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Prof. Chantal (Sjaan) Nederkoorn of the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN) obtained the coveted NWO Vici grant. The upcoming 5 years, she will use this grant to research why kids (between 3-5 years old) sometimes refuse food. Children even refuse food that they have never tried before. Nederkoorn wants to discover which cognitive processes are at play, and whether these processes can be influenced.
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Two researchers from Maastricht University (UM) have each received a Vici grant of € 1.5 million from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Professor Chantal Nederkoorn (Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience) and Professor Lorenzo Moroni (MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine) will use the grants over the next five years to conduct research and develop or expand their own research groups.
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German TV channel WDR has made an item about ETpathfinder and the Einstein Telescope.
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This year's RAG Week fundraising activities focus on old age and loneliness.
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Inspired by his own life and education, SBE alumnus Thanh Binh Tran created Moonshot Mission, a digital platform with the aim of eliminating extreme poverty by connecting donors with NGOs that utilise proven scientific methods to have the greatest possible impact per Euro invested. In this blog article, Thanh writes about the project and how his experiences at SBE have been influential in his career.
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The new report based on the HBO Monitor shows that HBO graduates experience more stress in their work than before the corona pandemic. On the other hand, unemployment figures among this group have changed relatively little.
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PhD thesis written by Craig Eggett.
This study considered the nature of “general principles of law” in the international legal system. While much is known about treaties and customary law, there is a tendency to overlook foundational theoretical questions about general principles in international law. What kind of norms are they?