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Room for Discussion is the discussion platform of the University of Amsterdam. Weekly interviews are organized with influential people from the economic and political world. Previous guests include; Christine Lagarde, Mario Draghi, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Larry Summers & Thomas Piketty.
21/01/2025
In our new episode 🎙️ of ‘The Ivory Tower,’ we speak to Dr. Olga Burlyuk, assistant professor of Europe’s external relations at the .
📚We dive into one of Olga’s recent publications on how the EU’s internal rule of law crisis affects its legitimacy in the European neighborhood.
We also discuss her widely-praised article on epistemic imperialism, and Olga tells us about how curiosity and intuition have shaped her academic career.
🎧Search for The Ivory Tower on Spotify & Apple Podcasts and start listening today!
18/01/2025
Room for Discussion continues its
Israel-Palestine interview series, fostering open dialogue on the ongoing Gaza crisis and the broader conflict.
The first interviews featured Palestinian journalist Taghreed El-Khodary and Israeli writer Yossi Klein Halevi, offering on-the-ground insights. Upcoming talks will provide broader context, with Palestinian conflict researcher Nadim Rouhana and Israeli historian Hillel Cohen.
On the 24th of January, we will discuss the roots of the conflict and the relevance of a new narration of history with the Israeli historian Hillel Cohen.
Reserve your free tickets through the link in our bio and you will get notified about the location.
17/01/2025
Room for Discussion continues its Israel-Palestine interview series, fostering open dialogue on the ongoing Gaza crisis and the broader conflict.
The first interviews featured Palestinian journalist Taghreed El-Khodary and Israeli writer Yossi Klein Halevi, offering on-the-ground insights. Upcoming talks will provide broader context, with Palestinian conflict researcher Nadim Rouhana and Israeli historian Hillel Cohen.
On the 24th of January, we will discuss the roots of the conflict and the relevance of a new narration of history with the Israeli historian Hillel Cohen.
Reserve your free tickets through the link in our bio and you will get notified about the location.
15/01/2025
12/01/2025
Join us this Tuesday for an insightful interview with
Tony Murphy, President of the European Court of Auditors.
Join us for a powerful discussion with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the leader of the Belarusian opposition and a global symbol of the fight for democracy.
We’ll delve into her journey from presidential candidate to exile, the ongoing struggle against authoritarianism in Belarus, and the challenges of rallying international support for democratic change.
Gain unique insights into the resilience of the Belarusian people and the path forward for freedom and human rights in the region.
🗓️Tuesday, January 14, 10:30 - 11:30
📍Roeterseiland campus, E-Hall
08/01/2025
Join us next week for an interview with Tony Murphy, President of the European Court of Auditors!
28/11/2024
Join us next week for the first 2 interviews in our Israel-Palestine series! Sign up on our website roomfordiscussion.com
25/11/2024
Get your ticket through the link in our bio or on our website, roomfordiscussion.com! See you tomorrow!
17/11/2024
Get up to speed for our interview tomorrow at 13:00, with Director of MSF The Netherlands Karel Hendriks!
04/11/2024
💸 Is the financial system really as stable as it seems? Or are we just waiting for the next bubble to burst? There is no better person to ask this question that the central banker himself.
🏦 In this interview we will look at the experience of our guest in central banking, post pandemic recovery, effect of cuts in interest rates and financial stability of our system. How can regulation properly address such a complex network of banks? Is the current framework enough to tackle systemic risks? And is the digital currency a future of monetary policy? If you want to get answers to those and many other questions, make sure you don’t miss out on this opportunity.
Join us on 7th November, 13:00-14:00*, at the REC E-Hall for an interview with Klaas Knot, President of the Dutch Central Bank.
22/10/2024
📽️ “WE ARE U” - documentary film about stories of five teenagers from across Ukraine, each of them facing the realities of war with courage and determination. These young individuals aren’t waiting for the war to end to start rebuilding their country — they’re taking action now.
💬 Through their personal stories, the film explores both the challenges they’ve endured and the dreams they’re fighting for.
📍Join us on Wednesday at 6:30-7:00PM at REC!
