Lectures

The annual WRR Lecture offers policy makers and academics a high profile opportunity to discuss current policy issues with long term relevance for Dutch society.

(For a video registration of the 2009 WRR Lecture: Public Policy Nudges: the Governement as Choice Architect? by Richard Thaler, please visit the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYdUkfuUqhI)

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Lecture 2016 'Living on the edge'

05-12-2016 | 00:00

What impact do inequality and growing uncertainties have on public health in Europe? That was the central question addressed ...

Lecture 2015 Europe in Crisis: Looking Ahead from a Historical Perspective

04-12-2015 | 15:15

In the WRR-Lecture 2015, Mark Mazower (Columbia University) explored the current European crisis from a historical perspective. A ...

WRR Lecture 2014: The future of globalization

06-11-2014 | 13:51

On 6 November Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Prizewinner and Professor of Economics at Columbia University, spoke about the future of ...

WRR Lecture 2013: How much (in)equality can societies sustain?

29-11-2013 | 15:48

The theme of the WRR Lecture 2013, which took place on 28 November, was social inequality.

Lecture 2012: The Global Battle for the Future of Cyberspace

22-11-2012 | 12:05

The central question addressed in the WRR Lecture 2012 was how freedom in cyberspace can be safeguarded in the light of new ...

Lecture 2011: Pursuing national policies in a globalized world in crisis

01-12-2011 | 14:44

The central focus of the WRR Lecture 2011, which took place on 1 December 2011, was how national interests can be pursued in a ...

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