‘I have learnt to press on when things get tough’
Rowan Blijd discusses topical issues as a media maker. Last week, the moving documentary, Silent Life about her stillborn son Amari, was released.
Society
Want to work on your mental health? Then go on an adventure!
After an adventure-filled life as a foreign correspondent, Anthropology alumnus Brigitte Ars began a quest for the phenomenon of adventure.
Every day I think: ‘This world is screwed’
Every day, VU alumnus Michel Scholte (35), examines the issue of how the economy should be changed to prevent the further destruction of the world.
This alumnus fights food waste in the hospitality industry
Alumnus Olaf van der Veen uses a smart food waste monitor to fight against waste in the hospitality industry.
‘The rules of the game in the boardroom are the problem'
According to VU economist Marilieke Engbers, the transcripts of boardroom meetings don’t reveal everything behind the decision-making process.
'Sustainability and commerce can reinforce each other'
With MOYU, his reusable notebook start-up, Paul Sintnicolaas (28) is contributing to creating a better world.
‘I expect the return of Christ within now and 14 years’
Orlando Bottenbley about his vocation, how his brother’s murder forced him to forgive and why he sees the coronavirus as a sign of the end of days.
The magical world of fungi
Professor of evolutionary biology, Toby Kiers, has discovered a mycelial network beneath our feet that is both suspiciously like the market economy.
Suffering under the yoke of technology
Philosopher Hans Schnitzler examines why we all have such a complex relationship with technology, but find it so hard to free ourselves from it.
New Young Theologian of the Netherlands is business administration alumna
Tabitha van Krimpen (23) is using her business administration programme to reform the church.
