Podcasts about vrije universiteit

Today we welcome Cory C. Brock and N. Gray Sutanto to speak about their book, Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction (Lexham Academic), which is an excellent initiation and explication of neo-Calvinism as a nineteenth- and early twentieth-century movement in the Netherlands. It was “a revival of Reformed confessionalist theology in the Netherlands roughly beginning with the rise of Kuyper as a theology, with the founding of the Vrije Universiteit in 1880, the formation of the Gereformeerde Kerken in 1892, and its systematization in the theological output of Herman Bavinck (p. 4).” Cory C. Brock is minister at St. Columba's Free Church of Scotland in Edinburgh and adjunct lecturer in theology at Edinburgh Theological Seminary and Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi. Heh is the author of Orthodox yet Modern: Herman Bavinck's Use of Friedrich Schleiermacher. N. Gray Sutanto is assistant professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., and the author of God and Knowledge: Herman Bavinck's Theological Epistemology of God. He is an associate fellow at the Neo-Calvinism Research Institute.  

Microplastics have been detected in human blood for the first time, which begs the question: What could this mean for human health? Joining us to address this problem is Dick Vethaak, a Marine Ecotoxicologist and Environmental Health Scientist that specializes in the impacts of chemical pollutants and plastic debris. Vethaak is trained in biology and toxicology, which gives him insight into the complex world of plastic pollution and how it impacts environmental health. Currently a research professor at Vrije Universiteit, in Amsterdam, Vethaak has focused his efforts on exploring microplastic contamination – both in water and in human beings…  Click play to discover: Why microplastics may be considered a human health issue.  How plastic particles in the bloodstream could affect how the body functions.  Where microplastics come from. How microplastics are ingested into the body, and if they are expelled.  Want to learn more about this important topic from a professional with over 30 years of experience? Tune in now! To find out about Dick Vethaak and his research, click here now! Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C

Grandioos mislukken. Iedereen maakt het weleens mee: in de sport, de liefde, de wetenschap, het onderwijs of het ondernemen. En toch, de meesten van ons zullen zich er niet voor op de borst slaan. Zonde, want er valt zoveel te leren uit onze 'mislukkingen,' want waarom slaagde een project niet? Was je te vroeg of te laat met je innovatie? Leed je aan een tunnelvisie? Is er wel naar alle partijen geluisterd? En meestal geldt de schrale troost: niet geprobeerd is altijd mis. In deze aflevering van De Publieke Tribune gaat Coen Verbraak in gesprek met uitvinders en wetenschappers over hun beste mislukkingen. Of eigenlijk: over de complexiteit van innoveren en ondernemen. Bekende voorbeelden zijn de Post-it (niet-plakkende lijm) en de Viagra-pil (bedoeld voor hartklachten). Zou het mogen mislukken niet juist gestimuleerd moeten worden om tot creatieve en onverwachte oplossingen te komen? Wetenschapper Paul Iske, naar eigen zeggen de 'te' vroege uitvinder van LinkedIn, definieert een briljante mislukking als 'een goed voorbereide poging om iets te realiseren met een andere uitkomst dan gepland.' Te gast: * Paul Iske (1961), innovatiehoogleraar aan de Universiteit van Maastricht en technisch natuurkundige. Hij noemt zichzelf 'Chief Failure Officer' van het door hem opgerichte Instituut voor Briljante Mislukkingen; * Gaston Remmers (1965), ruraal socioloog en directeur Stichting Mijn Data Onze Gezondheid. Maakte zich met zijn veelbelovende initiatief 'Mijneigenonderzoek' hard voor onderzoek van burgers zélf naar hun eigen gezondheid en daarmee die van velen; Edwin van der Heide (1964), multi-ondernemer, uitvinder en docent aan de Hogeschool Commerciële Economie Leiden. Is o.a. initiatiefnemer en aandeelhouder van McNetiq, een bedrijf dat magneettechnologie toepast; en Felienne Hermans (1984), hoogleraar didactiek van de informatica aan de Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam en ontwerper van een universele en eenvoudig te leren programmeertaal Hedy. Meer info over de aflevering vind je hier (https://www.human.nl/de-publieke-tribune/luister/overzicht/2022/aflevering-78.html). #PubliekeTribune

(00:33) EU in de maag met spionnen De EU barst van de spionnen. En het zijn niet alleen landen als China en Rusland die graag rondneuzen wat er achter de Europese schermen gebeurt. Maar ook bijvoorbeeld Marokkaanse inlichtingendienst DGED, dat blijkt nu uit het grootschalige corruptieonderzoek in Brussel. Het vangen van al die spionnen blijft een lastige opgave. Te gast is Barbara Moens, journalist van Politico, die er onderzoek naar deed.  (10:40) Bangladesh wanhoop nabij Tienduizenden demonstranten gingen de straat op in Bangladesh en eisen het aftreden van de Bengalese premier Hasina Wajed om plaats te maken voor nieuwe verkiezingen. De bevolking protesteert al langer tegen de stijgende brandstofprijzen en hoge kosten van levensonderhoud in het land. Ellen Bal, antropoloog aan de Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam, is net terug uit Bangladesh en heeft met eigen ogen gezien hoe het regime in het land de Bengalezen tot wanhoop drijft.  (20:05) Uitgelicht: Egypte De Egyptische regering wil dat gezinnen minder kroost krijgen. Daarom wordt er een reclamespot uitgezonden met de oproep om maximaal twee kinderen te krijgen, legt Egypte-correspondent Ruth Vandewalle uit.  Presentatie: Chris Kijne.

19 december 2022 moet een historische dag in de Nederlandse geschiedenis worden: excuses van het Nederlandse kabinet voor zijn rol in het slavernijverleden. Maar de aankondiging leidde tot veel commotie. Wie wil begrijpen waarom dit zo'n gevoelig en gewichtig besluit is, moet diep de geschiedenis induiken, en religie speelt hierbij een immense rol. In deze aflevering kijken we naar slavernij in de klassieke oudheid en wat er gebeurde toen het christendom zijn intrede deed. Uiteraard richten we ons ook op de trans-Atlantische slavenhandel waar de regering nu haar excuses voor wil aanbieden. Wat is de rol geweest van de Bijbel bij het verdedigen en uiteindelijk ook afschaffen van slavernij? 
  David Boogerd gaat in gesprek met Martijn Stoutjesdijk, hij verdiept zich als historicus en religiewetenschapper al jaren in de relatie tussen religie en slavernij en onderzoekt momenteel aan de Protestantse Theologische Universiteit de rol van de kerk in de Nederlandse slavernijgeschiedenis. En uiteraard met vaste gast, theoloog Stefan Paas van de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam en Theologische Universiteit Kampen Utrecht.

Het grootste gesubsidieerde theatergezelschap van Nederland annuleert voorstellingen vanwege de hoge werkdruk op de technische afdeling. Wat is er volgens de directeur belangrijker: het eeuwige streven naar vernieuwend theater met technische snufjes, of een normale werkdruk voor technisch personeel? Te gast is Clayde Menso, directeur van Internationaal Theater Amsterdam. Macro met Boot Elke dag een intrigerende gedachtewisseling over de stand van de macro-economie. Op maandag en vrijdag gaat presentator Thomas van Zijl in gesprek met econoom Arnoud Boot, de rest van de week praat Van Zijl met econoom Edin Mujagić. Economenpanel De koopkracht van huishoudens daalt het huidige en het volgende jaar met zo'n 4 procent, zo berekent het Centraal Planbureau. Dit ondanks het prijsplafond voor gas. En: wat is een omgekeerde rentecurve en waarom duidt dat op een recessie? Dat en meer bespreken we om 13.00 in het Economenpanel met: - Marieke Blom, hoofdeconoom bij ING; - Bas Jacobs, hoogleraar economie aan de Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam. Luister l Economenpanel Geniaal of Onzinnig Welk bedrijf droomt er niet van: het introduceren van een geniaal product of een briljante dienst. Maar wat in de ogen van het bedrijf in kwestie geweldig is, kan zo maar onzinnig zijn. Bij ons te gast is vandaag Marjolein Helder, algemeen directeur van Plant-e. Krapte op de arbeidsmarkt Het personeelstekort neemt steeds grotere proporties aan. Talloze vacatures blijven onvervuld en werkgevers zitten met de handen in hun haar. Wat betekent de krappe arbeidsmarkt voor ondernemers, hr-directeuren en bestuurders? Wat zijn mogelijke innovatieve en creatieve oplossingen? En waar zijn al die werknemers eigenlijk gebleven? Elke maandag ga ik op zoek naar antwoorden op deze vragen in de gesprekkenserie Zakendoen op een krappe arbeidsmarkt. Met vandaag een bondig gesprek over open hiring. Bij ons te gast is Jos van Delft, van Start Foundation. Zakenpartner Ze studeerde aan het University College in Utrecht, ging aan de slag als journalist maar wilde toch liever met tastbare producten werken. Daarom volgde ze een traineeship bij Ahold. Op de supermarktvloer zag ze hoeveel eten er verspild werd. Dit bracht haar op het idee een restaurant te openen wat gebruik maakt van voedsel dat anders zou worden weggegooid. Dit was de start van Instockmarket. De zakenpartner deze week is Selma Seddik, mede-oprichter van Instockmarket. Contact & Abonneren BNR Zakendoen zendt elke werkdag live uit van 12:00 tot 14:30 uur. Je kunt de redactie bereiken via e-mail en Twitter. Abonneren op de podcast van BNR Zakendoen kan via bnr.nl/zakendoen, of via Apple Podcast en Spotify.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

De koopkracht van huishoudens daalt het huidige en het volgende jaar met zo'n 4 procent, zo berekent het Centraal Planbureau. Dit ondanks het prijsplafond voor gas. En: wat is een omgekeerde rentecurve en waarom duidt dat op een recessie? Dat en meer bespreken we in het Economenpanel. Panelleden Presentator Thomas van Zijl gaat in gesprek met het Economenpanel, dat deze keer bestaat uit:  - Marieke Blom, hoofdeconoom bij ING; - Bas Jacobs, hoogleraar economie aan de Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam. Abonneer je op de Podcast  Ga naar de pagina van het Economenpanel en abonneer je op de podcast, ook te beluisteren via Apple Podcast, Spotify en elke maandag live om 13:00 uur in BNR Zakendoen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Het treurige feit is inmiddels wereldnieuws: Mahsa Amini, een 22-jarige Koerdisch-Iraanse vrouw, overleed 16 september nadat ze door de Iraanse zedenpolitie was opgepakt en zwaar mishandeld. Ze zou –  zo luidde de reden van haar arrestatie –  haar hoofddoek niet conform de voorschriften hebben gedragen. Nu, drie maanden later, is het verzet dat volgde op haar overlijden nog altijd groot. Deze week werd bekend dat de gehate zedenpolitie zou zijn opgeheven. Maar wat is die zedenpolitie en hoe cruciaal is haar rol voor het islamitische bewind? Te gast is Halleh Ghorashi, hoogleraar diversiteit en integratie aan de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Zij vluchtte in 1988 uit Iran naar Nederland.

