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On 13 December 2023, the Globalization & Law Network hosted a talk by Dr Caroline Omari Lichuma, Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg. Caroline presented her recent paper titled ‘Extraterritorializing Control Through the Regulation of Global Value Chains: Ensuring the Resilience of the Internal Market at the Expense of the Global South?’. 

Moving from the UK to Maastricht amidst a discussion on the internationalisation of Dutch higher education might be considered daring. Gavin Hazell did so because he loves the opportunities his new job as programme director at the Faculty of Science and Engineering offers him. His first impressions of our city and university make it all worthwhile.

On 7 December 2023, the Globalization & Law Network had the pleasure of hosting a seminar with Dr. Panu Minkkinen, Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

He knows everything there is to know about potatoes—he earned a PhD in the subject. Since then, the scope of Jan van den Berg’s work has widened. The new professor of Plant Envirogenetics studies the relationship between plant genetics, growing and storage conditions, and quality factors such as nutrients and taste.

Studium Generale offers a wide range of programmes, activities, and events to complement the academic curriculum. This provides a broader, multidisciplinary perspective on various subjects. The lectures, lecture series, debates, talk shows, Film&Talks, and the PAS Festival stimulate, surprise and challenge you to test, compare and adjust your knowledge.

A special holiday newsletter edition with the NUTRIM highlights of 2023. With these achievements we are confidently turning the page towards 2024. We thank our support and research staff and all partners for their efforts in 2023 and wish you very happy holidays. 

Read the NUTRIM newsletter here

At the CAPHRI research institute in Maastricht, a 5-member team led by Professor Hans Bosma is working on a large-scale study on socioeconomic inequality and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). In this, they are looking at underlying factors such as the living and working environment of people with a lower socioeconomic status (SES) and to what extent these hinder a healthier lifestyle (and thus lowering the risk of T2DM). The first results were published recently on the influence of SES on the development of T2DM and the mediating role the psychosocial work environment plays. The team used data from over 8000 participants in De Maastricht Studie for their research.

SBE alumnus Paul Schraven reflects on his journey after Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (SBE). After a stint in management consulting, he co-founded SparkSupply in Berlin, connecting students to startups. Shifting away from this model, he worked remotely for a US startup, pursued an Entrepreneurship-focused Master’s, and eventually co-founded Packmatic. The company, focused on sustainability and digitization in the packaging industry, is currently in the middle of its Series A, with a team of approximately 35 members.