Journal

Spring in Vienna & Berlin

In March and April, I’ll be attending wonderful events in Vienna and Berlin. On 15-16 March, the University of Vienna is celebrating 30 years of ‘Science & Technology Studies’. That’s an impressive achievement, given the ways in which universities tend to re-organise. I’ll be joining colleagues there, first, on 15 March to talk about ‘how STS […]

Discussion about ‘Move fast and break things’ by Jonathan Taplin

On Friday February 2 (starting at 20:00), I’ll be taking part in a discussion with Jonathan Taplin, author of Move Fast and Break Things, How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy, an account of how the internet has been captured by the big tech companies. He argues that they have become engines […]

Dies Natalis events, Maastricht University

Dies Natalis events, Maastricht University

On 26 January 2018, Maastricht University will be celebrating its 42nd birthday. This year the theme is ‘The Future of a Data-Driven Society’.

NWO Report on Dutch national digital infrastructure published

NWO Report on Dutch national digital infrastructure published

The report Excellent Research Requires Excellent Infrastructure has now been published, and is available in English and Dutch on the website of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The report advises the new Dutch government to make an extra €27 million per year available for the Netherlands’ national digital infrastructure. According to the NWO […]