What, to you, are the underlying reasons for (let’s be honest, mostly male) violence in society? How would you go about engineering and designing a safer society?
Silicon Valley was not just a place, but it had its own ideologies, and they echo today in the halls of power, shaping the thoughts and decisions of policy makers. How much of our world is beholden to the views of figures like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk? How safe are democratic institutions?
In deze lezing neemt Bart Root u mee op een fascinerende reis, van de diepten van onze oceanen tot de verre uithoeken van het zonnestelsel. Hij laat zien welke ontdekkingen er, dankzij baanbrekend onderzoek van professor Meinesz, naar het zwaartekrachtsveld van onze planeet zijn gedaan.
Having fun, zoning out, seeking thrills, admiring beautiful things, learning, festivity, exercise, and Netflix are all contenders for ways to spend our free time. Sometimes we do a few at once. There’s hundreds of ways to spend our free time, but are some better than others?
How can you make your research REALLY inclusive? Part of TU Delft EDI Week.
Public spaces are crucial for fostering interaction and a sense of belonging. But are they designed for all? This Autumn we will investigate how to create public spaces as dynamic networks of relationships.
In the interplay between identity, power, and context, what does it take for you to speak up and be heard?
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The global balance of power is shifting rapidly, and the world is becoming more fragmented and unpredictable. This has direct relevance for a university of technology: innovations developed here can have strategic, sometimes unintended, consequences.
The global balance of power is shifting rapidly, and the world is becoming more fragmented and unpredictable. This has direct relevance for a university of technology: innovations developed here can have strategic, sometimes unintended, consequences.
Hoe houden we de komende 100 jaar droge voeten in ons laaggelegen land? In deze van Leeuwenhoeklezing gaat Bas Jonkman van de TU Delft in op de Delftse ideeën voor de Deltawerken van de 21e eeuw.
Military and security organisations wield significant power — including the legal use of force. Would you be willing to serve in such an organisation?
In the interplay between identity, power, and context, what does it take for you to speak up and be heard?
Before the summer, a tent camp appeared between the Library and the Aula. I heard colleagues (not from Studium Generale) sigh that the campus is not an “action camp.” After all, a university is supposed to be a place for education and research, not political struggle. But is that really true? To begin with: research […]
How does design—of streets, campuses, digital platforms, or lecture halls—shape who belongs and who does not? And what happens when we use these spaces to speak out, resist and make ourselves seen? When presence turns into protest, these spaces become political. In this series, we explore how political spaces come into being.
