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.
2022
- The Magical Mandrake: Roots, Rituals, and Subterranean Monsters - Arjan Sterken & Dr. László Sándor Chardonnensv (Radboud University) - 29 March 2022
- The Mythical Mandrake: The History of the Mandrake Root - Abe J. van der Veen (storyteller) - 22 March 2022
- How is Science Emotional? - Dr. Esha Shah (WUR) - 2 March 2022 (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
- Science, Technology and Power - Dr. Harro Maat (WUR) - 1 februari 2022
- Post-Colonial Heritage - Prof. dr. Cátia Antunes (Leiden University) - 25 January 2022
- Colonialism - Prof. dr. Ewout Frankema (WUR) - 18 January 2022
2021
- What’s Next? Science and Politics in an Age of Crises - Dr. Amrish Baidjoe (Medecins Sans Frontieres LuxOR & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) - 30 November 2021 (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
- Our Post-COVID Relationship to Nature - Julia Rijssenbeek (WUR) - 23 November 2021
- Emerging Zoonoses: Are We Prepared? - Prof. dr. Wim van der Poel (WUR) - 16 November 2021 (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
- Limits and Borders: Politics of a Finite Planet - Boris van Meurs MA (Radboud University Nijmegen) - 22 June 2021
- Is Earth a Closed Ecosystem? - Prof. dr. Rik Leemans (WUR) - 15 June 2021
- Space Ecology and Post-Planetary Poiesis: Inoculating the Cosmos with Life - Dr. Angelo Vermeulen (TU Delft & SEADS) - 8 June 2021
- Wageningen Students’ Lives During World War II - Bob Kernkamp, Ben Puylaert, Dylan & André Lardinois - 11 May 2021
- The Platform Economy: The Future of Platformisation - Jovana Karanovic (Erasmus University Rotterdam & Reshaping Work) - 13 April 2021
- The Platform Economy: Promises & Practice - Prof. dr. Bas ter Weel (SEO Amsterdam Economics and University of Amsterdam) - 30 March 2021
- The Museum of Edible Earth - Masha Ru (independent artist) - 23 March 2021
- Governing Soils and Societies - Maarten Meijer and Prof. dr. Peter de Ruiter (University of Groningen and University of Amsterdam & WUR) - 16 March 2021
- The Living Soil - Giulia Bongiorno, PhD and Prof. dr. Thom Kuyper (Wageningen University & Research) - 9 March 2021
- The Ambonese Wilderness - Dr. Norbert Peeters (Leiden University) - 9 February 2021 (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
- Spice Trade and Life on Ambon - Dr. Norbert Peeters (Leiden University) - 2 February 2021 (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
- Identity and Inclusion in Non-Western Groups and Contexts - Dr. Byron Adams (University of Amsterdam) - 26 January 2021 (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
- Our Multiple Faces - Prof. dr. Marise Born (Erasmus University Rotterdam) - 21 January 2021 (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
- Finding Out Who You Are - Prof. dr. Susan Branje (Utrecht University) - 19 January 2021 (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
- Special Guest Lecture by Yttje Feddes on knowledge and action in landscape design and planning - Yttje Feddes (Feddes/Olthof) - 6 January 2021 (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
2020
- Slavery Heritage Tourism: Places of Remembrance and Spaces of Dialogue - Dr. Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong (Wageningen University & Research) - 8 december 2020
- Facing Racism - Dr. Sinan Çankaya (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) - 1 December 2020 (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
- Dialogue on Economic Perspectives for a Circular Food System - Prof. dr. Imke de Boer, Krijn Poppe, Prof. dr. Katrien Termeer (all three Wageningen University & Research) and Joris Lohman (Food Hub) - 24 November 2020
- Organizing Responsibility and Profitability in the Food Chain - Dr. Roel Jongeneel and Geert Hoekstra (Wageningen University & Research) - 17 November 2020
- Rethinking Economy for Circularity - Prof. dr. Dirk Schoenmaker and Prof. dr. Hans van Meijl (Erasmus University Rotterdam and Wageningen University & Research) - 10 November 2020
- Dilemmas and Opportunities at Farm Level - Hester Maij and Jan de Ruyter (FrieslandCampina and ABN AMRO Bank NV) - 3 November 2020 (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
- A Circular Food System: Principles and Economic Challenges - Prof. dr. Imke de Boer and Dr. Evelien de Olde (Wageningen University & Research) - 27 October 2020
- The Conversation Continues - Frans Verhagen and Paul Verhagen - 27 October 2020
- How To Win a Presidential Election - Paul Verhagen (The Hague Center for Strategic Studies - HCSS) - 13 October 2020
- Democracy’s Promise and Practice - Dr. Frans Verhagen - 6 October 2020 (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
- Bioelectricity Innovations - Dr. David Strik - 30 September 2020 (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
- The Side Effects of Empathy - Prof. dr. Ignaas Devisch (Ghent University) - 3 March 2020
- Empathy in Communication - Prof. dr. Joachim Duyndam (University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht) - 25 February 2020
- The Empathic Brain - Prof. dr. Christian Keysers (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience-KNAW) - 18 February 2020
- Managing Disagreement - Prof. dr. Robert Talisse (Vanderbilt University, Tennessee) - 11 February 2020
- Democracy and Public Debate - Dr. Geert Munnichs (Rathenau Institute) - 30 January 2020
