Lectures and Presentations in 2025
20 February, Maastricht – annual meeting of the Mental Health and Neuroscience PhD school at Maastricht University, workshop about mental health and gender bias on Wikipedia.
5-7 May, Graz, Austria – taking part in panel about responsible innovation at the STS Conference in Graz.
15 May, Heerlen – launch of Special Policy Brief about the Digital Services Act, Studio Europa
8-12 September, Vienna – contributed to Digital Humanism PhD Summer School. Lecture about ‘Digital Intersectional Feminism’.
Coming up in 2026
19-20 January, Göttingen – workshop on how cultural contexts shape development and use of medical AI. I’ve been asked to discuss the article I wrote with Flora Lysen about ‘refusing participation’.
5-6 February, Maastricht – ‘No & …’: A Forum on Technological Refusal. Launch event for the Maastricht Critical Technoscience Platform. I will be in conversation with Willem Schinkel, about his 2024 book Waarom ik geen mobiele telefoon heb.
8 May, Maastricht – my farewell lecture, live in Maastricht, and streamed. Details to follow.
16-17 May, Beijing – keynote (title not yet known) at “Unfolding media infrastructures” conference, Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU).
8-11 September – EASST Conference, Krakow.

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