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On 14 November 2025, the symposium "Vulnerability and the Law: Multidisciplinary Perspectives" will take place in Maastricht.

PhD thesis written by Dersim Yabasun. This book focuses on the recast Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and the rights of vulnerable asylum applicants in the asylum procedure.

Dr Cameron Browne comes from a game-playing family: ‘My mother valued the developmental potential of games, and my grandmother was the meanest Scrabble player I’ve ever encountered’. It is therefore not a coincidence that Browne has spent a large portion of his academic life researching games and has...

The coronavirus is hitting vulnerable elderly people the hardest in every respect, finds Maastricht University Professor Hilde Verbeek. Not only do they face the greatest risk of dying from the disease, but they are also particularly affected by the strict government measures to prevent the virus from...

On Monday 26 October, Prof. Dr. Rianne Letschert, Rector Magnificus of UM, received the first copy of the book 'Queen of Hearts, the power of vulnerability'. Rianne Letschert wrote the foreword to the book and underlines how important it is for employers to be aware of the problem of pregnancy...

She wants to work where the most vulnerable people need support. “I would work for free, if I didn’t have to feed myself.” Raneesha De Silva works in the humanitarian field, based in her home country Sri Lanka. Every year, she returns to Maastricht; the city that changed her life.

The Common European Asylum System: Vulnerable Asylum Applicants

"Adolescents in Saudi Arabia; Their status of health"

The European Commission approved one of the final Deliverables of the FP7 project EFFACE (EU Action to Fight Environmental Crime).

Music Folk-soul, Arabic Chaâbi