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Here are a few of the theses written by students in the Master's programme European Public Affairs in 2019-2020. Students engage in original research that relates to, and builds, on, the three 8-week courses. The broad range of topics, cover many policy areas, actors and institutions, pieces of legislation, normative questions and stages of the policy process. Students are encouraged to choose topics that link with the research interests and expertise of the thesis supervisors. There is usually 10 members of staff supervising the thesis, the proposal of which is developed in January. The thesis itself is written during the internship in the period April, May, June.

Thesis examples
The carrot and the stick: The worlds of compliance and the first two years of GDPR enforcement
Chasing the European White Whale? The influence of soft governance in the EU - A comparative analysis of the substantive and procedural shifts in Social Protection Policies in Sweden and Spain since the creation of the OMC
The 2015 Refugee Crisis and Political Discourse: a Content Analysis of Parliamentary Questions in the European Union
 Regulating under uncertainty: Unravelling cybersecurity policy A comparative study on EU and US policies
An alliance as strong as plastic? A study into the influence of business interests in the shaping of the Directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment
Interest Groups as Policy Entrepreneurs in Judicial Lawmaking? Analyzing the Impact of Strategic Litigation in the Coman Case
Accredited Parliamentary Assistants: Paper-Keepers or Gate-Keepers?
Self-Regulation in the Lobbying Sector: A typology and the application of self-regulatory measures in the public affairs industry in the European Union
The Rationale Behind Compliance: why Professional Consultancies in Brussels Register and Remain in the EU’s Transparency Register
Gender Mainstreaming in Implementation: Box Ticking or Transformation? A Case Study on Gender Mainstreaming in the Implementation of the Emergency Trust Fund for Africa
European Digital Sovereignty: The Janus like digital sovereignty legacy of the Juncker Commission
Are Politics ‘Instagrammable’? An Analysis of "Youth-Friendly" Parliamentary Communications on Instagram in Austria, the United Kingdom and the European Union

 

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Specialisation: Emerging Markets

Most of the world’s economic growth is taking place in rising economic powers such as the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China) and other countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe. In this specialisation, you’ll use a multi-disciplinary approach to study these emerging economies and the new business opportunities associated with their growth. 

This specilisation is unique to this programme.  You will learn what drives the high growth in these markets, how they are evolving, where the next business opportunities will be, and how to make responsible management and policy decisions in these rapidly changing and sometimes fragile economies!

A day in the life of an International Business student

"Learning how to conduct business in an intenational environment"

- Fabienne Fritzsching

 

Here are a few of the theses written by students in the Master's programme European Studies in 2019-2020. Students engage in original research related to their specialisation and work on a broad range of topics, covering many policy areas, actors and institutions, pieces of legislation, normative questions and stages of the policy process. The focus of thesis clearly differs depending on the specialisation followed.

Specialisations:

  1. Public Policy and Administration
  2. International Relations
  3. Global Challenges

Public Policy and Administration
Don’t Go Breaking the Frame: Framing strategies in anti-discrimination policy by LGBTQ civil society organizations in the European Union
Analyzing the priorities of EU’s Budgetary Expenditures in the Multiannual Financial Frameworks of 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 on the Topic of Migration and Border Management
A paradigm shift in Dutch climate policy: Did neoliberalism reach a deadlock? The agenda-setting process of the Dutch climate law and agreement in December 2018
The Changing Narratives of German Governments towards European Economic and Monetary Integration: The Breakthrough of the National Interest?
EU Funding Dependencies: Putting NGOs’ Autonomy to the Test Impact of the EU Funds on the NGOs’ Lobbying Behaviour
Agenda-Setting in the European Union: The Surprising Case of the Work-Life Balance Directive
The Euro on trial: The economic policy of a monetary big-bang An assessment of the EMU twenty years later
Towards a new EU Blue Card: Enforcement of the European Blue Card in Germany and the Netherlands
From Liberalisation Towards Protectionism? Inward Foreign Investment Policy in the European Union Post-Lisbon
Is all About Framing: Problem Definition and the Practice of Surrogacy at the European Parliament

