@folia interviewed me about why I’m moving from education and research to the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) with @voltnederland In The Hague, there’s no clear vision for higher education and research, and that needs to change: “We should focus much more on qualitative measures […]

In my blog for @voltnederland I argue for Silicon Europe with practical steps we can take now to reduce dependency: ☁ Public money, public values: schools/hospitals in European clouds with clear terms. 💼 One EU growth market: a Utrecht startup doing business in Helsinki as easily as in […]

New in MBO Today: my call to fully emancipate vocational education (mbo). As #5 for Volt NL I’m pushing equal rights for all students — no mbo/hbo/university divide. 💸 €550/mo minimum for all interns 🏋️ Support student associations + access to uni sports centres 🧳 Abroad coordinators at every […]

What a weekend! 💜⚡️ At the Volt Congress I was officially chosen as a candidate for the Dutch Parliament – and members even moved me up to #5 on the list! In Parliament I’ll fight to curb the power of Big Tech so technology serves public values, and push for […] [Original post on mastodon.nl]

Excited to share that I’m nominated for position 7 on @voltnederland 's draft candidate list for the upcoming 🇳🇱 elections! In Parliament I want to work for: 📚 Fair funding for all levels of education 🖥 Digital sovereignty & public online services 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦 Legal […] [Original post on mastodon.nl]

My new book chapter “From Datafication to Interpellation” is out today: https://tinyurl.com/datainterpellation It explores how users don’t just get profiled by big tech, but become the kind of subjects platforms can govern, monetize, and predict through data profiles they learn to recognize and […]

The very first Netherlands Media Studies Conference is happening on 23 October 2025 in Utrecht, which I’m co-organizing with a fantastic team of colleagues from across the country. This one-day event brings together media scholars from the Netherlands (from early PhDs to professors) to connect […]

What seems to become pretty clear in the US is that big tech companies are hiding themselves behind strategic unknowns: acting as if the black-box of their algorithms is as 'black' for them as it is for their users, while we clearly know that this is not case. Want to know more about this? […]