Society

Alumnus Olaf van der Veen uses a smart food waste monitor to fight against waste in the hospitality industry.

According to VU economist Marilieke Engbers, the transcripts of boardroom meetings don’t reveal everything behind the decision-making process.

With MOYU, his reusable notebook start-up, Paul Sintnicolaas (28) is contributing to creating a better world.

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.

Professor of evolutionary biology, Toby Kiers, has discovered a mycelial network beneath our feet that is both suspiciously like the market economy.

Philosopher Hans Schnitzler examines why we all have such a complex relationship with technology, but find it so hard to free ourselves from it.

Tabitha van Krimpen (23) is using her business administration programme to reform the church.

VU alumna and trailer manufacturer Marinka Nooteboom is Business Woman of the Year for 2022. „It’s actually good for women to stand out."

VU alumni Ugnius Rimsa and Michael Musandu offer virtual models that customers can adjust to match their own likeness.

Were women once only good at appearing nude on a canvas? According to Jitske Jasperse, this is a much too limited view.