In the Vox podcast In a Nutshell, hosts Jara Majerus and Antonia Leise take a deep dive into the university's most interesting, strange, and exciting research. Every two weeks, they invite Radboud researchers to talk about their favourite topics – explained in bite-sized episodes. In today's last episode, Jara closes the podcast by assessing Dutch democracy.

What challenges is Dutch democracy facing? Does democracy need a re-invention? And why does representative democracy reappear, even when we try to leave it behind?

In this very last episode of In a Nutshell, Jara and her guest, Kristof Jacobs, gather in the studio to assess the state of Dutch democracy.

Kristof is an associate professor of empirical political science. In his research, he investigates the challenges facing modern democracies, their consequences, and the responses they trigger.
Want to dive deeper into this topic? Follow Kristof’s advice and pick up “The Death of Expertise” by Tom Nichols today.

Finally, thank you for listening to In a Nutshell over the past three years—it’s been a pleasure.