Het treurige feit is inmiddels wereldnieuws: Mahsa Amini, een 22-jarige Koerdisch-Iraanse vrouw, overleed 16 september nadat ze door de Iraanse zedenpolitie was opgepakt en zwaar mishandeld. Ze zou –  zo luidde de reden van haar arrestatie –  haar hoofddoek niet conform de voorschriften hebben gedragen. Nu, drie maanden later, is het verzet dat volgde op haar overlijden nog altijd groot. Deze week werd bekend dat de gehate zedenpolitie zou zijn opgeheven. Maar wat is die zedenpolitie en hoe cruciaal is haar rol voor het islamitische bewind? Te gast is Halleh Ghorashi, hoogleraar diversiteit en integratie aan de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Zij vluchtte in 1988 uit Iran naar Nederland. Verder: de Reichsbürger-beweging met Hanco Jürgens, de Holland-Amerika Lijn met Jonah Falke, de Nobelprijs met Ivo van de Wijdeven en de column van Sana Valiulina.

Is er sprake van toenemend wantrouwen op de Biblebelt? Cvandaag-eindredacteur Jeffrey Schipper bezocht een boeiende netwerkdag en blikt terug. Redacteur Patrick Simons wijst op een volgens hem zorgelijke ontwikkeling: de ontchristelijking van de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. En in zijn 'ergernis van de week' komt het WK voetbal aan bod!

Heeft wetenschap de Bijbel ontkracht? Laten ontdekkingen als de oerknal en de evolutietheorie zien dat de Bijbel het fout heeft als het gaat om het ontstaan van de kosmos? De Bijbel is een boek vol wonderen, maar kan je die nog serieus nemen in een wetenschappelijk wereldbeeld? Kortom: gaat de Bijbel wel samen met moderne wetenschap – en als ze in conflict lijken – wat geef je dan voorrang: wetenschap of de Bijbel? David Boogerd gaat in gesprek met Gijsbert van den Brink, hoogleraar Theologie & Wetenschap aan de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam en initiatiefnemer en samensteller van de Wetenschapsbijbel.

Met de rijzende kritiek op Schengen in Europa doen Stefan de Vries en Geert Jan Hahn een vurig pleidooi: de grenzen moeten niet dicht, maar juist open! Ze vragen zich af waarom de Europese Commissie aan plannen werkt om grenzen weer terug te brengen in Europa? En wat is nodig om al het mooie van Schengen te behouden?  Om hun pleidooi kracht bij te zetten zoeken zij antwoorden door in conclaaf te treden met Tineke Strik, Europarlementariër namens De Groenen/Vrije Europese Alliantie en Galina Cornelisse, professor Europees en internationaal recht aan de Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam. De Europese Week Deze week komen in Egypte wereldleiders samen om klimaatproblematiek te bespreken. Ook de voorman van de Nederlandse tak van Volt, Laurens Dassen, is daar aanwezig. Wij bellen met hem om wat impressies te krijgen van het belangrijke evenement. De drieëntachtigste aflevering van BNR Europa (voorheen Europa Podcast): Hahn en De Vries houden Brussel, de Europese Unie, Schengen, de eurozone en de rafelranden van ons continent in de smiezen. En hoe we ons over dat continent bewegen. Daarnaast is er ook wekelijks aandacht voor 'muziek' van ons continent. En in deze aflevering gaan we naar ... Polen! De hele playlist Eurotrash kun je hier vinden!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Race has recently been at the forefront of conversations surrounding workplace culture and hiring in Singapore. In addition to the new anti-discrimination laws which will soon be enshrined, what other measures must be put in place to ensure a racially inclusive workspace? Is Singapore's racial diversity truly represented at individual workplaces? In this episode, which is in conjunction with IPS' annual flagship conference, Singapore Perspectives 2023, host and Associate Director at the Institute of Policy Studies Liang Kaixin chats with Dharesheni Nedumaran, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, APAC, at Mediabrands and Shamil Zainuddin, Research Associate at IPS Social Lab. They discuss how hiring and appraisal processes can be made more equitable, how to approach the sensitive topic of race at work, and how workplaces can be made more inclusive for minority groups especially. Find out more about conversations on racism at work: CNA (27 June 2022): The Big Read: To stamp out everyday racism or microaggression, treat it as anything but casual The Straits Times (28 May 2022): Formalising HR practices can fight workplace racism: Panellists at race forum South China Morning Post (29 August 2021): Singapore will pass new laws to combat racism, workplace discrimination: PM Lee About our guests: Dharesheni Nedumaran Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, APAC Mediabrands Dharesheni Nedumaran (Sheni) is a global Diversity & Inclusion specialist, with more than 10 years international experience spanning tech, NGOs, global businesses and government, working on data driven projects and programs with underrepresented communities, tailored to countries regulations and culture. In her current role as Mediabrands APAC Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, she works across a network of more than 3000 media and marketing professionals in multiple agencies across 13 Asia-Pacific countries, to lead the development of a long term strategy and roadmap that helps to increase representation, create a culture of belonging and contribution, and promote respect, equity and fairness. Accredited with Campaign Asia's Women Leading Change award for Diverse & Inclusive Workplace for Mediabrands Singapore in 2022, Sheni has a Master's of Work & Organisational Psychology from the Vrije Universiteit. Shamil Zainuddin Research Associate IPS Social Lab Shamil Zainuddin specialises in applied ethnography and holds qualifications in Sociology which he has taught as a Teaching Assistant while completing his Masters in the National University of Singapore. Prior to joining IPS in 2018, he was a Senior Design Ethnographer at NCR Corporation, a global enterprise technology company. There, he spent five years using qualitative methods researching human experiences to inform R&D, innovation and marketing. He has received awards for applied ethnographic work and is the recipient of the Ministry of Home Affairs, National Day Award in 2005. Above all, he is most interested in carrying out the work to make the everyday easier for especially disadvantaged communities. He is an active volunteer with Beyond Social Services and highly encourages everyone to volunteer with an organisation they believe in. On Diversity is a podcast inspired by the Institute of Policy Studies Managing Diversities research programme. In each episode, we chat with guests to explore what diversity means to them, the changes they are making, and the changes they hope to see in an increasingly fragmented society. More from On Diversity Season 3 Episode 3: Ableism at Work with Cassandra Chiu, a vision impaired counsellor and advocate for PWDs, and Justin Lee, Senior Research Fellow at IPS Season 3 Episode 2: Ageism at Work with Heng Chee How, Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trade Union Congress (NTUC), and Associate Professor Helen Ko of the Master & PhD in Gerontology Programmes at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) Season 3 Episode 1: Sexism at Work, with Corinna Lim, Executive Director of the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) and Simran Toor, Chief Executive Officer at SG Her Empowerment Limited (SHE)  Season 2 Episode 9: Youth Mental Health, with Dr Jacqueline Tilley, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at the National Institute of Education (NIE) and Asher Low, Founder of Limitless Season 2 Episode 8: What Makes Us Singaporean, with Matthew Matthews, Principal Research Fellow of IPS and Head of IPS Social Lab, and Oon Shu An, Singaporean actress and host Season 2 Episode 7: Homelessness, with Harry Tan, IPS Research Fellow, and June Chua, Co-founder of T Project Season 2 Episode 6: The Young vs The Old, with Kanwaljit Soin, Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon, and Teo Kay Key, IPS Research Fellow Season 2 Episode 5: The New Civil Society, with Carol Soon, IPS Senior Research Fellow and Head of Society and Culture, and Woo Qiyun, Environmentalist and creator of The Weird and Wild            See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Outside the Vrije Universitat in Amsterdam, we listen to the sounds of a pedestrian crossing, which stood out immediately to us as a new visitor to the city as being remarkably different from those we hear at home. This sound represents those individual sound marks that can exist in a city in the most mundane spaces, from metro stations to pedestrian crossings, and which help to make our experiences of visiting a city more interesting and unique, even without always being consciously aware of it. Recorded by Cities and Memory. IMAGE: Steven Lek, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Part of the Well-Being Cities project, a unique collaboration between Cities and Memory and C40, a global network of mayors of nearly 100 world-leading cities collaborating to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis. The project was originally presented at the C40 Cities conference in Buenos Aires in 2022. Explore Well-Being Cities in full at https://citiesandmemory.com/wellbeing-cities/

Salve! En welkom bij de Timmus en Paulus Geschiedenispodcastus! Vandaag duiken we voor het eerst in onze historie de oudheid in. We gaan het hebben over orator nummero uno Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43 BCE). En we hebben daar een hele leuke gast voor gevonden! Lidewij van Gils (UvA) is wat ons betreft dé kenner van Cicero in Nederland. Ze schreef samen met drie andere specialisten een Elementair Deeltje (zie meer weten) over de beste man en er is een heus Cicero-genootschap - waar we stiekem graag bij zouden willen maar ons Latijn is net zo goed als ons Etruskisch - én werd verkozen tot docent van het jaar bij haar vorige werkgever de Vrije Universiteit (en niet bij de UvA zoals we in de intro zeggen...) Salvete Domum! Beeld: Cicero denounces Catilina, Maccari, 1888. Meer weten?: - www.cicerogaatverder.nl - Van Gils, Pieper, Tellegen-Couperus, Van der Wal, Elementaire Deeltjes 57, Cicero (2018). - Veel werk van Cicero is (vertaald) te vinden online, oa via Project Gutenberg en de Latin Library.

Wat doet een zware training of wedstrijd met je lichaam en herstel? Wat voor effect heeft dit op je spieren en zenuwstelsel? Wat is vermoeidheid precies en welke brandstoffen zorgen ervoor dat spieren blijven samentrekken? We vragen dit Jo de Ruiter. Jo is bewegingswetenschapper en onderzoeker bij de Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam en weet veel van fysiologie en vermoeidheid.

