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Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
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✨ Wij zoeken een nieuwe programmamanager! ✨

Werk je graag verbindend tussen onderzoekers, projecten en subsidiegevers? Ben je sterk in organiseren en communiceren? Solliciteer vóór 19 dec 2025 en kom werken binnen ons domein Sociale Wetenschappen:

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Vacature — Programmamanager Onderzoeksinstituut Sociale Wetenschappen
<p><span>Ben jij op zoek naar een functie waar je jouw organisatorische vaardigheden in kwijt kan? Ben jij zowel communicatief als administratief goed onderlegd en zet je deze talenten graag in binnen de academische wereld? Dan is de functie Programmamanager bij het Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (Universiteit van Amsterdam) wat voor jou! </span></p>
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November 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Onderzoek naar liefde & midlife in Amsterdam-Noord 💛
Antropoloog Rahil Roodsaz duikt in de dagelijkse ritmes van stellen (35–60) in *Rhythms of Love*. Hoe verandert liefde als we ouder worden? Persoonlijke, kwetsbare verhalen vol inzicht.

Een interview in @parool.nl: www.parool.nl/ps-van-de-we...
Rahil Roodsaz (43) geeft les over de liefde aan de UvA: ‘Mensen zijn klaar met datingapps, dat hoor ik ook van studenten’
UvA-docent en liefdesonderzoeker Rahil Roodsaz (43) doet antropologisch onderzoek naar langdurige relaties in de Waterlandpleinbuurt in Noord. ‘Ik vraag heel concreet: waar en hoe vindt het liefhebben...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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eadi.bsky.social
Call for abstracts, Seed Panel:

Reparations in the Twenty-First Century—Claims, Programmes, and Unsettled Futures

Conv. by Jean-Benoît Falisse (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social) and @felixundstein.bsky.social (@aissr.bsky.social)

📍 @iobua.bsky.social

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EADI/IOB 2026: Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local Solutions? 29 June – 2 July 2026, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
aissr.bsky.social
How Migration Really Works — now as a comic! 📚✨

A 12-page visual summary of @heindehaas.bsky.social' research, created by @blijstift.bsky.social and LOKAAL Rotterdam.

Free to download (in Dutch) or get the print for €9.95 (hello holiday season): www.blijstift.nl/samengevat-i...
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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❌❌❌ AISSR Harvest Day 2025 | The Social Science of Amsterdam | 4 Dec | CREA

Join our 12th annual gathering on the “harvest” of social science in/with/for Amsterdam.

Keynotes, aftertalks, videos & workshops on urban challenges, methods, and community collaboration.

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November 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Sneak peek from Renée DiResta’s AISSR Lecture last week: How does social media reshape political power? From performed credibility to fragmented info worlds, her insights hit hard.

Watch the full lecture & aftertalk with @lizamugge.bsky.social ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nshb...

@ascor.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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In @nrc.nl waarschuwt socioloog Sarah Bracke voor de normalisering van het begrip ‘omvolking’, centraal in radicaal-rechtse frames over islam en migratie. Haar team toont hoe moslims als “vreemd lichaam” worden neergezet.

Presentatie 13 nov: aissr.uva.nl/content/even...

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‘Omvolking is dé fantasie van radicaal-rechts’
Sarah Bracke | socioloog: Het begrip ‘omvolking’ maakte opmars onder het nazi-regime. Hoogleraar sociologie Sarah Bracke maakt zich zorgen over de normalisering ervan.
www.nrc.nl
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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aissr.bsky.social
𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧?

Join us Sun 23 Nov, 14:00 at SPUI25 for a rare event with Achille Mbembe - one of today’s most influential thinkers - alongside our anthropologists Peter Geschiere, Rachel Spronk & Francio Guadeloupe

Info & registration: aissr.uva.nl/shared/uva-p...
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Meer vrouwen in de Kamer is goed nieuws, maar inclusiviteit gaat verder dan zetelaantallen, schrijven @zahrarunderkamp.bsky.social & @lizamugge.bsky.social in @parool.nl

Het gaat óók om wie kan blijven, zich veilig voelt en ruimte krijgt om politiek werk te doen.

🔗 www.parool.nl/columns-opin...
Opinie: ‘Goed dat er meer vrouwen in de Tweede Kamer zijn verkozen, maar echte inclusiviteit gaat over meer dan dat’
Dat er bij de laatste Tweede Kamerverkiezingen meer vrouwen dan ooit zijn verkozen is goed nieuws, maar ook slechts een begin, stellen onderzoekers Zahra Runderkamp en Liza Mügge in dit opiniestuk. In...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧?

Join us Sun 23 Nov, 14:00 at SPUI25 for a rare event with Achille Mbembe - one of today’s most influential thinkers - alongside our anthropologists Peter Geschiere, Rachel Spronk & Francio Guadeloupe

Info & registration: aissr.uva.nl/shared/uva-p...
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Reminder: next Wednesday we host @tevoelker.bsky.social at the AMCIS Seminar who will talk on the Far Right, with our colleagues Jaron Harambam and @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social as discussants.

