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In the lead up to International Women’s Day on Sunday 8 March, we spoke with several SBE academics to explore some of the reasons behind the striking gender imbalance in academia and to find out what the SBE community is doing to address the situation.   

Meet the UM alumni who combine their work with an extracurricular activity such as a special hobby, a creative project or even their own company. Today we lift the curtain on the ‘double life’ of Boukje Amalo, graduate of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences. She is a doctor, a trainee specialist in insurance medicine, and a passionate salsa dancer and teacher.

Here at Maastricht University, we have students from all corners of the world, including South Africa. Why did they choose to come to Maastricht, how do they like UM and the city, and did they experience a culture shock?

Women in Data Science (WiDS) aims to showcase outstanding work done by women in the field. WiDS started at Stanford in November 2015 and has now evolved into a global conference with more than 200 events worldwide. 

“If there is any proof needed that European Public Health is an important field, then the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 provides it.” As Professor of European Public Health and head of the Department of International Health at Maastricht University, Helmut Brand is closely connected to the unique bachelor’s and master’s programmes in European Public Health. We asked him and some of his students—future policy advisors, health officers and prevention specialists in public health—about their views on health policies during the coronavirus outbreak.

Luana Russo has been elected in the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Steering Committee of the Standing Group of Political Methodology (SGPM).

Dr. Gijs Goossens, doet onderzoek naar verstoringen in de stofwisseling bij mensen met overgewicht en obesitas. 

Prof. dr. Nancy Bocken is appointed as fulltime Professor Sustainable Business at the Maastricht Sustainability Institute – School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University as from 1 March 2020

Christine Neuhold, professor of EU Democratic Governance, has been appointed dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS) for a four-year term, starting 1 September 2020.