8:30 - 9:00 Welcome with coffee and tea
9:00 - 9:15 Opening by Jeroen Geurts, Rector Magnificus VU Amsterdam and Sjoerd Kluiving, VU conference organizer, chair: Mathieu Blondeel
9:15 - 10:00 A critical theory for the Anthropocene by Nathanaël Wallenhorst, Universite Catholique de l'Ouest, France, chair Mathieu Blondeel
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Block 1 (by session leaders Hans Akkermans, Anna Bon, Francis Saa-Dittoh, Clemens Kaupa, David Rosetti, Giulia Ranzini, Ainhoa Arranz Aldana, Bart Bossink, Sandra Hasanefendic, Marjolein Hoogstraaten, Jan Willem Wieland, Lieven Decock, Danai-Maria Kontou, Petra Verdonk, Katinka Feijs, Joris Aarts, Jaro Pichel, Jacquelien van Stekelenburg)
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:30 Block 2 (by session leaders Thomas Meier, Paul van Lange, Reinout Wiers, Dimitris Dalakogiou, Leonidas Oikonomakis, Marjo de Theije, Tamalone van den Eijnden, Anna Kooi and Ciska Ulug, Marike Oostveen, Bram Bark, Joris Aarts, Jaro Pichel , Serxia Lage Arias, Katinka Quintelier, Amba van Erkelens, Karen Verduijn, Jorim Tielbeek, student: Jelle Bruinsma)
14:30 - 15:00 Break
15:00 - 16:30 Block 3 (by session leaders Peter-Ben Smit, Gijsbert van den Brink, Evert van Beek, Egbert Wits, Renée Hartog, Baukje Spaltro, Eefje de Louw, Julia Jouwe, Anne-Linn Machielsen, Jane Tina, Katinka Quentelier, Joris Aarts, Jaro Pichel, Norah Karrouche, Guido Löhr, Gudrun Reijnierse, Camille Welie, Sanchayan Banerjee, Madeline Werthschulte, Joris Aarts, Jaro Pichel , Richard Jaspers, Denyse Snelder)
16:30 - 17:15 Why we need to transform environmental science by Esther Turnhout, University of Twente, chair: Mathieu Blondeel
17:00 - 18:30 Drinks, discussion and networking
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