Brussel wil dat de EU een geopolitieke speler is in de hele wereld. Op alle continenten moeten de 'hearts and minds' worden veroverd. Maar is het handig om oud-koloniale heersers als Frankrijk en Spanje daarvoor in te zetten? Onze gasten zijn oud-topdiplomaat Ron Keller en Spanje-correspondent Jorn Lucas. Redactionele onafhankelijkheid van Europa In haar speech in Straatsburg deze woensdag - de jaarlijkse Europese Prinsjesdagrede -verwees Von der Leyen ook naar beïnvloeding van buitenaf. Ze noemde bijvoorbeeld specifiek de Chinese bemoeienis met de Vrije Universiteit hier in Amsterdam. In het verlengde daarvan ligt een Europees Wetsvoorstel Mediavrijheid, waarvan het voorstel is gelekt, zo las Eurocommissaris De Vries.  De vierenzeventigste aflevering van BNR Europa (voorheen Europa Podcast): Hahn en De Vries houden Brussel, de Europese Unie, Schengen, de eurozone en de rafelranden van ons continent in de smiezen. En hoe we ons over dat continent bewegen. Daarnaast is er ook wekelijks aandacht voor 'muziek' van ons continent. En deze aflevering gaan we naar ... Portugal, natuurlijk! De hele playlist Eurotrash kun je hier vinden! Shownotes: Meer over de SOTEU van woensdag 14 september weten? Eurocommissaris geeft zijn analyse in het BNR-programma The Daily Move. Terugluisteren kan hier.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"It's a good conversation starter," says Dr Miriam Ferrer of her job title. "People say 'food supplements? That's just cheap vitamins'. Then I tell them all about it." Dr Ferrer is Head of New Product Development at Cambridge Nutraceuticals, a company that makes health supplements with proven clinical benefits. The company says: "If it isn't supported by data, we won't sell it." In this episode of the Career Conversations podcast series, Dr Ferrer tells us all about her role and how she ended up in the field of nutraceuticals. Her love of science began when she was a teenager and watched a documentary about the double helix.  "I wanted to genetic engineering," she says. "I was told I had to study biology, so I did." She studied at the University of Barcelona before securing a position at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge: "The very first thing you see when you go in is the pictures of all the Nobel Prize winners. So no pressure!" Dr Ferrer decided that she wanted to lay down some roots in Cambridge, something she says is not always easy to do as a scientist. "With science, you end up having to travel, which is great to some extent," she says. "But at some point you might want to start a family and not keep moving from one place to another." She got her current job at Cambridge Nutraceuticals in 2017 and has not looked back since. "The products we develop have a lot of scientific research behind them," she explains. "I am able to read through all of that and say whether or not I agree with the science. "I can also use my expertise to help the marketing team translate the scientific knowledge into layman's terms and communicate that to our customers." Listen to the full episode to find out exactly what a nutraceutical is, why Dr Ferrer thinks it is possible to balance both science and art within your career, and how much you can expect to earn if you follow a career path similar to hers. Dr Miriam Ferrer, Head of New Product Development, Cambridge Nutraceuticals Miriam Ferrer studied Biology at the University of Barcelona (Spain) and later at the Biochemistry Department of Wageningen University (Netherlands). She then moved to the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam to start her PhD, which focused on cancer gene therapy. After graduating she took a post-doctoral research position at the prestigious MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge to work on BRCA1, a DNA repair protein involved in breast cancer. Miriam decided to move into industry and went on to work for nine years at Abcam, a leading supplier of research reagents for life scientists. Her roles included Business Development Associate and Product Manager for biochemical kits. Looking for a change, she took on her current position at Cambridge Nutraceuticals, which commercialises premium supplements under the brand FutureYou Cambridge. Her scientific background helps her to evaluate research data and develop effective supplements that are backed by science.

In this episode Chris and Jane talk with Dr Michiel de Proost about his research on egg and sperm freezing, as well as feminist approaches to bioethics and reproductive justice. Michiel is a newly graduated PhD from the Vrije Universiteit  in Brussels, in the Research Centre for Gender, Diversity and Intersectionality. His work uses feminist ethics theories to explain conceptions of autonomy and emancipation in social egg freezing and, more recently, fertility apps that target men.  

