Sometimes asking questions and researching them together from different perspectives is more important than finding answers. Professors José van Dijck, Peter-Paul Verbeek and Tamara Witschge agree on this. Using four questions as a guide, we talk to them about why we want to know things and the role that science plays.

"My research team’s central question is: how can we use media to encourage the social change that various people and organisations in society are trying to bring about, like accelerating the sustainability transition or a more inclusive society" says Tamara Witschge. She is a professor at the Department of Media and Journalism at the University of Groningen and lecturer in Creative Media for Social Change at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.

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