About me

Biographical note

Born in 1993, in the city of Utrecht in the centre of the Netherlands, I grew up to become a socialist at an early age. I could not acquiesce in the notion that liberal capitalism represented the final consummation of human social development. Being sceptical by disposition, the available alternatives on offer were similarly unsatisfactory. As a result of subsequent explorations, my research interests and findings converged on the subject of “socialist republicanism”, which to my mind is potentially capable of providing a sensible resolution to theoretical stagnation.

In 2007, aged fourteen, I joined ‘ROOD’, the youth wing of the Socialist Party of the Netherlands, but left a few years on. After a number of detours, I re-joined the ranks of the Socialist Party in 2016. In 2021, several members broke away (although not of their own accord) over disagreements related to the strategic and political orientation of the party and regrouped to form a smaller unity project, ‘De Socialisten’, which I subsequently joined.

I have attended various institutions of higher learning, acquiring a propaedeutic certificate and diplomas from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Free University of Amsterdam, and the University of Amsterdam. In 2020, I graduated with honours from the University of Amsterdam in the field of political science, specialising in political theory.

As of 2024, I am again residing in the city of Utrecht, with my partner, Jona Duran.