Healthcare, education, and AI: Professor Elly Konijn on social robots.
Social robots enter healthcare, education, and relationships. How far should we go? Elly Konijn explores the interaction between humans and machines.
Discipline and Function
Psychologist David van den Berg: 'We must stop reducing people to a label'
Clinical psychologist David van den Berg aims to break away from rigid mental health diagnoses that confine people, as a professor at VU Amsterdam.
NOS reporter Marleen de Rooy: 'A good scoop starts with asking the right questions'
NOS reporter Marleen de Rooy studied International Business Administration and now covers politics at the Binnenhof.
‘The Key to Job Happiness? Returning to Your Core!’
Stuck in an energy-draining job but not quite sure how to change it? Alumnus Sandra Klijn offers some practical tips.
'Kickboxing is no longer the sport of the criminal underbelly'
Frank van Gemert, a criminologist at VU Amsterdam, not only researches kickboxing but also trains weekly in the gym.
From Vocational Training to PhD: 'Being underestimated serves as fuel'
Sara Ben Hmido is far from following a standard career path: after starting in vocational training, she quickly climbed to pre-university education.
Suddenly you know: you're becoming a teacher
Faye Best (29) radically changed her career: from working in sustainability to becoming a maths teacher. „I haven't regretted a single day.”
'I have often had to fight against the label 'refugee''
Wahhab Hassoo, who fled from Iraq, reached VU Amsterdam through vocational education. Now, he's on the list for parliamentary elections.
‘More and more people will fall in love with chatbots’
According to Assistant Professor of philosophy Lisa Bastian, our norms as to what constitutes a good relationship are due a good shake-up.
Like father, like son: ‘I tried to keep him away from political science’
A double interview with former Member of Parliament Joël Voordewind and his son Manuel. Both men studied political science at VU Amsterdam.
