(How) can we achieve a circular economy? The environment is screaming for an end to our wasteful economy. But first, consumer behavior will need to change, as will laws, regulations, taxes, education, and more. Can we overcome the obstacles and the challenges?

Got any sci-fi books you want to trade? We’re hosting a ‘gezellig’ little book swap for anyone who wants to have a surprise encounter with new books to read.

Is it better to fit in or to find your own way in life? Let’s discuss what it means to be an independent or original thinker. And whether aspiring to be one is good for you or not.

How should our university be governed? Students and staff of various organizations have come together to create a platform for discussion.

Watch Nobuhiko Obayashi’s “His Motorbike, Her Island” with the VOX Film Club!

How should ideas and opinions be handled in society? Are our knowledge and beliefs market driven or is this itself an outdated idea? Join us and discuss!

We live in chaotic times, but living in overly-structured times might not be much better. The coming months we’ll be reading the dystopian novel We, a book that inspired works like Brave New World and 1984.

Sylvia Pont laat u in deze lezing het licht zien, letterlijk en figuurlijk, door waarneming, optica en ontwerpen met elkaar te verbinden  en door wetenschap, kunst en techniek samen te brengen. Je kan licht pas ontwerpen als je het kan zien.

Zou jij een kind op deze wereld willen zetten? In de voorstelling Adem twijfelt een jong stel – kunnen we dat wel doen, gezien een mogelijke klimaatramp?

Endless sequels, prequels, remakes and marketing. Are these symptoms of a larger cultural phenomenon? Join VOX’s presentation and discussion on Frankfurt School philosophers Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer’s classic work “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception.”