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Healthcare, education, and AI: Professor Elly Konijn on social robots.
16 February 2025
Social robots enter healthcare, education, and relationships. How far should we go? Elly Konijn explores the interaction between humans and machines.
Psychologist David van den Berg: 'We must stop reducing people to a label'
15 February 2025
Clinical psychologist David van den Berg aims to break away from rigid mental health diagnoses that confine people, as a professor at VU Amsterdam.
NOS reporter Marleen de Rooy: 'A good scoop starts with asking the right questions'
13 February 2025
NOS reporter Marleen de Rooy studied International Business Administration and now covers politics at the Binnenhof.
'Kickboxing is no longer the sport of the criminal underbelly'
1 July 2024
Frank van Gemert, a criminologist at VU Amsterdam, not only researches kickboxing but also trains weekly in the gym.
Berno Bucker developed an app that supports aesthetic choices: 'It's not an Instagram filter.'
Marjolein de Jong
27 June 2024
We all know that first impressions matter.
Corien van Zweden wrote a book based on her father's diaries: 'It felt like I was trespassing forbidden ground.'
Marjolein de Jong
17 April 2024
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."
VU alumna Nynke Sietsma wrote a book about her deceased son
Marjolein de Jong
4 March 2024
Journalist Nynke Sietsma (43) lost her son Berend to cancer at the age of four and wrote the poignant book B.
Psychiatrist Christiaan Vinkers: 'Burnout doesn't exist'
Marjolein de Jong
4 March 2024
According to psychiatrist Christiaan Vinkers, accurately diagnosing burnout is impossible.
'Financial advice should be accessible to everyone'
Marjolein de Jong
27 November 2023
„It's not right that personal financial advice is only available to the wealthy,” argues Ehsan Ramezanifar.
CO2 Compensation by fossil fuel industry exposed as hot air
Marjolein de Jong
27 November 2023
Oil companies compensating for their emissions? „Nonsense!", says Mathieu Blondeel. „It's like buying their souls a ticket to climate heaven."
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