On the use and abuse of “evidence based policy”, lessons from teaching philosophy in coronatijd
By Darian Meacham As the Netherlands goes into another light lockdown, UM staff and students are again dealing with a changing landscape of public health policy regulations and recommendations, with these come tough philosophical questions. In September when we returned…
Emily Levine on the Hard Compromises behind Academic Innovation
By Patrick Bijsmans FASoS assistant professor and editor of RevDem Ferenc Laczó recently met with Emily Levine (Stanford University) to discuss key ideas in her new book Allies and rivals: German-American exchange and the rise of the modern research university….
Let’s talk about teaching assistants and ‘Erkennen & Waarderen’
By Patrick Bijsmans When our BA European Studies (ES) started in 2002, I embarked on a job as teaching assistant at FASoS. A crazy time, but also a fun and rewarding one. I was the only teaching assistant back then….
