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A flexible rearrangement
The office. The place where deals are made, solutions are found, top decisions are taken… where company identity is created, and the...
Ornella Lupoi
Apr 26, 20215 min read


No License, No Job
What do occupations such as makeup artists, florists, interior designers, and electricians have in common with, for example, doctors?...
Rado Baarda
Apr 9, 20216 min read


The Tokyo Olympics: A Light of Hope or Another Lost Dream?
COVID-19 left the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese authorities with little choice but to postpone the Tokyo 2020...
Roosa Näveri
Apr 8, 20215 min read


Rostra’s Choice: Patria
Title: Patria (Homeland) Writer: Fernando Aramburu Year of publication: 2016 Review: On a rainy night, a family man is murdered. Shot in...
Miguel Adan Marquez
Apr 7, 20211 min read


Freedom from the Press
In 2002, the California Coastal Records Project took to the skies to monitor the erosion of the Golden State’s shoreline. Unbeknownst to...
Ollie Corfe
Mar 18, 20218 min read


Innovation, Has It Lost Its Magic?
One of the most significant forces behind economic growth is that of innovation. The consistent creation of new ideas and the perpetual...
Rado Baarda
Mar 10, 20215 min read


Battery Strife
No sovereign nation has ever been able to lay claim to more than 20% of global oil reserves, the backbone of 20th century energy and the...
Ollie Corfe
Feb 22, 202111 min read


Room For Discussion: Tom Standage on Journalism, the Future, and Everything in Between
Holding the virtual interview with Tom Standage on Facebook Live was comically ironic – the discussions that were about to unfold...
Nadia Winona
Feb 17, 20217 min read


Are We Living In A Post-Ethical World?
Source: New York Times Almost no students leave university without passing a course on ethics–so why is the modern application of ethics...
Brunna Torino
Feb 15, 20215 min read


The (In)Adequacy of the Paris Agreement
On the 21st of January 2021, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. This day marked significant for many...
Szandi Zsitnák
Jan 30, 20216 min read


Rostra’s Choice: Lean In
Title: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead Authors: Sheryl Sandberg and Nell Scovell Year of publication: 2013 Review: Based on...
Katja Komazec
Jan 26, 20211 min read


Denise van Wijk: Empowering Women with Oliver Wyman
Denise van Wijk is an Associate at Oliver Wyman and the global lead of Women at Oliver Wyman (WOW). WOW is a network that promotes,...
Nadia Winona
Dec 16, 20205 min read


Rostra’s Choice: The Black Swan
Title: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Writer: Nassim Nicholas Taleb Year of publication: 2007 Review: In this book,...
Katja Komazec
Dec 15, 20201 min read


Brazil and the Amazon: Current destruction and Historical Exploitation
“The rainforests of Brazil are being torn down” pontificated Joe Biden, during the first presidential debate just over a month a half...
Andre Fontes
Nov 23, 20205 min read


UvA Executive board talks university’s response to the pandemic
This past Tuesday the UvA Executive Board was confronted with the questions bothering students the most, from tuition fee reductions to...
Aibike Omurova
Nov 18, 20204 min read


Rostra’s Choice: This Changes Everything
Title: This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate Writer: Naomi Klein Year of publication: 2014 Review: Naomi Klein’s book is a...
Szandi Zsitnák
Nov 16, 20201 min read


Who Am I To Judge: The Vatican’s Divide over Homosexuality
In a recent documentary about Pope Francis titled Francesco, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church seemingly expressed support for...
Nadia Winona
Nov 13, 20204 min read


Humans Being (A)part from Nature
Last week, I saw the new documentary by David Attenborough: A Life on our Planet. His documentaries are often about how beautiful the...
Tugay Akbulut
Oct 17, 20205 min read
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