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The recently launched Regional Transition Platform aims to help accelerate sustainability transitions in the region. The platform focuses mainly on knowledge exchange in a participatory setting. Experiential knowledge of the Maastricht municipality is linked to the academic knowledge of Maastricht University. Other institutions in the region will also be involved. The intention is to help and strengthen each other to move forward sustainably. We speak to Nicole Rijkens of Maastricht University and Erwin de Bruin of Maastricht municipality. Together, they coordinate the platform to, as they put it themselves, "ensure that meaningful steps are taken."

More and more Dutch people are struggling with debt and poverty. And just as you don’t put a band-aid on a broken leg, you can’t solve the problems of debt and poverty by helping one individual at a time. Genuine change calls for a systematic approach, which is where the ELSA Lab for Poverty and Debt—part of Maastricht University’s Brightlands Institute for Smart Society (BISS)—comes in. Take a look behind the scenes with researchers Cassy Juhasz, Johan van Soest and Lisa Brüggen.

What will the sustainable city of the future look like? To answer this question, we shouldn’t just ask experts, says postdoctoral researcher Özlemnur Ataol. The youngest users of the urban environment—children and young people—should get a say too. Creating cities in which they can thrive will benefit people of all ages.

Christian Ernsten and Claartje Rasterhoff receive €1 million in funding for their research project 'Research, Education and Action Lab into Collective and Circular Transformation (REACCT)'

Thanks to an initiative of Prof. Dr. Edward Huizenga, children in Kenya, Uganda, India, Vietnam and the Netherlands are learning together how to wash their hands to prevent infectious diseases that would otherwise prevent them from attending school. 

Rianne strives to create value for clinicians and patients at Maastro using data science.

Lilian Tsourdi investigates how to improve the the EU immigration and asylum law.

In 2023, the Faculty of Law bid farewell to Professor Bruno de Witte. 

Gerco Onderwater investigates the flavour of the universe while guarding the flavour of the Maastricht Science Programme. On 31 May, during his inaugural lecture, he provided a pre-taste of his work in Maastricht. 

In their contribution, MCEL member Guido Bellenghi and MCEL co-director Ellen Vos take stock of the reforms introduced by the Lisbon Treaty fifteen years ago, with a particular focus on the law and practice of EU executive rulemaking.