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Studying in Aarhus – week 3!

“Say this: Røde frugter gelé med fløde!” and other challenging tongue twisters are the moments of pure joy for many of our Danish fellow students. Funnily, the Danes are very well aware how difficult their language (especially the pronunciation) is … Continue reading

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Bienvenue à Louvain-la-Neuve

Dear readers, apologies for the lack of updates but the last module was our busiest yet — so I’m happy to report that our hard work has paid off as everyone passed the first semester and was able to (officially) … Continue reading

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Semester abroad: Arriving in Aarhus – week 1!

Hej, lykkelig, glæde og forventningsfuld! This and more inexpressible words are the new sounds of communication one hears when arriving in Aarhus. (Spell: Ooohus) Aarhus in Denmark is the city I chose for my second semester of ESST (from 01.02. … Continue reading

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Module 5, Day 1.

Amazon.com has finally sent me ‘The Paradox of Scientific Authority: The Role of Scientific Advice in Democracies‘ … just in time for Module 5. To be honest when I first read the title of the course, ‘the Politics of Knowledge’, … Continue reading

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Welcome to the ESST blog!

From now on, five students of Maastricht University’s master’s programme European Studies on Society, Science and Technology (ESST) will blog here about their experiences. The blog will focus on the academic content of the study programme on the one hand, … Continue reading

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