development, political change and cultural innovation. We are interested in how today’s societies cope with and reflect these challenges in various ways. These could be artistic practices and practices of remembrance as well as specific forms of governance and political integration as well as strategies for managing knowledge, technologies and risks. While our research starts from today’s problems, we have a strong interest in how the modern world came to be.
Research
To nurture and maintain this kind of innovative, interdisciplinary research, the research institute of FASoS has created a matrix organisational structure. Its backbone are four distinct research programmes, each of which is composed by an interdisciplinary team of researchers. While the research programmes form the core of the research activities at FASoS, the faculty also has five centres as specific research hubs and to facilitate interaction with external academic partners and societal stakeholders. Together, the research programmes and the research centres provide a framework that facilitates flexibility, networking, and mobility beyond disciplinary boundaries.
Research Centres
News
Four FASoS researchers awarded prestigious NWO Veni grants
- Researchers
We are proud to announce that Simone Schleper, Flora Lysen, Laura Ogden, and Mirko Heinzel, have each been awarded a Veni grant by the Du
Anna Herranz-Surrallés, Johan Adriaensen and Odile Felkamp awarded NWO Open Competition M grant
- Researchers
Anna Herranz-Surrallés, Johan Adriaensen and Odile Felkamp have been awarded an NWO Open Competition M grant of €400,000 for their resear
Europe: arm(s) in arm
- Researchers
Europe’s plans to increase its military capacity are controversial; not so much the if as the how.
FASoS awarded NWO PhDs in the Humanities grant for project on early bird photography and conservation
- Researchers
We are pleased to announce that Pauw Vos has been awarded an NWO PhDs in the Humanities grant for the project “Narratives of the Nest
Aagje Swinnen awarded NWO Open Competition M
- Researchers
Aagje Swinnen (FASoS) and Sarah de Mul (Open University), have been
