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Inga Ulnicane

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Assistant Prof @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social University of Cambridge I Associate Editor @evidencepolicy.bsky.social Politics Policy Governance I Science Technology Innovation I Artificial Intelligence orcid.org/0000-0003-2051-1265

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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🌟 Read all about our #ecprgc26 Knowledge Politics and Policies section in Krakow last month It included 10 excellent panels on AI, science, universities, etc and celebrating some important anniversaries of research collaboration and friendship era.ideasoneurope.eu/2026/10/14/e... @ecpr.bsky.social
Knowledge Politics and Policies Standing Group at the 2026 ECPR General Conference in Krakow
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Thanks @reggovjournal.bsky.social & @rpr-journal.bsky.social for certificates! Since 2014, when I started to verify my reviews (via Publons, later Wos), I have done 112 reviews www.webofscience.com/wos/author/r... In recent years I get so many invites, I can only accept 1 of every 10 or so invites
Reviewer certificate Regulation & GovernanceReviewer certificate Review of Policy Research
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you are in Lisbon on 4 November, join us for for the event 'Faces and Machine Vision: Public Conversations on Facial Al and Society' I will talk about AI, intersectionality & bias faices.iscte-iul.pt/faces-and-ma... #AI
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Faces and Machine Vision: Public Conversations on Facial Al and Society - fAIces
International Meeting on the 4th of November, at CIES-Iscte, Lisbon
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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Latvia: national parliament election today 🇱🇻 🇪🇺 Turnout at 20:00 (including early and postal votes) 2026: 50.6% 2022: 59.1% 2018: 54.6% 2014: 58.9% 2011: 59.5% 2010: 62.6% 2006: 62.2% europeelects.eu/2026/10/01/latvia-n… #vēlēšanas2026 #Latvia
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🗳 Par 15.Saeimu nobalsots
Elections of Latvian ParliamentVoting for Latvian Parliament
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🛶 We Can Steer This: How the European Parliament Told the Story of AI, by Anne Goldmann era.ideasoneurope.eu/2026/08/23/w... #AI
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We Can Steer This: How the European Parliament Told the Story of AI
Anne Goldmann When the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act was finally adopted in 2024, most of the public debate had already moved on from how the Act regulate
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🤔 Interested in politics and Artificial Intelligence? Check out recent Europe of Knowledge blog posts 👇 🌿 AI in or for environmental governance? Ideas, sustainability pathways and geopolitics, by Marie Francisco era.ideasoneurope.eu/2026/09/15/a... @uaces.bsky.social @ideasoneurope.bsky.social #AI
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AI in or for environmental governance? Ideas, sustainability pathways and geopolitics
Marie Francisco The recent progress of large language models, and generative artificial intelligence (AI) more generally, has been the object of many discussio
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
✅ Nice to check publication proofs when I only get one easy author query that I can answer immediately Hopefully my new Oxford Bibliographies article 'Governance of Science in the European Union after 1989' will be out soon. Stay tuned!
My forthcoming Oxford Bibliographies article 'Governance of Science in the European Union after 1989'
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📌 Table of most cited articles on AI policy & governance (according to Web of Science), from new paper by Paul in Critical Policy Studies 3 out of 4 most cited papers are from 2021 special issue on Governance of AI in @policysociety.bsky.social available here academic.oup.com/policyandsoc... #AI
Most cited articles on AI policy and governance
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Important discusssions yesterday at University of Copenhagen about democratic deficits in global AI governance, legitimacy of standard setting and experts, influence of Big Tech & regulation and more Along the way in Copenhagen picked up some bits and pieces of wisdom (pictured)
Grafiti in ChristianiaSign in ChristianiaRob Smith arrangement at SMK/ National Gallery in Denmark (look it up!)Superflex at SMK/ National Gallery of Denmark
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
At University of Copenhagen, to talk about AI and democracy
Copenhagen University, South Campus
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Happening tomorrow 👇
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Daniel S. Schiff @dschiff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New in Public Administration: with Ogadinma Enwereazu, @kaylynjschiff.bsky.social, @tylergirard.bsky.social, and Alexander Wilhelm, we examine which public values appear in US federal AI policymaking, and which are missing. 🧵 doi.org/10.1111/pad...
