Former National Ombudsman and a member of ECA, Dr. Alex Brenninkmeijer, will share his views on politics with us.

     Dr. Margareta Johanson is based at the Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science at Lund University and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Sweden.

     "The Arctic ice is melting: why should I be worried me?" Is the central question in this lecture. Dr. Johansson has extensive experience in doing research related to the Arctic, which ranges from glaciology / climatology to arctic ecology.

     Rob Wijnberg is one of the initiators of 'Correspondent', an online crowd-funded journalism platform. The platform already has more than 33,000 members. Rob knows the world of journalism like no other and will during this course share his experiences and vision with us.

UT strives to be an excellent university. Students and staff are encouraged to get the best out of themselves. Excellent surveys are done and over the years various honors programs have been developed. Find out more about these and other projects during the exhibition.

     Prof. Dr. Marli Huijer was 'Thinker of the Fatherland' in 2015. We Marli Huijer therefore, in cooperation with Studium Generale, was invited to share her knowledge and way of thinking with us. 

     Teaching in Higher Education obviously requires knowledge, but also certain skills. Dr.  Eric Mazur is a physicist and teacher at Harvard University.His philosophy on teaching has many followers all over the world. Ready to get inspired? Dr. Mazur gives morning and afternoon workshops and a lecture at lunchtime.

     Prof. Dr.  Stan Bentvelsen is a professor and researcher at the University of Amsterdam (UVA). As a physicist, he is also an employee of CERN (Geneva), the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. "Higgs and other elementary particles - research at CERN" will serve the general theme of this course.

     Is it conceivable that one day machines will develop higher intelligence than their inventors? Robots would be at a given moment robots can design and produce? This symposium, which the world's leading experts are invited, about these and other questions. For more details and the full program click here.

     After a week full of inspiring speakers, lectures and workshops we want to together celebrate. Everyone is invited!