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‘Newcomers need contact with Dutch people’
Marjolein de Jong
5 April 2023
VU alumnus, Sylvia de Groot-Heupner, tries to match newcomers with volunteers so that they can learn Dutch.
‘Love helps humankind survive’
Marjolein de Jong
10 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.
Like father, like son: ‘I tried to keep him away from political science’
Marjolein de Jong
10 February 2023
A double interview with former Member of Parliament Joël Voordewind and his son Manuel. Both men studied political science at VU Amsterdam.
Professor Piek Vossen: ‘ChatGPT is a waste of time’’
Marjolein de Jong
22 December 2022
According to Professor of Computational Lexicology Piek Vossen, the euphoric reactions to AI writing chatbot ChatGPT are entirely misplaced.
‘Companies are barely thinking about the impact of technology on society’
Marjolein de Jong
21 December 2022
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.
Availability of university admission essential for refugees
Marjolein de Jong
8 November 2022
Halleh Ghorashi fled to the Netherlands from Iran in the 1980s and became professor of diversity and integration at VU Amsterdam.
101-year-old VU Amsterdam alumnus: ‘I recently resigned from my last post’
Marjolein de Jong
8 November 2022
VU Amsterdam alumnus Lambertus Zijp (101) spent World War II in hiding and studying law from his safe house.
‘I write to deal with life’
Marjolein de Jong
8 November 2022
This academic year, Gustaaf Peek will be taking on the role of Vrije Schrijver (Writer in Residence) at VU Amsterdam. How does he view this role?
‘Investing in yourself means investing in more job satisfaction’
Marjolein de Jong
8 November 2022
Govert Buijs advocates for less education early in life and more room for retraining and career switches later in life.
‘People’s faith may change, but they don’t become unbelievers’
Marjolein de Jong
8 November 2022
Professor André van der Braak does research into the fact that it is becoming more normal to combine religions, something he does in practice too.
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