The Perfect Storm: Discover how today’s global crises are connected
What happens when crises collide? From geopolitical tensions and climate change to artificial intelligence, energy insecurity and war, today’s challenges are increasingly interconnected. The Platform for Outreach and Co-Creation (POCC) at FASoS, together with regional partners, invites you to explore these connections through The Perfect Storm, a series of events taking place in Maastricht in November and December.
The programme brings together researchers, experts and audiences to examine how global crises reinforce one another, and what this means for society, politics and our future.
Explore the programme
3 November, 18:00 | Europe after the Midterms
How could the US midterm elections affect Europe’s future and the transatlantic relationship? Join Studio Europa Maastricht for an interactive evening featuring FASoS researchers Yf Reykers, Betto van Waarden and Mariëlle Wijermars, exploring European security, strategic autonomy and future cooperation with the United States.
📍 Brandweerkantine, Maastricht
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4 November, 18:30 | Artistic research, art and politics
How do artistic and activist forms of research take shape within — or challenge the boundaries of — the university? MERIAN invites you to an evening with Sara de Jong (University of York) and Eliza Steinbock, followed by a conversation between the speakers and the audience.
📍 Art-Science Lab, Heksenstraat 8, Maastricht
Seats are limited. Register by emailing info@merianmaastricht.nl.
5 November–3 December, 19:30 | Perspectives on a World in Flux
In this five-part lecture series, Studium Generale brings together FASoS researchers to explore pressing global challenges through the humanities and social sciences.
- 5 November: Why We Live in a Burnout Economy, and Why Self-help Isn’t Helping — Miriam Meissner
- 12 November: How Cities Address(ed) Geopolitical and Climatic Disasters through Public Shelters and Bunkers — Anique Hommels
- 19 November: Why AI Is Costing the Earth: The Environmental Price of Artificial Intelligence — Annika Richterich
- 26 November: Energy: Its Role in Geopolitical Tensions and the Pursuit of Independence — Anna Herranz-Surrallés
- 3 December: Shifting Fault Lines: How the War in Ukraine Is Redefining European Security — Gergana Noutcheva
📍 Karl Dittrich Hall, Student Services Centre, Bonnefantenstraat 2, Maastricht
The fee for the full series is €10 for UM students, €25 for UM employees and students from other institutions, and €50 for others.
1 December, 19:30 | Film screening: Mariinka
Lumière Cinema and Studium Generale present Mariinka, a documentary by director Pieter-Jan De Pue offering an intimate look at life on the Ukrainian front line and the impact of war on ordinary people. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Giselle Bosse, reflecting on the film and the wider geopolitical context of the war in Ukraine.
📍 Lumière Cinema, Maastricht