Alumni Symposium

The 20th of February, the Alumni Symposium of the Alumni Committee of Studievereniging der Psychologie Labyrint will take place! The theme of this evening will be ‘Sustainability’. The symposium will take place at the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences in Leiden. You are welcome at 18.30 in the Central Hall, were we will have you a cup of coffee or tea. The opening lecture from Marcel Beukeboom will start at 19.00. Marcel Beukeboom has been the Climate envoy of the Netherlands since 2016. He is the representative of the Netherlands when spoken about climate internationally or in the Netherlands. He is involved in Dutch climate policy and execution. He will talk about the Dutch climate policy and sustainability and the link with psychology. 
After the opening lecture, there will be two rounds. Each round you can choose between two or three interesting speakers. In between these rounds, there will be a break with drinks and an opportunity to have a chat with each other. All lectures will be in English.

Price: €5,- for members and €7,- for non-members.

The speakers of the second lecture are (19.45h - 20.15h):
Noor Veenhoven is a co-founder of Project Cece. A webshop that makes buying sustainable clothing easier. They have done research on why people buy fast fashion and will talk about this in her lecture. She will also talk about how you can recognize sustainable clothing in stores.

Eefke van de Wouw As VN youth representative sustainable development she concerns herself around themes that life amongst youth in relation to climate. One of the biggest themes is the mental impact of this on the youth. How do young people live with the prospect of a (heavily) changing climate and the effects of that on men and biodiversity?

The speakers of the third lecture are (21:15h 21:45h):
Iza Awad is Junior Research Assistent at VU Amsterdam. He did his research within and worked on the project ‘The production of a sustainable living Kombucha fabric’. Iza will make a link between sustainable fashion production and the future of our clothes.

Kyriėl van der Sloot is Sustainable Travel Expert at Riksja Travel and one of the sustainable young 100 of 2019 at DJ100. Kyriėl will tell us about how we can travel responsible and sustainable. Besides that, Riksja Travel is nominated for the Sustainable Travel Award with their sustainable project!

Jaco Quist is an assistant professor in Sustainable Innovation and Transitions at Delft University. His research is about sustainable innovation and how this mutually affects people, which he is going to talk about in his lecture.


We hope to see you at our symposium!