Workshop Title:
Freedom Oh Freedom
Workshop Description and Topic:
Academic freedom and freedom at the academy. How wellbeing is influenced by the (lack of) freedom students feel to choose, express themselves and travel. The freedom of students is strained and jeopardised by the high debts (up to 60.000 euro’s) students develop by studying, the insecurities students and staff experience in the challenges of the climate change, the everyday crisis of war in the world. And they bear the burden of solving all the problems of the world by their contribution. The risk of too much responsibility and too little freedom is discouragement and lack of hope, especially in times of spiritual poverty. How can we support the academic community in (re)finding their freedom to live and hope?
Presenter’s Biography, highlighting your professional background:
David Schiethart, Günther Sturms and Renske Oldenboom are chaplains at Delft University of Technology. In 2014 the team renamed the chaplaincy into MoTiv. Since then, they organise teamtraining and coaching sessions for many students.
Maximum Number of Participants for the Workshop:
20
Any special considerations for participants, such as mobility requirement
Phone to use the mentimeter app.
Indication of whether the workshop contains any religious content, specifying the religious affiliation if applicable:
Not applicable.