19 August 2025
As a preview of the book 'Denken over film - techniek in beeld', an essay from that book recently appeared on the website of philosophy.nl. In it Miriam Rasch writes about Paterson
8 August 2025
With the forthcoming Parliamentary elections on 29 October, Socires organises four closed talks on the state of Dutch democracy. The central question here is: "What future is there for democracy in the Netherlands?"
1 August 2025
Together with JongRijk organized Socires a meeting for young government officials on the impact of geopolitical shifts on their work. Global power shifts, geopolitical uncertainty, war and technological disruptions also affect Education, Health, and Social Security.
18 July 2025
In the series 'Sin in Society' online platform MaatschapWe highlight new places of meaning, resistance and perspective. Doers and thinkers show that we can create a society that makes sense. In this article from the book 'Sin in Society', D3rd Floor is central.
17 July 2025
As a preview of the book 'Denken over film - techniek in beeld', an essay from that book recently appeared on the website of philosophy.nl. Philosopher Marli Huijer writes about the film 'Past Lives'.
16 July 2025
Colleague Paul Bosman interviewed philosopher and sociologist Gabriel van den Brink about his new book "The topicality of the archaic book." In his book Van den Brink makes a long detour to better understand our present time. We see a lot of despondency and powerlessness in modern times, but in the past people faced enormous challenges. According to him, modern man is out of balance. Thinking about our evolutionary history can ensure a better balance between the physical, social and spiritual dimensions of human existence.
29 June 2025
In cooperation with Socires launches inspiration platform ScienceWe the series Sense of Society. This series presents innovative initiatives that show how a more social, sustainable and meaningful Netherlands takes shape.
26 June 2025
Together with the China Knowledge Network of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized Socires the first public screening of the documentary Cosmolab. The CKN Cosmolab was introduced by Marc Moquette . After the screening, former ambassador Ed Kronenbrug and philosopher Julia Rijssenbeek talked to Marc Moquette about the ambitions of the Cosmolab.
25 June 2025
On June 12, Ronald van Steden and David Oldenhof gave a workshop on the role of libraries for vital society at the National Library Congress. The theme of the workshop was "Public libraries as places of meaning." With a full room they reflected on how libraries contribute to local social cohesion, community formation and meaning.
9 June 2025
Our colleague Ronald van Steden wrote an article in Skepter's summer song about what is playing behind social displeasure. There are negative sentiments in society about roughness, hardening, declining social cohesion, increasing insecurity and economic downturn. What does this mean? How much concern do we have to worry about? And what could we do?