Claes de Vreese
@claesdevreese.bsky.social
Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || AlgoSoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff ||
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Thrilled to receive the 2025 @carlsbergfondet.dk Research Prize.
The prize celebrates free and independent research. I am incredibly indebted to students, colleagues, support staff, funders, and mentors who made all the research possible. Onward and upward 🚀
www.carlsbergfondet.dk/en/news/klau...
The prize celebrates free and independent research. I am incredibly indebted to students, colleagues, support staff, funders, and mentors who made all the research possible. Onward and upward 🚀
www.carlsbergfondet.dk/en/news/klau...
Even wat gedachten over een minderheidskabinet in Nederland. En lessen uit en verschillen met Denemarken.
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#minderheidskabinet #denemarken | Claes de Vreese
Op naar een minderheidskabinet van D66, CDA en VVD. Kan dat werken in Nederland? En zo ja, onder welke voorwaarden?
In dit debat wordt vaak gewezen naar Denemarken, waar minderheidskabinetten al dec...
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January 10, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Even wat gedachten over een minderheidskabinet in Nederland. En lessen uit en verschillen met Denemarken.
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Urgent call from citizen in Greenalnd to the US Congress.
Stop the US President and administration in their unlawful threats of Greenland 🛑
Stop the US President and administration in their unlawful threats of Greenland 🛑
January 10, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Urgent call from citizen in Greenalnd to the US Congress.
Stop the US President and administration in their unlawful threats of Greenland 🛑
Stop the US President and administration in their unlawful threats of Greenland 🛑
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The *only ones* currently threatening Greenland are the United States.
A country that carries part of the responsibility for security in the Arctic region and itself chose to scale down its presence in the region.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A country that carries part of the responsibility for security in the Arctic region and itself chose to scale down its presence in the region.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump ramps up Greenland threats and says US will intervene ‘whether they like it or not’
US president doubles down on threats to acquire territory at White House meeting with oil and gas executives
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:02 AM
The *only ones* currently threatening Greenland are the United States.
A country that carries part of the responsibility for security in the Arctic region and itself chose to scale down its presence in the region.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A country that carries part of the responsibility for security in the Arctic region and itself chose to scale down its presence in the region.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The *only ones* currently threatening Greenland are the United States.
A country that carries part of the responsibility for security in the Arctic region and itself chose to scale down its presence in the region.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A country that carries part of the responsibility for security in the Arctic region and itself chose to scale down its presence in the region.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump ramps up Greenland threats and says US will intervene ‘whether they like it or not’
US president doubles down on threats to acquire territory at White House meeting with oil and gas executives
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:02 AM
The *only ones* currently threatening Greenland are the United States.
A country that carries part of the responsibility for security in the Arctic region and itself chose to scale down its presence in the region.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A country that carries part of the responsibility for security in the Arctic region and itself chose to scale down its presence in the region.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The Netherlands moves towards minority government.
Unique political situation.
Lid-dems, liberals, and Christian democrats (D66, VVD, CDA).
nos.nl/l/2597547
Unique political situation.
Lid-dems, liberals, and Christian democrats (D66, VVD, CDA).
nos.nl/l/2597547
D66, CDA en VVD kiezen voor minderheidskabinet, uitzonderlijk in Nederland
De drie onderhandelende partijen hebben definitief besloten om geen andere partij te benaderen om te regeren. Een minderheidskabinet komt zelden voor.
nos.nl
January 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
The Netherlands moves towards minority government.
Unique political situation.
Lid-dems, liberals, and Christian democrats (D66, VVD, CDA).
nos.nl/l/2597547
Unique political situation.
Lid-dems, liberals, and Christian democrats (D66, VVD, CDA).
nos.nl/l/2597547
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PHD AND POSTDOC POSITIONS AT THE DIGITAL DEMOCRACY CENTRE
Topic: AI and the News Ecosystem
See thread by project PI @claesdevreese.bsky.social below.
Please help circulate and/or apply.
#polcomm #academia
Topic: AI and the News Ecosystem
See thread by project PI @claesdevreese.bsky.social below.
Please help circulate and/or apply.
#polcomm #academia
PLEASE SHARE
📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity”
Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)).
Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles.
Links in🧵
#commsky
📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity”
Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)).
Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles.
Links in🧵
#commsky
January 8, 2026 at 9:22 AM
PHD AND POSTDOC POSITIONS AT THE DIGITAL DEMOCRACY CENTRE
Topic: AI and the News Ecosystem
See thread by project PI @claesdevreese.bsky.social below.
Please help circulate and/or apply.
#polcomm #academia
Topic: AI and the News Ecosystem
See thread by project PI @claesdevreese.bsky.social below.
Please help circulate and/or apply.
#polcomm #academia
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Great positions, awesome team & work environment! 👇👇👇
PLEASE SHARE
📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity”
Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)).
Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles.
Links in🧵
#commsky
📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity”
Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)).
Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles.
Links in🧵
#commsky
January 8, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Great positions, awesome team & work environment! 👇👇👇
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The city administration of Copenhagen will no longer be posting on X.
