Orientation

Ricky Mohabbat’s Journey: From Vocational School to University, but Always Feeling Like an Imposter

16 February 2025
Journalist Ricky Mohabbat (31) made a documentary about his loneliness as a first-generation student at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

‘More and more people will fall in love with chatbots’

Marjolein de Jong10 February 2023
According to Assistant Professor of philosophy Lisa Bastian, our norms as to what constitutes a good relationship are due a good shake-up.

‘Love helps humankind survive’

Marjolein de Jong10 February 2023
From an evolutionary point of view, there is a lot left to be said about love, according to Professor of Evolutionary Psychology Mark van Vugt.

Back to the origins of eroticism? Sexperiment!

Marjolein de Jong17 December 2019
We seem to have a limited view of what sexuality is, according to philosopher Ype de Boer.