Generali Endowed Chair in European Policies, President of the Institute of European Policy Making at Bocconi University (she/her)
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Catherine E. de Vries is a Dutch political scientist. She is Dean of Diversity & Inclusion and Professor of Political Science at Bocconi University. She is known for her research on European politics, including political behaviour, comparative European politics and political economy. She is also a columnist for the Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad. .. more
💡 Conversations with writers + thinkers about how ideas last.
First guest: Simon Kuper, FT columnist & author of Football Against the Enemy & Chums
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Una ocasión excepcional para conocer de primera mano cómo interpreta los cambios que atraviesan hoy nuestras democracias.
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In maart 2026 verschijnt mijn eerste Nederlandse boek bij Querido Facto.
De Symfonie van Onvrede vertelt het verhaal van hoe mijn vader politiek van het CDA naar de PVV verschoof, en wat zijn verhaal ons kan leren over de opmars van radicaal rechts in Europa.
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We advance a new argument on how economic crises fuel support for far-right parties in left-behind places by tapping into long-standing community narratives
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Public Support for Pro-environment and Environment-Critical Movements - https://cup.org/3XzCAEJ
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Next week’s conversation is with @erikvoeten.bsky.social
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- Write a little every day.
- Structure is kindness, guide your reader’s hand.
- Cut adverbs. Use verbs that carry weight.
- Ask of each section: What am I really saying?
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“Because it’s hard doesn’t mean you’re dumb. It’s supposed to be hard.”
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“People get stuck in the present,” she said. “The far right imagines alternative worlds all the time. We need to reclaim imagination as a tool.”
Writing is resistance, a refusal to accept that things can only ever be as they are.
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She urges us to “be true to our own Interests and instincts”.
The work that lasts begins, as McNamara reminds us, with the courage to follow what truly compels you.
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For her, writing is a form of self-governance: the daily act of choosing what deserves your attention & what you can let go.
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She thinks as carefully about her sentences as she does about global order, both require balance, rhythm & structure.
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For her, writing isn’t easy, it’s a struggle, but one worth having!
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Now that Call for Papers for EPSS Conference in Belfast has closed, we want to share the response has been extraordinary!
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Next week’s conversation with @katemcnamara.bsky.social
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- Do your own writing.
- Bring your history to the problem.
- Write now, revise later.
Three short lines form an entire philosophy of the craft of writing.
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It’s such a beautiful image: writing as practice, not performance. Precision as discipline.
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He writes with patience & accountability to his readers.
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He writes with the conviction that democracy depends on the continuous work of understanding.
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