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From digital surveillance to financial sanctions: @mdgoede.bsky.social explores how issues become framed as “security.”
👏 Per 1 May, Marieke is appointed University Professor at the University of Amsterdam, embedded in our Political Science dept.
👇 Read more: aissr.uva.nl/shared/uva/e...
🚀 Wij zoeken een Managing Director!
Leid ons bureau (19 collega’s), werk met een coachende stijl en verbind inhoud, financiën en organisatie binnen ons UvA onderzoeksinstituut.
Solliciteer t/m 3 mei: werkenbij.uva.nl/vacatures/ma...
We’re proud to share that @lizamugge.bsky.social has been appointed Professor of Politics of Diversity 👩🎓
Her research shows why diversity is essential for democratic representation and resilient societies.
Read more 👇
www.uva.nl/en/shared-co...
#AISSR #Democracy #Diversity
‘Those of us who want to fight for liberal and progressive values […] must develop a new relationship with emotions, feelings and affect’ — Arjun Appadurai
A great afternoon at the AISSR Lecture Affect in Times of AI. Full lecture + aftertalk with Roanne v Voorst: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
👏 Alana Helberg-Proctor awarded €3.3M via the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA) for Slavery past present.
In the coming 5 yrs, she'll examine how colonialism and slavery continue to shape societies today, and explore pathways for recognition and repair.
🔗 Read more: aissr.uva.nl/shared/uva/e...
Congratulations to @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social on being elected as a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Netherlands’ national academy for science. A wonderful recognition of his work on democracy, political trust, and electoral behaviour 👏
www.knaw.nl/en/news/knaw...
🎉 Stem op AISSR-politicoloog @zahrarunderkamp.bsky.social
Ze is genomineerd voor de Vrouw in de Media Award, die vrouwelijke experts zichtbaarder maakt omdat zij nog steeds minder vaak aan het woord komen in de media.
👉 Stem t/m 13 feb: vidm.nl/vrouw-in-de-...
From the Margins: #Migrant #Academics' Narratives of Precarity is online #openaccess: tinyurl.com/4x83var5
Thank you our fantastic contributors who trusted us with their critical, sharp, and beautiful #autobiographical and #autoethnographic essays.
@openbookpublish.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social
🔴 Just 4 days after the Hungarian elections, we unpack what the results mean for Europe and the Netherlands.
Join our expert roundtable with Carolien van Ham, Mark Duursma, Zsuzsanna Végh & Kati Cseres.
Excited to welcome Dr. Liz Przybylski @aissr.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social for a talk on hybrid ethnography followed by a discussion moderated by @britanlar.bsky.social
📅 15 April 2026, 12:00–14:30
📍 Roeterseilandcampus, CREA Music Hall
🔗 More info & registration: aissr.uva.nl/content/even...
Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
The AISSR and MEN4DEM project welcome Liz Przybylski for a lecture and panel on hybrid ethnography and digital activism, exploring how digital platforms shape inequality, knowledge, and political mobi...
The project ‘Slavery past present: Dutch slavery and colonialism and their present-day impact’ has been awarded €3,286,541 by the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA). The research will be conducted by a large...
Professor Liza Mügge examines how diversity and inequality shape democracy, and why safety, representation and public debate are essential to a well-functioning political system.
