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Scientific articles
Innovative research at the intersection of art and science
This summer, the HeArt Ma’at racing crew ran Maastrichts Mooiste, the city’s largest annual running event. Their goal was to raise money for research into an art therapy for heart patients.
“I think in terms of solutions”
That Stephan Smeekes became a professor of econometrics at the age of 41 is not to say this path is open to anyone with a disability. A down-to-earth researcher and devoted teacher, Smeekes learnt from his parents never to give up.
(Neo)fascist metropolis
Pablo del Hierro’s work on transnational fascism in his native Madrid has led to a book, a documentary, the FASoS Valorisation Prize and a political campaign to remove a fascist monument.
