Department of Technology and Society Studies, Research Institute on Arts and Social Sciences, University of Maastricht (UM), Netherlands

Maastricht University (UM), one of the Netherlands leading universities, has a reputation for its innovative approach to learning and international outlook. With 13,100 students and 3,500 staff, UM offers a wide choice of academic programmes, all of which are designed to bring out the best in its students.

The Research Institute for Arts and Culture at UM encompasses all research of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of the University Maastricht except the Centre for Gender and Diversity. All research staff of the Faculty participates in its Research Institute. The Research Institute comprises three programmes: 1. Politics and Culture in Europe, 2. Science, Technology and Society, and 3. Science and Culture: Texts and Contexts.
The Faculty has a matrix structure: the five discipline-based departments serve as a reservoir of human resources and expertise for the Faculty’s various interdisciplinary teaching and research programmes. This structure is motivated by the Faculty’s focus on issues that are typically situated at the intersection of divergent perspectives or disciplines rather than belonging to a single academic field.