- Rediscovering and Safeguarding Nordic Ethnobotanical Heritage - Dr. Irene Teixidor Toneu (University of Oslo) - 28 January 2020
- Nature-Inspired Medicine - Prof. dr. Rob Verpoorte (Leiden University) - 23 January 2020
- An Introduction into Ethnobotany - Prof. dr. Tinde van Andel (Wageningen University & Research, Leiden University, Naturalis Biodiversity Center) - 14 January 2020
2019
Feminism: The Rise of Anti-Feminism (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
Dr. Conny Roggeband (University of Amsterdam)
31 October 2019
Effective Sleep - Sleep Hacking (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
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
Sand, Sea and Safety (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
Ad Stolk (Rijkswaterstaat)
28 May 2019
The Relativity of Scarcity (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
Dr. Michiel van der Meulen (Geological Survey of the Netherlands, TNO)
27 May 2019
Sand Scarcity - In Search of Solutions (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
Prof. dr. Pascal Peduzzi (UNEP/GRID Genève (United Nations Environment Programme) and University of Genève)
23 May 2019
Running Out Of Sand (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
Vince Beiser (Freelance journalist and author)
22 May 2019
Forces of Life: does synthetic biology imply the end of vitalism?
Dr. Cecila Bognon, University of Paris 7, and IHPST – CNRS
18 April 2019
Religious Nationalism in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Dr. Carly Machado, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Brazil
26 March 2019
Science and Politics: Friends or Foes? (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
Prof dr. ir. Katrien Termeer
20 March 2019
Trade-Offs in Sustainability Transitions
Prof. dr. Katrina Brown (University of Exeter)
12 February 2019
The Future of Peace Between Israelis and Palestinians: Seeking Peace Through the Lenses of Law and Human Rights'
Dr. Jeff Handmaker (Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University)
5 February 2019
The Future of Peace Between Israelis and Palestinians: Peace in Practice
Evi Guggenheim Shbeta and Samah Salaime (Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom)
29 January 2019
Young and Lonely: The Science of Loneliness (podcast; audio only)
Dr. Marlies Maes (KU Leuven)
15 January 2019
2018
The Force of Common Sense: Responsibility without expert witnesses
Prof. dr. Jan Bransen (Radboud University Nijmegen)
4 December 2018
The Force of Common Sense: Understanding Without Objectivity
Prof. dr. Jan Bransen (Radboud University Nijmegen)
27 November 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
Aging - Living Long and Healthy in the Blue Zone
Prof. dr. Erik Buskens, University of Groningen
9 October 2018
Nationalism’s Comeback: Identity and Belonging
Dr. Krisztina Lajosi-Moore (University of Amsterdam)
25 September 2018
Prof. dr. Sabine Meier (University Siegen) & Maurice Hermans (NEIMED)
19 June 2018
Prof. dr. ir. Bettina Bock, Wageningen University & Research
12 June 2018
Impacts of Conflict Across Generations
Prof. Rolf Kleber, Barta Nauta (& Inez Schelfhout), Utrecht University, Arq Center of Excellence on War, Persecution and Violence, Centrum '45
24 April 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? (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
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
Plant Philosophy: the Green Darwin; what is it like to be a plant (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
N. Peeters | RUL
6 February 2018
Plant Philosophy: the Green Darwin about Dinner and Dates (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
N. Peeters | RUL
30 January 2018
Acculturative Stress (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
Dr. Michael Bender Tilburg University
16 January 2018
2017
Online Political Microtargeting
Dr. Balázs Bodó, Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam
What about the Anthropocene? World Politics in the Anthropocene
Prof. dr. Frank Biermann
19 September 2017
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? (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
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
State and Religion - Religion and the Public Realm
Dr. Hans-Martien ten Napel, Leiden University
18 April 2017
UN-Doing It: The UN & Economic Power
Prof. dr. Rolph van der Hoeven Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
2 March 2017
Cheating: Lying in Everyday Life (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
Dr. Wolfgang Steinel Leiden University
7 February 2017
Cheating: cheating as a Product of Evolution (only accessible to WUR students and employees)
Dr. Martijn Egas University of Amsterdam
31 January 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
2016
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
The Ethics of Animal Legal Personhood
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
Prior to 2016
Our video archive is undergoing a thorough renovation. This includes revision of early recording experiments undertaken at various venues. Technically compatible items prior to 2016 will be shared as they become available.
PhD course: Complex dynamics in and between social and eco-systems
Lecture: Complexity and regime changes in long term perspectives
Part 1 - prof dr. Bert de Vries: In search of sustainability
Part 2 - prof dr. Joop Goudsblom: The expanding anthroposphere or the unplanned outcome of planned human actions
2 May 2007