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Was great to see growing interest in AI politics, governance & policy at #ecprgc26 & #EASST2026 with many packed panels and inspiring talks Informal meet-up of AI politics researchers from both conferences turned to be huge success, asking for more activity in this space while ensuring good quality
My talk at our ECPR 2026 panel Artificial Intelligence Politics and Policy in Uncertain TimesEASST 2026 panel 'Coding the state: Sociotechnical imaginaries of AI in public administration'
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Kathryn Oliver @oliver-kathryn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Anyone thinking of writing a paper on the barriers and facilitators of evidence use in policymaking, please, please don't. Or at least read this first: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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What factors influence evidence use in policy? An updated systematic map - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - What factors influence evidence use in policy? An updated systematic map
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Wrapped up #ecprgc26 and #EASST2026 in Krakow with a visit to the former Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory
Schindler's factorySchindler's list
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🎉This week at #ecprgc26 in Krakow we celebrated the 10th anniversary of Knowledge Politics and Policies Standing Group with 10 excellent panels ecpr.eu/Events/Event... 🙏 Huge thanks to the fantastic organizers, great presenters, rigorous discussants & engaged audience! @ecpr.bsky.social
ECPR Knowledge Politics and Policies Standing Group in Krakow
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🔔 This afternoon 16:15 join our exciting #ecprgc26 panel 'Artificial Intelligence Politics and Policy in Uncertain Times' at the Institute of the Middle and Far East, Floor: 1, Room: 1.03 more info here ecpr.eu/Events/Event... We will have an informal meet-up of AI politics researchers afterwards
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
📢 If you are at #EASST2026, join us for the panel 'Coding the state: Sociotechnical imaginaries of AI in public administration' at 11:00 building C-7, room 4.16 nomadit.co.uk/conference/e... @easst.bsky.social
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P093: Coding the state: Sociotechnical imaginaries of ai in public administration
This panel examines how AI and digital infrastructures in public administration materialise sociotechnical imaginaries of efficiency, neutrality, and control,
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🇵🇱 Conference maxxing in Krakow this week paricipating in #ecprgc26 & #EASST2026 which conveniently take place just across the road from each other On Thursday morning I am presenting at EASST & on Thursday afternoon we have our ECPR AI panel Looking forward to seeing many familiar & new faces
ECPR & EASST
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🌟If you are at #ecprgc26, check out Knowledge Politics and Policies section with 10 exciting panels on science diplomacy, academic freedom, Grand Challenges, AI & more ecpr.eu/Events/Event... 🎉This is 10th anniversary of our amazing Standing Group & 15th time we have our section @ecpr.bsky.social
Hamburg 2018Innsbruck 2022Dublin 2024Thessaloniki 2025
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🗓️ Democracy & AI workshop will take place next week 17 September 13:00-16:30 at University of Copenhagen If you are interested in democracy & AI and happen to be in Copenhagen next week, please join us! Registration & more info here cpai.ku.dk/about-cpai/a... #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
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Democracy & AI
The seminar is arranged by Center for Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (University of Copenhagen) and Centre for AI Ethics, Law, and Policy (Aalborg University)
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Jason Hindle @jasonhindle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Flow is a god damn masterpiece
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📢 Calling all AI politics researchers (broadly understood) in Krakow next week for #ecprgc26 and #EASST2026 We will have an informal meet up after our #ecprgc26 panel on AI politics and policy on Thursday 10 Sept at 18:00 ecpr.eu/Events/Event... Join us! Totally informal, all invited!
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
💡 And a top tip - you don't want to miss this panel P093 'Coding the state: Sociotechnical imaginaries of AI in public administration' on Thursday, 10 September 11:00-12:30 C-7, 4.16 nomadit.co.uk/conference/e... #EASST2026 #STS
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P093: Coding the state: Sociotechnical imaginaries of ai in public administration
This panel examines how AI and digital infrastructures in public administration materialise sociotechnical imaginaries of efficiency, neutrality, and control,
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European Parliament @europarl.europa.eu · 23/08/2026
37 years ago, two million people joined hands across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in a fearless demand for freedom from Soviet occupation: the Baltic Way. 🇪🇪🤝🇱🇻🤝🇱🇹 A main walkway in the EP building in Brussels is named in honour of the event.
