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UM President Rianne Letschert on the future of research assessment
Reflection and panel discussion
9
Apr
Stop the budget cuts to higher education!
News and stories
Municipality of Heerlen, Parkstad Urban Region and UM invest 6 million in collaboration
Heerlen grants a one-time contribution of €1,478,050 to Maastricht University as part of the Regio Deal application ‘Fundament onder UM-onderwijs in Heerlen’. This amount comes from the Fonds Economische Structuurversterking (FES).
Understanding urban food insecurity
Assistant professor Filippo Oncini, from the School of Business and Economics, studies food charities and develops practical instruments to analyse urban poverty and food support.
Doing business by meeting societal needs
Assistent Professor Abel Diaz Gonzalez on the challenges social entrepreneurs face, how he contributes to a supportive ecosystem for such entrepreneurs, and why UM gets to host the conference “Redesigning business for the common Good”.
Five universities in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion aim to strengthen cooperation in education and research
On 14 March 2025, five universities from the Euroregion signed a Memorandum of Understanding to intensify cooperation in research and education.
Board of Executives’ response to prematurely ended meeting on 12 March
On 12 March, a meeting featuring a pro-Israel speaker in one of UM's buildings was ended prematurely. The event was organised by UM students and permitted by UM to foster open debate, while we do not tolerate discrimination in any form.
Dr Pomme Theunissen: “Women are as good at entrepreneurship as men. They just do it differently.”
Men and women alike are good entrepreneurs. Yet in 2022, only 36% of Dutch entrepreneurs were women. Dr Pomme Theunissen, who grew up in an entrepreneurial family and is now a researcher at the School of Business and Economics, wanted to know why.
