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Geert Gielens became the chief economist of Belfius Bank and the director of its research department in March 2014. As such he formulates his views on the economy on behalf of Belfius’ clients. Before taking on his current roles, Geert Gielens spent 15 years in Belfius’ trading room. During his time there, he was active in different markets and was,…

Stéphane Alonso (1973, France) is a journalist who started his career at the Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad in 1999. From 2003 to 2011, he was stationed in Warsaw as a correspondent for Poland, the Baltic States, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. After that he became the editor of the NRC’s morning edition, nrc.next, for several years. And, in summer 2013,…

Sophie in ‘t Veld (1963, the Netherlands) has been a member of the European Parliament for D66 (Democrats 66) since 2004. Since 2014, she has also been the vice president of the liberal ALDE group within the European Parliament. Sophie was originally educated as a historian and has been working in Brussels since 1994, first as an employee of an…

Boudewijn Bouckaert (1947, Belgium) is an emeritus professor of law at Ghent University. Bouckaert studied law and philosophy in Ghent before going on to work in these fields at Ghent University. During his time at the university, he developed the discipline of law and economics, with this eventually coming to form part of the European Master in Law and Economics…

Marius de Geus is a political philosophy lecturer at the University of Leiden, who primarily focuses upon organisational and environmental philosophy and carries out research in issues surrounding the environment and the state. His publications include Politiek, milieu en vrijheid [Politics, the Environment and Freedom] (1993), Ecologische utopieën [Ecological Utopias] (1996), The End of Over-Consumption (2003) en Filosofie van de…

Brent Bleys is an economics lecturer at the University of Gent, Belgium. He lectures on subjects including macroeconomics, understanding statistics, sustainable development, environmental economics and environmental policy. In his research, he looks at alternative indicators of economic affluence, such as the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare and other measurements of welfare and happiness. This research fits within the broader beyond GDP…

This page contained a live stream of the Freiblickinstitut debate, Do we need economic growth?, which asked whether we are looking at an outdated economic model or whether we are being overly hasty in looking to turn away from an approach which has served us well in the past. This discussion has now finished, but a full audio recording of the evening can…

This page featured a live stream of Krytyka Polityczna‘s first discussion from the new Poland for Beginner’s series and looked at Prawda i Sprawiedliwość’s social policies, asking are they really catering to the folk or are their policies just the social icing on the ballot box cake? To find out more about the discussion and the series, visit the event page by clicking here.

This page featured a live stream of the De Balie discussion, Europe: too big to fail?. This discussion saw Ivan Krastev in conversation with Yoeri Albrecht and Paul Scheffer and asked how feasible a collapse of the EU really is.  The debate and the live stream are now over, however, a full recording of the evening can be enjoyed on this page and you…