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NAME:PhD defence E.M. de Jong
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LOCATION:Auditorium, Main building, 1105, (1st floor), De Boelelaan, 1081 HV, Amsterdam
SUMMARY:PhD defence E.M. de Jong
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <html> <body> <p><p>All Eyes on the Prob
 lem</p></p> <h3>Truth, Democracy, and the Policy Puzzle</h3><p>Politi
 cians often opt for a technocratic approach to complex political prob
 lems such as the nitrogen crisis and climate change. They hope expert
 s will come up with solutions. A disadvantage of this is that citizen
 s do not feel heard, and that poses risks to democracy, says philosop
 her Egbert de Jong in his thesis.<br><a data-item-id="87ffae71-d65c-4
 1d1-a1bf-09325e804d90" href="/en/news/2026/all-eyes-on-the-problem-tr
 uth-democracy-and-the-policy-puzzle">Read more</a></p><p>More informa
 tion on the <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/067c5a94-a4de-4a75
 -abdb-953c04f34de9" data-new-window="true" target="_blank" rel="noope
 ner noreferrer">thesis</a></p> </body> </html>
DESCRIPTION: All Eyes on the Problem <h3>Truth, Democracy, and the Pol
 icy Puzzle</h3>Politicians often opt for a technocratic approach to c
 omplex political problems such as the nitrogen crisis and climate cha
 nge. They hope experts will come up with solutions. A disadvantage of
  this is that citizens do not feel heard, and that poses risks to dem
 ocracy, says philosopher Egbert de Jong in his thesis.<br><a data-ite
 m-id="87ffae71-d65c-41d1-a1bf-09325e804d90" href="/en/news/2026/all-e
 yes-on-the-problem-truth-democracy-and-the-policy-puzzle">Read more</
 a>More information on the <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/067c
 5a94-a4de-4a75-abdb-953c04f34de9" data-new-window="true" target="_bla
 nk" rel="noopener noreferrer">thesis</a>
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