Nederland had de afgelopen maand de hoogste gasprijzen van heel Europa, blijkt uit cijfers die Nieuwsuur opvroeg. De prijzen in de supermarkt zijn binnen een jaar met bijna 20 procent gestegen. En: het wordt heel erg warm in ons land en daarom legt Hein Daanen, hoogleraar thermofysiologie aan de Vrije Universiteit uit hoe je op werk koel kan blijven. Dat en meer in deze Ochtendspits.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Augmented reveals the stories behind the new era of industrial operations, where technology will restore the agility of frontline workers. In episode 24 of the podcast (@AugmentedPod), the topic is: Emerging Interfaces for Human Augmentation. Our guest is Pattie Maes, Professor at the MIT Media Lab.In this conversation, we talk about augmenting people instead of using or making smart machines, AI summers and AI winters, parallels between AI and expert systems and why we didn't learn our lessons, enabling people to perform better through fluid, interactive, immersive and wearable systems that are easy to use, how lab thinks about developing new form factors, and much more.After listening to this episode, check out MIT Media Lab as well as Pattie Maes's social profile:MIT Media Lab: @medialab (twitter) https://www.media.mit.edu/ (web)Pattie Maes: https://www.media.mit.edu/overview Trond's takeaway: Augmenting people is far more complex than developing a technology or even experimenting with form factors. Instead, there's a whole process to exploring what humans are all about, discovering opportunities for augmentation and tweaking it in dialogue with users. The Media Lab's approach is work intensive, but when new products make it out of there, they tend to extend a human function as opposed to becoming just a new gadget.Thanks for listening. If you liked the show, subscribe at Augmentedpodcast.co or in your preferred podcast player, and rate us with five stars. If you liked this episode, you might also like episode 19, Machine Learning in Manufacturing, episode 7, Work of the Future, or episode 13, Get Manufacturing Superpowers. Augmented--industrial conversations. Transcript: TROND: Augmented reveals the stories behind a new era of industrial operations where technology will restore the agility of frontline workers. In Episode 24 of the podcast, the topic is Emerging Interfaces for Human Augmentation. Our guest is Pattie Maes, Professor at the MIT Media Lab. In this conversation, we talk about augmenting people instead of using or making smart machines. We discuss AI summers and AI winters, the parallels between AI and expert systems and why we didn't learn our lessons, enabling people to perform better through fluid, interactive, immersive, and wearable systems that are easy to use, and how the lab thinks about developing new form factors, and much more. Augmented is a podcast for industry leaders and operators hosted by futurist Trond Arne Undheim, presented by Tulip.co, the frontline operations platform, and associated with MFG.works, the industrial upskilling community launched at the World Economic Forum. Each episode dives deep into a contemporary topic of concern across the industry and airs at 9:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time, every Wednesday. Augmented — the industry 4.0 podcast. Pattie, how are you today? PATTIE: Hi. I'm doing great. Thank you. Thanks for having me. TROND: Oh, sure. I'm very excited to have you. And in fact, I just feel like the audience should get to know you. I know a lot of them do because you have become an innovator that has a stage on TED. And obviously, a lot of people at MIT know you. But I wanted to just recognize that you were one of the early PhDs in AI, right? 1987 is not a time when -- PATTIE: Yeah. [laughs] TROND: Is that what we call the second wave of AI? It's certainly not the -- [laughs] PATTIE: The grandmother of AI, yeah. [laughs] TROND: You're not a recent convert to this topic. That's for sure. PATTIE: So yes, I actually studied artificial intelligence long before it was such a big deal or the big deal that it is right now. But actually, soon after doing my Ph.D. in AI, I became more and more interested in a related problem, the problem of not artificial intelligence but intelligence augmentation, or how can we make people more intelligent, more productive, support them in making better decisions? So soon after my Ph.D., I veered more in that direction. TROND: Well, and that's what we will talk about because you have indeed been on the MIT faculty for 30 years exploring these topics in various kinds of bifurcations. And you have been the advisor to scores of startup founders also. And, of course, people might think that goes through the territory at MIT, but the numbers are really still staggering, and also the performance of some of those startups, including Tulip, which we'll talk about, but also many other startups and many other innovation projects that didn't quite make it to startups. But they still created a lot of attention around the world for the promising demos or the things they suggested about what the future of technology might look like. So I would like first to just recognize that you've achieved, I guess, the amazing feat of not just innovating a lot yourself, but you must be an amazing innovation mentor. And you certainly have inspired a lot of people that I personally know in AI, and in human augmentation, and beyond. And I wanted, first of all, just to see if I could have you reflect a little bit on your journey, which I imagine...well, first of all, it's a nice wordplay from Belgium to Boston. PATTIE: Yeah, so I came here after my Ph.D. actually, and of course, wanted to be in the place in the world where the most exciting research was going on in my area. [laughs] And so initially, I ended up at the AI Lab, but I soon after actually accepted a job at the Media Lab. And what really attracted me there was that the lab is very application-driven. We're very interested in really working towards things that can be deployed in the real world, that can make a difference in the real world, that can be through for-profit startups. But sometimes that is actually in other ways by just freely giving away tools and technologies or maybe starting a not-for-profit to really disseminate something and make something accessible to larger groups of people. So I've always been very attracted to the practical aspect and trying to make a difference really with the work that we do. And as a result, several companies have been created out of my research group. TROND: Was this something you set out to do? When you were in Belgium, getting your degree at the Vrije Universiteit in Brussels, were you thinking I am going to go to America and become an innovator? Was that in your mind? PATTIE: No, I think a lot of that sort of happened accidentally, actually. And one reason I think why I'm interested in practical applications and real-world deployment is that I was never really interested in the technology for the sake of the technology. I'm not one of these people who gets really excited about purely just the technology, the algorithms, and so on. I want to make my life easier and other people's lives easier. And that has always been what motivates me and my work. TROND: And that gets us to intelligence augmentation. Because I guess in some sense, the Media Lab is all about that topic to some extent. And I wanted to also address the fact that not only are you doing the work in your lab, but I think at least for the last few years, you've had the academic responsibility across the lab, and you have shepherded the lab, arguably, through one of its more difficult times. So surely, you have also experienced innovation and the tricky things that show up with innovation across a plethora of fields. But generally, people at the Media Lab are hired, I guess because they think about application. What is it that is so different when you...so let's just start with that. When you start with a human in mind from the get-go, what is the difference that makes? PATTIE: So I think; indeed, our philosophy is always to be, like I said, application-driven. And what that means is that we take a closer look at the ultimate target users and their place or where they live or work, and how the technology could make a difference there and could change things there. So rather than starting from the technology and trying to maybe optimize some algorithm that does X, we actually work closely with target users. We really study their lives today to understand what the pain points are, what the opportunities are for technologies to make a difference and support them in being more effective, more productive. TROND: But you have experienced both sort of AI summers and winters. Is one of the reasons that AI [laughs] tends to get into trouble that it always is very myopic about the technology focus, or is it a more complicated reason why there are these summers and winters? [laughs] PATTIE: Well, I think that that is indeed a primary problem. So yes, there have been several AI summers and winters. Probably a lot of your listeners are young enough that they don't realize that there was another hype cycle for AI that happened sort of in the '80s and '90s with the emergence of expert systems, so-called expert systems. These were not based on machine learning and neural network techniques but instead were typically based on rule-based systems. But they were very sophisticated. They had typically a lot of knowledge built in about a particular problem like, say, making a certain diagnosis, or doing some planning, or what have you. So the systems in laboratory settings were very impressive and were often outperforming experts at doing some scheduling problem, or planning problem, or diagnosis, or recognition problem. But what happened when they were put into the workplace or when people tried to integrate them into the real world was that they basically encountered all sorts of obstacles. One of the obstacles was that people wouldn't necessarily trust the machine, the expert system. They didn't quite know how to work with it or where to fit it into their workflow. They weren't always able to get explanations for why the machine was making a certain decision. It was very hard to correct the knowledge of the system and give it new information or to update its information if it wasn't correct. So there wasn't really a lot of transparency, a lot of controllability, interpretability. And that ultimately was the downfall of expert systems. And so yeah, at that time, just like now, there were many startups, millions of dollars pumped into all of this. The conferences and exhibits were extremely popular, and all of that died down. And we entered an AI winter where suddenly there was very little interest from the real-world businesses in AI. Now, of course, we are in another summer, in another hype cycle. And I am actually very worried that we are making exactly the same mistakes because most of the AI systems that are being developed are being developed very much not in the context of where they ultimately will be used or not with the collaboration of the people who ultimately will use these tools. And so we will encounter exactly the same problems of trust and transparency, and controllability, and interpretability. So, in my work, I've always been emphasizing a different approach. And I like to not call it artificial intelligence but rather maybe augmented human, or augmented intelligence, or maybe human-centric AI because our approach is one where we start out by studying what people are already doing in a certain work environment, whether that is a manufacturing floor or a doctor in the hospital, and so on. And we actually work together with them or think about how we can support the people that are there to do their work better, to be more effective at their work. And so it's a totally different way of looking at a problem. We try to optimize for the person and the technology together to perform better. We don't try to optimize for the algorithm or the system to become better without thinking about how that system will be integrated into our real lives and real-world scenario. TROND: Well, this is super interesting. I want to go into a couple of examples of things that you have done with your students and otherwise in a second. But first, why have we not learned collectively this lesson? I mean, what is it? I mean, is this something you think is happening across the board with technology? Or is it even just specific to this machine learning AI environment that we...are we so tempted by the potential impact of the use cases that we're just getting carried away into the algorithms'depth and then forget the user? Or why haven't people said this is not good enough? PATTIE: I think that it is actually a broader problem with development of digital technologies. All of the technologies that we use today whether it is maybe AI systems or whether it is social networking services and so on, they mostly have been designed and built by engineers, by teams that just consist of engineers and not people that come from very different backgrounds, for example, more social humanities backgrounds, et cetera. One of the reasons that I was very excited to join the Media Lab as opposed to a computer science department is that it is very interdisciplinary. And we really recognize and try to emphasize that interdisciplinarity is extremely important in innovation, in creating things that ultimately will be successful and will be able to make a positive difference basically and a positive impact. So that means involving not just engineers but also designers, people who can really think about making things fluid, seamless about how it integrates into workflow, and so on. But also people from humanities backgrounds, and social scientists, and so on. So I think it's important to have that broader perspective to make or to create technologies that ultimately are desirable and ultimately really improve our lives. TROND: But, Pattie, take me inside of a week in the Media Lab. Because when you describe it this way, it sounds almost so intuitive and simple that I'm wondering why people need to travel to the Media Lab to learn this. Because if it was just simple to just hire a team with different skills, and it will happen, there surely is some other type of magic ingredient. What does a week look like in your lab? How do you draw out the kind of creative energy...maybe it's helpful if you take Arnav Kapur's AlterEgo, which most people know as just that video that went viral. And they're like, imagining the future of computing with just this device where he's not even speaking, but he's kind of just basically controlling, it would seem, the computer with his jaw. Now, fantastic video; how does something like this come out of your lab? PATTIE: So we are a very open laboratory. So, in addition to attracting creative, entrepreneurial people and really cultivating a very interdisciplinary team, we engage a lot in conversations, in discussions with others, with the outside world, which is actually pretty rare still for people in universities. [laughs] So, for example, we have member companies. We have a consortium of companies that fund the Media Lab, and they, pre-COVID at least, come and visit on a daily basis. Every day we have at least ten different companies visiting to see the work, to engage in discussions, to give us feedback. They don't direct the work, but they can be critical. They can see opportunities for where to take it, and so on. And we engage in a very iterative type of style of work, where we quickly prototype something. Like in the case of AlterEgo, it looked pretty ridiculous the way it was glued together with some cardboard and other things that we could find in the lab. [laughs] But we create these very early prototypes that are very clunky, don't work very well. But those make a certain future more visible. They envision what is possible or make it more concrete. And then we invite a lot of feedback from all of these visitors, from all of these people with different backgrounds. And they see opportunities for oh, maybe I would use it this way. Or maybe it's really exciting in that application domain, or I see this or that problem with the technology. So that's really the technique that we pursue, attract a very diverse team of highly creative entrepreneurial people but from very different backgrounds, and engage in a lot of team innovation, and do very iterative types of design, making prototyping, and then getting feedback from really everyone, not just these companies that come and visit but our own families, and of course, the target users of the technologies that we build. So that's the secret sauce, so to speak, [laughs] or the secret to how Media Lab innovation works. TROND: Take us back maybe to 2012 or something. And in the lab, you have two bright people; one is Rony Kubat, who also had a background from the Computer Science and AI Lab at MIT, but then had already come over to study with you. And then you had Natan Linder, who had industry background and had been already head of a Samsung lab in Israel. Now the two of them show up during their masters, I guess, and then ultimately PhDs but masters, I guess, in this context, and they start developing something. Can you tell me a little bit about those early days, early conversations you had with them about what each of them were doing, and your reflections on to what extent some of the early work they did with you how that transpired into what now, 2014 I believe, turned into Tulip Interfaces? And now, in 2021 went on the Gartner calendar, essentially, as a manufacturing execution system. And more broadly, aspirationally, it's a frontline operations platform that can transform the way that workers are working at the frontlines, augmenting them and really changing manufacturing as we know it today with a kind of a no-code system. So this was like fast forward 2012 to 2021. Where were they back then? What was it that you taught them specifically? What were they working on? And how did you work together? PATTIE: What motivated this work initially was this whole realization, in 2012, that we were living in these two parallel worlds, and it's still very much the case. [laughs] We live in the physical world, and then there's this whole digital world with information about all the things around us in the physical world that we are engaged in and so on, the people we're meeting with, and so on. And we realized that or we were frustrated really that these two types of experiences were not connected. For example, if I pick up a book, I can look at the pages, the beautiful pictures in the book, read the back cover to see what people have to say about it. But ideally, at that moment, I will also have access to the rating on Amazon and what others have said about that book or not because that's extremely relevant at that moment when I'm considering whether that book may be an interesting book for me to read. So we were very interested in creating experiences that are more integrated, where our physical lives are more integrated with the digital information that exists about everything around us and all of our actions and experiences. So we experimented with different types of augmented reality systems to bridge that gap and to make the digital information and services available in the physical world. So that's really where the work that Natan and Rony did and what led to Tulip where that started. They were experimenting with building systems that have an integrated camera and projector so that the machine can see what is happening and can project relevant information onto whatever it is looking at. So that people can get, for example, relevant reviews when they're looking at a product that they want to buy. So we actually developed all sorts of prototypes to illustrate this vision of this integrated augmented reality. For example, at that time, together with Intel, we built up an example of a store that has the two integrated, that has physical products; I believe it was cameras. And then there was a projector system that would recognize what camera you were looking at or picking up, and it would give you additional information about it. So it would point out the features by actually pointing at the different buttons on the camera and what was so special about them, et cetera. We also built an augmented desk for a learning context, for an educational context. And in all of these cases, we worked with partners, for example, for the education context to think about how this augmented reality could be used in the context of schools. We worked with Pearson, who's the leading developer of course books and school books, and so on. We then also worked with Steelcase on how this augmented reality technology could be used on the manufacturing floor. How could it help people in real-time by giving them feedback about what they were doing, maybe giving them real-time instructions projected onto their workspace, or maybe alerting them that something wasn't done right or a step was forgotten, and so on? And that work with Steelcase ultimately and with some other sponsors as well like GSK, for example, which does drug development, all of that led to the spin-off to Tulip being created as a company that can really realize that whole vision of an augmented manufacturing place where you can have real-time information provided. But you can also track the whole manufacturing floor in real-time and have very detailed data, and analytics, and intelligence about which steps may cause more errors or which steps in the process, say, take a lot of time, and so on. So you have this real-time insight also into the manufacturing floor that we've never had before. TROND: It's fascinating that you picked this...that they picked this example and that you are kind of explaining it now. Because I want to give people the right sense of what it takes to produce an innovation that turns into a commercial, true product because I saw a version of the product you were explaining now in 2014, in the fall when I was at the Startup Exchange. And I was one of the first in their then Tulip lab with seven employees. But that demo of something that had a camera and a sensor only this spring turned into what Tulip called their vision product. And it's only now coming to market. So here is arguably some of the brightest people working with you, a very experienced mentor, working from 2012 to a demo in 2014. But then they had to take all kinds of other things to market first, and only now, in 2021, is this coming out. I find that an incredible timeline and path. PATTIE: Yeah, it's surprising to me as well, although I have seen it happen multiple times. We think that technology moves really fast. But then, in practice, for an invention like this to ultimately make a difference in the real world typically takes ten years or more. I have had that experience with other technologies that we've invented in the past. Actually, an earlier technology that we invented in our lab was recommendation systems that recommend a book to you because you also liked these other books or because people who also liked the books that you buy also bought this book that is being recommended to you. We invented that technology in '94 [laughs] when browsers were just available. And we were talking a lot to Media Lab member companies about how exciting this would be and how it would personalize the whole online experience if you could get these recommendations from other people like you. And there was excitement among the member companies, but they were at that time saying, "Well, we're not sure that people are ultimately going to feel comfortable giving their credit cards over the internet to buy something. So it seems very exciting, and it's a great vision, but we don't see this happening." [laughter] That was companies like Blockbuster [laughs] and other companies that now are bankrupt, maybe because they didn't take this seriously enough. [laughs] But so because these larger companies were a little bit skeptical about this whole vision that we were portraying of online commerce and recommendations and so on, we started a company ourselves called Firefly in '94 and ultimately sold it to Microsoft actually in '98. But we were just way too far ahead. We were too early. And most people weren't ready to buy things online. Most companies weren't ready to partner with us. And we actually sold a company in '98 at a time when briefly, everybody thought that internet commerce was dead, was not going to take off. A year later, [laughs] our company would have been ten times as much or worth ten times as much as what we sold it for. So, unfortunately, we sold it at the wrong time when there was a lot of pessimism about...and it's hard to believe that now, [laughs], especially now during COVID, that everybody pretty much buys everything online. But yeah, back then in '98, that was not at all clear. And we were too early, basically. So in my experience, it always takes at least 10 to 15 years, even for a technology that seems ready to be deployed to ultimately make a difference in the real world. TROND: Well, the digitalization of physical infrastructure like you started with is a different thing, though, and even more complicated than the trust to buy something online, which I guess is vaguely related to you have to trust that something abstract is actually going to have a consequence. But Rony and Natan told me that they even basically slept over in factories and studied these workers for days and weeks on end, and I guess Tulip is still studying workers. It's not immediately obvious what is the contribution on the factory floor, is it? I mean, it's not as easy as to say, "We have this fancy digital thing that we're going to give you." But why is it so much more complicated? PATTIE: Yeah, I think it's always complicated. [chuckles] And it is important to really understand the context, the actual context of where some technology is going to have to fit in. I remember very well when Rony and Natan were visiting the factories, and they would come back with amazing stories, to our minds, very primitive ways in which everything [laughs] was being done at that time, still a lot of use of paper records, for example, for collecting information. So it was a big gap that had to be bridged [chuckles] really between the vision that we had of this totally connected manufacturing place with all of this real-time data, real-time instructions and advice, being able to also modify things and edit this whole digital layer or digital support system in real-time by the people on the floor, and the managers, and so on. There was really a big gap from that reality of paper-based systems in a very low-tech context to that vision that we had of this smart manufacturing floor. TROND: And how far are we getting with this, and how quickly will it go now? Would you say that this has been a decade of exploration and a lot of these things have been sorted out? Or would you say some quick wins happened, and then some of the slower things they are just slow? Any kind of technology will take the time it takes to fully understand how you can contribute. I guess I'm asking this in the context of another technology that a lot of people are putting a lot of hope in these days, especially perhaps during COVID, you know, robotics on the manufacturing floor and maybe the merging of AI or machine learning and robotics. How do you see these things? How disruptive will any kind of digital device, or software system, or augmented system that should benefit workers how disruptive can these devices and systems become? And have we hit some sort of momentum, or is this still going to be kind of case-by-case basis, and the hype is just not going to be true in this domain? PATTIE: I think we have to accept that progress necessarily is slow. [laughs] I mean, I think the potential is there. But in my experience, really reaching that potential involves learning a lot of hard lessons along the way, but progress is being made. It's just not as quick as we would like it to be. And I think the same will be true for this vision of smart manufacturing, including the use of robotics, which is even more challenging because you have moving parts, [laughs] which means that things break down quicker and that there are also more safety constraints and so on as well. But yeah, progress will continue to be made. And I think it's very important for companies to engage with all of these new technologies, and to do experiments, and to start integrating some of these new technologies in their workplace, or you end up like the Blockbuster [laughs]example that I gave earlier where they said, "We'll deal with this later or when it becomes more important," and then they were bankrupt. TROND: Well, it strikes me that you're not going to give me timelines because it depends on so many things. But if you look at the future of, I guess, cognitive enhancement more generally or certainly these immersive and sometimes wearable systems that you have been building for 30 years, you have an interesting role because you are, of course, inspiring a lot of hype just because the products you build are so fascinating, and they seem so simple. But you are also combining this with being very careful about the predictions that are surrounding it. So tell me a little bit about what the future holds for these things. I mean, are we to expect more of these fascinating devices coming on market, or are you exploring a lot more of those in your lab right now? PATTIE: Oh yeah. TROND: Where is it at the moment on the experimental stage? PATTIE: There's never a shortage of interesting new ideas for us to work on. I always have way too many or more than I have students to work on them. [laughs] But one area that we are exploring in the lab right now is we want to go beyond systems that help people with providing information. The focus on digital technologies, whether it is laptops, or watches, or smartphones, has been primarily on communication and also the system giving you information. And with the work that we talked about so far today, the focus was on giving them that information integrated into whatever they are doing so that they don't have to try to juggle between the physical and then the digital information that may be relevant to whatever physical stuff somebody is doing. But we're trying now to go beyond systems that give you information and are interested in looking at how digital devices can help people with issues such as attention, motivation, memory, learning, grit even, creativity. We think that given that all of us are now sort of forever after cyborgs, we always have technology with us. We have our smartphones never far [laughs] away from our body. Many of us wear a smartwatch as well. And so we have this opportunity now to use these systems to help people with a lot more than just giving them access to information. The systems increasingly have sensors integrated that can sense what the person is doing, where they are, maybe even what their heart rate is, and whether they are maybe a little bit anxious at the moment or not, or maybe the opposite. Maybe they're too sleepy; they're not engaged. So increasingly, systems will have a better sense like that of the state of a person, the cognitive state of a person, and will help the person with being in the state that they want to be in. For example, we've been building glasses that have built-in sensors for sensing brainwave activity as well as for sensing eye movements. And that pair of glasses it's called the AttentivU project. It can actually give you feedback about your own attention level. Are you being highly attentive right now? Or are you being distracted? Are you fatigued? And so on. And we use that information to help a person to be aware of the fact maybe that a driver of a truck should be taking a break because they're too fatigued, or it can help a person who's listening to a lecture be more attentive because the system can tell them when their attention is waning. So we think that this is an exciting new direction to really go beyond just giving a person information about whatever job they're doing, or whatever they're working on, or are thinking about, or doing, but going beyond that and helping them with those skills that are really important for being successful in life that all of us struggle with, and that all of us keep having to work on. TROND: Fascinating. That's fascinating. I want to ask you what is your goal with all of these activities? Because you are an innovator, but innovators are always motivated. Good innovators are always motivated by something. What is it ultimately that you have been trying to achieve over these years? PATTIE: I really want to help people. [laughs] I did study computer science and artificial intelligence. But my goal is not to create smarter, more capable machines or algorithms. I ultimately want to help people with machines, with AI. I want to enable them to live their best lives and to grow and learn and ultimately become the person that they would like to be. TROND: So you have a very optimistic view on a future that a lot of people are scared about right now. Some people might be scared about AI. They might be scared about what they're seeing around them. How do you maintain this very optimistic vision? Is it because you feel like you have agency? You get clever students come in and work on your ideas. I guess I'm just trying to say that usually, I would ask people what is the best way to stay up to date and kind of model what you're doing? And the obvious thing would be they should try and come and apply and come to your lab. Now, some people will achieve that, not very many, right? It's a small space, so there are limits. PATTIE: [laughs] [crosstalk 43:43] TROND: The other advice would be to pay to get to the Media Lab and become a corporate sponsor; that seems to be another avenue. But do you have any other less obvious ways that people can emanate some of this spirit that I think you...because you're sharing an entire approach to how to understand technology, how to develop technology, but also a vision of what technology should be doing for us. You kind of have a philosophy. You told me a philosophy with a small p about technology. How should people try to learn more about it, engage with that kind of philosophy? PATTIE: Yeah, I do think it is the role of the Media Lab to be optimistic really and to see the potential of emerging technologies in improving people's lives. That is really sort of our unique focus among all university research laboratories. We look at emerging technologies, and we try to be positive thinkers or optimistic thinkers in terms of how those technologies can ultimately empower people to improve their own lives, their communities, and their environment, the natural world around them as well. We try not to be naive, [laughs] in that quest at the same time. And we are very much aware that all of the powerful technologies that we work on can be abused, can be used in very negative ways as well. But I think that that is ultimately not a reason not to engage in these endeavors. Basically, we try to invent the future that we want to live in, [laughs] or that's really what we are working on. And we try to be inclusive in that process by, again, not just involving the students and researchers in the lab but really the target communities like people on a manufacturing floor and how do they want to work with AI, and robotics, and augmented reality, et cetera? So we basically involve the target users, companies that are involved in a particular sector, and so on as well. And so yeah, I think that there are many opportunities really for people to be involved. I would also like to say that, especially now with COVID, all laboratories have become much more open and, for example, lecture series, showcases, virtual open houses, and so on. There are no limits to how many people can attend because it's all [laughs] online anyway these days. So it's actually nice that that has opened up the laboratory more and makes it possible for more people to get involved, to be part of conversations, to listen to talks, see demonstrations, and so on. TROND: That's fascinating. And I think just in closing, you mentioned this acronym that's typically used in psychological studies, the WEIRD acronym, Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic. And it seems to me that that is a very, very specific user group, but it is far from the only one. So maybe in closing, my last question would be, how does one, you know, because others might be developing technology on other continents or other places. How do you avoid this bias of jumping into a lane that other people have created that is this lane? It's maybe demos from Western labs. It's use cases in highly industrialized factories or whatever it is or created for the New York Fifth Avenue consumer market. Those are not the only technologies we should be building. So how do we do it otherwise? PATTIE: Yes, I fully agree. And meanwhile, today, I talked about my work. And my work is indeed mostly focused on the Western developed world and technologies that might be available here. There's a lot of work happening at the Media Lab with other communities, both within the United States, less fortunate communities, maybe than the ones that many of my technologies are designed for. There's a lot of work, for example, with people in Africa on use of different technologies. So we try to...maybe we cannot develop technologies for everyone, [laughs] but we try to be explicit about who some technologies are designed for and not assume that they would generally be usable. And we try to work with the target communities that they are designed for. And definitely, we're not exclusively working with or designing technologies for the Western, richer world. TROND: Well, thank you so much, Pattie. This has been very enlightening. It turns out that advanced technology is complicated and slower, but perhaps more sustainable when it's developed that way. And that's an interesting lesson. Thank you so much. PATTIE: Thank you. It was a pleasure. TROND: You have just listened to Episode 24 of the Augmented Podcast with host Trond Arne Undheim. The topic was Emerging Interfaces for Human Augmentation. And our guest was Pattie Maes, Professor at the MIT Media Lab. In this conversation, we talked about augmenting people instead of using or making smarter machines and enabling people to perform better through fluid, interactive, immersive, and wearable systems that are easy to use, developing new form factors, and much more. My takeaway is that augmenting people is far more complex than developing a technology or even experimenting with form factors. Instead, there's a whole process to exploring what humans are all about, discovering opportunities for augmentation, and tweaking it in dialogue with users. The Media Lab's approach is work intensive, but when new products make it out of there, they tend to extend a human function as opposed to becoming just a new gadget. Thanks for listening. If you liked the show, subscribe at augmentedpodcast.co or in your preferred podcast player, and rate us with five stars. If you liked this episode, you might also like Episode 19: Machine Learning in Manufacturing, Episode 7: Work of the Future, or Episode 13: Get Manufacturing Superpowers. Augmented — industrial conversations. Special Guest: Pattie Maes.

