NOS reporter Marleen de Rooy: 'A good scoop starts with asking the right questions'
NOS reporter Marleen de Rooy studied International Business Administration and now covers politics at the Binnenhof.
Politics
Corien van Zweden wrote a book based on her father's diaries: 'It felt like I was trespassing forbidden ground.'
Writer Corien van Zweden studied theology at VU Amsterdam, but lost her faith after a trip to Pakistan. "I got the craft of writing in return."
CO2 Compensation by fossil fuel industry exposed as hot air
Oil companies compensating for their emissions? „Nonsense!", says Mathieu Blondeel. „It's like buying their souls a ticket to climate heaven."
Racism in elderly care: an overlooked problem
According to Saskia Duijs, racism in the workplace is an overlooked issue. „The harm is concealed in the silence of white colleagues and supervisors."
'I have often had to fight against the label 'refugee''
Wahhab Hassoo, who fled from Iraq, reached VU Amsterdam through vocational education. Now, he's on the list for parliamentary elections.
Economist Bas Jacobs: 'People keep asking me whether another financial crisis is imminent’
Economist Bas Jacobs keeps tumbling from one economic crisis into the next. „Ideally, our economies should be more resilient to major shocks."
VU lecturer Petra Verdonk: ‘Criticising your own organisation is frowned upon’
Senior lecturer Petra Verdonk is proud to call herself a climate activist and is now also fighting the climate crisis during office hours.
‘The West will have to run just to keep up with countries like China’
Philosopher and political scientist Haroon Sheikh explores the intersection between new technologies such as AI and changing global relations.
Like father, like son: ‘I tried to keep him away from political science’
A double interview with former Member of Parliament Joël Voordewind and his son Manuel. Both men studied political science at VU Amsterdam.
‘Companies are barely thinking about the impact of technology on society’
Gerard de Graaf works in Silicon Valley on behalf of the EU, in order to ensure that major tech companies comply with European digital rules.
