We’d like to send you off into the weekend with some happy thoughts. Like how great it would be to attend TEDxRadboudU. We’re still accepting applications for attendance!

However, the day would be a bit dull without great speakers. We’ve already announced a few names but that won’t be enough to entertain you all day. Today we are adding two names to the lineup. We are very happy and honoured to announce that Paul Dekker and Marc Slors will be giving a TEDxTalk at De Vereeniging on May 23rd.

Paul Dekker is a researcher in the field of social and political participation, including studies of voluntary associations, religious involvement and the non-profit sector in comparative perspective. Besides, public opinion has been a main topic in Paul’s recent work, focussing particularly on the negative public mood in the Netherlands and attitudes towards government and the European Union.
Paul is a professor of Civil Society at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, and Head of the Participation and Government research unit of the Netherlands Institute for Social Research | SCP.

Marc Slors recently intervened in the national debate about free will and the brain with his book Dat had je gedacht!. His position: neuroscience tells us next to nothing about free will, but it does provide us with the materials for a sophisticated view on who we are. In such a view consciousness plays a more indirect role. Marc is a professor of Philosophy of mind and cognition at Radboud University Nijmegen.

Both Paul and Marc will share their ideas on our central theme of Rebuilding Trust. We are very much looking forward to their talks!

For a complete list of confirmed speakers, check out our speakers page. We will announce more speakers every week, so stay tuned for our next announcement. And as always, share your thoughts on the theme, the lineup and everything else #TEDxRadboudU on !