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Nathalie Van Raemdonck @nathalievanraemdonck.com · 19d

Successfully defended my thesis to the jury this week 🥳 Public defense on 13/11! grateful to @snurb.info @tomdeleyn.bsky.social @pieterballon.bsky.social and Ksenia Ermoshina for their insightful feedback and @ikepicone.bsky.social @imuses.bsky.social and Trisha Meyer for their amazing supervision!

post-defense lunch, sitting around the table are Ike, Trisha, Jo, Tom, Axel and me facing the camera (other 2 jurymembers could not join lunch)

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Jo Pierson @imuses.bsky.social · Apr 10

And we’re off! So much looking forward getting immersed in socio-technical debates about public values in an algorithmic society at #algosoc2025

With @natalihelberger.bsky.social setting the scene on timeliness and relevance conference.algosoc.org/home

#responsibledigitalisation #publicvalues #AI

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Jo Pierson @imuses.bsky.social · Feb 14

Dont' forget ⌛ Today 14 February = deadline for submissions for the 7th annual PrivaCI Symposium from 19-20 May 2025 in Brussels 🇧🇪 privaci.info/symposium/20...

We hope to see you there! 🤞

#contextualintegrity #privacy #publicvalues

Jo Pierson @imuses.bsky.social · Feb 13

So great to see this cornerstone of
@nathalievanraemdonck.com’s doctoral research being published, together with @ikepicone.bsky.social! ✨

By integrating #STS and Media & Communication Studies we contribute to understanding and strengthening civil online publics 💪

#responsibledigitalisation

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Jo Pierson @imuses.bsky.social · Feb 10

Nog 3️⃣ dagen - tot 13 februari - om te kandideren voor onze vacature ‘open rank’ professor Media Studies / Communicatiewetenschappen en Digitalisering aan UHasselt School voor Sociale Wetenschappen ⏳

Dank om vacature mee te verspreiden! 📣

#ZAP #vacature #communicatiewetenschappen #digitalisering

Jo Pierson @imuses.bsky.social · Jan 20

✨School voor Sociale Wetenschappen van Universiteit Hasselt werft (open rank) professor Media Studies/Communicatiewetenschappen & Digitalisering aan❗

🧑‍🏫 Wil je deel worden van ons dynamische, gepassioneerde en groeiende team?

📣 Dan zoeken wij jou! shorturl.at/6UmjL

📝 Solliciteren tem 13.02.2025

Docent (tenure track) / hoofddocent / hoogleraar communicatiewetenschappen en digitalisering - UHasselt

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Jo Pierson @imuses.bsky.social · Jan 27

A gentle reminder for 7th annual PrivaCI Symposium from 19-20 May 2025, as deadline for registering intent/abstract on #contextualintegrity is quickly approaching (7 February, with submissions due 14 February) ⌛️ lnkd.in/eJtdbRHT

The Symposium is organised for the first time in Europe (Brussels) 🇪🇺

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Jo Pierson @imuses.bsky.social · Jan 20

✨School voor Sociale Wetenschappen van Universiteit Hasselt werft (open rank) professor Media Studies/Communicatiewetenschappen & Digitalisering aan❗

🧑‍🏫 Wil je deel worden van ons dynamische, gepassioneerde en groeiende team?

📣 Dan zoeken wij jou! shorturl.at/6UmjL

📝 Solliciteren tem 13.02.2025

Docent (tenure track) / hoofddocent / hoogleraar communicatiewetenschappen en digitalisering - UHasselt

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robinmansell.bsky.social @robinmansell.bsky.social · Dec 20

Do please register for this report launch 15 Jan - I was honoured to serve as scientific director www.linkedin.com/posts/forum-...

Forum on Information and Democracy on LinkedIn: 🌍 Save the Date! Global launch of the Observatory's first report on 15th…

🌍 Save the Date! Global launch of the Observatory's first report on 15th January! 🗓️ The International Observatory on Information and Democracy is thrilled…

www.linkedin.com

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Jo Pierson @imuses.bsky.social · Dec 13

Great keynote by prof. Katleen Gabriels at @uhasselt.bsky.social #EducationDay2024 💡

Vividly setting the scene for implications of #AI on human thought and #ethics in #education, while stressing the co-shaping of AI technology and society 🔄

School voor Sociale Wetenschappen @UHasselt

Jo Pierson @imuses.bsky.social · Nov 28

Great and thoughtful analysis! ✨

Nathalie Van Raemdonck @nathalievanraemdonck.com · Nov 27

Sup BlueSky 👋 I wrote out my reflections on this space for @techpolicypress.bsky.social in the piece I go beyond "Bluesky is not really decentralised" and "it's an EcH0cHamB3r" rhetoric. I have 3 main observations:

Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Nov 27

Nathalie Van Raemdonck asks, where does power consolidate in BlueSky, the decentralized network that has emerged as a favored alternative to X? www.techpolicy.press/where-does-p...

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Jo Pierson @imuses.bsky.social · Nov 28

Great presentation by prof. Helen Kennedy at Academia Europaea #BuildingBridges2024 in #Wroclaw 🇪🇺🇵🇱 bit.ly/41eKs1s
Inspiring talk on #AI and key societal challenges #equity, #resilience and #sustainability, part of UK ESRC Digital Good Network 💪
School of Social Sciences @uhasselt.bsky.social

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Jo Pierson @imuses.bsky.social · Nov 27

Prof. Charpentier presenting at Academy of Europe (AE) in Wroclaw✨
acadeuro.wroclaw.pl/events/build...
Nobel Prize Chemistry winner on CRISPR 🧬

AE as a force for scientifically strengthening Europe, more than ever needed in these turbulent times! 🇪🇺

School of Social Sciences @uhasselt.bsky.social

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