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Experiences of a Special Envoy of the UN in Conflict Areas
Studium Generale | Lecture Staffan de Mistura, Former Under-Secretary-General and UN Special Envoy for Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, LebanonLecture30 AprCybersecurity-onderzoek: Oppassen geblazen…
Apostolis Zarras is cybersecurity-expert bij het Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DKE) van de Universiteit Maastricht. Een gesprek over zijn onderzoek, de mensen als zwakke schakel en – heel toepasselijk – malware-aanvallen.
Why Brexit shouldn’t be the end of referendums
It is, I think, fair to say that Brexit is not going well. Some even think that it is a ‘complete and unmitigated mess’. No doubt at least in part for this reason, there has been a flurry of commentary arguing that such momentous a decision should not have been taken by way of referendum (for a...
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5th Global Citizenship Education Symposium
The theme of the 5th UM Symposium on Global Citizenship Education is transformative engagement, one of the pillars of the UM GCEd initiative and a key competence of UM graduates who will become tomorrow's leaders and changemakers.23 MayScience and the oil industry: an intimate relationship
The entanglement between science and the oil industry is also of the pillars of Mody’s research on how to deal with sustainability in times of scarcity, for which he recently received a Vici grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).Students going the extra mile
MCR Introduces the Service Robot Innovation Canvas
Service robots are transforming the service industry. From greeting customers to serving food and even offering advice, robots are changing the way businesses interact with their clientele. But how can companies adapt their marketing strategies to this new reality? The Maastricht Center for Robots (MCR...
Bridging the Knowledge Chasm: Policy and Academia
In today’s global landscape, the connection between government policy and academic research is key for progress. Due to time constraints, government officials often overlook the benefits of academic research in their decisions. Academics, on the other hand, may be unsure about how to approach...
International consortium led by UM receives EU-funding of 865.000 Euro
A consortium of universities from Bulgaria, Poland, Russia and Ukraine, led by Maastricht University, received a funding of 865.000 Euro for an ERASMUS+ project entitled Bridging Innovations, Health and Societies: Educational capacity building in the Eastern European Neighbouring Areas (BIHSENA).