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

Moving beyond Migration M...

April 22, 2024

Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata

January 8, 2013

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

Carbon and Cashflow: Barb...

October 2, 2024

Limitarianism: An interview with Philosopher Ingrid Robeyns

Limitarianism: An intervi...

March 18, 2024

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

Post Trade Clarity: Gary ...

October 17, 2024

Lustrum: Securing Peace, Ensuring Power – A Conversation with NATO’s Chair of the Military Committee Admiral Rob Bauer

Lustrum: Securing Peace, ...

March 26, 2024

Warfare beyond technology with Yehor Soboliev, AV unit commander & Former Ukrainian MP

Warfare beyond technology...

April 9, 2024

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

Ernst Kuipers: Minister o...

February 23, 2023

Money Mischiefs: Exploring Financial Crimes with Hennie Verbeek-Kusters

Money Mischiefs: Explorin...

September 20, 2024

College Tour Turned Around – A Conversation with Twan Huys

College Tour Turned Aroun...

February 14, 2024

Blue + Yellow = Green? – Investigating the Sustainability of Vattenfall with their CCO, Cindy Kroon

Blue + Yellow = Green? &#...

February 29, 2024

Toppling “Europe’s Last Dictator”: A Conversation with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Toppling “Europe’...

January 14, 2025

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

Lustrum: Turbulence Ahead...

March 14, 2024

Thinking beyond Patterns with Arend Lijphart: Democracies & Decline in the Twenty-First Century

Thinking beyond Patterns ...

June 11, 2024

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

Greek Fiscal Fables: A Co...

January 26, 2024