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  • Professor Raimond Ravelli and researcher Kèvin Knoops of Maastricht University, and Jeroen Claus of Phospho Biomedical Animation, have been nominated for a Webby Award in the Science and Education category. You can cast your vote for the Webby People’s Voice until 20 April.

  • Anyone who watched the Paris-Roubaix cycling race last weekend could hardly have missed it: the black-pink-and-yellow 'brain' helmets of Team Jumbo-Visma. The cyclists wore the specially designed helmets by Lazer to draw attention to the use of a bike helmet, as part of the 'Use your head' awareness...

  • While the discourse around ChatGPT has probably started reaching saturation point, it’s worth pointing out how few of these discussions are actually about the chatbot itself. From being too quick to accuse students of cheating, to underestimating what humans can do, to the perils of following the...

  • What do the shifts of parties in the Provincial Council mean for cross-border cooperation? How do the largest parties view cross-border cooperation? What advice can be given to the members of the States and, when forming a new provincial government, to the Provincial Executive? ITEM provides...

  • In October of this year, METRO will co-organize with the faculty of law of the University of Lomé (Togo) a conference at the University of Lomé on the legal aspects of climate change. The conference will be held in French.

  • Launched in the summer of 2012 as a rather modest doctoral project at the Department of Macro, International and Labour Economics at Maastricht University, the study series "Fachkraft 2030" has since developed into an extremely wide-ranging student survey in Germany. And possibly, a prime example of...

  • A research blog post on Supply Chain Contracts by Özge Tüncel, an Assistant Professor at Marketing and Supply Chain Management Department.

     

  • You have most likely seen internationally renowned companies' claims stating their products are "carbon neutral" or have heard that you can fly, buy new clothes or eat certain foods without exacerbating the climate crisis. But what are these claims built on?

  • Dutch knowledge institutions and research funders are taking a new step forward in the Recognition & Rewards programme. This involves publishing a road map in all Dutch universities of concrete plans for the immediate future, including new career and development paths for academics.

  • Have you ever had one of those days when you don’t feel like doing an assignment or are just not in the mood to go to a tutorial? Well, you’re not alone.