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UM regards the decision by ABP pension fund to stop investing in fossil fuels producers as an encouraging development.

On 20 October 2021, MCICM held a dissemination event where researchers from the Artful Participation project presented some of their research.

Between climate change, inequality of opportunity, and a global pandemic, our world is facing major challenges. A sustainable and stable economy is desperately needed, argues Mark Sanders, Professor of International Economics at Maastricht University.

International Open Access Week 2021 will take place from 25-31 October. This year we are paying extra attention to new developments, services and tips. We are launching a new OA Journal Browser, a preprint guide, and organising drop-in sessions. But there's more. Read on and discover seven ways to...

Fietsbank Maastricht collects redundant bikes and repairs them for people with a small budget.

Would you like to generate impact for your research outside the university world? Reach a wider audience that includes changemakers such as politicians and policymakers? Build interest from funding organisations that might finance your future research? And above all, contribute to a society in which...

On 10 November, de Klokhuis Wetenschapsprijs 2021 will be awarded. From 64 entries from universities, university colleges and university hospitals in the Netherlands, ten studies have been nominated, including two by UM researchers! Watch the promo videos of Henry Otgaar (FPN) and Luc van Loon...

The balance after a year and a half of the COVID-19 crisis in education: the corona delay has partly been made up, but learning growth is still lower, especially in mathematics. Vulnerable students remain the hardest hit.

This summer, none other than German Chancellor Angela Merkel presented the award lauditio for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Ambassador of the year 2021 (MINT Botschafter des Jahres 2021) to dr. Anna Schueth, post-doc at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience. Merkel pointed...

Students from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University, digitised in 3D personal items that spoke to their experience of the pandemic. These models were woven into digital stories that explore their experience from personal, cultural, and social perspectives.