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. On 4 June, Studio Europa Maastricht launches an extraordinary collaboration with research practice Dear Hunter and media-collective Are We Europe. Under the title ‘Hier in Europe’, they investigate the role of the European Union in daily life in the ‘Heer’ district in Maastricht.

Based at the Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus, startup i-Med has secured a contribution of €10,000 from the ESZL (Economic Cooperation South Limburg)’s Kickstart Fund. i-Med is applying the subsidy toward the digital surgical loupe it has developed for a pilot using online education at the...

Marcel Aries, a neurologist and intensive care physician at the MUMC+, shares his experiences

Meanwhile in Maastricht, the construction work for R&D-lab ETpathfinder continues.

As from 1 June 2020, dr Kees Sterk has been appointed as endowed professor of European Administration of Justice. The chair has been placed within the Department of Public Law. The purpose of the endowed chair is to increase knowledge regarding the application of European law in a broad sense...

FASoS professor Tsjalling Swierstra has been appointed associate member of the Subcommittee Ethics and Societal Aspects of the Netherlands Committee on Genetic Modification.

Matteo Bonelli has been awarded the Erasmus prize for his dissertation: A Union of Values. Safeguarding Democracy, the Rule of Law and Human Rights in the EU Member States. Supervisors of the dissertation were: Monica Claes and Bruno de Witte. The award ceremony will take place on 23 juni 2020.

Damien Nunes’ concept Hearttalks tries to provide timely solutions and timeless food for thought around the process of losing a loved one. It allows family members to send verbal messages from a distance while intimately listening to the beating heart of (terminal) patients unable or struggling to...

People who need long-term care sometimes have to make fundamental decisions, e.g. on a preferred therapy or living situation. Karin van Leersum (RL Promoting Health and Personalised Care) and colleagues developed the online tool www.watikbelangrijkvind.nl together with clients, informal caregivers...