Govert Buijs
Govert Buijs is a political philosopher and Professor of Social and Economic Renewal at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, supported by the Abraham Kuyper Foundation. He is part of the faculty’s Èthos research centre and from 2016 to 2026 held the Goldschmeding Research Chair. Buijs previously led the international research project Markets and Morality, funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation. Together with former Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, he co-authored Capitalism Reconnected: Toward a Sustainable, Inclusive and Innovative Market Economy in Europe (Amsterdam University Press, 2024).
