Author of two critically acclaimed biographies and several books on civil resistance and democratic renewal. Speaker on cultural history, societal change, civil movements, climate action, deliberative democracy, and citizens' assemblies. Read my article: 'Democracy is in decline: here is how we can revive it', on The Correspondent.Books:- Author, Nu Is Het Aan Ons. Oproep tot echte democratie (Now it’s Up To Us. A call for true democracy), De Correspondent 2023.- Editor and… Show more Author of two critically acclaimed biographies and several books on civil resistance and democratic renewal. Speaker on cultural history, societal change, civil movements, climate action, deliberative democracy, and citizens' assemblies. Read my article: 'Democracy is in decline: here is how we can revive it', on The Correspondent.Books:- Author, Nu Is Het Aan Ons. Oproep tot echte democratie (Now it’s Up To Us. A call for true democracy), De Correspondent 2023.- Editor and co-author, Nu Het Nog Kan (The Time that’s Left, edited volume on mass extinction and global warming, contributions from thirty activists, scientists, philosophers and journalists), Extinction Rebellion / De Bezige Bij, 2020.- Author, De rebelse held (The Rebel Hero, letters on climate change to Richard Buckminster Fuller), Prometheus, 2019.- Author, Practivisme. Een handboek voor heimelijke rebellen (Practivism: A Manual for Discrete Rebels), Prometheus 2018.- Author, Ik kom in opstand, dus wij zijn (I revolt, therefore we are, essay on Albert Camus’ call for collective action in times of social media and clicktivism), Ambo Anthos, 2017.- Author, Sammeln für die Ewigkeit. Helene Kröller-Müller: die bedeutendste van Gogh-Sammlerin der Welt, translated by Marlene Müller-Haas, Athena Verlag, 2016.- Author, BOUD. Het verzameld leven van Boudewijn Büch, (biography of a controversial landmark figure in Dutch literature and popular culture), Prometheus, 2016.- Author, De eeuwigheid verzameld. Helene Kröller-Müller: 1869-1939, (biography of the woman who became the most important Van Gogh collector in the world), Bert Bakker, 2010. Awarded both the Jan van Gelderprijs 2011 and the Hazelhoff Biografieprijs 2012. Show less

Bureau Burgerberaad is a young, independent, non-profit organisation, which has rapidly put citizens' councils on the map. Our mission is a future-proof, inclusive democracy, where politicians and residents decide and work together on the biggest problems of our time. Our main activities are:- Sharing information on the conditions of successful citizens's assemblies with politicians and civil servants. - Increase 'democratic self confidence' among citizens by letting them experience… Show more Bureau Burgerberaad is a young, independent, non-profit organisation, which has rapidly put citizens' councils on the map. Our mission is a future-proof, inclusive democracy, where politicians and residents decide and work together on the biggest problems of our time. Our main activities are:- Sharing information on the conditions of successful citizens's assemblies with politicians and civil servants. - Increase 'democratic self confidence' among citizens by letting them experience what real democracy is.For more information visit: https://bureauburgerberaad.nl Show less