I vårt moderna samhälle har döden alltmer flyttat in på sjukhuset, bort från de anhöriga. Döden har blivit "övermedikaliserad" menar forskare i en ny rapport. Hur kan vår sista tid bli en värdefull del av livet? Programmet är en repris från 31 maj 2022.Något har gått fel med hur vi dör och hur vi hanterar andras död i vårt moderna samhälle, enligt ledande forskare i en rapport från en kommission kopplad till tidskriften the Lancet. Och de som arbetar med vår sista tid i livet menar själva att yrkesmänniskorna har fått en alltför stor roll. Vi anhöriga och vår kärlek till den döende kan sägas ha fastnat i väntrummet, samtidigt som stora resurser går åt till avancerad vård som inte kan rädda patienten. Hur kan då den sista tiden i livet bli bättre för den som ska dö, för de anhöriga, och för samhället? - Det är viktigt att den sista delen av livet är just en del av livet! Många i samhället förknippar palliativ vård med döden, och tänker att inget finns att göra. Det är tvärtemot hur vi i den palliativa vården tänker och gör, där vi vill möjliggöra ett liv så länge som möjligt, säger Joakim Öhlén, expert på palliativ vård, alltså vård i livets slutskede.- Vi i Sverige har en attityd av OM vi dör som skapar en distans till döden, och ger en illusion av att det är vi som har kontroll över liv och död, säger Sara Möller, verksamhetschef på Bräcke hospice i Göteborg.Medverkande: Joakim Öhlén, professor i omvårdnad vid Sahlgrenska akademin, sjuksköterska på palliativt centrum på Sahlgrenska universitetssjukhuset och föreståndare för centrum för personcentrerad vård vid Göteborgs universitet; Libby Sallnow, forskare University college London Hospitals och Vrije Universiteit i Belgien, och medförfattare till Lancetkommissionens rapport On the value of death: bringing death back into life; Heather Richardson, St Christophers Hospice, London; Sara Möller, verksamhetschef på Bräcke hospice i Göteborg.Reporter: Sara Heyman, korrespondent för global hälsa sara.heyman@sr.seProducent: Björn Gunér bjorn.guner@sr.se