International Relations
Local ownership and perceptions in EU’s peacebuilding efforts An analysis of EULEX Kosovo
The conflict in Ukraine: the EU’s role conceptions in the Eastern neighbourhood at a crossroads?
Still Normative Power Europe? A Quantitative Analysis on Normative Interests in the EU's Foreign Policy
The German Attitude on EU-Turkey Accession Talks: Explaining Inconsistency
Chinese and European approaches to international security: An investigation of normative rapprochement at a macro-level and in the domain of peacekeeping in the DRC
Eastern Partnership states’ fragility: the influence of institutional factors on the EU cooperation with the countries in the region
EU, Lebanon and Jordan in the Syrian Refugee Crisis: A comparative study
EU Institutional Actorness in the field of nuclear non- proliferation and disarmament
A qualitative content analysis of the media in France, Germany and the UK: do they perceive the EU as a relevant actor in the JCPOA?
Emergence of a European Strategic Culture? A Qualitative Analysis of Cross-National Convergence of Norms on the Use of Force

Global Challenges
Protecting our European Way of Life’? Migration and European Identity
Looking through the spectacles of European civil society actors: an analysis of EU’s power in West-African peacebuilding activities. A framing analysis of CSDN reports
Exploring Regional Variety in the Political Language of the AfD – A Comparative Case Study of Four German Länder
Children migrants, vulnerable population or potential threat ? EU discourse about Unaccompanied Minors (UAMs) during the migration crisis
Why does the EU not practice what it preaches? The gap between policy rhetoric and action in the case of the EU-Turkey Statement
EU Actorness in Global Migration Governance: Austria's Unexpected Withdrawal from the UN Global Compact for Migration
Assessing Different Conceptualizations of European Identity Among German-Turkish People
A Gendered Perspective on the Securitisation of Migration: Female Refugees in the German and French Newspaper Coverage
The establishment of the Troika in the Eurozone crisis: An intergovernmentalist approach to explain the inclusion of the IMF in the Euro crisis management
The EU and the promotion of women’s rights in the Middle East and North Africa Deconstructing Tunisian exceptionalism

 

 

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Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is an important feature of studying in Maastricht. However, actually understanding what PBL is could be quite difficult if you don’t have the opportunity to experience it yourself. To help you get an idea of what PBL is all about, Maastricht University is offering Problem-Based Learning sessions. The events are both practical and playful.  

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There is no better way to experience Problem-Based Learning than by doing it yourself. We’ll give you a short introduction to our university and our education and then it is your turn!

With the help of our current students you will enter into a practical and playful hands-on PBL session.

You’ll be working on a real world case. This way you can experience how PBL works, how it helps you learn how to collaborate with others and how interesting it is to think about real-world challenges.

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It is with great sadness that we mourn the death of Adriano van de Ven, 11 November 2020, at the age of 27.

Adriano was a master’s student at the European Law School. He came to Maastricht after having completed a bachelor's and master's degree in the field of Law at the Universidad de Chile. In Chile he developed a keen interest in criminal law, leading to his thesis entitled ‘Critical analysis of the legal regulation of abortion in Chile’. In 2019, Adriano was sworn in as a lawyer at the Supreme Court of Chile.

He was known as a very dedicated, responsible and kind person. We are profoundly saddened by his passing.

The Faculty of Law at Maastricht University would like to express its condolences to his family, friends and acquaintances as well as his fellow students and colleagues and students at the Universidad de Chile.

Room B. 1019 Bou 1-3 will be devoted to this loss and to those who wish to pay their respects and leave a message to Adriano’s parents.

It is understandable that a number of students - especially those who knew Adriano well - would want support in coping with his death. The UM Psychologists are there to meet with you, personally or in a group setting. You can contact the secretariat of the student counseling department, or contact the faculty study advisers Marja Elsenburg en Merle Verkijk. And of course the UM Student Chaplaincy, The Innbetween, also offers support by e-mail if desired.

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