Innovate your research through digital technology

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How are you with digital technology?

We help FASoS researchers & Maastricht-based institutions explore, experiment, and innovate their digital offerings.

Together, we work to build confidence and technological competence so that you can create the forward-thinking projects of your dreams.

Dream big with a supportive team

Working side-by-side, The Plant offers the space and support necessary to take risks, learn new skills, share expertise, and dream big.

We offer consulting services on projects, collaborative design sessions, and interdisciplinary expertise in merging technology with the humanities and social sciences.

Consulting

Come with a partially-developed proposal or idea and ask for feedback on the methodology, design, digital techniques, or technology that you're considering.

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Co-Design

Bring an idea and work in partnership with us to bring that idea to fruition - sit side-by-side as we think our way through the project together, merging our expertise with yours.

Knowledge Transfer

Bring your curiosity and specific purpose - whether that's a video you want to edit, a digital map you dream of making to act as a public-facing output, or a dataset that you hope to analyze. With your specific project in mind, we'll teach you what you need to DIY your way to success.

Growing together

Work collaboratively or learn side-by-side in an interdisciplinary manner – at The Plant, we merge our humanities & social science backgrounds with our passion for all things tech-y. 

The Plant works within three main themes to ensure we can offer genuine expertise and the most relevant emerging techniques.

Digital Storytelling

Digital storytelling integrates technology with narrative techniques to create engaging and multimodal stories to offer new ways of developing, sharing, and experiencing knowledge.

Unboxing Digital Tech

By engaging directly with tools and devices, you develop not only practical skills but also a deeper comprehension of how technology operates and interacts with the world around us.

Quantitative Data

Using computational methods to explore complex phenomena, identify patterns, and visualize data while considering ethical and legal issues when working with data, including privacy, transparency, and bias.

Who's who?

At The Plant, we aim to offer the mental, emotional, and physical space necessary to take risks, embrace failure, and dream bigger.

We offer expert advice in a wide range of humanities and social science research areas in additional to our technical and creative expertise.

 

Did you know?

Costas is an amazing cook & baker – he’s featured in the FASoS cookbook!

Costas
Papadopoulos

An archaeologist by origin, Costas's research spans the development of 3D (re)constructions and virtual worlds to the application of computational imaging to analyse material culture.

 

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Claartje coaches a football team for refugee women & girls in Belgium.

Claartje Rasterhoff

Always community-focused, Claartje's research focuses on collective action and regenerative practices in/with art and heritage - both historical and contemporary.

 

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Thom loves improv and recently performed at Kumulus with his theatre troupe.

Thomas Frissen

A lover of all things quantitative, Thom is a Python maestro with a previous career in media production. Thom focuses on questions regarding the role of digital media and technology in society, culture, and behaviour.

 

Did you know?

Arnoud organizes the annual Latin translation competition in Flanders.

Arnoud
Wils

A genuine AI expert, Arnoud merges his love of linguistics with technology through code. Cleaning, analyzing, and visualizing datasets are Arnoud's bread-and-butter, which he uses in his pursuit of harnessing large language models to explore and analyze unstructured data in a structured way.

 

Did you know?

Jay loves basketball & runs a local queer sports group in Maastricht.

Jaime (Jay)
Simons

Creative to a fault, Jay loves nothing more than breaking disciplinary boundaries within a project. Jay has the audacity to think they can learn anything and is currently exploring the worlds of sound art, web design, & extended reality.

Highlighted Projects

We offer yearly grants to support FASoS researchers and educators in experimenting with new technology or innovating their research via digital methods.

Through all our partnerships, we aim to be supportive, friendly, and reassuring. We’re always ready to dive into your curiosity with you! The Plant offers creative and imaginative opportunities, with advice that is still practical, actionable, and realistic.

AI4Culture Hackathon

Digital storytelling integrates technology with narrative techniques to create engaging and multimodal stories to offer new ways of developing, sharing, and experiencing knowledge.

The Plant

Playground and Laboratory for New Technologies


Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

Maastricht University


90-92 Grote Gracht

Maastricht, The Netherlands

6211 SZ

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