P.O. Box 8008 - 3503 RA Utrecht

The Netherlands

Visitors:

Oudegracht 312, 3511 PK Utrecht 

+31 30 2399900

bureaudehelling(at)groenlinks.nl

Director: Dick Pels

Email: dpels(at)groenlinks.nl

Eight employees in total. Six staff members work 32 hours, two 16 hours a week. Bureau de Helling has reguraly one or two interns and/or volunteers. In 2011 it also established a 'youth department' called Hellingproef, which is targeted at students and other young intellectuals and professionals.

Mission/Main goals

To influence public debate on issues such as greening the economy, labour market reform and education, a broker between all kinds of networks and the party, mobilizing intellectual talent for the party and creating platforms for research and debate, to contribute to debates inside as well as outside the party with the aim of embedding the green political and ideological programme further into society.

- Libertarian paternalism

- Green growth and degrowth 

- Green New Deal

- Climate Scepticism

- Democratization and the Populist Challenge 

- The Soul of Europe

- Political Geography

- Voters Research

- Publish articles, brochures, books, reports etc

- Quarterly de Helling 

- Organise debates, lectures, conferences, seminars, courses etc.

- Assist GroenLinks in writing election programmes

- Create and maintain a network of progressive and critical thinkers

- Participate in public and political debates on green, social-economic, cultural/arts and international issues, amongst others