Wat als we vanaf morgen voor alles de echte prijs gaan betalen, inclusief verborgen maatschappelijke kosten? En kan 'true pricing' een uitweg bieden uit de stikstofcrisis? Daarover gaat Annette in gesprek met: - Michel Scholte, oprichter en directeur van True Price en van het Impact Institute - Wouter Botzen, hoogleraar economie van klimaatverandering aan de Vrije Universiteit en Universiteit Utrecht en lid van het Sustainable Finance Lab.    Over dit programma Wat als economen het voor het zeggen krijgen? In De Nieuwe Wereld praat Annette van Soest met economen, bedrijfskundigen en andere experts op zoek naar antwoorden op maatschappelijke uitdagingen van deze tijd.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

                                  Ambassador André Haspels talks about why you should "Savor unique experiences"; the benefits of "Being modest" why you should "Make others look good" and more. Hosted by Siebe Van Der Zee About André Haspels André Haspels is the ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United States based in Washington, D.C.. Haspels grew up in Uithoorn in the province of Noord-Holland. His father was a flower trader who imported flowers from all over the word, including ferns from Florida. Since he was a young boy, Haspels has always seen flowers, and that's how he learned about agriculture and trade. Haspels studied politics at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. In 1987, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he served in many capacities. In 1997, he became head of the Political Department at the embassy in South Africa (Pretoria), where he was involved in the cooperation between the two nations, among others in the setup of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He later served as ambassador in Vietnam and South Africa and most recently as director general of political affairs in the Hague. Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1987 and followed its diplomatic service training program. Held the following posts: 1988 – 1990     Policy officer, Political and Economic Affairs Section at the embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Writing political reports, maintaining contacts, focus on economy and trade. 1990 – 1992     Press secretary to Minister for European Affairs Piet Dankert, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague 1992 – 1994     Seconded National Expert (SNE) at the European Commission in Brussels, DG 23 (business policy/SMEs). Preparing and implementing partnership programmes for European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) focused on cooperation within the EU and with SMEs in non-member states (e.g. EuroMed partnership). 1994 – 1996     Secondment to the office of the Committee on International Policy/European Affairs at the House of Representatives. Responsible for setting up a monitoring system for new Committee proposals and promoting knowledge and understanding within the Permanent Committee on EU Affairs. 1997 – 2000     Head of the Political Affairs Section at the embassy in Pretoria, South Africa. Responsible for drawing up political reports, maintaining networks and coordinating political partnership programmes (e.g. democratisation projects, Truth and Reconciliation Commission).        2000 – 2005     Head of the External Affairs Division of the European Integration Department (DIE), Ministry of Foreign Affairs. EU external relations (enlargement, association agreements, European development cooperation). Also involved in 2004 Dutch EU Presidency in an implementing role (preparing events, including a ministerial meeting). 2005 – 2008     Ambassador in Hanoi, Vietnam. Bilateral ties between Vietnam and the Netherlands, and embassy management. 2008 – 2009     Director of the Sub‑Saharan Africa Department. Bilateral Africa policy (on politics, security, development cooperation and economic affairs), setting the department's course. 2009 – 2011     Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation (Plv-DGIS). Setting the Directorate-General's course, policy adviser to the Minister for Development Cooperation, deputy member of the Ministry's Senior Management Board. Jointly responsible for staff-related and financial matters within the Directorate-General. 2011 – 2014     Ambassador in Pretoria, South Africa. Bilateral ties between South Africa and the Netherlands (also accredited to Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho and Botswana). 2014 – 2016     Deputy Director-General for Political Affairs (Plv-DGPZ), helping set the Directorate-General's course, policy adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, deputy member of the Ministry's Senior Management Board. 2016-2019  Director-General for Political Affairs (DGPZ), setting the Directorate-General's course, policy adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, member of the Ministry's Senior Management Board. 2019-present   Ambassador in the United States of America. Bilateral ties between the United States and the Netherlands.   Episode Notes Set achievable goals 07:56 Be modest 10:57 Make others look good ("make them shine") 13:48 Give people trust and space 15:31 Be accountable to yourself and to others 19:11 The circle of close family is highly important 23:34 “Never stop learning” 27:39 Try to enjoy 30:53 Savor unique experiences 35:11 Know yourself 40:23

Dr. David P. Gushee (PhD, Union Theological Seminary, New York) is an ethicist, pastor, author, and advocate. He is the Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University, and Chair of Christian Social Ethics at Vrije Universiteit (“Free University”) Amsterdam, and Senior Research Fellow, International Baptist Theological Study Centre. Gushee is the elected Past-President of both the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Christian Ethics, signaling his role as one of America's leading Christian ethicists. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of more than 25 books and over 175 academic book chapters, journal articles, and reviews. His most recognized works include Introducing Christian Ethics, Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust, Kingdom Ethics, and The Sacredness of Human Life. With his Changing Our Mind (more than 25,000 sold) and After Evangelicalism, he charts a theological and ethical course for post-evangelical Christians, a course he more personally relates in memoir, Still Christian. Altogether his books have sold over 100,000 copies and been translated into a dozen languages. Over a full 29-year career, he’s been a devoted teacher and mentor as Professor Gushee to college students, seminarians, and PhD students. He’s also led activist efforts on climate, torture, and LGBTQ inclusion, and continues to be a keynote speaker at churches, forums, and universities. For the general media, Gushee has written hundreds of opinion pieces and given interviews to scores of major outlets and podcasts. David and his beloved wife Jeanie live in Atlanta. He is a classic novel reader, world traveler, and tennis player, and awaits a call from his beloved Atlanta Braves to resume the baseball career he abandoned in college. Follow Drew Hart on Instagram and Twitter @druhart. Follow Jarrod McKenna on Instagram and Twitter @jarrodmckenna. Discover our global community on Twitter and Instagram @inversepodcast. Become a Patron of Inverse at https://www.patreon.com/InVerse Inverse Po

Je zult een sterke maag nodig hebben als je je momenteel op de financiële markten begeeft, want het doet overal zeer. Maar, waar komt die recessieangst door? Volgens hoogleraar Overheidsfinanciën en Economisch Beleid Bas Jacobs van de Vrije Universiteit komt dat door meerdere factoren. 'We zien de rentes sterk oplopen en dat heeft wel degelijk iets te maken met de zeer hoge inflatie', betoogt hij. 'Gisteren stond de aandelenmarkt bij Standard & Poors op -4 procent. De AEX op -3 procent en ook markten in Azië gingen onderuit. Techaandelen kregen grote klappen door de rentevrees en dat komt toch allemaal omdat de inflatie langer aanhoudt en hoger uitvalt dan markten in de VS bijvoorbeeld verwachtten.' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I vårt moderna samhälle har döden alltmer flyttat in på sjukhuset, bort från de anhöriga. Döden har blivit "övermedikaliserad" menar forskare i en ny rapport. Hur kan vår sista tid bli en värdefull del av livet? Något har gått fel med hur vi dör och hur vi hanterar andras död i vårt moderna samhälle, enligt ledande forskare i en rapport från en kommission kopplad till tidskriften the Lancet. Och de som arbetar med vår sista tid i livet menar själva att yrkesmänniskorna har fått en alltför stor roll. Vi anhöriga och vår kärlek till den döende kan sägas ha fastnat i väntrummet, samtidigt som stora resurser går åt till avancerad vård som inte kan rädda patienten. Hur kan då den sista tiden i livet bli bättre för den som ska dö, för de anhöriga, och för samhället? - Det är viktigt att den sista delen av livet är just en del av livet! Många i samhället förknippar palliativ vård med döden, och tänker att inget finns att göra. Det är tvärtemot hur vi i den palliativa vården tänker och gör, där vi vill möjliggöra ett liv så länge som möjligt, säger Joakim Öhlén, expert på palliativ vård, alltså vård i livets slutskede.- Vi i Sverige har en attityd av OM vi dör som skapar en distans till döden, och ger en illusion av att det är vi som har kontroll över liv och död, säger Sara Möller, verksamhetschef på Bräcke hospice i Göteborg.Medverkande: Joakim Öhlén, professor i omvårdnad vid Sahlgrenska akademin, sjuksköterska på palliativt centrum på Sahlgrenska universitetssjukhuset och föreståndare för centrum för personcentrerad vård vid Göteborgs universitet; Libby Sallnow, forskare University college London Hospitals och Vrije Universiteit i Belgien, och medförfattare till Lancetkommissionens rapport On the value of death: bringing death back into life; Heather Richardson, St Christophers Hospice, London; Sara Möller, verksamhetschef på Bräcke hospice i Göteborg.Reporter: Sara Heyman, korrespondent för global hälsa sara.heyman@sr.seProducent: Björn Gunér bjorn.guner@sr.se

Het is misschien wel een van de laatste grote morele debatten van deze tijd: het abortusdebat. De scheidslijn loopt daarbij ogenschijnlijk tussen gelovigen (veelal pro-life, dus tegen abortus) en niet-gelovigen (vaak pro-choice, dus voor het toestaan van abortus). Hoe komt het dat gelovigen over het algemeen zo principieel tegen abortus zijn? Is dat altijd al zo geweest? En wat is nou een verstandige, ethische manier om naar abortus te kijken? 
  Het onderwerp staat weer bovenaan de agenda nu in Amerika de landelijke abortuswetgeving teruggedraaid lijkt te gaan worden. Wat betekent dat? En komt abortus in Europa ook steeds meer onder druk te staan?  David Boogerd en vaste gast Stefan Paas gaan daarover in gesprek met feministisch theoloog Heleen Zorgdrager. In tegenstelling tot veel andere christenen voelt zij juíst affiniteit met de pro-choice beweging. Maar hoe rijmt ze dat met de christelijke traditie die vooral kritisch is op abortus? Heleen Zorgdrager is hoogleraar Systematische Theologie met bijzondere aandacht voor genderstudies aan de Protestantse Theologische Universiteit in Amsterdam en is verbonden aan de Oekraïense Katholieke Universiteit in Lviv. Stefan Paas is hoogleraar aan de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam en de Theologische Universiteit Kampen

