MERIAN has received a €29.000,00 grant from Maastricht University and Zuyd University of Applied Sciences. This will be used to develop a shared learning environment in which students and lecturers from UM and Zuyd collaborate to strengthen the knowledge chain between bachelor, master, PD and PhD in artistic research between both institutions and within the joint (Eu)regional context.
The aim is to develop a joint minor and have it integrated in the second semester of the academic year 2025-2026, in which students from the UM minors can collaborate with art students from Zuyd on a specific social and regional issue, involving relevant social and/or cultural stakeholders. Secondly, the project maps out the conditions of this broader and sustainable shared learning environment between UM (specifically University College Maastricht and FASoS) and Zuyd (specifically the bachelor’s programmes of Maastricht Institute of Arts). This project will be headed by Dr. Christian Ernsten (FASoS) and Dr. Ties van de Werff (Zuyd), and expands from a MERIAN project headed by Dr. Inge Römgens, vice-member of MERIAN.
