Building quality of life together
Steffie Verstappen | October 20, 2024In the framework of the Bellagio Initiative, The Broker hosted a lively online debate on human wellbeing and inclusive economics in the 21st century. Our contributors agree that economic growth as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) generally...
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Steffie Verstappen | 30 August 2025The Broker's contribution to the Bellagio Initiative consists of an online debate on a series of questions related to the promotion of human wellbeing in general, and the transformation towards a global sustainable and inclusive economy in particu...
▶Steffie Verstappen
Steffie Verstappen is working as a freelance editor at The Broker magazine. She has a mixed professional background, in both academia and international development assistance. She conducted interdisciplinary research on conflict and conflict resolution at the Center for Conflict Studies and lectured at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, both based in Amsterdam. Additionally, she has worked for several aid agencies designing and implementing projects and, later, as a policy advisor coordinating research, lobbying and advocacy efforts on a range of topics.



