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On April 30^th, the graduates from the Joint Master of Health Professions Education (JMHPE) received their certificates during a graduation ceremony. Our colleague Ingrid Spanjers looks back on the event.

On 6 June 2024, the Globalisation & Law Network held a seminar featuring Dr. Christina Eckes, Professor of European Law at the University of Amsterdam.

During his farewell lecture, Professor of Marketing and Service Innovation Jos Lemmink received the Tans Medal, UM's highest distinction, honouring those who have made a significant contribution to the development of the university.

On 22 May 2024, the Globalisation & Law Network had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Ulf Linderfalk, who presented his monograph 'The International Legal System as a System of Knowledge' (Edward Elgar, 2022).

Neuroscientist Dennis Hernaus investigates the reward system in our brain. How does this ‘brain network’ ensure that we become motivated? 

On June 12th, the research spearhead Fair & Smart Data (FSD) hosted an internal workshop to explore the impact of various EU regulations on agrifood value chains. This workshop focused on exchanging knowledge and a first assessment for further research regarding the effects of those regulations on...

Bas van Hooren conducted NUTRIM research on preventing injuries and on the future of personalized sports. He defended his PhD, June 17^th.

Janosch Prinz received, together with Enzo Rossi (UvA) and Manon Westpahl (Münster), a €310,000 Gerda Henkel Foundation grant for the project “Contours of a Non-Oligarchic Democratic Future”.

“Accountants will save the world”, said Peter Bakker about ten years ago in an interview with Harvard Business Review. Peter Bakker is a Dutch businessman, who serves since 2012 as the president of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development - WBCSD. The WBCSD is a global alliance of CEOs...

Programming quantum computers, like the quantum computer itself, is still in its early stages. Quantum computing researchers tend to be physicists, mathematicians, or computer scientists who have a special interest in the mathematical framework of quantum mechanics.