Chief Economics Commentator of the Financial Times
Room for Discussion is proud to announce that they will be hosting an interview with Martin Wolf – chief economics commentator of the Financial Times – on the 15th of May at 13:00 in E-hall. In 2000 Mr. Wolf was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) “for services to financial
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The interview with Mr. Wallace-Wells
On the 27th of March Room for Discussion is cooperation with Spui25 and book publisher “De Bezige Bij” hosted an event with David Wallace-Wells. During the event Mr. Wallace-Wells presented his book “The Uninhabitable Earth”, was interview by Room for Discussion and answered some audience questions. The article by Timothy Mulder introduces Mr. Wallace-Wells and his
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The celebration of achievements in gender parity
International Women’s Day is a day to look back and see how far we have come as a society when it comes to women’s rights. In order to celebrate women’s achievements on International Women’s Day, Room for Discussion held an interview with Dr. Cara Antoine, Diana van Maasdijk, and Carine de Meyere. The interview touched upon
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All truth about information collection
55.1% of the world’s population (around 4 trillion people) use the internet today and refer to the World Wide Web, just for anything and everything. Around 80% of the developed world population and 40% of the developing world population are using the internet now. The number of users is steeply increasing year to year: it
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Mr. Lucassen and Mrs. Degler are coming to UvA to be interviewed by Room for Discussion on a topic of the the refugee integration. This article introduces Mr. Lucassen and Mrs. Degler and gives you the insides into the topic of the interview.
The focal points of the article are the statics on the worldwide amount of the refugees, asylum applicants coming to the EU, and the EU integration programs. Read the article to be prepared to ask questions during the interview and come yourself to meet Mr. Lucassen and Mrs. Degler or read our follow up article after the interview.
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Introducing Robert Koopman, the Chief Economist at the WTO
Mr. Koopman is coming to UvA to be interviewed by Room for Discussion on a hot topic of the the world trade. This article introduces Mr. Koopman and gives you the insides into the topic of the interview.
The focal points of the article are the controversies in trade policy and the trade war between the USA and China. Read the article to be prepared to ask questions during the interview and come yourself to meet Mr. Koopman or read our follow up article after the interview.
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Shareholder activism is on the rise again and hedge funds are re-entering the game.
Why are the hedge funds engaging in expensive proxy fights and why are companies’ CEOs fighting back so furiously? Read the article to discover more.
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Recently the New York Financial Times published an article showing that there is a significant increase in student applications at Deutsche, UBS, Citi, and other banks. This is an interesting observation since banking has become a less appealing job to students in recent years. Big tech giants like Google and Facebook are attracting more talents
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