Maarten was awarded a Cultural Fund grant from his home insitution the University of Groningen's Faculty Department of Consititutional Law, Administrative Law and Public Administration for a research stay. He will be spending three months in Australia between March-June 2025, thanks to the scholarship to work on his doctoral research ‘System failure in the digital welfare state’.

Maarten will travel to research centers in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane. There he will interview scientific and professional experts, give presentations at conferences and organize a one-day symposium.