Most students continue on to a Master’s programme at VU or elsewhere. Afterwards, they work as researchers, policy advisors, journalists or diversity specialists - at universities, NGOs, ministries, media organisations or municipalities.
What do our alumni do?
Alice began her studies in Social Work but realised she was missing the depth she was searching for. Switching to Anthropology at VU Amsterdam turned out to be the right choice. During the programme, her interest in policy making grew, which she explored further through a specialisation in Public Administration. There, she discovered the value of an anthropological perspective: learning to talk with people rather than about them - a crucial skill in policy and governance.
What attracted Roos to Anthropology at VU Amsterdam was the freedom to explore different worlds and ways of thinking. After her bachelor’s, she pursued a Master’s in Visual Anthropology, where she learned to translate research into film. Today, as a producer for the youth programme Het Klokhuis, she makes knowledge accessible through visual storytelling.