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It’s that time again when national chauvinism takes over – the football World Cup is here! Pubs and entire streets are made up in orange and I am glad that I “naturalized” my German car with yellow license plates years ago (it would otherwise be too dangerous in my street…).

Extra money: simply divvy it up or find a special use for it? The Executive Board and the deans did not have to think long when the question arose recently.

Maastricht is experiencing a new dynamic: student en stad, a project that addresses the usual issues inherent to a university city, such as the specific needs of the young, diverse student population and the negative side-effects, commonly summarized by the Dutch term “studentenoverlast”.

I really envy Luc, our rector, he is not only very smart and running much faster than I ever could, he also has a nice office with a glass frame that allows you to see if he is there, with whom he is in a meeting or what he is doing.

The KNAW just released the advisory letter on "Correct Citation" after all the commotion surrounding the case of Peter Nijkamp... This blog is only available in Dutch.

The phenomenon of the inverted-U curve - could it be doing more harm than good?

Organisers: Professor Stephen Weatherill & Dr Dorota Leczykiewicz
Thursday 27 March 2014 until Friday 28 March 2014

Should this symbolic change of French law be applauded?

On the two-day conference in Liège entitled  ‘Nudging in Europe’.