14 mei – Symposium ‘Europa Verstaan’, Een seminar ter ere van het gedachtegoed van Prof. dr. Mathieu Segers

Inspired to present a paper yesterday at the Blavatnik School of Government workshop on The Place of Majorities in Political Theory and Public Policy at Oxford University. Grateful for the insightful discussions and feedback.

Op 13 juni was het rondetafelgesprek in de Tweede Kamer over het rapport ‘Gematigde Groei’ van de Staatscommissie Demografische Ontwikkelingen 2050. Samen met prof. Ruben van Gaalen en prof. Ruud Koopmans, sprak ik met politici Becker (VVD), De Kort (VVD), Bamenga (D66), Patijn (GL-PvDA), Van Houwelingen (FvD) en Flach (SGP). Het onderwerp was ‘integratie en participatie’...

I was honored and excited to give a keynote lecture at the Mobile Futures Conference in Turku (Finland), on “Re-imagining Integration in a Just Society”. Considering the new plans of the upcoming coalition in the Netherlands regarding civic integration, this is a timely and concerning topic.
 

Discussion on Paranoid Nationalism (with recording):  “We are going to ensure that the Netherlands belong to the Dutch again,” promised a triumphant Geert Wilders after the unexpected PVV victory in the 2023 elections. It is tempting to dismiss such statements as an expression of gut feeling, of unthinking xenophobia. But the ideas expressed by Wilders are based on a coherent world view, an...