Mind the Gap: Mental Health and a Regulated Insurance Market in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands healthcare is organized by a regulated insurance market. This combination of state and market creates tensions that are explored in this short film, in which psychotherapists reflect on their difficult position in the system.

Nikkie Buskermolen • June 07, 2018

A Struggle for Care: Public Health and Private Insurance in Brasília

Access to healthcare takes us to the heart of Brazil’s polarized debate on social justice and inequality. This film explores some of the difficulties people face when they need medical attention and the dilemmas of financing healthcare.

Erik Bähre and Fabíola Gomes • May 23, 2018

Risky Business: Crop Insurance in Rural India

In central India, agriculture is a risky business. As climate change has altered weather patterns and monsoon rains are becoming increasingly unpredictable, a new crop insurance policy promises to use financial management to control the extremes of nature.

Tim van de Meerendonk • April 30, 2018 • 6 comments

The Black Box in Bologna: A Short Documentary

By portraying seven perspectives on the recent spread of the black box in the car insurance domain, this documentary sheds light on the much-debated relation between responsibility, privacy, and control. This is further explored in Moretti's PhD research.

Irene Moretti • April 09, 2018

Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est

If knowledge itself is power, then how should we relate to data-hungry companies eager to improve our lives and lifestyles? The science fiction TV-show ‘Orphan Black’ might offer us some interesting answers.

Nikki Mulder • September 25, 2017

Moralising misfortune: The morality of life insurance

Erik Bähre has received an ERC Consolidator Grant for research on the morality of life insurance. What issues are raised when insurance companies define responsibility and solidarity? Has insurance changed since the crisis of 2007?

Erik Bähre • January 05, 2016 • 1 comment

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