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Renate Van Der Zee

Renate Van Der Zee

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Beavers were welcomed back to the Netherlands. Until they started digging 17m-long tunnels

Beavers were welcomed back to the Netherlands. Until they started digging 17m-long tunnels
28.08.2025 8

The Guardian

Renate Van Der Zee

In the Netherlands, we’re closing our emptying prisons. What can other countries learn from how we did it?

Yesterday, I went to the cinema in the Dome prison in Haarlem. This monumental building – a vast, panopticon-style facility first opened in 1901 –...

14.10.2024 100

The Guardian

Renate Van Der Zee

Hiring women, rather than just talking about it, works. That doesn’t mean all men are on board, it turns out

Are radical measures a good idea to attract more women to your organisation? The technology university in the Dutch city of Eindhoven thinks so. In...

05.08.2024 8

The Guardian

Renate Van Der Zee