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Lessons from Ukraine: Existential Resistance & the role of the church in times of crisis

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Socires and Tilburg University establish a new chair of government: characteristics, conditions and possibilities

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24 August 2026

Last year, the largest museum in the Netherlands had a million visitors. But hardly anyone knows it

This morning NRC refers to the research Holiness in the Environment, which Socires in collaboration with liberals Netherlands, museum Catharijneconvent and the CHE.

14 August 2026

Why this Nijmegen philosopher rejected Anthropic

Socires Professor Carmody Grey wrote last weekend in the Financial Daily. The AI industry flirts with the humanities, but she asks the wrong questions, writes the philosopher and theologian Carmody Grey in Nijmegen: "It is simply wrong that computers can think. People think, using computers."

10 August 2026

Free childcare is not a family policy, opinion piece in the Volkskrant

Family policy does not start with an integrated family package, but with being: It is a continuous process of humanization.

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How do we keep society viable and connected?
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Socires and Tilburg University establish a new chair of government: characteristics, conditions and possibilities

Look back: The Phenomenon Charlie Kirk

Cahier, the new magazine of Socires

Zingeld: talk manual on money and values

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Last year, the largest museum in the Netherlands had a million visitors. But hardly anyone knows it

Why this Nijmegen philosopher rejected Anthropic

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How do we keep society viable and connected? Socires conducts research, brings people together, provides practical advice and highlights good examples.

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Lessons from Ukraine: Existential Resistance & the role of the church in times of crisis

Socires and Tilburg University establish a new chair of government: characteristics, conditions and possibilities

Look back: The Phenomenon Charlie Kirk

Cahier, the new magazine of Socires

Zingeld: talk manual on money and values

Movie and Philosophy

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Last year, the largest museum in the Netherlands had a million visitors. But hardly anyone knows it

Why this Nijmegen philosopher rejected Anthropic

Free childcare is not a family policy, opinion piece in the Volkskrant

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How do we keep society viable and connected?
Socires conducts research, brings people together, provides practical advice and highlights good examples.