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More and more Dutch people are struggling with debt and poverty. Genuine change calls for a systematic approach, which is where the ELSA Lab for Poverty and Debt comes in.

PhD thesis by Martin Munu

The Supervisory Board of UM has decided on a temporary new formation of the Executive Board. Pamela Habibović will become chair of the board, and Jan Smits will become rector magnificus. Both appointments are for a period of six months, until 1 September 2026.

In primary school, his nickname was whirlwind —and that same energy comes across during the interview. “I’ve never been diagnosed, but I do think I have ADHD,” says the cheerful physics professor Marcel Merk. “And I’m gripped by the question: why is there something rather than nothing?“

Following his keynote at the Sixth Global Citizenship Education Symposium, Jason Goulah continued the conversation in a discussion with an EDLAB research assistant, focusing on a central question: how can education remain meaningfully human in an age of artificial intelligence?

Field Notes on Artistic Participation in Europe’s Trans and Queer Archives is a study of how contemporary artists access, question, and contribute to archival holdings.

Films, discussions and shared space brought academics, students and locals together, showing how cinema can make complex research visible, social and accessible beyond the university.

Donna Carroll reports on a UM student survey showing that students’ unsupervised use of GenAI is often driven by opportunity, pressure and rationalisation, in line with the classic fraud triangle and helping explain why some outsource their work while others use AI more constructively.

In a world where corporate training budgets are growing and social challenges are accelerating, Julian Buschmaas and Fabien Laplace believe the real problem isn’t a lack of knowledge, it’s a lack of application.

The Limburg jury of the Vrouw in de Media Award has selected UM professor Gera Nagelhout (CAPHRI) as a nominee for the Vrouw in de Media Award 2025. The award highlights women who, over the past year, have been notably and impactfully visible in the media as experts.