⬇️ More info + registration below

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November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Congrats to @mrooduijn.bsky.social, new Professor of Transdisciplinary Social Science at @uva.nl! 🎓

As part of his chair, he’s launching a Centre for Transdisciplinary Social Science to tackle polarisation, inequality & climate change by bridging science and society 🌍

www.uva.nl/en/shared-co...
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Honored that our video from the recent AISSR lecture by @juliango.bsky.social was selected as video of the week by @the-syllabus.bsky.social! Thanks for highlighting our work 🙏
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How and why did police in liberal democracies become militarized? Drawing on colonial history, our video of the week shows how methods honed during empire were imported into domestic policing through an “imperial boomerang.”

Feat. @juliango.bsky.social at @aissr.bsky.social

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November 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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eadi.bsky.social
Call for abstracts, Seed Panel:

The ‘New North’: Implications for Justice in Global Development

📍 @iobua.bsky.social

Conv. by Maggi Leung, Karen Paiva Henrique & S. Shakthi (@aissr.bsky.social)

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EADI/IOB 2026: Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local Solutions? 29 June – 2 July 2026, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium
October 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Why are today’s police forces so militarized, and what does empire have to do with it?

Sociologist @juliango.bsky.social (University of Chicago) explored this in his AISSR Lecture on policing, imperialism & racialization

🎥 Full lecture & aftertalk with Rivke Jaffe ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXtO...
October 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Upcoming AMCIS Seminar: On 12 Nov. @tevoelker.bsky.social talks about "Mainstreaming the Far Right: How Far-Right Actors and Ideas Shape Public Debates" - just 2 weeks after the Dutch elections!
Info & Registration: amcis.uva.nl/content/even...

@aissr.bsky.social @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social
Mainstreaming the Far Right: How Far-Right Actors and Ideas Shape Public Debates - AMCIS
In this talk at the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies, Dr. Teresa Völker will present findings from her research on the mainstreaming of the far right and how far-right actors and ideas shape pu...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

Join us on 6 Nov for the AISSR Lecture by Renee DiResta, @noupside.bsky.social, author of the book 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴. On how social media reshapes power & politics. Co-hosted by @ascor.bsky.social

➡️ Register here: aissr.uva.nl/content/even...
October 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Vandaag de laatste aflevering van onze serie “plaatjes van de electoraatjes” op de blog Stuk Rood Vlees. @simonotjes.bsky.social en ik gaan in op de achterban van de PVV. Passen de opvattingen van de PVV-kiezer goed bij de partijideologie? (1/6)

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Plaatjes van de electoraatjes 2025: de PVV - StukRoodVlees
Op 29 oktober zijn er verkiezingen voor de Tweede Kamer. In deze serie gaan wij aan de hand van een aantal grafieken in op de vraag wie de kiezers van de vijftien grootste partijen volgens de peilinge...
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October 24, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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🎉 Proud to share that Rowan Arundel & @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social receive the prestigious NWO Vidi grants, worth €850,000!

Their projects HOU-EQUAL & DWELLWELL explore how housing shapes social & health inequalities across Europe.

Huge congrats both! 👏

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Vidi grants for 25 UvA and Amsterdam UMC researchers - AISSR
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 25 talented researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Amsterdam UMC (AMC location). The Vidi funding amounts to a maximum of €8...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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🎬 Our Social Science Cinema returns 🍿 With 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘢𝘺: a moving documentary about former Israeli & Palestinian combatants choosing nonviolence together.

📅 30 Oct
🕑 19:30-22:00
📍 CREA

With live Q&A from the co-founders of Combatants for Peace 🕊

Register now: aissr.uva.nl/shared/subsi...
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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🚨🚨🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨🚨🚨
Preaching to the converted: Misinformation and voter preferences in election campaigns, co-authored with U Daxecker, and published in the @electoralstudies.bsky.social.

Is misinformation an effective campaign tool — or just noise? See 🧵

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Preaching to the converted: Misinformation and voter preferences in election campaigns
Politicians frequently sponsor misinformation during election campaigns, but its effectiveness in shifting voters' policy preferences and beliefs rema…
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October 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Today at the Shifting States conference with @easainfo.bsky.social:

Keynote by Alice von Bieberstein (HU Berlin) on Disavowed enemies: the criminalization of the Kurdish Freedom Movement and Germany’s contradictory war on terror.

16:00 | REC A1.03 & online
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October 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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💠 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆: 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮 💠

A unique chance to hear @abaswedan.bsky.social reflect on what keeps democracy alive beyond elections - hope, integrity & imagination. With @yatunsastra.bsky.social

🗓️ 27 Oct | 14:30
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October 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Small reminder for today's kick-off of our 2025-2026 AISSR lecture series!

We warmly welcome @juliango.bsky.social on stage for a lecture on Militarized Policing and the Imperial Boomerang in the US and Britain. CREA Hall open at 14.15, start at 14.30 ⬇️
October 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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🗳️ Democracies depend on disagreement — but what happens when it turns violent?

Ursula Daxecker studies political violence within democracies.

Read more 👇
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@jpeaceresearch.bsky.social article: tinyurl.com/4ms3nyta
Protest, polarisation and political violence: where do we draw the line?
Why does political violence occur in a democracy? Professor Ursula Daxecker explains how protest and division can lead to threats and tension within society.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM