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Apr 18, 2025

Special Collections x MD: Bringing the past to light

Beneath Maastricht University’s (UM) Inner City Library, where sunlight and bird songs are shut out by thick walls and doors, lies a world of the past. This world has its own soundscape, composed of the buzzing...

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Apr 13, 2025

Duties, De-extinction, Design - Sunday Summary 13th of April 2025

Dear readers, welcome to my first Sunday Summary! It has been a turbulent week thanks to Trump’s imposition and backtracking on worldwide tariffs, which may have overshadowed other important news. Let us try to wrap the week up by making sense of America’s commercial policy, as well as by looking into design innovation, the possibility of bringing back extinct animals, and the latest sporting events. Starting with politics, the Trump Administration had announced on Wednesday the enforcement of global tariffs, in an attempt at protecting American producers from cheaper foreign alternatives . However, this approach turned out counterproductive, as businesses failed to adapt and the stock market suffered a considerable fall, leading Trump to hit the brakes and announce a 90-day suspension of trade barriers with the exception of those on Chin...

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Apr 18, 2025

A Small Collection of Poetry For Spring

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Apr 16, 2025

Autocrats in trouble?: Political turbulence in Southeast Europe

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Apr 16, 2025

What To Expect From The New German Government

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The Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development programme is a double-degree programme of Maastricht University and United Nations University’s institute UNU-MERIT. Students are trained in formulating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating policy to improve or replace ongoing policies. Students receive a variety of skills, tools and knowledge which allow them to work as policy designers and policy analysts in public and private institutions.

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