Friday’s workshop was a joy to host. ☺️
We brought together researchers and activists to talk about LGBTQ+ criminalization, discrimination at work and in parenting, dating bias, and how the far right weaponizes LGBTQ issues.
Grateful to everyone involved and to VU's VICES for the support. 🏳️🌈
Samen met @marikenvelden.bsky.social bespreek ik alle ins en outs van een minderheidskabinet. Het is een mogelijkheid die, afhankelijk van de uitslag, politici zouden moeten meenemen in de orienterende fase van de formatie
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Samen met @marikenvelden.bsky.social mocht ik aanschuiven bij @guusvalk.bsky.social van @nrc.nl Haagse Zaken.
We spraken onder andere over emoties in de politiek en de liberale democratie die onder druk staat.
Hier te luisteren:
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🎧 Haagse Zaken gaat doorrr deze zomer!
We praten deze zomer met denkers, schrijvers en wetenschappers. Vandaag: @marikenvelden.bsky.social en @mrooduijn.bsky.social over boze kiezers en emoties in de politiek.
Redactie en productie @irisverhulsdonk.bsky.social
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Feel you need some in-depth feedback from peers, join us!
🎥 Video / Photo Credits Nisanur Ari, Amani Maniran Video link: diversitynewsdiets.blog
cc/ @knaw-nl.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @marikenvelden.bsky.social @nickmattis.bsky.social @feloe.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
🎉 Big step for #MEDem! We’ve officially applied for the #ESFRIroadmap2026— backed by 15 governments, 1,000+ researchers & 100+ institutions/associations.
One more milestone toward building Europe’s infrastructure for comparative #DemocracyResearch ✅
Read more on our #MEDemBlog 👉
In about a month, we submit our application for the ESFRI Roadmap 🇪🇺
Help us reach 1,000 researchers by showing your support here: forms.gle/dm8K4xFgXD9b...
⚙️ Regardless, we’re sure you’ll find MEDem’s tools & services useful once they’re live. We’re already working on first prototypes this year! 🏗️📊
Hello 🦋!
We are the Societal Analytics Lab.
We are a group of #ComputationalSocialScientists aiming to help researchers use and master computational methods.
If you are based at the #FSW, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, then consider becoming a member:
www.societal-analytics.nl/contact
Picture of the WHAT-IF project consortium at the kick-off meeting in Amsterdam
Hello world! Meet our consortium—15 organizations, 10 countries—joining forces to rethink the digital political information space. 🚀
Last week, we kicked off our project WHAT-IF, setting the stage to build a digital twin that will help us test the impact of policy interventions.
More in the 🧵!
🌍 This week, the #MEDem Steering Committee gathered in Vienna for a highly productive 2-day workshop—the final meeting before the #ESFRI roadmap submission! 🚀
Huge thanks to everyone who participated and contributed to this inspiring final push. Onwards to the finish line! 💪✨ #DemocracyResearch
A bit more time to apply for one of these amazing PhD positions! Position #5 is co- supervised by myself, Hoster by @polcomvienna.bsky.social together with great colleagues at @compcommlab.bsky.social and @tuwieninformatics.bsky.social ! ☺️
We have an amazing line of speakers, including some here on bluesky! ✨
@rbellamy.bsky.social
@mauritsmeijers.bsky.social
@eliseroumeas.bsky.social
@marikenvelden.bsky.social
@danielweinstock.bsky.social
Aanbieding van exemplaren aan de voorzitters van politieke jongerenorganisaties, Mauk Bresser (JOVD) en Jasmijn Hofman (JS). Vlnr: Paul 't Hart, Tom Louwerse, Jasmijn Hofman, Mauk Bresser, Sarah de Lange, Carolien van Ham
Paneldiscussie tijdens de boekpresentatie onder leiding van Alyt Damstra. Met Carla Hoetink, Rens Vliegenthart & Mariken van der Velden.
Inleiding tot het Handbook (Tom Louwerse)
Overzicht boekpresentatie Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics
Gisteren was de boekpresentatie van het Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics. Auteurs, collega's, en politieke en ambtelijke professionals zagen @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social, @marikenvelden.bsky.social & Carla Hoetink o.l.v. @alytdamstra.bsky.social spreken over het boek. Een fijne bijeenkomst!
✨Time for meta reflection✨
In this forum, @jmcquarterly.bsky.social @docmattweber.bsky.social and I invited colleagues to discuss the pros & cons of standardization in Computational Communication Science, and the tension between innovation, rigor & inclusion. 🧵
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Dus er wordt minder bezuinigd op onderwijs en dat wordt gedekt door bezuinigingen op…je verwacht het niet…tromgeroffel….
Onderwijs????
🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦
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📣 For all political communication scholars & members of the @ecpr.bsky.social Standing Group on Political Communication, we made a new BlueSky account for our SG that you can follow to stay-up-to date about news, events, activities 👇 @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social
New article in Journal of Communication looking at changes to trust in news across 46 countries in the last 10 years.
Trust in news declined in just over half of countries.
It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown.
A thread:
📢 Final days to apply for @ECPR @ECPR_PolCom endorsed (reserved) workshop: how uncivil, intolerant & violent communication styles threaten our democracies.
Conveners Jérémy Dodeigne & Chiara Vargiu at Joint Session '25 in Prague!
ecpr.eu/Events/Event/W…… ⏰DL: 21 Nov
Can you add our group? Thanks! @vanatteveldt.com @kasperwelbers.bsky.social @silviamajo.bsky.social @trillingual.bsky.social @grootkorm.bsky.social @jbgruber.bsky.social @rupertkiddle.com @bertous.bsky.social
Congrats and welcome to Amsterdam Ulrike from “the other part of town” too!
This is a screenshot of an ECRP Section on Bridging Gaps: Political Communication’s Role in Reducing Democratic Erosion
We (@marikenvelden.bsky.social) are looking forward to receiving proposals for summer holidays / papers & panels for the @ecpr.bsky.social section on "Bridging Gaps: Political Communication’s Role in Reducing Democratic Erosion" #ecprgc25 More here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Uit de Volkskrant. 'Dus voor mij gelden andere wetten.' [het antwoord is dus ja]
🚨📣 🚨We are hiring! One great fully-funded PhD position at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on Simulation & Virtual Field Experiments for Democratic Citizenship. 🚨📣 🚨
Reach out to me for more information! #Commsky #CSS #polcomm
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph...
Ready for #comptext24 at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social! Kicking off with some 🔥🔥🔥 workshops today (and one that I'm teaching 😉).
We just sent out acceptance mails for #COMPTEXT24 in Amsterdam!
This year, we sent out a record of 204 invitations 🥳 and we are looking forward to seeing all the amazing research presented in May!
Samen met @marikenvelden.bsky.social bespreek ik alle ins en outs van een gedoogconstructie: "Kan een mogelijk minderheidskabinet met gedoogpartner de grote vraagstukken wel aanpakken? En andere vragen over gedoogsteun beantwoord" eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/item/kan-een...
Happy that this paper with @marikenvelden.bsky.social is now out 'in print' in European Journal for Political Research!
We show that adherence to populist attitudes depends on how you conceptualize 'the people'.
The paper is available open access:
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Huge thanks to all authors, the CCR_OpenJournal team, OPTED_H2020 & my fabulous co-editors Christian Baden & Martijn Schoonvelde
