News
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PhD candidate Akudo McGee is studying the contestation of EU norms, particularly in Poland. An American citizen of Nigerian descent, she views the European project from an outsider’s perspective—with fascination and, increasingly, concern.
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In Oman, archaeologists recently made a remarkable find: a 4,000-year-old board game. Unfortunately, the rules of the game are missing
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Bacteria & Borders is a collaboration between visual artist Marlies Vermeulen and social scientist Alena Kamenshchikova
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Maastricht Young Academy (MYA) serves and represents the interests of academics in the early to mid-stage of their career. Outgoing chair Katlijn Haesebrouck and new chair Vanessa LaPointe on the struggles this group faces, systemic problems, as well as the importance of Recognition & Rewards.
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As of 1 March, Barbara Strating will be the new curator at Maastricht University. She succeeds Mieke Derickx who has retired. Barbara will further develop the collection and create new experiences with art, culture and science.
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On International Women and Girls in Science day we like to highlight some of UM's women in science.
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Recently Niels Philipsen was interviewed by Dutch news radio station BNR on the question whether there are legal or economic arguments to split up Big Tech companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft. The podcast of that interview is available online. Philipsen also wrote a blog on the topic.
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Dutch newspaper Parool and Belgian newspaper De Morgen ask for Dr. Cameron Browne's opinion on a new archeological game find (article in Dutch).
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Healthier agricultural soils, the restoration of agricultural biodiversity and a higher resilience of human health may be linked. Knowledge about this link has a lot of social and economic potential. The Louis Bolk Institute, the Bac2nature Foundation and Maastricht University have received a grant from the Swedish Ekhaga Foundation for a pilot study on this.
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The impact of leadership in an organization cannot be underestimated. Leadership is fundamental to job satisfaction, confidence and performance. How do you develop people into good leaders?