Research on European affairs
As the European University of the Netherlands, advanced research on European affairs is a major focus of Maastricht University’s research community. ‘Europe in a Globalising World’ is one of our four major research themes and is integral to the efforts at our faculties.
By encouraging cooperation between faculties, and by conducting research at the intersection of disciplines, Maastricht University (UM) invests in finding innovative and state-of-the-art solutions to the challenges facing the Europe of today and tomorrow. From major transition issues like the European Green Deal and the development in digitisation in order to stay competitive on the world stage to the geopolitical role of Europe.
For example, Studio Europa Maastricht (SEM) pursues an interdisciplinary research agenda that ranges from democracy, politics, security and rule-of-law to knowledge, technology and digitalisation. Or there’s the research programme Politics and Culture in Europe (PCE) at our Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS), where researchers study the European Union and Europeanisation, contribute to debates on multilateralism and the global order, and explore narratives in transnational history.
Institutes for Europe-themed research
Maastricht University has become an expertise centre on Europe for people from all over the world and a living lab for international and intercultural collaboration.
UM has many research institutes devoted to Europe and the European Union, researching topics ranging from politics to European law, from migration and cross-border mobility to governance and history. These include:
Centre for European Research in Maastricht (CERiM)
A Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence creating joint projects and events in the fields of European law, governance, and their respective history.
Maastricht European Centre on Privacy & Cybersecurity (ECPC)
Conducts the study of European law from an interdisciplinary, transnational, multilingual, constitutional & political context
Institute for Transnational & Euregional cross border cooperation & Mobility (ITEM)
Incorporates research, counselling, knowledge-exchange, and training activities in the domain of cross-border mobility and cooperation.
Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration & Development (MACIMIDE)
A collaborative organisation of interdisciplinary experts on cross-border mobility, citizenship, transnationalism, migration and development.
Maastricht Centre for European Law (MCEL)
Committed to the study of European law and its constitutional and political context from an interdisciplinary, transnational, and multilingual perspective.
Maastricht Centre for Taxation (MCT)
An interdisciplinary educational and research centre dedicated to international and European taxation including tax law, (tax) accounting and public finance
Institute for Transnational Legal Research (METRO)
High-quality research into environmental law, tort law, competition law, and the economic analysis of law. Facilitates the Ius Commune Research School.
Montesquieu Institute
Focuses on parliamentary systems of government in Europe and in the EU and aspects of separation-of-power, democracy, law and human rights.
Maastricht Graduate School of Law (MGSL)
A stimulating and internationally oriented environment for legal research, dedicated to training excellent PhD researchers and honours students.
Studio Europa Maastricht
Centre of expertise for academic research, European heritage and public debate
Maastricht Centre for Arts and Culture, Conservation and Heritage (MACCH)
Bringing together economic, legal, (art) historical, philosophical, sociological and practical expertise to the context of arts and heritage.
