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Michiel de Lange

@mdelange.bsky.social

Associate Professor New Media at Utrecht University | digital media and urban culture | [urban interfaces] | The Mobile City | ‘Inclusion in the datafied city’
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Michiel de Lange@mdelange.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Come work with us! Vacancy for a 2-year #postdoc position on #KeyEnablingMethodologies (KEMs) and #ResilientUrbanFutures in WP led by me (UU) w/ Julia Noordegraaf (UvA), Mascha van der Voort (UTWente) and many others in our consortium. Deadline 16 June 2026. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — Postdoctoral researcher Evaluating Methodologies for Urban Resilience

<p>Do you want to help Dutch cities to become more resilient by connecting design and policy? We are looking for a 2-year postdoctoral researcher to develop an evaluative framework for urban policy pr...

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Ineke Sluiter@inekesluiter.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Easy to damage, hard to grow! 9 december: stakingsdag tegen de bezuinigingen in het hoger onderwijs en de wetenschap. Stop de afbraak. Kennis is geen kostenpost, maar de basis van onze toekomst. #AthenasAngels; @woinactie.bsky.social; @remcobreuker.bsky.social; vimeo.com/1109639682?f...

bezuinigingen onderwijs_anim (1)

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Charles Logan@charleswlogan.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"Districts and departments often buy systems on marketing promises rather than evidence. Few ask who validated the model or how it performs across racial groups," writes Nicholas E. Stewart in @techpolicypress.bsky.social.

A Doritos Bag, a Police Response, and an AI Accountability Crisis | TechPolicy.Press

The Justice Education Project's Nicholas E. Stewart says AI used in policing, schools, and courts cannot rely on trust in technology companies.

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Michiel de Lange@mdelange.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Are you a Research Master or PhD student, and interested in cities, media, arts and performance? Check out our #urbaninterfaces seminar 'The Risky City' in late Spring 2026 at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social & RMeS Research School for Media Studies www.rmes.nl/ui-seminar-2...

[ui] seminar 2025-2026: The Risky City - Research school for Media Studies (RMeS)

May - June 2026 | Utrecht University Cities today are especially vulnerable to what has been called a ‘polycrisis’, where multiple risks converge and amplify each other. These include a nature crises ...

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Michiel de Lange@mdelange.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Interesting collection of shorter essays and commentaries from a wide geographic range on digital authoritarianism in situated (smart/urban) contexts.

Rob Kitchin@robkitchin.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Special issue on Authoritarianism in the Digital Age, vol 1(3) in @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social, edited by @kylzjarrett.bsky.social, Jing Hiah, @robkitchin.bsky.social & @steelecat717.bsky.social y.social. All 49 pieces open access. journals.sagepub.com/toc/ddsa/1/3

Jim Jansen@jimjansen.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Sterke opinie @rensbod.bsky.social @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social @remcobreuker.bsky.social over de sloop van het hoger onderwijs. 'Dit demissionair kabinet voert ingrijpende onderwijsbezuinigingen door, zonder benodigd mandaat.' www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Opinie | Hoe een mini-kabinet het hoger onderwijs sloopt

Dit demissionair kabinet voert ingrijpende onderwijsbezuinigingen door, zonder benodigd mandaat. Dat moet stoppen, zeggen Rens Bod, Remco Breuker en Ingrid Robeyns.

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Michiel de Lange@mdelange.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Happy that our consortium of academic and societal partners received a major #NWO-KEM grant for working on #resilientcities through Key Enabling Methods. The consortium is lead by Mascha van der Voort (University of Twente). www.nwo.nl/en/news/one-...

One Project receives funding for knowledge development and application of KEMs for more effective policy (NWA) | NWO

NWO has allocated project funding within the “NWA KEM” call. The project will receive €3.142.022. This programme focuses on developing knowledge about methods that support policymakers in successfully steering societal transitions.

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Rosamunde Van Brakel@rosamundevb.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Saxony plans to use drones to film inside moving cars. The aim is to catch people using their cell phones while driving. Police will also use behavioral scanners, Palantir data analysis, live facial recognition, facial search engines, and government-deployed malware.

netzpolitik.org@netzpolitik.org · 8mo ago

Sachsen will mit Drohnen in fahrende Autos filmen. So sollen Menschen überführt werden, die beim Fahren ihr Handy bedienen. Die Polizei soll außerdem Verhaltensscanner, Palantir-Datenanalyse, Live-Gesichtserkennung, Gesichter-Suchmaschinen und Staatstrojaner nutzen. netzpolitik.org/2025/novelle...

DeFlock Redmond@deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The contracts usually prevent the council/PD/HOA/retailer from physically interacting *in any way* with these camera installations. The Evanston, IL case is just one example that illustrates just how untrustworthy #Flock is as a vendor and why we should avoid/cancel contracts with them.

