The magazine iBestuur interviewed myself and information studies Professor, Felienne Hermans (VU) about the Dutch goverment’s current approach to disinformation. A longer and more detailed version of the interview will be published in the next […]
Category: engagement
Sneak Peek: Podcast Launching Soon
We’ll soon be publishing the first episode of the new podcast series called Going Public. I’m really looking forward to this! It’s a production I’m working on together with Frans van Dam from the Freudenthal […]
Workshop on PublicLy Communicating Climate Science In the social media Age
Here’s a video summary of the workshop we organized as part of a team-based seed-project I’m leading at UU on the public communication of science about climate change in the era of social media’s dominance […]
Sharing research insights at RIVM Symposium on Pandemic Communication
At the end of the month, I’ll be joining other academics and policymakers at a symposium on pandemic behaviour organized by the RIVM (the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment). I’ll be […]
Seed Funding from “Pathways to Sustainability”
Some colleagues and I recently started setting up a small but ambitious project under the theme: Public Communication of Climate Science in the Social Media Age. We’re very pleased to have received funding via the […]
Contribution to Article in Dub Magazine on Fake News
I was one of the five Utrecht University academics to share some of my thoughts on science, media, and public trust in the era of “post-truth” and “fake news” for this article the University’s DUB […]
Snapchat’s Digital intimacy report in the Daily Mail
Along with a number of experts consulted from around the world, I contributed to a report commissioned by the social media platform, Snapchat. The focus was on how friendship and emotional intimacy are mediated through […]
Crisis Magazine is Online
Last week Crisis Magazine went live. The online magazine is an initiative undertaken by myself and Saskia Baas and the response so far has been overwhelmingly positive. We’re extremely thankful to all the authors in this first issue, which is dedicated to Syrian displacement. Here’s the magazine’s editorial mission:
Opinion piece on intellectual freedom and the rise of the right wing at universities
Today this piece of mine was published on a Dutch political opinion site. I’m adding the English version of it here: The UvA should not have offered Jordan Peterson a right wing “safe space” Last […]
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