Københavns Kommune dropper X | Nyheder | DR
Københavns Kommune er nu helt ude af det sociale medie X.
www.dr.dk
January 9, 2026 at 8:56 AM
The city administration of Copenhagen will no longer be posting on X.
PLEASE SHARE
📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity”
Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)).
Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles.
Links in🧵
#commsky
📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity”
Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)).
Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles.
Links in🧵
#commsky
January 8, 2026 at 9:14 AM
PLEASE SHARE
📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity”
Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)).
Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles.
Links in🧵
#commsky
📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity”
Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)).
Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles.
Links in🧵
#commsky
The vacuum left, in terms of funding and influence, can be used to create new alliances.
This is not easy and requires global, non-US driven collaboration, at a difficult moment. But it can and needs to be done.
This is not easy and requires global, non-US driven collaboration, at a difficult moment. But it can and needs to be done.
List of organizations, collaborations and treaties the US are pulling out of per presidential decree.
From security, climate, and peacekeeping to countless UN organizations.
Dismantling decades of work
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
From security, climate, and peacekeeping to countless UN organizations.
Dismantling decades of work
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 7:08 AM
The vacuum left, in terms of funding and influence, can be used to create new alliances.
This is not easy and requires global, non-US driven collaboration, at a difficult moment. But it can and needs to be done.
This is not easy and requires global, non-US driven collaboration, at a difficult moment. But it can and needs to be done.
List of organizations, collaborations and treaties the US are pulling out of per presidential decree.
From security, climate, and peacekeeping to countless UN organizations.
Dismantling decades of work
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
From security, climate, and peacekeeping to countless UN organizations.
Dismantling decades of work
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 6:11 AM
List of organizations, collaborations and treaties the US are pulling out of per presidential decree.
From security, climate, and peacekeeping to countless UN organizations.
Dismantling decades of work
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
From security, climate, and peacekeeping to countless UN organizations.
Dismantling decades of work
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Jan 7 poll of 2,223 U.S. adults (+/-2.4 points)
% who would support | oppose the U.S. using military force to take control of Greenland
U.S. adults 8% | 73%
Democrats 4% | 87%
Independents 6% | 73%
Republicans 15% | 60%
today.yougov.com/topics/trave...
% who would support | oppose the U.S. using military force to take control of Greenland
U.S. adults 8% | 73%
Democrats 4% | 87%
Independents 6% | 73%
Republicans 15% | 60%
today.yougov.com/topics/trave...
January 7, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Jan 7 poll of 2,223 U.S. adults (+/-2.4 points)
% who would support | oppose the U.S. using military force to take control of Greenland
U.S. adults 8% | 73%
Democrats 4% | 87%
Independents 6% | 73%
Republicans 15% | 60%
today.yougov.com/topics/trave...
% who would support | oppose the U.S. using military force to take control of Greenland
U.S. adults 8% | 73%
Democrats 4% | 87%
Independents 6% | 73%
Republicans 15% | 60%
today.yougov.com/topics/trave...
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Clear fact-based messaging from the Danish Ambassador to the United States.
‘Grounded in 225 years of our enduring partnership, shared history and agreements!!!!’
‘Grounded in 225 years of our enduring partnership, shared history and agreements!!!!’
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Clear fact-based messaging from the Danish Ambassador to the United States.
‘Grounded in 225 years of our enduring partnership, shared history and agreements!!!!’
‘Grounded in 225 years of our enduring partnership, shared history and agreements!!!!’
Good.
And sad that this is not a Parliament/ government wide decision.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
And sad that this is not a Parliament/ government wide decision.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI-altered images row
Exclusive: Move follows outcry over use of Grok to digitally remove clothing from images of women and children
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Good.
And sad that this is not a Parliament/ government wide decision.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
And sad that this is not a Parliament/ government wide decision.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Clear fact-based messaging from the Danish Ambassador to the United States.
‘Grounded in 225 years of our enduring partnership, shared history and agreements!!!!’
‘Grounded in 225 years of our enduring partnership, shared history and agreements!!!!’
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Clear fact-based messaging from the Danish Ambassador to the United States.
‘Grounded in 225 years of our enduring partnership, shared history and agreements!!!!’
‘Grounded in 225 years of our enduring partnership, shared history and agreements!!!!’
A fact-based deconstruction by Danish MP @jarlov.bsky.social of unfounded, incorrect US claims regarding Greenland.
Recommended.
www.reddit.com/r/Denmark/co...
Recommended.
www.reddit.com/r/Denmark/co...
From the Denmark community on Reddit: Rasmus Jarlov på CNN
Explore this post and more from the Denmark community
https://www.reddit.com/r/Denmark/comments/1q6gups/rasmus_jarlov_på_cnn/?share_id=DXMoaAGzPq4taMtfXpmUk&utm_content=1&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1
January 7, 2026 at 4:54 PM
A fact-based deconstruction by Danish MP @jarlov.bsky.social of unfounded, incorrect US claims regarding Greenland.
Recommended.
www.reddit.com/r/Denmark/co...
Recommended.
www.reddit.com/r/Denmark/co...
