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  • In her dissertation Lotte Thissen illustrates that everyone can experience foreignness, irrespective of their origin or background. One of the key conclusions in this study is that we should stop asking people where they are from.  

  • Maastricht researchers are bridging the gap between art, data and computer science

  • Martin Unfried, 'Ontgrenzer' at the Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross-border cooperation and Mobility / ITEM was interviewed by Julian Binn German-Dutch media site 'AHA24x7' about his view on cross-border labour and his job as 'ontgrenzer'.

  • In this blog series on carbohydrates, Professor Emeritus Fred Brouns gives us the facts on this much-discussed nutrient. In this post, he delves deeper into the question of how we consumers can figure out which sugars are added and which ones are natural (GezondIdee).

  • In ENLEB, Flemish and Dutch partners work together on the development of an integrated concept for making residential private homes more sustainable on the basis of co-creation, with the focus on self-sufficiency, so that homes remain energy-neutral even if the residents’ energy profile changes.

  • Eloise le Conge Kleyn’s life in Dubai looks a lot like her old life here. She studied Psychology at UM and has lived since 2015 in the Middle East, where she works for Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company.

  • In a blog series on carbohydrates, Professor Emeritus Fred Brouns gives us the facts on this much-discussed nutrient.

  • On January 26th, the UM Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences hosted the Kapuscinski Development Lecture. The lecture ‘Youth in Movement: Waithood, Migration and the Peripheries’ at FASoS was given by Professor Alcinda Honwana, Inter-Regional Adviser on social development policy at the United Nations...

  • During the annual Dies Natalis on 26 January 2018 Sally Wyatt will give a Dies lecture on 'Where is the knowledge we have lost in data?'.

  • It takes five years of uninterrupted stay in the Netherlands for a foreigner to become a Dutch citizen through naturalisation. According to some political parties, this is too short a period to become a full member of society. The government planned to increase the minimum residence requirement to...