Owners of family businesses often lack adequate preparation for their role

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Owners of family businesses feel they are insufficiently prepared for their role. While succession planning regarding management or employee positions within the family business is carefully discussed, attention to future ownership and the associated responsibilities is often lacking.
Anita van Gils

“If we want to live long and healthy lives, we need to take much better care of nature”

During Maastricht University’s 50 th Dies Natalis, the Swedish professor Peter Stenvinkel will receive an honorary doctorate for his pioneering research on nephrology (kidney medicine) and planetary health. The award means a great deal to him.
Peter Stenvinkel

"PBL Changes Them"

  • Law & policy

A portrait of Nicole Kornet: educator, prize-winner, and believer in the grounded jurist

Pamela Habibovic and Nicole Kornet during Dies Natalis

Alumni day: 23 May 2026

Which former classmate from Maastricht would you love to see again?
Alumni day invitation

Building on a strong foundation

LAW.next marks its own anniversary
LAWnext

Ten Years of Trust – Protecting What Matters!

ECPC celebrates its 10th anniversary
ECPC Jubileum

The rector and the new dean on 45 Years of the Faculty of Law and the future

  • Law & policy

A conversation with Jan Smits and Ronald Janse

Jan en Ronald

Back to the beginning of law in Maastricht

  • Law & policy

Interview with alumna Ria Wolleswinkel

Ria Wolleswinkel