The Edge of Knowing

Huub Dijstelbloem is professor of philosophy of science, technology, and politics and director of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). He is co-director of the UvA research priority area Shaping Interfaces between Science and the Public and co-founder of the Platform for the Ethics and Politics of Technology. His current research concerns the politics of borders, migration and long-term climate policy. Previously, he was affiliated to the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) and the Rathenau Institute. At the WRR, he advised the Dutch government on food policy, international security, European cooperation and climate justice. At the Rathenau Institute, he advised the government and stimulated public debate on emerging technologies, privacy and information technologies, and biomedical developments. After having worked as an attorney-at-law in Amsterdam and New York, Sanne decided to follow her true passion - writing. She has authored five non-fiction books, she has co-edited two essay collections and has written innumerable articles for newspapers and magazines. Currently she is a contributing writer for Dutch weekly magazine De Groene Amsterdammer and Dutch newspaper NRC. Her most recent, critically acclaimed book, Pijn - een expeditie naar onbestemd gebied (Pluim, 2023) deals with the complexities of chronic pain from a scientific, societal and personal perspective. During the years 2024-2025 Sanne was the first journalist-in-residence at the IAS.