Maastricht Young Academy

Are you an early career academic at Maastricht University? How do you get your voice heard on the important issues affecting your work? At the Maastricht Young Academy (MYA), we are here to amplify your concerns, opinions and ideas because we want to make our university a better place for everyone.

Members of the Maastricht Young Academy work on various projects throughout the year. We select these projects together based on our interests and what we consider priorities in our community. In addition to the projects, we occasionally host some extra events or activities on an ad hoc basis. We also contribute to many task forces and working groups to shape policy both inside the UM and on a national level. Some examples of how we work:

We know everyone is facing challenges, so we host the Growing Up in Science series to talk about our failures along with our successes.

To stimulate debate on pressing topics within our community, we organize events such as topical film screenings at Lumière Cinema.

We value diversity and know it can be challenging, so we sponsor intercultural training.

We ensure the implications for early-career academics are considered in policies including Recognition & Rewards and the assignment of Starters and Incentives Grants.

We collaborate with the Young Academies of the other Dutch universities to share experiences and learn from good practices.

Here is an overview of all ongoing projects.

We work according to our regulations, which can be read here.

We have access to and can comment on important projects and decisions because of our close collaboration with the Maastricht University Executive Board. We are regularly consulted on our views on important matters, especially how they affect early-career academics.  We have advised on national projects like Recognition and Rewards, the Smarter Academic Year, and many other issues on the agenda of our Academic Affairs office and Executive Board.