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SUMMARY:Discussion about the VU Center for Defense and Resilient Society
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Our university is getti
ng a Defense and Resilient Society Center next month. And that raises
quite a few questions.
Like other universities, VU Amsterdam
is also exploring the possibilities of collaborating with the Ministr
y of Defense. VU Amsterdam boasts diverse expertise and conducts exte
nsive interdisciplinary research in medicine, law, psychology, histor
y, philosophy, physiology, political science, engineering, and busine
ss administration. This knowledge can be combined and applied to fost
er a resilient and safe society in times of geopolitical tension, soc
ietal division, and instability. The Dutch Ministry of Defense is thu
s becoming more visible on our campus, and this raises quite a few qu
estions.
Questions such as, "Does our university contribute to the
militarization of society?"
And what would such a collaboration l
ook like?
What will students notice?
What exactly will VU Amste
rdam further develop or offer?
And how does this development relat
e to our university's ambition to be a Peace University?"
It's
high time for clarification and to ask all your questions. Join us on
January 28th for this discussion about the Center for Defense and Re
silient Society at VU Amsterdam, organized by SRVU and 3D, with VU st
aff members involved in this project.
Speakers:
Wolfgang Wa
gner, Professor of International Security
Marie-Anne Reijen, Progr
am Manager Secure & Inclusive Society
Yarin Eski, Associate Pr
ofessor of Public Administration
Moderator: Miranda van Hollan
d
DESCRIPTION: Like other universities, VU Amsterdam is also exploring t
he possibilities of collaborating with the Ministry of Defense. VU Am
sterdam boasts diverse expertise and conducts extensive interdiscipli
nary research in medicine, law, psychology, history, philosophy, phys
iology, political science, engineering, and business administration.
This knowledge can be combined and applied to foster a resilient and
safe society in times of geopolitical tension, societal division, and
instability. The Dutch Ministry of Defense is thus becoming more vis
ible on our campus, and this raises quite a few questions.
Questio
ns such as, "Does our university contribute to the militarization of
society?"
And what would such a collaboration look like?
What w
ill students notice?
What exactly will VU Amsterdam further develo
p or offer?
And how does this development relate to our university
's ambition to be a Peace University?" It's high time for clarificati
on and to ask all your questions. Join us on January 28th for this di
scussion about the Center for Defense and Resilient Society at VU Ams
terdam, organized by SRVU and 3D, with VU staff members involved in t
his project.
Speakers:
Wolfgang Wagner, Professor of Intern
ational Security
Marie-Anne Reijen, Program Manager Secure & I
nclusive Society
Yarin Eski, Associate Professor of Public Adminis
tration
Moderator: Miranda van Holland Our university is getti
ng a Defense and Resilient Society Center next month. And that raises
quite a few questions.
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