BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam//NONSGML v1.0//EN NAME:Discussion about the VU Center for Defense and Resilient Society METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260128T160000 DTEND:20260128T173000 DTSTAMP:20260128T160000 UID:3D-discussion-about-the-vu-cen@8F96275E-9F55-4B3F-A143-836282E12573 CREATED:20260925T231806 LOCATION:3D | VU Dialogue Stage, 1085, De Boelelaan, 1081 HV, Amsterdam SUMMARY:Discussion about the VU Center for Defense and Resilient Society X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Our university is ge tting a Defense and Resilient Society Center next month. And that rai ses quite a few questions.

Like other universities, VU Ams terdam is also exploring the possibilities of collaborating with the Ministry of Defense. VU Amsterdam boasts diverse expertise and conduc ts extensive interdisciplinary research in medicine, law, psychology, history, philosophy, physiology, political science, engineering, and business administration. This knowledge can be combined and applied to foster a resilient and safe society in times of geopolitical tensi on, societal division, and instability. The Dutch Ministry of Defense is thus becoming more visible on our campus, and this raises quite a few questions.
Questions such as, "Does our university contribute to the militarization of society?"
And what would such a collabor ation look like?
What will students notice?
What exactly will V U Amsterdam further develop or offer?
And how does this developmen t relate to our university's ambition to be a Peace University?"

< p>It's high time for clarification and to ask all your questions. Joi n us on January 28th for this discussion about the Center for Defense and Resilient Society at VU Amsterdam, organized by SRVU and 3D, wit h VU staff members involved in this project.

Speakers:
Wolf gang Wagner, Professor of International Security
Marie-Anne Reijen , Program Manager Secure & Inclusive Society
Yarin Eski, Assoc iate Professor of Public Administration

Moderator: Miranda van Holland

DESCRIPTION: Our university is getting 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 co llaborating with the Ministry of Defense. VU Amsterdam boasts diverse expertise and conducts extensive interdisciplinary research in medic ine, law, psychology, history, philosophy, physiology, political scie nce, 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 Dutc h Ministry of Defense is thus becoming more visible on our campus, an d this raises quite a few questions.
Questions such as, "Does our university contribute to the militarization of society?"
And what would such a collaboration look like?
What will students notice?What exactly will VU Amsterdam further develop or offer?
And how does this development relate to our university's ambition to be a Pe ace University?"It's high time for clarification and to ask all your questions. Join us on January 28th for this discussion about the Cent er for Defense and Resilient Society at VU Amsterdam, organized by SR VU and 3D, with VU staff members involved in this project.

Spe akers:
Wolfgang Wagner, Professor of International Security
Mar ie-Anne Reijen, Program Manager Secure & Inclusive Society
Yar in Eski, Associate Professor of Public Administration

Moderato r: Miranda van Holland END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR