We are hiring! The Department of Political Science the Swedish Defence University is recruiting a scholarship-funded PhD student with a focus on Japanese security policy. Deadline: 31 August. Help us spread the word to suitable candidates or consider applying! web103.reachmee.com/ext/I012/256...

It exists! Our book. The Brussels Bubble. Almost surreal after so many years. I really hope you'll like it. I love the company of Beauvoir and Romanticism.

@cambridgebookshop.bsky.social · last mo.

We've got some brand-new titles in our bookshop! 🤩 📖 'Why Read Beauvoir Today?' by Cristina Chimisso 📖 'The Brussels Bubble' by @adler-nissen.bsky.social & Kristin Anabel Eggeling 📖 'The Cambridge Companion to Romanticism and World Literature' by Emily Sun & Orrin Wang @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org

Our book The Brussels Bubble: Inside the European Union in the Digital Age with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org is out now OPEN ACCESS! We take you on an ethnographic journey behind the scenes of multilateralism, from Brexit to COVID-19 to Russia's war on Ukraine 👉 Find it here: tinyurl.com/m237ry4b

Here's our new piece on how to understand big tech's world-making power. We suggest examining big tech through three intersecting dimensions: How do these companies order the world (ontology)? How do they make it knowable (epistemology)? And what futures do they advance (normativity)?

🌍 Can science shape global decisions? Read views from @marialep.bsky.social, @petergluckman.bsky.social, @adler-nissen.bsky.social & others on: 🔹 Science & multilateralism 🔹 Ocean biodiversity talks 🔹 Evidence in constitutions 🔹 The emerging tech order 🔗 link.europa.eu/JFFYYH #ScienceDiplomacy

Yesterday, was remarkable career moment. Danish party leaders invited me and @adler-nissen.bsky.social to talk about the future of AI in a world of weaponized interdependence. It was literally like an episode of Borgen. Key message: Europe has agency but only if it takes decisive action and soon.

🚀 We're hiring postdocs/assistant professors for my @erc.europa.eu project, TECHORDER, exploring how companies and states struggle over tech and global order. The project is based at the Dep of Political Science, University of Copenhagen Deadline: 20 April Apply: employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...

Our book "The Brussels Bubble: Inside the European Union in the Digital Age" is soon out with CUP! We give an alternative account of how tech and social media transform power and take the reader on an ethnographic journey to the backstage of multilateralism, from Brexit to Russia's war on Ukraine

Hvis man går og gør sig håb om USA efter Trump, skal man ikke læse denne glimrende gennemgang om MAGA-tech-bevægelsen fra @adler-nissen.bsky.social 😒 borsen.dk/nyheder/opin...

“Det er ikke Trump, der er Europas egentlige problem – det er dem, der styrer ham”

“Det er ikke Trump, der er Europas egentlige problem – det er dem, der styrer ham”Det er nemt at blive fanget i personkulten omkring Donald Trump. Men skal vi forstå sammenhængen mellem Grønland, Nato

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Also joined by the stellar @stephofmann.bsky.social. Academic friendships are the best, cherish them.

20 year @eui-eu.bsky.social versary with the amazing @adler-nissen.bsky.social

Tech-giganterne: Er vi blevet for afhængige og for sårbare? Kom til Akademiet LIVE når Clement Kjersgaard sætter 4 forskere i stævne. Mød Mikkel Flyverbom, Sine Nørholm Just, @adler-nissen.bsky.social & Frederik Stjernfelt👉 bit.ly/akademiet_li... #dkforsk #dkpol #dktech

🇩🇰 🤖 🌎 In yesterday's @politiken.dk we shared an op-ed outlining our vision for CAISA - Denmark's National Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society, led by @adler-nissen.bsky.social and deputy director Professor Thomas Moeslund (1/10)

Tomorrow, at 2 PM, the Trump administration’s most influential think tank, The Heritage Foundation, will discuss proposals from illiberal forces in Poland and Hungary on how to end the European Union: vsquare.org/heritage-fou...

Renaming the EU, Dismantling the Commission: For What Polish and Hungarian Illiberals Seek U.S. Backing - VSquare.org

The Trump administration's most influential think tank, The Heritage Foundation, is receiving proposals from illiberal forces in Poland and Hungary on how to shape the future of the European Union. Th...

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Ja, siger de danske politikere: "Vi vil gerne undgå udenlandsk indblanding i dansk politik og ændre loven for støtte til partier". Men det er en pseudo-løsning (og naivt), hvis man ikke gør som @jeocph.bsky.social og Transparency International anbefaler: Fuld åbenhed om donationer til danske partier

Jesper Olsen@jeocph.bsky.social · last yr.