City covers Flock cameras while waiting for removal - Evanston RoundTable

A Flock camera on the south side of Emerson Street, east of McCormick Boulevard, is seen on Sept. 24 covered up by black plastic secured with tape to the

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Lab Platform Governance, Media, and Technology (PGMT)@pgmt.bsky.social · 10mo ago

💡 New publication alert! “On the Controversiality of AI: The Controversy Is Not the Situation” by @noortjem.bsky.social , @ckatzenbach.bsky.social , @anderskristianm.bsky.social, and @annajobin.bsky.social is out now. 📖 Read it open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

On the controversiality of AI: The controversy is not the situation - Noortje Marres, Christian Katzenbach, Anders Kristian Munk, Anna Jobin, 2025

Do public controversies about AI matter? Can they really make a difference to how AI is taken up or imposed on society? This introduction to the Special Issue o...

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Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The unity around “sovereignty” in Europe masks a deeper question that inevitably follows and underpins the current broad agreement: sovereignty for what purpose, and in service of whose political project? asks @openfuture.bsky.social’s Zuzanna Warso.

Building Digital Sovereignty: What Does Europe Need and How to Achieve It | TechPolicy.Press

The EU should not re-do the entire digital stack but confront the structural bottlenecks that sustain Europe’s digital dependence, writes Zuzanna Warso.

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OccupyNederland@occupynederland.bsky.social · 10mo ago

De politiek achter de AI-bubbel, en wat het voor ons betekent www.doorbraak.eu/de-politiek-... “De hele AI-hype is een hallucinatie gebleken, en binnenkort gaan er miljarden dollars verdampen als ook de markt zich dat realiseert.

De politiek achter de AI-bubbel, en wat het voor ons betekent | Doorbraak.eu

De investeringen in zogenaamde “AI” zijn een enorme bubbel. Het is slechts een kwestie van tijd voordat die barst. En we weten nu al: het kapitaal wil dat gebruiken om de economie grondig te herbouwen...

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Michiel de Lange@mdelange.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Great to see this CfP "The Synthetic City" #urbanAI for @mediapolis.bsky.social w/ guest editors @scott-rodgers.bsky.social @marcospdias.bsky.social & colleagues. mediacitytwg.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/c... Abstract deadline 30 November 2025.

CFP: ‘The Synthetic City’ Dossier for Mediapolis Journal

The Synthetic City A Dossier for Mediapolis: A Journal of Cities and Culture Guest Editors: Scott Rodgers, Helena Atteneder, Lou Therese Brandner, Marcos Dias, Diogo Pereira Henriques and Sara Tren…

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Michiel de Lange@mdelange.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Join us next week on Wed 8 October 20:00-20:45 CEST for the Master's Open Day @uumediaculture.bsky.social if you are interesting in our international Master program about #digitalmedia #digitalculture #digitalfutures www.uu.nl/en/masters/n... Register here: www.uu.nl/en/masters/g...

New Media & Digital Culture

Delve into the many aspects of what it means to live in an age of new media. You will get in-depth knowledge about new media and digital culture with more practical hands-on experience by completing a...

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Michiel de Lange@mdelange.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Interested in #newmedia and #digitalculture? Join the online Master Open Day on Oct. 8 2025 @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social www.uu.nl/en/events/ma... [registration open soon!] Our session is at 20:00-20:45 CEST.

Michiel de Lange@mdelange.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Dutch Tax Administration and Customs completely switch to Microsoft Cloud. Motivation letter full of 'efficiency' and 'productivity' rhetoric but not a word about national or EU data/platform sovereignty.

Huib Modderkolk@huibmodderkolk.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Belastingdienst en Douane gaan - ondanks alle zorgen over Amerikaanse techbedrijven en wens Tweede Kamer om naar alternatieven te kijken - volledig over naar de cloud van Microsoft. Link: www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken...

Michiel de Lange@mdelange.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Interesting ethnographic exploration of the materiality and situatedness of the Internet, rugged data bunkers for ethereal ‘cloud’ storage, data loss as cultural fear, and eternal data selves, by @aretaylor.bsky.social theconversation.com/underground-...

Underground data fortresses: the nuclear bunkers, mines and mountains being transformed to protect our ‘new gold’ from attack

Bunkers, bomb shelters, mines and mountains all play critical roles protecting against our latest existential threat: the terrifying prospect of data loss.

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Virginia Dignum@vdignum.bsky.social · 11mo ago

sharing our new article on the role of regulation for #AI therapist chatbots. with @jasonetucker.bsky.social and @petterericson.bsky.social AI Policy Lab @Umeå University #ResponsibleAI #AIgovernance

Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · 11mo ago

“The problem is not only in how people use AI systems or in which setting, but in how these systems are built to stimulate attachment without accountability. With regulation still lacking… it often appears that ‘everything goes,’” write Virginia Dignum, Petter Ericson, and Jason Tucker.