Congratulations to the editors. Chapter 35 in Section Six is on the ‘Unionisation of Digital Labour’

🌟New book! SAGE Handbook of Digital Labour, edited by Ergin Bulut, Julie Chen, Rafael Grohmann, and Kylie Jarrett. us.sagepub.com/en-us/sam/th...

"Uber Eats doet volgens de Inspectie te weinig om maaltijdkoeriers zonder werkvergunning te weren bij de bezorging. Bij controles bleken koeriers niet over de benodigde documenten te beschikken." nos.nl/artikel/2595...

Ik wil graag dit NRC-artikel met je delen: "Arbeidsinspectie is klaar met Uber Eats en wil het bezorgplatform een maand sluiten in de regio Amsterdam": www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

"Pas op voor innovatiesimplisme": Eefje Cuppen e.a. van het #Rathenau Instituut over drie blinde vlekken in het #rapportWennink: maatschappelijke opgaven, maatschappelijke inbedding, en kans- en risicoregulering www.rathenau.nl/nl/kennis-en... @albertmeijer.bsky.social @marleenstikker.bsky.social

Al meer dan 500 ondertekenaars: openletter.earth/nl/zorgvuldi...

Amazon workers go on strike world-wide. “From Germany to Bangladesh, thousands of workers walked off the job on Friday and marched against Amazon’s labor practices to push for better wages, working conditions, and union protections." www.commondreams.org/news/make-am...

Er komt een nieuw kabinet. Maar de onderwijsbezuinigingen van 606 miljoen op het hoger onderwijs staan nog. We blijven druk zetten op de politiek en komen we 9/12 weer in actie! Zorg dat je erbij bent✊ Stop de sloop van het hoger onderwijs‼️ 📍De Dam, Amsterdam 📅Di 9/12 🕛12:00 uur lnkd.in/eAh3bTwZ

Publication Alert: @evertmeijers.bsky.social and I examined the spatial orientation of MPs in NL. We studied whether MPs' region of origin matters and the parties' electoral consequences. We show a paradox: peripheral places don't reward parties that pay attention to them doi.org/10.1111/tesg...

New SPECIAL ISSUE on "Geographies of Innovation and #Wellbeing" in RRR with papers on theoretical foundations, on regional inequalities (due to autonomation and energy transition), the Corona pandemic and #qualityoflife, and the social innovation of citizens' juries link.springer.com/journal/1003...

New paper "Geographies of Innovation and Well-being" with Fulvio Castellacci + @emilevenhuis.bsky.social: rdcu.be/eJJpO. We outline the pathways through which innovation can contribute to #wellbeing and how political considerations regarding well-being provide #directionality in innovation (policy).

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Event: "Ghostwork, de onzichtbare arbeid achter AI Hoe beschermen we de 150 miljoen datawerkers achter onze AI?" Kom op 15 oktober naar de Hogeschool van Amsterdam en neem deel aan een discussie over hoe we datawerk een plek kunnen geven in discussies over Responsible AI. www.hva.nl/evenementen/...

Kom op zondag 5 oktober naar het Utrecht Science Park! Kan een rivier naar de rechter? Bouw met lego je eigen droomtuin! En hoe maak je olifantentandpasta? Ontdek dit en nog veel meer tijdens het Weekend van de Wetenschap, voor families met kinderen tussen de 8-12 jaar. www.uu.nl/agenda/neem-...

Wat betekent het voor ons als tech-miljardairs en cryptobedrijven de heerschappij van de banken zullen doorbreken? In zijn nieuwe boek ‘Geld genoeg, maar niet voor jou’ neemt Thomas Bollen je mee naar goudkluizen, banktorens en cryptofeestjes. www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ho...

Onderzoeksjournalistiek is superbelangrijk. Gelukkig is het niveau in Nederland hoog. Maar het kost meer tijd en geld dan het formuleren van een mening... Word dus snel vriend van @investico.bsky.social en steun onderzoeksjournalistiek. Kan al vanaf 1 euro per maand. Je helpt ze er ontzettend mee.

If you think technology will solve your problems, you don't understand technology and you probably don't understand your problems either.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching a new global policy tracker to provide a comprehensive overview of legislative initiatives concerning digital labour ('#gigeconomy') platforms. Great resource for all stakeholders. See: www.ilo.org/resource/new...

My new article "Do artifacts have political economy" out in @sthv.bsky.social - developing a constructivist #politicaleconomy as a way to understand the embedding of political economy in #technology (incl bridges, #generativeAI + #adtech)

Wanna see a crazy chart? Of course you do. Spending on constructing datacenters and manufacturing facilities for computers & electronic products in the US now exceeds the entire retail and wholesale industry and almost as much as the rest of the office and manufacturing sectors combined.

Just out our paper on realities, politics & economics of so-called digital twins, and how the imaginary of "digital twins" is stifling dissemination & implementation. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world | Eleanor Drage

Roel Dobbe (TU Delft) in NRC: "De vloek van AI" (in Dutch): www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... @haroonsheikh.bsky.social @marleenstikker.bsky.social @claesdevreese.bsky.social @mtschaefer.bsky.social @algosoc.org @silvertje.bsky.social @fvandervlist.bsky.social @albertmeijer.bsky.social

Some journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy. FYI that is total bs. You can comply by depositing the Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central on the Date of Publication without embargo. Pass it on.

