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Room for Discussion, UvA & SEFA

Room for Discussion is the interview platform of the University of Amsterdam. We organise interviews with professors, entrepreneurs, economists, politicians, philosophers, CEOs and journalists to discuss relevant economic topics and recent events.

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Lustrum: Super League or Superfluous? Football Controversies with Bernd Reichart, CEO of A22 Sports, The Super League.

Lustrum: Super League or ...

June 11, 2024

Het SNS Debacle

Het SNS Debacle

February 6, 2013

Knot Your Average Banker: Klaas Knot, President of Dutch National Bank

Knot Your Average Banker:...

November 7, 2024

Faith in Politics? A Conversation with Gert-Jan Segers

Faith in Politics? A Conv...

June 29, 2024

Wouter Bos

Wouter Bos

October 8, 2014

Lustrum: Turbulence Ahead? The Future of Flying  with Marjan Rintel, the CEO of KLM

Lustrum: Turbulence Ahead...

March 14, 2024

Moving beyond Migration Myths: On Rhetoric and Reality with Hein de Haas

Moving beyond Migration M...

April 22, 2024

Amsterdams Studentendebat

Amsterdams Studentendebat

November 20, 2023

Post Trade Clarity: Gary Stevenson on Economic Inequality and the Future of Capitalism

Post Trade Clarity: Gary ...

October 17, 2024

Limitarianism: An interview with Philosopher Ingrid Robeyns

Limitarianism: An intervi...

March 18, 2024

Lustrum: Utopisch Onderwijs? Een interview met Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf

Lustrum: Utopisch Onderwi...

April 19, 2024

What’s Left of the Left? A conversation with Bas Eickhout (#1) and Mohammed Chahim (#2), GroenLinks/PvdA

What’s Left of the Left...

May 22, 2024

Greek Fiscal Fables: A Conversation with Georgios Papacostantinou, Minister of Finance during the Euro Crisis

Greek Fiscal Fables: A Co...

January 26, 2024

Carbon and Cashflow: Barbara Baarsma’s Vision for Sustainable Growth

Carbon and Cashflow: Barb...

October 2, 2024

Ernst Kuipers: Minister of Health – A Conversation About the Future of Healthcare in the Netherlands

Ernst Kuipers: Minister o...

February 23, 2023