Friends, we have a new website! Please visit www.abty.co.uk to connect with us at a heart level and see whether our heartwork may serve you better. On episode 176 I am joined by Alina Grenier-Arellano, founder of Alegoria Game. Alina began her journey into social innovation with her studies of international development and economics at McGill University. She there discovered the potential for social entrepreneurship to solve the world's most urgent issues and pursued her Master's of Science in Entrepreneurship at the University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit to research collaborative creation. Alina specialises on identifying, promoting, and implementing the necessary conditions and culture that make people shine through, thrive and create together for the greater good. Since then, Alina founded Alegoria Game, the trilingual board game for connection and belonging, published her research on Maker Ventures twice, and led international Open Source Pharma collaborative initiatives. Alina co-founded Alegoria Game to support groups suffering from social stress and disconnect among groups in the mission towards a world where connection isn't so scary and each person can feel like they can belong and thrive. In this episode you will hear: 01:30 social entrepreneurship and collaborative creation 03:00 helping people become unburdened and connection no longer scary 04:00 why people find connection scary 07:00 the courage to be seen, heard and understood 09:30 adopting a totally different mind frame in the workplace 13:30 the Alegoria game 19:00 the ripple effect of team connection 24:00 invention is a by product of collaboration 26:00 a safe space without judgment 27:00 willingness comes from a regulated nervous system 28:45 Alina asks Ryan a question from the Alegoria game 31:00 it's us who makes sense and meaning of things 33:00 a new dawn, a new day I hope this interview inspires your leadership and the connections you create. Please do subscribe, leave a little review and share it with someone you wish to inspire too. Always love Ryan Connect with Alina Website: https://www.alegoriagame.com/ IG: https://instagram.com/alegoriagame Connect with Always Better than Yesterday Come to our 5 Year Celebration Event! You can buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/abty-community-celebration-tickets-269908863677 Website: www.abty.co.uk Instagram: www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@abty_uk LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/abty Discord: https://discord.gg/Apm3Ja465j Facebook Community: www.facebook.com/groups/weareABTY Thank you to our friends at Elevate OM, proud supporters of the Always Better than Yesterday Interview Sessions. Head to www.elevateom.com for Online Marketing & Web Design services that are affordable, bespoke & awesome. Please email your questions and comments to podcast@abty.co.uk

Mariette Hamer moet als onafhankelijk regeringscommissaris seksueel grensoverschrijdend gedrag en seksueel geweld een cultuurverandering teweegbrengen en grensoverschrijdend gedrag aanpakken. Hoe wil ze dat gaan doen? Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de Macht op de werkvloer - Marjan Olfers, hoogleraar sport & recht aan de Vrije Universiteit en co-auteur van het rapport Ongelijke Leggers over grensoverschrijdend gedrag in de turnwereld - Kaouthar Darmoni, genderwetenschapper en directeur van Atria, kennisinstituut voor emancipatie en vrouwengeschiedenis - Jeroen Smit, journalist gespecialiseerd in macht en auteur van de boeken De Prooi en Het drama Ahold - Math de Vaan, communicatie- en organisatieadviseur en auteur van het boek Machiavelli op de Werkvloer - Mariëtte Hamer, onafhankelijk regeringscommissaris grensoverschrijdend gedrag See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hoe kom je op voor je eigen belangen binnen een grote organisatie als je niet de hoogste baas bent? Te gast is Math de Vaan, communicatie- en organisatieadviseur bij Van de Bunt Adviseurs en auteur van het boek Machiavelli op de Werkvloer. Luister om 10:00 LIVE naar BNR's Big Five Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de Macht op de werkvloer - Marjan Olfers, hoogleraar sport & recht aan de Vrije Universiteit en co-auteur van het rapport Ongelijke Leggers over grensoverschrijdend gedrag in de turnwereld - Kaouthar Darmoni, genderwetenschapper en directeur van Atria, kennisinstituut voor emancipatie en vrouwengeschiedenis - Jeroen Smit, journalist gespecialiseerd in macht en auteur van de boeken De Prooi en Het drama Ahold - Math de Vaan, communicatie- en organisatieadviseur en auteur van het boek Machiavelli op de Werkvloer - Mariëtte Hamer, onafhankelijk regeringscommissaris grensoverschrijdend gedrag See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Machtspelletjes op de werkvloer: ze zijn van alle tijden. Jeroen Smit volgt al dertig jaar bestuurders uit de top van het bedrijfsleven en schreef er drie boeken over. Ziet hij de machtsverhoudingen veranderen? Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de Macht op de werkvloer - Marjan Olfers, hoogleraar sport & recht aan de Vrije Universiteit en co-auteur van het rapport Ongelijke Leggers over grensoverschrijdend gedrag in de turnwereld - Kaouthar Darmoni, genderwetenschapper en directeur van Atria, kennisinstituut voor emancipatie en vrouwengeschiedenis - Jeroen Smit, journalist gespecialiseerd in macht en auteur van de boeken De Prooi en Het drama Ahold - Math de Vaan, communicatie- en organisatieadviseur en auteur van het boek Machiavelli op de Werkvloer - Mariëtte Hamer, onafhankelijk regeringscommissaris grensoverschrijdend gedrag   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Met: mr. dr. Kenneth M. Manusama, universitair docent Vrije Universiteit, volkenrechtjurist & Amerika-deskundige gespecialiseerd in het Amerikaanse constitutionele recht. In deze aflevering praat Bob met Kenneth Manusama over de werkwijze van het Supreme Court in de VS. Hoe worden de rechters gekozen? Wat is de huidige verdeling in rechters? Wat betekent een Hof met een conservatieve ‘supermeerderheid'...

‘Laten we stoppen met mannen bashen. Zonder hen lossen we de emancipatieproblemen niet op.' Dat zegt Kaouthar Darmoni, genderwetenschapper en directeur van Atria, kennisinstituut voor emancipatie en vrouwengeschiedenis. We spreken haar in BNR's Big Five van Macht op de Werkvloer. Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de Macht op de werkvloer - Marjan Olfers, hoogleraar sport & recht aan de Vrije Universiteit en co-auteur van het rapport Ongelijke Leggers over grensoverschrijdend gedrag in de turnwereld - Kaouthar Darmoni, genderwetenschapper en directeur van Atria, kennisinstituut voor emancipatie en vrouwengeschiedenis - Jeroen Smit, journalist gespecialiseerd in macht en auteur van de boeken De Prooi en Het drama Ahold - Math de Vaan, communicatie- en organisatieadviseur en auteur van het boek Machiavelli op de Werkvloer - Mariëtte Hamer, onafhankelijk regeringscommissaris grensoverschrijdend gedrag   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Het regent berichten van grensoverschrijdend gedrag uit verschillende organisaties. Zitten we middenin een cultuuromslag? We praten erover met Marjan Olfers, hoogleraar Sport & Recht aan de Vrije Universiteit, in de Big Five van de Macht op de Werkvloer. Luister om 10:00 LIVE naar BNR's Big Five Gasten in BNR's Big Five van de Macht op de werkvloer - Marjan Olfers, hoogleraar sport & recht aan de Vrije Universiteit en co-auteur van het rapport Ongelijke Leggers over grensoverschrijdend gedrag in de turnwereld - Kaouthar Darmoni, genderwetenschapper en directeur van Atria, kennisinstituut voor emancipatie en vrouwengeschiedenis - Jeroen Smit, journalist gespecialiseerd in macht en auteur van de boeken De Prooi en Het drama Ahold - Math de Vaan, communicatie- en organisatieadviseur en auteur van het boek Machiavelli op de Werkvloer - Mariëtte Hamer, onafhankelijk regeringscommissaris grensoverschrijdend gedrag See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

'De dood. Praat erover, niet eroverheen'. Dat is de slogan van de nieuwe SIRE-campagne die mensen oproept het gesprek aan te gaan over de dood. Dat gesprek vindt in deze podcast plaats met Theoloog des Vaderlands Thomas Quartier. Als hoogleraar rituele studies doet hij al jarenlang onderzoek naar de dood. Hij ziet de omgang met de dood seculariseren, al zegt hij ook maar weinig atheïsten te zien aan de rand van het graf: 'Mensen houden hoop dat er iets is, al kunnen ze dat niet verwoorden'. De dood is voor Quartier zelf in ieder geval geen ver-van-je-bed-show, als Benedictijnse monnik moet hij elke dag de dood voor ogen houden. Wat doet het met een mens? Wordt de dood dan minder eng?  David Boogerd gaat in deze Stille Week voor Pasen in gesprek met Thomas Quartier van de Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen en vaste gast theoloog Stefan Paas van de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam en de Protestantse Theologische Universiteit Kampen over de dood, rituelen en... opstanding.

Dr. Werner Vogels is Chief Technology Officer at Amazon.com where he is responsible for driving the company's customer-centric technology vision.As one of the forces behind Amazon's approach to cloud computing, he is passionate about helping young businesses reach global scale, and transforming enterprises into fast-moving digital organizations.Vogels joined Amazon in 2004 from Cornell University where he was a distributed systems researcher. He has held technology leadership positions in companies that handle the transition of academic technology into industry. Vogels holds a PhD from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and has authored many articles on distributed systems technologies for enterprise computing.Twitter: https://twitter.com/WernerLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wernervogels/Blog: https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/AWS: https://aws.amazon.com

Evelyn Vlasman is als opstandige puber geliefd bij klasgenoten en gevreesd bij leraren. Dan besluit haar vader zich bij de leraren te scharen.Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 108: Today's episode is a conversation with Henk van den Belt. Dr. van den Belt is professor of Systematic Theology at the Faculty of Religion and Theology and Director of the Herman Bavinck Center for Reformed and Evangelical Theology at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Enjoy! Ask a question: rts.edu/washington/podcast About RTS Washington: rts.edu/washington

