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In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast - in Lockdown, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Thomas Clausen, Policy Advisor for Education and Research, Liberal Institute, at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. They discuss the negative impact that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on education, and they consider what should be done to create better education practices during th...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast - in Lockdown, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Scott Griffen, Deputy Director at the International Press Institute (IPI), a global press freedom foundation that was founded in 1950. They discuss some of the problems that the Covid-19 pandemic presents for journalists and journalism, and what are the solutions to promote and defe...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Fredrik Heintz (Associate Professor of Computer Science at Linköping University and member of the European Commission High Level Expert Group on AI) and Stefan Larsson (Lawyer, Associate Professor in Technology and Social Change at Lund University, and an affiliated researcher with FORES, the gre...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast - in Lockdown, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Alena Kudzko, the Director of the GLOBSEC Policy Institute think tank in Bratislava. They discuss the potential benefits of a European Union led process of testing for Covid-19, and how the European Green Deal can be a major engine for economic recovery in the EU Member States. This...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Carmen Descamps, European Affairs Manager at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation - European Dialogue, about the ways in which EU citizenship has evolved since its introduction into the European legal order in 1992. EU Citizenship, as a topic, has been the focus of Carmen's research for a number of y...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast - in Lockdown, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Sandra Parthie, Head of the Brussels Office for the German Economic Institute. They discuss potential short-term and long-term economic recovery plans for the European Union in response to the Covid-19 crisis. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration w...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Frank Sauer, Senior Researcher at Bundeswehr University Munich, and with Sebastian Vagt, a defence expert and Head of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation Security Hub. They talk about artificial intelligence in the military: what are some of the main ethical questions and the human participation in...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast - in Lockdown, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Edit Zgut, Hungarian political scientist at the Center for Europe at the University of Warsaw, and a DemocraCE and German Marshall Fund Fellow. They talk about some of the latest developments taking place in Eastern European countries under the control of leaders and governments who...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with András Simonyi, former Ambassador of Hungary to the United States and now a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council U.S. They talk about Europe's energy independence, environmental protection and the benefit of knowledge when confronted with unique challenges. This podcast is produced by the Europe...

The Liberal Europe Podcast (In Lockdown) series is a project that is, in many ways, an extension of ELF's Liberties in Lockdown online event series. It hopes to act as a continuation of the discussions that take place during these webinars, of which COVID-19's impact on our society is the central focus. For the first discussion on this theme, host of the podcast Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Libera...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Fredrik Heintz, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Linköping University and member of the European Commission High Level Expert Group on AI. They talk about the importance of artificial intelligence related to questions like trustworthiness, complementarity, and the importance of social s...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Mathias Sundin, Co-Funder & Executive Chairman of Warp Foundation. Their discussion revolves primarily around optimism, what it means to be an optimist in a unnecessarily pessimistic world, and how an optimistic outlook can be an advantage in life. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Daniel Kaddik, the Executive Director of the European Liberal Forum. They talk about the new season of the podcast, but also what ELF has in store for this year. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with the Movimento Liberal Social with the financial support of...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Dr Detmar Doering from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom office in Prague. They talk about economic freedom (among others) and how to have smarter regulations. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with the Movimento Liberal Social with the financial s...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Tyson Barker, Program Director and Fellow at The Aspen Institute Germany. They talk about the impending trial of the 45th President of the United States and the connection to European security and diplomacy. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with the Moviment...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with MEP Nicolae Ștefănuță, Member of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with the United States. The conversation revolves around the Impeachment of the 45th President of the United States. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with the Movimento Liberal...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with MEP Caroline Voaden, the group leader for the Liberal Democrats on the European Parliament. Ricardo then wraps up with the calendar of ELF events for the first weeks of December. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with the Movimento Liberal Social with the fin...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Prof. Francisco Veiga, Dean of the School of Economics and Management at University of Minho in Portugal. Ricardo then wraps up with the calendar of ELF events for final of November. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with the Movimento Liberal Social with the...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Ted Uhro, the Executive Manager of the think-tank Agenda, part of SBF. Ricardo then wraps up with the calendar of ELF events for the beginning of November. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with the Movimento Liberal Social with the financial support of the E...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Milosz Hodun, ELF Board Member, foreign policy advisor of the Polish liberal party Nowoczesna, and member of the foundation Fundacja Projekt:Polska. Ricardo then wraps up with the calendar of ELF events for the middle weeks of October. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in col...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Katalin Cseh, Vice-President of Renew Europe and Member of the European Parliament for the Hungarian party "Momentum". Ricardo wraps up with the calendar of ELF events for the first weeks of October. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with the Movimento Libera...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Leo Hoffmann-Axthelm, Research and Advocacy Coordinator at Transparency International (and also a recipient of a Nobel Prize Award). Ricardo then wraps up with the calendar of ELF events for the end of September. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with the Mov...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Helena Rosenblatt, a Professor of History at the Graduate Center at CUNY and an author of several books, being the one in focus on this podcast “The Lost History of Liberalism. From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century”. Ricardo then wraps up with the calendar of ELF events for the middle of...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Olga Labendowicz, from Liberty foundation in Poland. They talk about the Freedom Games that will take place in Lodz from the 13 to the 15 of September. Ricardo then wraps up with the calendar of ELF events for the start of the month of September. This podcast is produced by the European Liberal F...

In this episode of the Liberal Europe Podcast, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) talks with Elisa Lironi, Senior Manager at the European Citizen Action Service in Brussels, working on European democracy. They talk about some of the potencial benefits from a more digital democracy. Ricardo then wraps up with the calendar of ELF events for the end August. This podcast is produced by the E...