Imaginary Research about the AI winter

I have now achieved one of my dreams – a publication in the Journal of Imaginary Research. Volume 10, on the theme of flourishing has just been published. My contribution, co-authored with Aida Inverno, stresses the importance of doing research about the imminent AI winter. AI winters follow periods of hype about what AI can […]

Policy briefing about Digital Services Act

The EU Digital Services Act (DSA) came into effect in early 2024. Colleagues from Maastricht University have prepared a policy briefing, exploring how the DSA can contribute to protecting democracy, fundamental rights, and well-being in the digital age. This collection critically reflects on both the opportunities and challenges of digitalisation, providing policy recommendations for a […]

2024 STS Creative Writing Competition

Michela Cozza, Nina Klimburg-Witjes and I organised a second STS creative writing competition. The winners were announced during the EASST/4S conference held in Amsterdam from 16-19 July. The winning entries have now been published in the EASST Review, together with a short introduction by Michela, Nina and myself. There was a winner in each of […]

New article in ‘International Migration’

Cecilia Schenetti, Valentina Mazzucato, Djamila Schans and I have a new article in International Migration. It is called ‘Navigating Contradictions: Justifications and Imaginaries of the Initiators of European Migration Information Campaigns’. It is based on Cecilia’s PhD fieldwork about how policy makers make sense of information campaigns designed to deter undocumented migration, from Senegal to […]

Call for Papers: Special issue about Citational Politics

CfP: special issue about citational politics. Full papers due on 28 February 2025. To be published in KULA.

Digital transformations Encyclopedia entry

new publication about digital transformations in the Elgar Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Studies, edited by Ulrike Felt and Alan Irwin

Columns in university newspaper

I’ve been invited to write regular columns again for Observant, Maastricht University’s independent newspaper. I did this from 2017-2020, but stopped when I joined the Faculty Board. Now I’m back, with five columns to write for this academic year. You can find both new and old columns here. I’ve addressed everything from lawnmowing robots to […]

New article with Annika Richterich about feminist chatbots

new article about feminist chatbots published in New Media and Society, written together with Annika Richterich

Academic failure

Inspired by the recent annual report of my faculty, and reflecting on our research assessment last year, I’ve written a blog post for the LSE Impact Blog. I suggest we should pay more attention to the everyday failures and disappointments associated with academic work, rather than constantly promoting excellence, individually and collectively. Research culture could benefit […]

New publication with Flora Lysen

new publication about how to engage with patients about the use of AI in healthcare