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A platform for scientists who want to do research at Maastricht University not only for, but also with members of society: that is the MPCER (Maastricht Platform for Community-Engaged Research).
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Between April and July 2019, a survey took place investigating whether bachelor students were interested in having a UM-wide Minor on Sustainable Development. The results of the survey were quite positive towards having such a minor. The taskforce Sustainable UM2030 (met link) has presented a project plan as to make such a minor possible as of the academic year 2020-2021.
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The Department of Health, Ethics and Society at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences organses the visit of six senior scientists from the China National Environmental Monitoring Centre (CNEMC) to Maastricht University.
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Kiran Patel is leaving Maastricht University for the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, where he will hold the chair in European History and establish an interdisciplinary research centre on Europe and European history. Here, he reflects on his time in Maastricht.
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Do you work at a Dutch university or university hospital and at the same time across the border in Belgium or Germany (including home office)? Then there may be changes in your social security situation as a result of the Act on the normalisation of the legal status of civil servants (Wnra), which will take effect on 1 January 2020.
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Het aantal inwonersinitiatieven in Nederland groeit sterk. Nieuwe initiatieven ontstaan naast ‘oude’ sociale verbanden, zoals verenigingen. Al die initiatieven zijn gericht op de ontwikkeling van een gemeenschap (collectieven) en daarmee een antwoord op toenemende individualisering en samenloosheid. Echter, de groeiende deken van regels, formulieren en controles drukt de ontwikkeling van inwonersinitiatieven dood. Hoe kunnen verantwoordingtechnieken inwonersinitiatieven, in plaats van te hinderen, versterken?