 "Hand in hand towards freedom; The Baltic Way 23 August 1989" reads the text on this powerful historic photograph of the the Baltic Way. The flags of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are overlaid on the image, atop the text.  In the photo, people are holding hands tightly and smiling, with the Lithuanian flag flying above them. Some have even raised their intertwined hands up to bravely show them to the camera. The European Parliament logo is in the bottom right hand corner.
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Check out @evidencepolicy.bsky.social reading list for teaching Includes recent articles on impact, expertise, misinformation, policy capacities, knowledge intermediaries, brokering & more Free access until 31 October bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/evp-... #PublicPolicy
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Evidence and Policy reading list
Evidence and Policy reading list
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
'The digital revolution didn’t have to play out the way it did in the realm of politics and government; it played out the way it did because of the failure of liberal democracy to limit corporate power over politics and government', by Jill Lepore www.theguardian.com/news/2026/au...
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Democracy v the machine: the birth of the digital age and the warnings that were ignored
The long read: Many hoped that the march of technology would usher in a utopia – but some foresaw the threat it would pose to liberal society. Why did nobody listen?
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Policy & Politics @policy-politics.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
📚 Updating your student reading lists? Read our essential reading recommendations for public policy and politics courses on expertise and evidence in policymaking, policy process theories, and interpretive approaches to policy research. policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/07/30/u...
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
📚On #NationalBookLoversDay, some recent good reads: 📕Arundhati Roy 'Mother Mary Comes To Me' 📗Lea Ypi 'Indignity' 📙Andrey Kurkov 'Grey Bees' 📘Olga Tokarczuk 'The Books of Jacob' 📕Colson Whitehead 'The Underground Railroad' #BookSky
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Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
BERNAL AWARD WINNERS 2026! The Society awards the Bernal Prize for distinguished individuals for contributions to the field of STS goes to: • Steven Epstein • Ulrike Felt Read more here: tinyurl.com/3mwvcndr
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Reasons for detention included possession and distribution of French and other 'anti-Soviet' literature youtu.be/XtyQXC5OB94?...
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Stūra mājas videoliecības - Eye-witness accounts about the former KGB building of Riga Latvia.
YouTube video by Latvijas Okupācijas muzejs
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The Corner House - former KGB building in Riga with detention cells, interrogation rooms, exercise yard, kitchen, and execution room youtu.be/J-3PEdfuTn4?...
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Stūra māja / KGB Building
YouTube video by Latvijas Okupācijas muzejs
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Meet the EU team leading the world’s first bona fide regulation of AI www.politico.eu/article/meet... #AI #AIact
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Meet the EU team leading the world’s first bona fide regulation of AI
A new European Commission unit is about to have the power to fine or even shut down top AI platforms if they don’t ensure safety.
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
EU to co-fund seven AI Gigafactories in race for tech autonomy euobserver.com/230786/eu-to... #AI
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EU to co-fund seven AI Gigafactories in race for tech autonomy
The EU is seeking to build seven AI Gigafactories to reduce dependence on foreign tech, in a multi-billion euro public-private scheme.
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We identified a range of barriers in this evaluation of the European Research Area, prepared for the European Parliament in 2016. Many barriers still seem to apply Back then many stakeholders were sceptical if these barriers can be tackled by legal measures data.europa.eu/doi/10.2861/... #ERA
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Cost of non-Europe report - Publications Office of the EU
This Cost of Non-Europe study examines the state of implementation of the current policy framework for the establishment of a European Research Area (ERA). The study combines a backward-looking (ex-po...
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
EU leaders have been having meetings on AI already for some 10 years, as I show in this open access chapter 'Artificial intelligence in the European Union. Policy, ethics and regulation' I have been recently asked to update this chapter, stay tuned! www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-... #AI #AIact
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Artificial intelligence in the European Union
In the context of recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and launch of AI policy documents and ethics guidelines around the
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
EU's 27 leaders are set to confront artificial intelligence as a defining strategic and security challenge, with plans to hold their first dedicated discussion on it before the end of the year I am not sure about calling it 'first', how did the AI Act came about www.politico.eu/article/euro... #AI
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Europe’s 27 leaders to take on AI — finally
The EU’s national leaders have agreed to sit down to talk about AI development and safety for the first time.
