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Latest Episodes

Diversity in Academia with Svetlana Khapova
August 26, 2021

In this episode, we discuss why diversity is important, Prof. Khapova's own experience throughout her career, her experience as the head of M&O at VU, and her current project on diversity in the business world. --- Send in a voice message: https://

Diversity in Academia - Ines Linder
July 26, 2021

Known as the mecca of liberalism and the foundation of meritocracy, how diverse/inclusive is academia? In this episode, Ines Linder and I discuss how it felt like in the early 2000s.  Would you like to know whether you have implicit stereotypes? Lin

Is there hope? Unpacking Myanmar's Civil Disobedience Movement
May 18, 2021

Is there hope? Is the international community doing its part to support Burmese? What's going on? Who is getting affected and how? In this episode, I had a chance to talk about what is not covered very well by the international media.  I met two Burm

[Asian Community & COVID-19]
December 30, 2020

Asian representation in a Dutch Uni? How do Asian students navigate through the anti-Asian sentiment in NL?  Link to Asians Voice Europe: Insta/ Twitter/ Facebook --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lighton/message

[LUC and Diversity] BLM and Black community in the Netherlands Part 1
June 30, 2020

In this episode, we discuss BLM in the Netherlands, black community in LUC, racial equality and diversity. Stay tuned for part 2. Link to:  LUC Race and Ethnicity LUC email Resources on BLM --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lighton/me

[LUC and Diversity] Financial aid and international students
June 21, 2020

Does our university live up to how it market itself to the students? In this episode, I discuss topics such as diversity in financial backgrounds in the LUC community. If you need more information on financial aid, please visit the LUC website: https://ww