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Studium Generale: Healthy Scepticism or Conspiracy Thinking?

took place · 5 Oct 2026

Bibliotheek Neude, Utrecht

Studium Generale: Healthy Scepticism or Conspiracy Thinking? — Bibliotheek Neude, Utrecht
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More and more people believe in a malevolent elite pulling the strings behind the scenes. But when do informal networks become a threat to democracy, and where is the line between healthy skepticism and conspiracy thinking?

Jurist Willeke Slingerland and historian Amanda de Lannoy discuss this question.