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Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Kanishka Narayan is the first UK AI minister to attend Cabinet My interview with Narayan last autumn provides insight into his approach to the brief 🧵👇 (1/6)
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The European Parliament’s answer to its AI worries: More AI www.politico.eu/article/the-... #AI
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The European Parliament’s answer to its AI worries: More AI
The institution is opening its doors to models from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Mistral as it tries to bring lawmakers’ growing use of the technology under control.
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🉑 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝 〽️ 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 @howlettm.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Just out and Open Access! On the micro-level of policy design calibrations and specifications - Giliberto Capano and Michael Howlett "The Politics of Detail The Micro-Dimension of Policy Design" 2026 Palgrave link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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The Politics of Detail
This open access focuses on the micro-dimension of policy design, this book puts forward a new framework to enable policymakers to design better policies
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I wrote about the shift in science, tech and innovation policy from focusing mostly on economic growth and competitiveness to also include tackling societal challenges here link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Emerging technology for economic competitiveness or societal challenges? Framing purpose in Artificial Intelligence policy - Global Public Policy and Governance
This study examines the policy discussions surrounding the purpose of the development and use of an emerging technology. It applies the two stylized technology policy frames of economic growth and soc...
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
What is needed is to strengthen social function of science, technology and innovation to tackle major societal challenges in areas such as health and environment rather than further reduce them to serving primarily the business agenda www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Andy Burnham’s plan to scrap technology department triggers backlash
MPs and industry experts say potential reorganisation will waste time at critical moment for AI and economic growth
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
They seem to be very busy in the US - Inside Anthropic’s state-by-state plan to ratchet up AI rules in the US www.politico.com/news/2026/07... #AI
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Anthropic has a counter to OpenAI’s ‘reverse federalism’ play
By pushing for ever-tougher AI safety laws, Anthropic is drawing a distinction between its state lobbying strategy and OpenAI’s campaign to streamline a set of rules across the country.
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
‘Anthropic doesn’t care about Europe’ — EU officials peeved after AI giant sends junior staffer to testify about safety at the European Parliament www.politico.eu/article/anth... #AI
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‘Anthropic doesn’t care about Europe’ — EU officials peeved after AI giant sends junior staffer to testify about safety
The U.S.-based company assigned a recently hired technical employee to testify remotely before the European Parliament, which left a series of key policy questions unanswered.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
What does governing transformative technology actually require? I'll be speaking in London on Monday @8:30am ET @royalsociety.org + @amphilsociety.bsky.social's The Next 250--on science, technology and the democratic institutions we need for a just future. Watch live: youtube.com/live/kW9TAlW...
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The Next 250: the future of democracy, science and markets - Day 1
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Han Kang Elif Shafak Chimamanda Adichie Haruki Murakami Kazuo Ishiguro
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Leiden Madtrics @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Caroline S. Wagner was a highly regarded scholar in the field of science and technology policy. In his obituary, Paul Wouters reflects on her impressive contributions to research on science policy, the globalization of research, international collaboration, and scientometrics.
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In memoriam Caroline S. Wagner
Caroline S. Wagner (1955-2026) was a highly regarded scholar in the field of science and technology policy. Paul Wouters reflects on her impressive contributions to research on science policy, the glo...
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🉑 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝 〽️ 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 @howlettm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Out NOW! Howlett, Ramesh & Perl's Studying Public Policy 5th Ed | A textbook for upper-level undergraduates and graduates synthesizing theory, recent research and global consideration of policymaking. Find out more: ☑️ cup.org/3QKytWT
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Studying Public Policy | Cambridge Aspire website
Discover Studying Public Policy, 5th Edition, Michael Howlett, HB ISBN: 9781009691796 on Cambridge Aspire website
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Inga Ulnicane @ingaulnicane.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
☀️ Looking for a summer reading? Check out recent posts on our Europe of Knowledge blog, including on 🔹New Geography of Knowledge 🔹Ethics-policy advisory ecosystems 🔹Ukrainian Universities 🔹Research security 🔹Academic freedom era.ideasoneurope.eu @uaces.bsky.social @ideasoneurope.bsky.social
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