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Last year researchers from ICIS, Maastricht University’s institute for sustainable development, created an inventory of projects seeking to make a sustainable change to people’s energy consumption. Together with 10 research partners in the EU Horizon 2020 project ENERGISE, they gathered information on more than 1,000 projects and initiatives in 30 European countries.

Onderzoeksinsituut METRO (in samenwerking met collega’s van de rechtenfaculteit van Maastricht University) heeft het deelonderzoek ‘WP9: Aansprakelijkheid voor het laten werken met Chroom-6’ uitgevoerd in opdracht van het RIVM. Het rapport is op 4 juni 2018 gepubliceerd en kan in dit nieuwsbericht gedownload worden.

Christian Ernsten is a researcher in heritage studies in the Department of History of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University. He is affiliated with the Maastricht Centre for Arts and Culture, Conservation, and Heritage (MACCH). In addition, Christian is a lecturer in the Master in Arts and Heritage program. 

Daan Westra, Maike Tietschert en Bram Fleuren hebben de Outstanding Reviewer Award van de Health Care Management divisie van de Academy of Management divisie gewonnen.

The research laboratories at the Villa Flora in Venlo were officially opened on 31 May. With these labs, the Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo can be considered a fully-fledged academic community, where both research and education have a place.

On World No Tobacco Day, today, Professor Marc Willemsen, endowed chair of Tobacco Control at Maastricht University, will present his book titled ‘Tobacco Control Policy in the Netherlands. Between Economy, Public Health, and Ideology’.

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On 31 May, Maastricht University, Brightlands and the Limburg Provincial Government opened new and high-end laboratories on Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo. At the same time, two new research centres were launched:  the Food Claims Centre Venlo (FCCV) and the Centre for Healthy Eating & Food Innovation (HEFI).

“There’s no shortage of care available in the Netherlands for people with acquired brain injury, but in practice it doesn’t always reach the right patient at the right time”, says Professor Caroline van Heugten. “Especially patients who are affected less in a directly visible way and more at the level of cognitive, emotional and social functioning.” Van Heugten is one of the founders of the Limburg Brain Injury Center.