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It could come straight out of Stanley Kubrick’s dystopian movie A Clockwork Orange: using direct brain stimulation to reduce aggressive behaviour. For PhD student Ruben Knehans, it’s his daily business. Aside from the medical complexity, it raises all sorts of questions. Is it ethical, for example, to modify someone's behaviour? Can you justify imposing brain stimulation on convicts under criminal law? How to set rules and standards? Ruben tries to answer these questions in his PhD research at UM’s Faculty of Law.
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Within our faculty, as of 1 September 2022, we are looking for a postdoctoral researcher and two assistant professors. The postdoc position is entirely focused on research, while the two assistant professors will engage in both teaching and research.
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UM is committed to helping students find affordable housing. Also in the region, if need be. By the start of the new academic year, 220 studios in one of the DSM towers in Sittard will be made available to students.
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Melline Somers is the only child of a Thai mother and a Dutch father. During her studies, she developed a love of Italian cuisine too. Now a postdoctoral researcher at ROA, she discusses life between two—or even three—cultures.
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Roman Briker and Fynn Gerken, two talented academics from Maastricht University's School of Business and Economics (SBE), were recently awarded Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships for their research on Artificial Intelligence.
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The Law and Tech Lab were awarded a grant from the European Commission for a project called FACILEX. The project focuses on judicial cooperation in criminal matters and mutual recognition models in the EU.
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For five days, from Monday 22 August to Friday 26 August, students can again participate in the INKOM, a varied introduction program that introduces them to each other and the city.