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FSDGs, a playful contraction of FSD, the Fair & Smart Data spearhead at Maastricht University and the SDGs, the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. What is the relationship between both acronyms, or to put it less ambitious, to which of the SDGs can FSD possibly contribute? Moreover, what is the status of these SDGs now that we are halfway to the 2030 deadline? Let us have a closer look at both initiatives.
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Dr. Estelle Nijssen received UM's dissertation award for her research on contrast liquids in patients with kidney failure.
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End of April, renowned Dutch theatre company Toneelgroep Maastricht offered UM students the opportunity to take part in a playwriting workshop, a Meet & Greet with actors and a visit to A Seagull, an adaptation of the famous play by Anton Chekhov.
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The Executive Board has appointed Dr Roland Pierik as Professor of Legal Philosophy as of 1 August 2022. Roland Pierik is currently still connected to the UvA as Associate Professor and director of the Paul Scholten Centre for Metajuridica. He specialises in legal philosophy and political theory.
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CAPHRI is part of the OAinject consortium, funded by the Perspectief program of the Dutch Research Council (NWO),
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Are we really making progress towards the sustainable transition? One thing is clear: if we’re not, it’s not the fault of sustainability science.
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CEOs of large companies work hard to make their business profitable. Yet they also face ever-increasing societal and regulatory demands to make the company more environmentally and socially sustainable.
Tereza Bauer interviewed fourteen CEOs of Dutch listed companies about their sustainability practices. This blog contains a list of nine examples of sustainability metaphors and expressions that were used repeatedly by the CEOs in the interviews.
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Why is getting used to eating vegetables in early childhood so important to public health? How can we get children to eat them despite their protestations? With a large-scale experiment and a proven intervention, Britt van Belkom nibbles away at a tricky problem.