Dette er desværre ren symbolpolitik, og vil kunne omgås hvis man vil. Penge i politik har det lige som vand. Det finder sit løb. Der er kun en løsning hvis man virkelig vil: fuld åbenhed fra første krone i real tid: www.dr.dk/nyheder/poli... #dkpol

🤔 The 🇩🇰 government asked us: how can democratic control over tech giants be strengthened? We - the government's expert group on tech giants - outline 7️⃣ principles and a set of guidelines for tackling economic, democratic, and security vulnerabilities:

Hvad nu hvis kunstig intelligens ikke kun var et værktøj for tech-giganter, men en katalysator for vores demokrati, velfærd, sikkerhed og sammenhængskraft? Hvad kan Danmark - og EU? Jeg GLÆDER mig til at tale med Marie Høst i Universitetsbiblioteket på i Fiolstræde på torsdag 23. jan. kl. 17:30-19:

Kunstig intelligens: Kan Danmark vinde magten over AI?

Hvad nu hvis kunstig intelligens ikke kun var et værktøj for tech-giganter, men en katalysator for at reparere vores demokrati, og styrke både vores sikkerhed og den sociale sammenhængskraft?

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A majority of Danes are in favor of the content moderation policy, which Meta now wants to remove. But there are also areas where most Danes believe that people can decide for themselves, e.g. whether women can share pictures of themselves topless on the beach. See a sample from our report below:

Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social · 2y ago

Meta drops content moderation which users want! ⛔ New data show that users (n=2000 Danes) both disagree with some of the announced changes (like referring to religious groups as stupid) *and* dislike some policies being kept. We need voices from users on this. And especially from non-US users.

🔥 Our third report on tech giants and digital infrastructure is out (in Danish, an English version will follow) The Danish government tasked us to examine how democratic control over tech giants can be strengthened. We outline 7️⃣ principles and several more benchmarks:

Tech-giganters rolle som digital infrastruktur - delafrapportering 3 fra regeringens ekspertgruppe om tech-giganter

Regeringens ekspertgruppe om tech-giganter har i sin tredje rapport fokuseret på, hvordan den digitale infrastruktur bør indrettes for at reducere risikoen for overafhængighed af tech-giganternes tjen...

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A Festschrift is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic, and presented during their lifetime. It often takes the form of an edited volume, containing contributions from the honoree's colleagues, former pupils, and friends 🙏 @halvardl.bsky.social, Alizera Lahijani and Einar Wigen

"Tjener I Rusland eller Georgien? Hvem har I svoret troskab til?" spørger Georgiens præsident Salome Zourabichvili, mens hun banker på urobetjentenes skjolde under demonstrationerne mod regeringen. Meningsmålinger viser, at 79 pct. af georgierne støtter EU-medlemskab

Riot police disperse protestors rallying against Georgia’s retraction of EU bid

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili called for “resistance” to prevent the country’s “return to Russia.”

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Are you interested in a Nordic Caucus at the International Studies Association (ISA)? Then you should sign the petition now - only 2 days left! 📝 #ISA #NordicCaucus

Halvard Leira@halvardl.bsky.social · 2y ago

Dear academic friends and members of the ISA. Please take a minute to read and sign this! www.openpetition.eu/petition/onl...

I had an unforgettable book workshop last week in Western Sweden, discussing manuscripts by @deepaknair.bsky.social and Ann Towns with Ole Jacob Sending, @aglas.bsky.social and Vincent Pouliot. I feel lucky to have such wonderful friends and colleagues who write such creative and important books

I'm honored to receive this award from the ISA's Diplomatic Studies Section 🙏 Hope to see many of you at the panel on Thursday at 4 PM featuring outstanding colleagues. Bonus: You might also be able to catch them at the reception at 8.15 PM later on Thursday in Plaza A Hilton #ISA2024 🥂

Attention: Open call for a Ph.D. scholarship in my Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (we include all sub-fields). Excellent PhD Programme, great salary and it's in the middle of wonderful Copenhagen! Deadline for application: 25 February 2024. Start date: 1 September 2024

PhD scholarship at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)

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An honor to be invited to comment on Denmark's next tech diplomacy strategy at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I underlined the need for research-informed decisions + the nitty-gritty (but crucial) politics of transparency and standard-setting as AI regulation is rolled out

Matilde Bro Hansen is our new PhD student in our research group on Digital Sovereignty here at the University of Copenhagen (with Kristin Eggeling and Olivia Hammershøy). She's fantastic and is already doing fieldwork on tech policy in Brussels..

Tech giants have become a geopolitical headache for governments around the world... Yesterday, we discussed what happens when one CEO, Elon Musk, with his personal beliefs and commercial interests, make foreign and security policy