How the COVID Crisis Changed the Way We Think About the Future

In the third – and for now final – episode of Solidarity Speaks, journalist Linda De Win, historian Bert De Munck (University of Antwerp), and physician-crisis coordinator Jorgen Stassijns (Sciensano) review the handling of the COVID-19 crisis and draw lessons for the future.

The discussion exposes the tensions between security, freedom, scientific expertise, and social trust. A critical reflection and an urgent question: how do we prepare for the future without losing sight of democracy?

Find out in episode 3 of Solidarity Speaks!

Sustainability and Social Justice Five Years after the COVID Crisis

The second episode of the podcast series Solidarity Speaks is finally online! Join Linda De Win, Cathy Macharis (VUB), and Eva Smets (Oxfam Belgium) as they explore what the COVID crisis has meant for sustainability, social inequality, and the just transition.

Five years ago, the outbreak of the pandemic offered a unique opportunity to steer our society towards greater justice and sustainability. Did we manage to change course? What have we learned—and what steps still lie ahead?

Solidarity after COVID-19: Lessons, Inequality and International Cooperation

In the first episode of Solidarity Speaks, the podcast of the UCSIA Solidarity Academy, we address the question: has the COVID crisis sustainably strengthened our solidarity, or has it rather put it under pressure?

Host Linda De Win talks with Stijn Oosterlynck, professor of urban sociology at the University of Antwerp, and Naima Charkaoui, policy director at 11.11.11, the umbrella organization for international solidarity in Belgium. Together, they explore how solidarity manifested itself during the pandemic at local, national and international levels, and what mechanisms lie behind it.