Do not ever use WeTransfer to transfer files. Use something that's end-to-end encrypted, like Wormhole, instead. wormhole.app

David Autor and Gordon Hanson on US #innovationpolicy: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...

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This is very worrying. Making offering a "bowl of soup" to someone without legal papers a criminal offense. In times of far-right political experimentation, Dutch politics can ill afford a parliamentary "slip-up". It’s up to the Senate now to demonstrate its purpose of chambre de reflexion.

This piece by @alondra.bsky.social is too important. It’s a must read for anyone concerned about the state of scientific research.

I wrote a blog for LSE-EUROPP on the mismatch between the 5% #NATO spending target and EU's innovation policy objectives (strategic autonomy, competitiveness, sustainability). See: blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

💥 New: The new NATO spending target will hamper Europe’s innovation policy ✍️ @kfrenken.bsky.social ‬ blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

New here and not sure who to follow? 👀 We’ve created a starter pack of researchers working on topics related to socio-technical change. It’s a first attempt and will grow over time. Know someone who should be on it or want to be included yourself? Comment below or send us a DM ✉️ go.bsky.app/7STgwpg

Ik schreef een blog over de mismatch tussen de NAVO-norm van 5% BNP en de doelen van het innovatiebeleid (autonomie, concurrentievermogen, duurzaamheid). Zie: esb.nu/de-nieuwe-na...

I'm very honoured with the awarding of the 2025 Stevin prize for my research. And I'm particularly pleased that this prize goes to a philosopher, as it recognizes that we not only do blue sky research, but also analyses that can make a difference to the world. www.nwo.nl/en/prof-dr-i...

'The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work: Insights from the Food Delivery Sector' Order it here 🔗 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...

This study by @vtraag.bsky.social and colleagues offers a great demonstration of the power of rigorous data-driven metaresearch. It also shows the value of the RoRI model. Without this model, it would have been almost impossible to bring together the various data sets used in this study. @cwts.nl

Thinking about joining the demonstration but not sure if it’s suitable for kids? Good news—families are welcome! @savethechildren.nl is hosting a special kids’ corner at the protest. It’s a safe, fun space where parents and children can gather, play, and then walk together in solidarity.

Details #RodeLijn Protest: 🗓️ Sunday June 15th ⏰ 13:00 – Gather at Malieveld, The Hague 🚶‍♀️ We’ll walk together to the Peace Palace 🔴 Dress in red to form a human red line! More info via @oxfamnovib.bsky.social www.oxfamnovib.nl/rode-lijn-st...

"It’s impossible to have your eyes open, and not have your heart broken". (Gabor Maté). Besides our eyes & heart, we have a voice. Your voice has power! Join us this Sunday for #RedLine protest in The Hague to demand upholding of international law & ending complicity with destruction of Gaza.

New from The Strain Team: 🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊 Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗). Gross! 😀 1/n #ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky

Big Tech has promised to govern itself for the public good since the dawn of the Internet. Congress has allowed it. Cambridge Analytica — no new governance. Devastating revelations about platforms/kids’ mental health — no new governance. AI? Carte blanche. Remember this moment and #killthebill

In our Research Seminar, Koen presented a framework encompassing the notions of incremental, breakthrough, disruptive & radical innovation based on their novelty, valuation & pattern. Interested? Read more on Koen's work here: osf.io/6cr5t_v1/dow...

Talking Radical Innovation with Prof. @kfrenken.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social) over breakfast 🚀 We had a full day of discussing innovation research & exchanging ideas at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social #Geography! Thank you for spending the day with us! 🙏 #AcademicSky

'The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work: Insights from the Food Delivery Sector' Order it here 🔗 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...

Sinds Draghi wordt de regeldruk in Europa gezien als hét probleem van dit moment. Vandaag staan @rodeeconoom.bsky.social en ik in het @fd.nl. Wij plaatsen kanttekeningen bij dit verhaal. Want in Europa liggen de winsten hoger, is de regeldruk lager en zijn uitkomsten beter dan in de VS. 🧵(1/8)

“By all means, critique the GDPR, but aim at the right target. Its abstract, transactional, individualistic DNA is ill-suited to the collective, lopsided reality of modern workplaces where employees’ data is fed into black-box AI systems.” theconversation.com/were-critici...

Does publishing serve science or is science serving publishing? Damian Pattinson and I (@elife.bsky.social) argue scientific publishing has evolved into a system that, rather than facilitate scholarly communication, distorts and dictates it. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #OpenScience

“A YOUNG MAN with no government experience who has yet to even complete his undergrad degree is working for Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency…at…HUD…has been tasked with using artificial intelligence to rewrite the agency’s rules and regulations” www.wired.com/story/doge-c...

“This moratorium would mean that even if a company deliberately designs an algorithm that causes foreseeable harm — regardless of how intentional or egregious the misconduct or how devastating the consequences — the company making that bad tech would be unaccountable to lawmakers and the public…”