Video Archive
Watch this page for postings of Studium Generale event recordings. Click on the link next to the still frame video slide to begin viewing the recording via weblectures.wur.nl. Some links only work in Google Chrome.
I am looking for an extra challenge outside of the usual scientific niche in which I find myself. In particular, the interdisciplinarity and the possibility of reflection on personal, scientific and social issues appeal to me.
An Introduction into Ethnobotany
Prof. dr. Tinde van Andel (Wageningen University & Research, Leiden University, Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
14 January 2020
Effective Sleep - Sleep Hacking
Dr. M. Dresler (Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging)
8 October 2019
Technology in Our Nature: The Human Condition as Earthly Condition
Prof Dr. E. Huijbens
25 September 2019
Drs. Lien Faelens (Ghent University, Belgium)
18 June 2019
Under Pressure - Attention Shortage? (Studium Generale Open Mind Lab)
Prof. dr. Cor van der Weele
11 June 2019
Under Pressure - Stress to be the best (Studium Generale Open Mind Lab)
Prof. dr. Michael Ungar (Dalhousie University, Canada)
6 June 2019
Dr. Michiel van der Meulen (Geological Survey of the Netherlands, TNO)
27 May 2019
Sand Scarcity - In Search of Solutions
Prof. dr. Pascal Peduzzi (UNEP/GRID Genève (United Nations Environment Programme) and University of Genève)
23 May 2019
Trade-Offs in Sustainability Transitions
Prof. dr. Katrina Brown (University of Exeter)
12 February 2019
Dr. Jeff Handmaker (Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University)
5 February 2019
The Force of Common Sense: Responsibility without expert witnesses
Prof. dr. Jan Bransen (Radboud University Nijmegen)
4 December 2018
The Force of Common Sense: Waking up without Science
Prof. dr. Jan Bransen (Radboud University Nijmegen)
20 November 2018
Money, Trust and Control: The Future of Money
Simon Lelieveldt
(payment system expert)
13 November 2018
Money, Trust and Control: Money on the Move
Prof. dr. Wim Boonstra
(VU University Amsterdam)
6 November 2018
Money, Trust and Control: A History of Money
Prof. dr. Joost Jonker (University of Amsterdam)
30 October 2018
Prof. dr. Sabine Meier (University Siegen) & Maurice Hermans (NEIMED)
19 June 2018
Prof. dr. ir. Bettina Bock, Wageningen University & Research
12 June 2018
Hunger Finally Defeated Forever?: Towards more effective Food security Policies
Dr. J. Candel
Wageningen University
3 April 2018
Hunger Finally Defeated Forever?: Why are some world regions more food insecure than others?
Prof dr. E. Frankema & dr. M. de Haas
Wageningen University
27 March 2018
100 Years of University-Industry Relationships
Dr. ir. Harro Maat, Wageningen University & Research
20 March 2018
100 Years of Research on Climate Adaptation
Dr. ir. Harro Maat, Wageningen University & Research
13 March 2018
Acculturative Stress (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
Dr. Michael Bender Tilburg University
16 January 2018
Education for sustainability: How to Build Responsibility into Academic Practice
Prof dr. Ph. Macnaghten
Wageningen University & Research
29 June 2017
Education for sustainability: Is Technology our Planet’s last resort?
Dr. Pieter Lemmens
Wageningen University & Research
27 June 2017
The Quantified Self, Privacy and Autonomy
Marjolein Lanzing
Eindhoven University of Technology
7 June 2017
Education for sustainability: Are we educated to destroy the World?
Prof dr. A. Wals
Wageningen University & Research
6 June 2017
Prof. dr. Aarnout Brombacher Eindhoven University of Technology
30 May 2017
The Quantified Self as the Road Towards Self-Improvement?
Prof. dr. Wijnand IJsselsteijn Eindhoven University of Technology
22 May 2017
State and Religion: Secularism, Identity & Neutrality
Dr. Pooyan Tamimi Arab
University of Amsterdam
25 April 2017
UN-Doing It: The UN & Economic Power
Prof. dr. Rolph van der
Hoeven
Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
2 March 2017
Democracy under pressure: a populist Zeitgeist?
Dr. Matthijs Rooduijn
Utrecht University
17 January 2017
Democracy under pressure: The Pressure of Democracy
Prof. dr. Evert van der Zweerde
Radboud University
10 January 2017
Unconditional Basic Income: A Case of Social Experimentation
Ronald Mulder, Sjir Hoeijmakers, and Julia Backhaus
6 December 2016
Unconditional Basic Income: Unfair Equality?
Prof. dr. Alfred Kleinknecht Emeritus Professor of Economics
29 November 2016
Unconditional Basic Income: Adapting Society to the Changing World of Work?
Dr. Marcel Canoy
Erasmus School of Accounting & Assurance (ESAA)
22 November 2016
Steven Wise, founder and president of the Nonhuman Rights Project
13 November 2016
Frankenstein, The Beauty of Terror of Science
Dr. Henk van den Belt
Wageningen University & Research
8 November 2016
Animals as Legal Persons: The Ethics
Dr. Bernice Bovenkerk Wageningen University & Research
4 October 2016
Revolutionary Trends in Biotechnology and the Social Debate: Responsible Innovation
Prof. dr. Phil Macnaghten
University of Campinas (Brazil) and Durham University (UK)
27 September 2016
Revolutionary Trends in Biotechnology and the Social Debate: Genome editing
Dr. Bert Lotz and Dr. Rene Smulders
Wageningen University & Research
20 September 2016
Revolutionary Trends in Biotechnology and the Social Debate: Trends
Dr. Volkert Beekman
Wageningen University and Research
13 September 2016