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🚨 New CampAIgn Tracker + Hiring 3 Research Assistants! 🚨
Together w/ @meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social & colleagues at UvA (@claesdevreese.bsky.social @teresaelena.bsky.social, @nickmattis.bsky.social, @philippdarius.bsky.social), we’re launching a project on GenAI in the 2026 Dutch local elections 🇳🇱
Together w/ @meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social & colleagues at UvA (@claesdevreese.bsky.social @teresaelena.bsky.social, @nickmattis.bsky.social, @philippdarius.bsky.social), we’re launching a project on GenAI in the 2026 Dutch local elections 🇳🇱
January 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
🚨 New CampAIgn Tracker + Hiring 3 Research Assistants! 🚨
Together w/ @meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social & colleagues at UvA (@claesdevreese.bsky.social @teresaelena.bsky.social, @nickmattis.bsky.social, @philippdarius.bsky.social), we’re launching a project on GenAI in the 2026 Dutch local elections 🇳🇱
Together w/ @meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social & colleagues at UvA (@claesdevreese.bsky.social @teresaelena.bsky.social, @nickmattis.bsky.social, @philippdarius.bsky.social), we’re launching a project on GenAI in the 2026 Dutch local elections 🇳🇱
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Here is a list of European policy / economics / politics tweeps, sprinkled with a few non-European accounts.
For inspiration on who to follow. bsky.app/profile/did:...
For inspiration on who to follow. bsky.app/profile/did:...
January 7, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Here is a list of European policy / economics / politics tweeps, sprinkled with a few non-European accounts.
For inspiration on who to follow. bsky.app/profile/did:...
For inspiration on who to follow. bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Wat doen we als de VS Groenland willen aanvallen en inlijven?
We zorgen dat de kosten die de VS betaalt voor het innemen van Groenland, hoger zijn dan de potentiële baten.
Ik schreef een opiniestuk voor @bnr.nl over hoe we onze Europese kracht in moeten zetten om dit scenario te voorkomen.
We zorgen dat de kosten die de VS betaalt voor het innemen van Groenland, hoger zijn dan de potentiële baten.
Ik schreef een opiniestuk voor @bnr.nl over hoe we onze Europese kracht in moeten zetten om dit scenario te voorkomen.
'Europa moet sancties tegen VS voorbereiden nu invasie Groenland dreigt'
Europa heeft geen tijd te verliezen en moet nu in actie komen, vindt Volt-politicus Reinier van Lanschot.
www.bnr.nl
January 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Wat doen we als de VS Groenland willen aanvallen en inlijven?
We zorgen dat de kosten die de VS betaalt voor het innemen van Groenland, hoger zijn dan de potentiële baten.
Ik schreef een opiniestuk voor @bnr.nl over hoe we onze Europese kracht in moeten zetten om dit scenario te voorkomen.
We zorgen dat de kosten die de VS betaalt voor het innemen van Groenland, hoger zijn dan de potentiële baten.
Ik schreef een opiniestuk voor @bnr.nl over hoe we onze Europese kracht in moeten zetten om dit scenario te voorkomen.
Reposted by Claes de Vreese
Forrygende optræden af @jarlov.bsky.social på CNN. Et gedigent og gennemført faktatjek af alt det vås om Grønland, der i disse dage udgår fra Washington. Det falder formentlig for døve øren hos Trump, Miller og co., men det skal jo ikke ligge Jarlov til last. #dkpol
From the Denmark community on Reddit: Rasmus Jarlov på CNN
Explore this post and more from the Denmark community
www.reddit.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Forrygende optræden af @jarlov.bsky.social på CNN. Et gedigent og gennemført faktatjek af alt det vås om Grønland, der i disse dage udgår fra Washington. Det falder formentlig for døve øren hos Trump, Miller og co., men det skal jo ikke ligge Jarlov til last. #dkpol
Exactly this: there IS already a 1951 agreement that gives the US wide ranging access to Greenland for security purposes. Use that agreement.
But this is only for security purposes. Not to annex a country or steal minerals.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...
But this is only for security purposes. Not to annex a country or steal minerals.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...
Buy Greenland? Take It? Why? An Old Pact Already Gives Trump a Free Hand.
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Exactly this: there IS already a 1951 agreement that gives the US wide ranging access to Greenland for security purposes. Use that agreement.
But this is only for security purposes. Not to annex a country or steal minerals.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...
But this is only for security purposes. Not to annex a country or steal minerals.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...
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The @ec.europa.eu will soon present “a combination of funding and policy measures” to support European open source projects in becoming commercially viable alternatives to proprietary US tech.
Read my article at @euractiv.com:
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
Read my article at @euractiv.com:
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
Commission wants to commercialise open source for sovereignty | Euractiv
An incoming strategy looks set to target support at European open source projects to scale into commercial alternatives to US tech
www.euractiv.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM
The @ec.europa.eu will soon present “a combination of funding and policy measures” to support European open source projects in becoming commercially viable alternatives to proprietary US tech.
Read my article at @euractiv.com:
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
Read my article at @euractiv.com:
www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...
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