Upcoming interviews
Limitarianism: An interview with Philosopher Ingrid Robeyns
On -14:00
Lustrum: Securing Peace, Ensuring Power – A Conversation with NATO’s Chair of the Military Committee Admiral Rob Bauer
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Past interviews
Lustrum: Turbulence Ahead? The Future of Flying with Marjan Rintel, the CEO of KLM
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -15:00
Embracing Chaos: A Conversation with Brian Klaas about Chance & Democracy
On -14:00
Lustrum: Interview with Sir Nick Clegg, President, Global Affairs, Meta
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -15:00
Rhetoric & Pints: Debate Training and Informal Pub Debate
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -21:00
Integration or Bust? On European Elections with Simon Hix
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Blue + Yellow = Green? – Investigating the Sustainability of Vattenfall with their CCO, Cindy Kroon
On -14:00
College Tour Turned Around – A Conversation with Twan Huys
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
The End of the Chinese Miracle? A Conversation with Bert Hofman, Former Country Director at the World Bank
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -15:00
Greek Fiscal Fables: A Conversation with Georgios Papacostantinou, Minister of Finance during the Euro Crisis
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -13:00
Breaking News, Breaking Boundaries: A Debate on the Customs of Journalism and Academia
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -19:30
A PLAYBOOK FOR: Investigative Journalism, Intelligence, and OSINT
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -20:30
Walking the Authoritarian Tightrope – A conversation with Dutch-Russian Media Magnate, Derk Sauer
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Market Making and Transforming Trading
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
The Dutch as Ambivalent Europeans? A Conversation with Tom de Bruijn
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Right from the Voters Mouth: Populism and the Far Right. Conversation with Cas Mudde
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
From boxes to boardrooms: Amazon’s Career Secrets
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Amsterdams Studentendebat
On -22:00
The Legacy of Nazi Billionaires – A Conversation with David de Jong
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
20 Days in Mariupol: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
On -17:00
Rejeito: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
On -19:00
Imagining Utopias – A Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson
On -14:00
The Fight for Climate Justice with Director of Milieudefensie Donald Pols
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Ruth Peetoom – Chairwoman of Dutch Mental Healthcare
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Beyond the Negotiating Table: An Expert’s View on Diplomacy.
On -14:00
India in the World: Interaction with Rahul Gandhi and Sam Pitroda
On -13:00
Making Room for your inner Creature: Creativity in Education
On -20:15
Under the Influence: the Power of Incentives – A Conversation with Uri Gneezy
On -14:00
From Crime Scenes to Courtrooms with President of Eurojust, Ladislav Hamran
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Pieter Potje van Gemaakt? – Ondernemerslessen van een Miljoenenstartup
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Cultural Criticism of Identity, Race, and Class
On -14:00
Klimaatgeneraal: Klimaatverandering als Nieuwe Vijand?
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Challenging the Status Quo: Patricia Sellers on Redefining Sexual Violence as an International Crime
On -14:00
Hot Takes on Global Warming – A Conversation with Bjorn Lomborg
On -14:00
The Cost of Steel: Health, Environment, & Responsibility – Hans van den Berg, CEO of Tata Steel NL
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Human Rights on Trial – A Conversation with Geoffrey Robertson KC
On -14:00
Jeroen van der Veer – The Former CEO of Shell
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Dutchman in Deutschland – A Conversation with Ronald van Roeden, Dutch Ambassador to Germany
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Tussen Satire en Politiek: een gesprek met Jochem van den Berg, oprichter van de Speld
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Football – Games Beyond the Field
On -14:00
The most powerful lobbyist in the Netherlands – with Ingrid Thijssen, Chair of the Dutch Employers Lobby
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -15:00
De Natuur op Instorten – In gesprek met de Minister voor Natuur en Stikstof
On -14:00
Ernst Kuipers: Minister of Health – A Conversation About the Future of Healthcare in the Netherlands
On -13:30
Humanitarian Crises Today and Tomorrow – A Conversation with Marieke van Schaik, Director of Red Cross NL
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
The Top of the UvA Mountain – A Conversation with Rector Peter-Paul Verbeek
On -14:00
Women, Life, Freedom in Iran – A Conversation with Shadi Sadr
On -14:00
Fairphone: A Call for Change – A Conversation with Eva Gouwens
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Men, Status and the Masculinity Crisis – A Conversation with Will Storr
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
The Past, Present and Future of International Tribunals – A Conversation with Alphons Orie
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -16:00
The Impact of a Wrongful Imprisonment – A Conversation with Seif Bedour
On -14:00
Sustainable Economies: Fiction or Future? – A Conversation with ABN AMRO Chief Economist Sandra Phlippen
On -14:00
Frans Muller CEO of Ahold Delhaize – Who’s Taking Your Lunch Money?
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
The Future of the World’s Oldest Stock Exchange
On -14:00
AI: Education’s Future Frontier
On -13:00
Diplomacy in an Unstable World – With the Last Dutch Ambassador to Afghanistan, Caecillia Wijgers
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Humankind in Guantanamo – A Conversation with Ex-Detainee Mansoor Adayfi
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Making Modern Managers – Eric Cornuel, CEO of EFMD
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -15:00
Making Money Green – Frank Elderson, Executive Boardmember ECB
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Hoe nu verder met Nederland? – Caroline van der Plas
On -16:00
Fighting Crime in The Digital Age – Europol Director Catherine De Bolle
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Are Brokers Broken? – Muhamad Chahrour CEO DeGiro
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Vera Bergkamp – Voorzitter Tweede Kamer
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -17:30
The End of Money as we Know it? – The Future of Crypto with Arnoud Boot and Bert Slagter
On -14:00
Sergio Jaramillo – The Lessons and the Costs of Colombia’s Peace
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Gunnar Wiegand: The European Union’s future in the Asia-Pacific
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Paul Collier – Reciprocity versus Self Interest
On -14:00
Paul Tang: Tax me if you can
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Eugene Rhuggenaath – Tropical Controversies
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -16:00
Harmen van Wijnen: Pensioenpraat
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -15:30
The EU as a Peace and Security Actor in Regional Conflict
On -18:45
Luis de Guindos: Vice President European Central Bank
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -13:00
Bastian Obermayer: Taking Down the Rich and Powerful: The Man Behind the Panama Papers
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Wiebe Draijer (CEO Rabobank) on Rabobank: Future Proof?
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Rutger Bregman: We want to believe you, but we have some questions
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Het Amsterdamse Studenten Verkiezingsdebat
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -21:30
Het Amsterdamse Studenten Verkiezingsdebat
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -21:30
Jeroen Rijpkema (CEO Triodos Bank): Perseverance of Idealism
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -17:00
René van Hell: The Arctic Ambassador – The Polar Power Play
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Otto Fricke (German FDP MP): Germany after Merkel
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Marcel Levi: Sociale vraagstukken in de zorg
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Laura van Geest: de (Autoriteit) Financiële Markten
On -13:30
Herman Tjeenk Willink: Her verval van de staat
On -14:00
The Green Deal: The European Plan to Save the Climate and the Younger Generations
On -14:00
Climate Engineering: The Forbidden Fruit of Climate Policy
On -14:00
Susan Kigula: The Woman who Changed the Death Penalty in Uganda
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Hans Wiegel: De Metamorfose van Rechts Nederland
On -14:00
Marilyn Waring: Pioneer of Feminist Economics
On -21:00
Tawakkol Karman: The Mother of the Revolution
At Facebook Livestream, on -20:00
Olaf Sleijpen on new financial and monetary trends
On -14:00
Daron Acemoglu: The narrow corridor of states, societies, and the fate of Liberty.
On -17:00
Georganiseerde misdaad en zware criminaliteit: in gesprek met de Amsterdamse Recherche
At Facebook Livestream, on -13:30
Paul Polman: Former CEO of Unilever
At Facebook Livestream, on -12:00
Lale Gül: Ik ga leven
At Facebook Livestream, on -16:00
Femke Halsema: Burgermeester van Amsterdam
At Facebook Livestream, on -18:00
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer: The Future of NATO and European Security
At Podcast, on -13:00
Onze Economie, met Bas Jacobs
At Facebook Livestream, on -15:00
Bénédicte Ficq: beste strafpleitster van Nederland
At Facebook Livestream, on -13:00
Zihni Özdil: The Case for “Inclusive Nationalism”
At Podcast, on -17:00
The Ethics behind Vaccinations and the Covid-19 Measures with Roland Pierik
At Podcast, on -14:00
Interview en Q&A met Frans Timmermans en Joris Thijssen
On -13:45
Ferdinand Grapperhaus: Minister van Justitie en Veiligheid
At Podcast, on -18:00
Matthew Klein: Trade Wars Are Class Wars
On -19:00
Daniel Markovits: How the Rat Race Divides Us Into Winners and Loosers
At Podcast, on -16:30
Tom Standage: Deputy Editor of The Economist
At Podcast, on -14:00
Jack Goldstone: The man that predicted the 2020 protests
At Podcast, on -17:00
The #metoo Movement of the Dutch Art World
At Podcast, on -14:00
Sergei Guriev on the Political and Economic Future of Russia
On -14:30
Branko Milanovic: Capitalism, Democracy and the Future of Mankind
On -13:00
Barbara Baarsma: Wie betaalt de schade?
At Podcast, on -14:00
The Most Important Bank You Have Never Heard Of
At Podcast, on -12:30
UvA Executive Board: the university response to Covid-19
At Podcast, on -13:00
Olivier Blanchard: Former Chief Economist of the IMF
On -12:00
After the Pandemic: How Covid-19 will transform democracy, development and the climate crisis
At Podcast, on -16:00
Following the Chain: The Economics of Drug-trafficking
At Podcast, on -14:00
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Freedom and Feminism
On -20:00
Johannes Hahn: EU-Commissioner for Budget and Administration
On -16:00
Philipp Blom over Digitalisering en Globalisering: slaapwandelend de afgrond in?
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -13:00
Vince Cable – Former Leader of the UK Liberal Democrats
On -13:00
Sex Work at 1.5 Meters: The Future of the Red Light District?
At Podcast, on -14:00
Kenneth Roth: Covid-19, the Cover of Rising Authoritarianism
On -12:00
Ashley Frawley: the Dangers of Happiness
On -16:00
Klaas Dijkhoff: Liberalisme en de Toekomst van Nederland
On -14:45
Pete Hoekstra: United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
On -14:00
Prof. Dr. Frans de Waal: Society from an Animal Perspective
On -11:00
Phillip Lane: Chief Economist of the European Central Bank
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14.00
Henne Schuwer: former Dutch ambassador to the USA
On -14:00
Geert Mak
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Kim Wehle: Understanding Washington’s Power and Politics
On -14:00
Thomas Piketty: Capital & Ideology
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Chanel Miller: Know My Name
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
De Stikstofcrisis: Boeren en het Klimaat met Tjeerd de Groot (D66)
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -13:00
Evan Davis – 2020 vision: What’s in store for Britain’s Future
On -14:00
Tunahan Kuzu: Fractievoorzitter DENK
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Megan Twohey: Breaking the Weinstein Story
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Cas Mudde: The Rise of the Populist Right
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Will Extinction Rebellion save our Planet?
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
BREAKING – Charles Michel: The Next President of the European Council
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -15:00
Deirdre McCloskey: Liberalism in the 21st Century
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Jill Lepore: Revisiting American History
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Dan Ariely
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:30
The Changing Democratic Party
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
China & the EU: Reciprocity or Domination?
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Gita Gopinath – Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Europe’s Position in the African Union
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Paul Mason: A Radical Defence of Humanity
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Harold Goddijn: CEO of TomTom
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Martin Wolf: Chief Economics Commentator Financial Times
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Adam Tooze: Under the Shadow of the Great Recession (CANCELLED)
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14.00
Sigrid Kaag: Minister for Foreign Trade & Development Cooperation
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Mark van Baal: Activist Investment
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Het grote EU verkiezingsdebat
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:30
Rob Jetten: Fractievoorzitter D66
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Taxes, taxes, taxes: The Netherlands a Tax paradise?
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Collaboration with Spui25: David Wallace Wells
At Academic-cultural center SPUI25, on
Hal Varian: Chief Economist Google
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -12:00
Climate Change on Trial
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Minister van Defensie: Ank Bijleveld
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Eric Wiebes: De klimaatpolitiek van Nederland – College en Q&A
On -21:30
The Power of Women in Business
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Understanding Brexit: The European Perspective
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Pete Hoekstra: United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
On -14:00
Director General ESA: Johann-Dietrich Wörner
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Understanding Brexit: The British Perspective
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
CEO of Royal DSM: Feike Sijbesma
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Zorg: een gezonde markt?
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Crushed Currencies: Turmoil in Emerging Markets
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Eurozone Reforms: The Future of The Single Currency
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Refugee Integration
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Lustrum: Jordan Peterson on Society in Crisis
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:30
Lustrum: World Trade in Crisis with Robert Koopman, Chief Economist of the WTO
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Lustrum: European Union in Crisis with Neelie Kroes
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Lustrum: Democracy in Crisis with Carles Puigdemont
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Marjan van Loon – President Directeur Shell Nederland B.V.
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Room for Discussion x RTL Z: Wopke Hoekstra
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -17:00
The new powers of power – the geopolitics of renewable energy
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Tien Jaar na de Financiële Crisis
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -17:00
Universiteitsdag: Prof. Geert ten Dam
On -15:00
Dick Boer – President and CEO Ahold Delhaize
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Edward Glaeser – Triumph of the City
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Ha-Joon Chang: Rethinking Globalisation
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -18:00
The Future of Education
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Institutional Investors and The Rise of Common Ownership
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:30
Privacy: Do we still want to be let alone?
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Understanding North Korea
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Water & The Netherlands On A Global Stage
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Klaas Knot – President of the Dutch Central Bank
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -13:00
Deconstructing Voting Behaviour – Didier Eribon
On -14:00
Cryptocurrencies and the Blockchain: the potential to rule the world?
On -14:00
Italian Elections 2018: New reforms and parties in action
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Werner Hoyer – President of the European Investment Bank
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Universal Basic Income: The Status Quo of the Future?
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Zingeving in de 21ste eeuw
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Zero Economic Growth
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Big Pharma
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Dani Rodrik: The Globalization Paradox
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -13:30
EVENT CANCELLED: Behavioural Economics: Dick Swaab & Donna Harris
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
EVENT CANCELLED: Whistleblowers & Wikileaks
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
German Elections: the impact on the nation, the union and the world
On -14:00
Greece in Economic Despair
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
John de Mol
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00
Robbert Dijkgraaf – Discovering the Future
At Room for Discussion Podium, on -14:00