Those of us in the deconstruction community have been accused of many things over the last few years by individuals and institutions in the evangelical establishment. We've been accused of deconstructing our faith because we want to sin more, or that we have a rebellious nature, or we just want to have sex with anything and anyone, or that we've been corrupted by a liberal agenda. None of these claims are true. In fact, from all the countless conversations we've had with fellow deconstructionists over the years, most of us left evangelicalism because evangelicalism left Jesus. This movement is toxic, harmful, and frankly it needs to die. In this episode, Dr. David Gushee of Mercer University describes his own journey out of evangelicalism and provides language for the myriad of faithful reasons to leave this toxic movement behind. From Trumpism, white supremacy, LGBTQIA+ exclusion, and biblical literalism, Gushee gives language for why millions of us have left the church building. Plus, he provides not only one of the most succinct and beautiful apologetics for full LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the church, but he also provides a "biblical" justification for same sex marriage. BioRev. Dr. David P. Gushee (PhD, Union Theological Seminary, New York) is Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics, Mercer University, Chair in Christian Social Ethics, Vrije Universiteit, and Senior Research Fellow, International Baptist Theological Study Centre.Dr. Gushee is the elected Past-President of both the American Academy of Religion and Society of Christian Ethics, signaling his role as one of the world's leading Christian ethicists. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of 25 books and approximately 175 book chapters, journal articles, and reviews. His most recognized works include Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust, Kingdom Ethics, The Sacredness of Human Life, and Changing Our Mind. His book, After Evangelicalism, charts a theological and ethical course for post-evangelical Christians, a course he more personally relates in his memoir, Still Christian.Over a full 28-year career, he's been a devoted teacher and mentor as Professor Gushee to college students, seminarians, and PhD students. He's also led significant activist efforts on climate, torture, and LGBTQ inclusion, and is a keynote speaker at churches, forums, and universities.Quotables“One of the reasons why I have left evangelicalism is that I believe that at least U.S. white evangelicalism has jumped the tracks in terms of being a faithful path for following Jesus…Something has gone pretty wrong with this branch of the Christian community.”“Evangelicalism has some problems, and the LGBTQIA+ issue was only one of the problems.”“U.S. white evangelicalism has become toxic and I don't belong in that community.”“America is a white Anglo-Saxon protestant nation. Everyone else is here by sufferance.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt“The idea that this country belongs to white Christian people, notable of course white Christian men, white straight Christian men, is the founding power structure of our country.” “Trump embodies disgust that someone like Barack Obama could become President of the United States.”“Trump has embodied and advanced a reactionary narrative, but what could not have been anticipated was that 85% of white evangelicals went over the cliff with him.”“Once Trump solidified his grip on the heart of the people, it has been unbreakable.”“Trump has been both unveiled problems that were already there, and made them immeasurably worse.”“Europeans began to think of themselves as not only as Christian, not only as superior, but as white. And spreading all over the world to colonize, Christianize, and enslave all over the world without any problem.”“Evangelicalism and structured racism grew up together in America, and they intertwined to where you can't tell where one leaves off and one begins.”“White supremacism has not been repented and continues to resurface.”“We don't want our kids to go to school with black people.”“All of this is pretty obviously adrift away from the Jesus we meet in the Gospels. Jesus is not the problem.”“The reason why there is inclusion of LGBTQIA+ individuals is that we are following the radical inclusion of Christ.”Please follow us on social media (use the buttons below) and help us get the word out! (Also, please don't hesitate to use any of these channels or email to contact us with any questions, concerns, or feedback.)If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and a review

Rusland voert in Oekraïne een oorlog tegen Westerse goddeloosheid, volgens het hoofd van de Russisch-Orthodoxe kerk, patriarch Kirill. Hij en Poetin lijken twee handen op één buik. Waar komt die kerkelijke gezagsgetrouwheid vandaan? Hoort de kerk dat gewelddadige gezag niet tegen te spreken? Te gast is Katya Tolstoj, theologe en hoogleraar aan de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.

What is God actually redeeming in us? What does it mean to be human? What is our mission in the world? Christians should seek the answers to these big questions. But we may lack the theological tools to answer. Our vision of the purpose of God and of us humans can be myopic because we haven't steeped our minds in the truths about humanity found in the first chapter of Genesis, where it is revealed that we are created in the image of God.  Dr. J. Richard Middleton (Ph.D. Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam) is the author of The Liberating Image: The Imago Dei in Genesis 1 (from Brazos Press, 2005). He is Professor of Biblical Worldview and Exegesis at Northeastern Seminary. He also serves as adjunct Professor of Theology at Roberts Wesleyan College and adjunct Professor of Old Testament at the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology in Kingston, Jamaica. Check the show notes for links to all his books and a way to get 20% off if you mention Reintegrate His most recent book is titled Abraham's Silence: The Binding of Isaac, the Suffering of Job, and How to Talk Back to God (Baker Academic, 2021). Previous books include A New Heaven and a New Earth: Reclaiming Biblical Eschatology (Baker Academic, 2014). He is also the co-author (with Brian Walsh) of The Transforming Vision: Shaping a Christian Worldview (IVP Academic, 1984) and Truth is Stranger Than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age (IVP Academic/SPCK, 1995). Purchase Dr. Middleton's books from independent Christian booksellers Byron and Beth Borger at Hearts & Minds Bookstore. You can order online through their secure server or call 717-246-333. Mention that you heard about these books on the Reintegrate Podcast and get 20% off!  >> Thanks for listening! Your hosts are Brendan Romigh and Dr. Bob Robinson, the Executive Director of Reintegrate. Go to re-integrate.org for the latest articles on reintegrating your callings with God's mission and online resources for further learning. There is a Bible study book that you can use in your small group or individual devotions: Reintegrate Your Vocation with God's Mission. On Reintegrate's podcast page, you'll find more episodes and ways to email us to comment on this podcast.

Oekraïne: praten en schieten tegelijk Morgen zullen de Oekraïense minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Koeleba en zijn Russische ambtgenoot Lavrov elkaar ontmoeten in het Turkse Antalya. Maar tijdens het praten woedt de oorlog in Oekraïne in alle hevigheid door. Hoe liggen de kaarten en hoe bepaalt de situatie op het slagveld de ontmoeting in Turkije? We vragen het VRT-journalist en defensiedeskundige Jens Franssen. Voor vaderland en kerk In het Rusland van Poetin is de orthodoxe kerk onmiskenbaar onderdeel van de nationale identiteit. Religieus conservatisme en vaderlandsliefde gaan hand in hand. Het is het resultaat van een slimme politiek van het Kremlin. Daarom mag het niet als een verrassing komen dat het hoofd van de kerk zich achter de Russische invasie in Oekraïne schaart. Maar er klinkt ook verzet binnen de Oosters- Christelijke kerkgemeenschap. Te gast: Katya Tolstoj, hoogleraar en directeur van het instituut Oosters Christendom aan de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Buitenland Uitgelicht Breaking News in Australië. Down Under heeft te maken met 'de ergste watersnood ooit' in het land. Hierover journalist Nina van Hattum.

Tijdens de landelijke actiedag voor Oekraïne zamelen radio- en tv-zenders zamelen geld in voor Giro555 en het geld dat daarop binnenkomt, gaat naar de slachtoffers van de oorlog in Oekraïne. Ons Breekijzer vandaag: Ik geef ruim aan Giro555. In ons panel: - Joris Hetterscheid, voorzitter van de Jonge Democraten; - Emma Mouthaan, van de SkereStudent.com. Ook te gast: - Theo Schuyt, hoogleraar filantropie van de Vrije Universiteit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In één week oorlog kan net zoveel veranderen als in 50 jaar vredestijd. Ingrijpende veranderingen, die ons anders laten kijken naar onze samenleving, onze waarden én onze religie. Vaste gasten Beatrice de Graaf en Stefan Paas kijken weer met een scherpe historische en theologische bril naar alle duizelingwekkende ontwikkelingen die nu plaatsvinden. Beatrice duidt in hoeverre de oorlog van Poetin nu echt een religieuze oorlog is. Is dit zo'n oorlog waarvan mensen na afloop zullen zeggen: zie je wel wat voor ellende religie aanricht? En Stefan pleit voor 'het nieuwe normaal' waarbij we ons opnieuw moeten leren verhouden tot het kwaad. Maar hoe doe je dat op een zinvolle manier? Rusland heeft een krachtige maar vernietigende mythe waarmee ze de oorlog in gaan, wat kunnen wij daar in het Westen tegenover zetten?  Journalist David Boogerd gaat daarover in gesprek met historicus Beatrice de Graaf van de Universiteit Utrecht en theoloog Stefan Paas van de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam en de Theologische Universiteit Kampen.

Alle ogen van de wereld zijn nu gericht op het conflict tussen Rusland en Oekraïne. Met de invasie van de Russen op Oekraïens grondgebeid is een oorlog lang niet zo dichtbij geweest In deze podcast kijken wij naar het verhaal áchter dit conflict. Specifiek het historische en religieuze verhaal, want dat is cruciaal. Religie is een van de redenen waarom Kiev en Oekraïne zo belangrijk zijn voor Poetin. En over Poetin gesproken, is hij zelf eigenlijk religieus? Wat is de rol van de Russisch-Orthodoxe kerk in dit conflict? Zitten ze op schoot bij Poetin of zijn ze ook een kritische tegenstem? En hoe zijn Rusland en het Westen - als grotendeels christelijke gebieden - zo tegenover elkaar komen te staan?  Kortom: we verdiepen ons in de fascinerende (religieuze) geschiedenis van Rusland.  David Boogerd gaat in gesprek met met Ruslandkenner, journalist en historicus Hubert Smeets. Hij was jarenlang correspondent voor NRC in Moskou en is betrokken bij het kennisplatform Raam op Rusland. Ook te gast is hoogleraar Katya Tolstaya van de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Zij doet onderzoek naar religie in voormalige Sovjetlanden en is zelf ook van Russische komaf. Wie trouwens ook professor is aan de VU, is vaste gast theoloog Stefan Paas. Uiteraard is hij ook van de partij!

Our guest in this episode is George Harinck, professor of the history of neo-Calvinism at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Theological University Kampen/Utrecht. This is his inaugural adres at the Vrije Universiteit,  Waar komt het VU kabinet vandaan? (2008) George Harinck, Marinus de Jong and Richard Mouw (eds.), The Klaas Schilder Reader: The Essential Theological Writings (2022) Russel Shorto, Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City (2014) Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism (1898) Gert van Klinken, Actieve burgers: Nederlanders en hun politieke partijen 1870-1918 (2003) Tom Holland, Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind (2019) Johan H. Bavinck (1895-1964), Persoonlijkheid en wereldbeschouwing (1924) The English translation, Personality and Worldview is forthcoming. Gerrit C. Berkouwer (1903-1996). His Studies in Dogmatics were published with Eerdmans from 1952 - 1976. Jeroen Koch, Abraham Kuyper: een biografie (2006) Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer (1801-1876), historian and anti-revolutionary politician. His Unbelief and Revolution was translated in 2018.

Zoran Nechev heads the Center for EU integration at the Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” Skopje, a Macedonian think tank organisation devoted to research and capacity-building in matters related to EU in general, and the enlargement process more specifically. He is an IWM Europe's Futures fellow, a member of the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group, a PhD candidate at Vrije Universiteit's Institute for European Studies and an associate fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations.Boiling down the definition of strategic autonomy to the EU's 'freedom to act, and the freedom from overdependence' - Nechev and Vejvoda use this podcast to explore the necessity for, logistics of and limits on European autonomy. As various crises have rocked the foundations of the EU, shifts in the geopolitical status quo have raised questions about the potency of NATO and the process of EU enlargement has proceeded in fits and starts; they look to the future and ask what EU security policy might look like a decade from now.Find Zoran Nechev on twitter @zorannechevIvan Vejvoda  is Head of the Europe's Futures program at IWM where, in cooperation with leading European organisations and think tanks IWM and ERSTE Foundation have joined forces to tackle some of the most crucial topics: nexus of borders and migration, deterioration in rule of law and democracy and European Union's enlargement prospects.The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) is an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities and social sciences. Since its foundation in 1982, it has promoted intellectual exchange between East and West, between academia and society, and between a variety of disciplines and schools of thought. In this way, the IWM has become a vibrant center of intellectual life in Vienna.The IWM is a community of scholars pursuing advanced research in the humanities and social sciences. For nearly four decades, the Institute has promoted intellectual exchange across disciplines, between academia and society, and among regions of the world. It hosts more than a hundred fellows each year, organizes public exchanges, and publishes books, articles, and digital fora. you can find IWM's website at:https://www.iwm.at/