🇺🇦 WE ARE U is created by savED charity foundation that restores access to education in Ukraine in war-torn communities and was founded in 2022 by Anna Novosad, former Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine (2019-2020)
12/10/2024
Join us for the opening ceremony of “Responsibilities We Share,” a traveling exhibition 🖼️ in collaboration with the .
The event will feature a brief curator’s tour, followed by the presence of a 🇺🇦 official, offering an opportunity for discussion.
📅 Tuesday, October 15, 14:00 - 15:00 📍Roeterseiland campus, E-Hall
The exhibition .day showcases a creative interpretation of the Declaration of Human Responsibilities by Ukrainian artists from .ua. A central message of the exhibition is a call for other nations to endorse and establish a Human Responsibility Day, highlighting the significance of responsibility at every level of life.
16/05/2024
Due to the current situation at the UvA, the Room for Discussion x AIM Lustrum interview with President Hofmański scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled. Apologies for the inconvenience, and stay tuned for updates!
The Room for Discussion Team & AIM PPLE
19/01/2024
Can journalism and academia keep up with our complex and face-paced world? How can we find reliable information without biases? How can complicated information be explained responsibly and convincingly? And finally, how to interest your readers in the era of social media and shorter attention spans?
jointly with will try to answer those questions during the panel discussion!
With our guests Penny Sheets Thiebaut (Professor at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences), Kees Hasnoot (Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business) and Lizan Nijkrake (Journalist) we will shed a light on the challenges and future of journalism and scholarship and your possible place in it.
Join us at the E-Hall on January 24th, 18:00, for an exciting and though-provoking deep dive into media and academia!
12/04/2023
A statement on our goal as a platform.
The interview with Jeroen van der Veer scheduled to take place today at 13-14h is, unfortunately, cancelled.
Yesterday, the guest informed us of his decision to pull out of the interview, citing his concern that the discussion climate at the university would not be conducive to a fruitful conversation.
We are a platform that aims to deliver an open, democratic, and respectful space for critical discussion. While we appreciate the sincere interest and engagement of students, meaningful public discussion is not possible when our guests feel unsafe or do not have the opportunity to share their thoughts.
When our guests cancel, we lose the chance to ask them critical questions and our audience is deprived of the opportunity to interact with the guest and hear their views.
If you would like to weigh in on the events that have transpired in relation to this interview, or have feedback on our future interviews, please DM us, or otherwise contact us.
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Room for Discussion is the interview platform of the University of Amsterdam. We organise weekly interviews with professors, entrepreneurs, economists, politicians, philosophers, CEOs and journalists to talk and discuss relevant economic topics and recent events. Our goal? To help students close the gap between the world of academia and the world of economic and political reality.
Our ‘living room’ with its characteristic Chesterfields is situated in the central hall of the main building of the Faculty Economics and Business. This is in the E-building at the Roeterseilandcampus of the University of Amsterdam. The weekly interviews are open to all students from all universities. During the interview, the audience also gets the opportunity to ask questions to the guests on stage.
If you cannot make it to our living room for the interviews, you don’t have to miss a thing. Watch the interviews at home via the live stream or read the best bits in real-time by following us on Twitter. Please like us on Facebook as well, so we can keep you up to date on upcoming interviews and check out our website!
History
In September 2008, the American bank Lehman Brothers fell. This bankruptcy marked the beginning of one of the most devastating financial crisis that the world has ever seen. The crisis affected the whole world and profoundly changed the way people looked at economics as a science. People started discussing the causes and effects of the financial meltdown around the globe, including at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Amsterdam.
A group of students, led by Maurits Kruithof, started Room for Discussion as a means to facilitate this discussion and to bridge the gap between economics in the news and economics as a science. Since then, Room for Discussion has organised weekly hour-long interviews about economic and political topics. By combining a journalistic approach with scientific rigour, Room for Discussion connects the world of academia with reality.
On our podium, many leading economists, politicians and entrepreneurs have sat down on our chesterfields to discuss recent events on politics and economics. We had the honour to receive guests including Christine Lagarde (IMF), Mario Draghi (ECB), Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Ratan Tata, Larry Summers, Thomas Piketty and many more.
Join the Committee
More interviews are to come and as a committee we are always looking for potential interviewers that are enthusiastic, eager to learn and have a journalistic drive. Do you want to join our committee? Read more on how we work and on how to apply here.
