News
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Chocolate is the most widely eaten candy in the world. What makes it so irresistible? Two experts from Maastricht University share their knowledge.
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In the light of numerous recent disruptive events, the (economic) sustainability of cross-border supply chains receives increasing attention in public debates. Consequences of natural disasters, political power games or an enduring pandemic become widely felt, even when countries are not directly involved. Understanding the interdependencies created by trade in global value chains (GVCs) is subject of ongoing research at the department of Macro-, International and Labor Economics (MILE) and relevant for addressing the challenges faced by governments in different parts of the world. This blog entry presents results of a recent study conducted by Karsten Mau (Assistant Professor of Economics at Maastricht University/SBE) and Jonas Böschemeier (a former BSc student at Maastricht University/SBE, who now follows a research master in Economics at the Tinbergen Institute).
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New publication in Dutch about the effects of the energy transition and climate policy on labour market frictions
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Our PhD candidate Esther Boudewijns has been nominated for the Albert Schweitzer Prize 2022 with the project 'Cooking should not kill'!
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In the professional life of food expert and university lecturer Alie de Boer, everything revolves around getting honest information about healthy and sustainable food.
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Carlos David Fuentes has won the European Cartoon Award for the best political cartoon about Europe of the past year. The prize, which carries a cash reward of 10,000 euros, was presented by RTL reporter Olaf Koens at a special ceremony held in the auditorium at UM headquarters at Minderbroedersberg on 10 September 2022.
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Do you sometimes think ‘I would like to belong somewhere’ as a student at UM? Or are there times when you feel lonely? Since September 2021 you are welcome at the UM community (UMc). A community run by students for students that wants to make sure all UM students feel at home here and have company.
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This Summer, when on holiday in Norway, I noticed how clean the water was in one of the fjords surrounding the beautiful city of Bergen. It allowed for making idyllic pictures of houses whose outlines were reflected in the water. How different this was when I visited a dump ground in Germany a couple of months earlier. The dump place had become a dump hill, and the owners had transformed the place into an educational site. It was transitioned into a playground for school kids who needed to climb many, many steps before getting the reward of a breath-taking view on the mid-mountains surrounding us.
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On 9 September 2022, 16.30hrs, Professor Petra Hurks will give her inaugural lecture as Professor Psychodiagnostics.
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Maastricht University (UM) is imposing heavy sanctions on student association M.S.V. Tragos due to incidents that took place during the association's introduction period. Funding for the association’s board and the subsidy provided by UM will be withdrawn.