-1 day to our final event! Watch the teaser ( and don't forget to register at to receive the Zoom link. We will be streaming live from @engagetv so expect colours and fireworks! #partytime @ERC_Research.

Proud of having contributed to feed academic with yet another awesome engaged scholar!Our @pondswimmer has successfully defended her PhD thesis on Dec 8 & it is Dr Becky Kazanksy!Thanks @ERC_Research for the funding, @deGoede9 for helping out & @UvA_Amsterdam for everything else!.

we're proud to invite y'all to the public defence of Becky Kazansky (@pondswimmer)'s PhD on anticipatory dimensions of #surveillance #resistance in an age of #datafication. Join online Dec 8 10am CET: details & thesis at In English!.Thanks @ERC_Research!.

2/2 Sign up for "Governance by data infrastructure in post-pandemic Europe.What risks for democracy?" at @UvA_Amsterdam @aces_for.

happy to invite you all to the online event "Governance by data infrastructure in post-pandemic Europe.What risks for democracy?", on Dec 9 5pm CET. W/ an all-star lineup: @franmusiani @bialasiewicz @sedyst @linnetelwin @claudia_aradau. Organised by @annliffey with @aces_for 1/2.

How to run a @ERC_Research project as a collective and produce research that matters also beyond academia? Our PI @annliffey reflects on the lessons learn of 6y running @data_ctive at @UvA_Amsterdam (🙏also to @UvA_Humanities @aces_for @uva_gdc @HumaneAI2)

How can we study the impact of personalisation algorithms on #elections? @david_berra illustrates how we did it in collaboration with @_vecna @trackingexposed @volkskrant @UvA_ASCoR. Thanks to @aces_for @ERC_Research for the generous support!

curious about the possibilities and perils of #OpenSource Intelligence (#OSINT)? Watch our Lonneke van der Velden from @uva_gdc explaining how it work and why we should care >>

curious about the politics of internet infrastructure, from HTTP to #5G? Watch @nielstenoever explaining it all in 10' >>.You can also download his #PhD dissertation at - it is #OA!.

RT @TechSocSurrey: Dr Stefania Milan @annliffey talks abt how #Digital #Vaccine #Passports in #EU makes it harder for Global South 2 enter….

RT @TechSocSurrey: Dr Stefania Milan @annliffey discusses how #data #activism treats #data as fundamental #currency & questions its #social….

RT @DataPublicsRUC: Great insights by @annliffey, particularly the ideas of how we can understand agency in a #datafied society, how we as….

how do civil society and #HumanRights defenders resist the threats of #datafication #AI and mass #surveillance? watch @pondswimmer sharing in 10' the core findings of her forthcoming PhD dissertation on this topic >> And stay tuned for the defence date!.

want to learn more about research on #opendata, #transparency, and state resistance to citizen initiatives? Watch Guillén Torres (@Kolenyo) on YouTube reflecting on the #Mexico case:

. and you can read it at Read at Niels is the first PhD student of our group to conclude his doctorate in October 2020. Stay tuned for @pondswimmer and @Kolenyo! - with @UvA_Humanities.

we are happy to announce that our very own @nielstenoever received the Honorable Mention in the .@AoIR_org 2021 Best Dissertation Award for his dissertation titled "Wired Norms. Inscription, resistance, and subversion in the governance of the internet infrastructure". it's #OA.

We are about to go live on with @SPUI25! For Art as Data Activism! You can still join, register here:

don't forget to join us tonight online to explore "Art as Data Activism", the last event of our @ERC_Research-sponsored project! It's organised in collaboration with @SPUI25. Register to receive link: - with @ManuLuksch @karlazavala @Sandwoman @adriaan_o

RT @SilviaHedley: And for a fantastic close to the event - amazing to see @linnetelwin & @annliffey reflecting on the many synergies betwee….