
Small initiatives create big actions. Years ago, Rozemarijn nearly unconsciously decided to approach the world with an open mind. As a consequence, she has been challenging her prior notions about different people ever since. Moreover, she started exploring a part of the world Europeans tend to have many negative stereotypes about: the Middle East in the context of refugees.
In this series of columns Rozemarijn will describe her experiences with learning first-hand about refugees instead of through hearsay or reading. It offers her beautiful insights in how interactions between all different kinds of people – although they may seem insignificant – are powerful and create a world of opportunities.

De Jure Compliance, De Facto Resistance: The Persistence of Elite Power and Institutional Reform in EU Candidate States
High-speed rail as a strategic infrastructure: a review of the EU’s high-speed rail vision within the TEN-T framework
Dissent at the centre: protest policing in the EU’s capital
Unpacking the Global Gateway’s Financial Structure: A Critical Look at its Development Logic