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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In de jaarlijkse State of the Union presenteerde Europese Commissie voorzitter Ursula von der Leyen vorige week Europa's prioriteiten en plannen voor het komende jaar. In een vol Nieuwspoort analyseerden Caroline De Gruyter, Romana Abels en ik de speech, onder leiding van Stefan de Vries.

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De Staat van Europa in een Gevaarlijke Wereld

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Haagsch College @haagschcollege.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Kan Europa echt op eigen benen staan? Tijdens De Staat van Europa in een Gevaarlijke Wereld duiken @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social, Romana Abels, Cecilia Thorfinn en @mariellew.bsky.social olv @devries.fr in de toespraak van Von der Leyen. 16 sept. in Den Haag Kaarten: tinyurl.com/staatvaneuropa

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HaagschCollege.nl - College: De Staat van Europa in een Gevaarlijke Wereld, Stefan de Vries, Caroline de Gruyter, Romana Abels, Mariëlle Wijermans, Cecilia Thorfinn

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Zet het vast in je agenda: 16 september in Nieuwspoort In De Staat van Europa in een Gevaarlijke Wereld duikt de podcast Café Europa in de belangrijkste jaarlijkse speech van de EU. Experts Caroline de Gruyter, Romana Abels en Mariëlle Wijermars analyseren de plannen van de Europese Commissie.

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HaagschCollege.nl - College: De Staat van Europa in een Gevaarlijke Wereld, Stefan de Vries, Caroline de Gruyter, Romana Abels, Mariëlle Wijermans

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HaagschCollege.nl - College: De Staat van Europa in een Gevaarlijke Wereld, Stefan de Vries, Caroline de Gruyter, Romana Abels, Mariëlle Wijermans

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Please help share this vacancy for an Associate or Full Professor in Philosophy and the City at Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Possible areas of specialisation include the boundaries between philosophy and critical infrastructure studies.

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Associate or Full Professor: Philosophy and the City

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Tanya Lokot @tanyalokot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Very excited that our chapter on Telegram is out and open-access! In our contribution to the 2nd edition of The Routledge Companion to Social Media & Politics, we refine our platform actorness framework & argue platforms’ claims, performances & practices are key to understanding their politics. 👇

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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Congratulations to @hdijkstra.bsky.social and @mariellew.bsky.social on receiving a €6.6M NWO grant for the KNOWSEC-NL project!🎉 This initiative tackles rising geopolitical tensions and their impact on research security, aiming to protect knowledge while preserving vital international collaboration.

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Cyrus Mody @ccmmody.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

congrats to @mariellew.bsky.social @hdijkstra.bsky.social & all the other colleagues (oa @danishanley.bsky.social @posteurope.bsky.social Mario Daniels, Miles MacLeod & Guus Dix) involved in this upcoming consortium project on knowledge security: 1/x www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/maastri...

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Maastricht University researchers lead €6.6 million NWO project on knowledge security

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

One of the PhD projects included in our new KNOWSEC-NL project, funded by NWO, will be historical in orientation: knowledge security in the late Cold War. So glad to have this line of research with @ccmmody.bsky.social included!

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Very excited to share that we have been awarded a €6.6 million NWO grant for a research project on knowledge security, led by @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social. As co-applicant and work package lead on impact, I’m especially excited about the strong collaborative foundation of this project.

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Maastricht University researchers lead €6.6 million NWO project on knowledge security

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Join us on 8 June at Cinema Lumière in Maastricht for a screening of 'The Librarians: Who decides what we read?', a powerful documentary about censorship, free access to information, and the wider social debate surrounding stories, books and ideas in the US.

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The Librarians: Who Decides What We Read? - Lumière Cinema Maastricht (en)

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Important action from Cloudflare against Italy's Piracy Shield and its lack of judicial oversight, redress and due process. As research shows, the Piracy Shield is already resulting in the overblocking of legitimate websites. The potential for (political) misuse of the Piracy Shield is also evident.

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Standing up for the open Internet- why we appealed Italy’s Piracy Shield fine

Cloudflare is appealing a €14 million fine from Italian regulators over

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CERiM CEEhub - Grounded knowledge for challenging times @umceehub.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We are excited to host Daniel Hegedüs, deputy director of the Institut für Europäische Politik, in Maastricht on 23 April for the Jean Monnet lecture: "International determinants of autocratisation and democratisation in the EU in an age of geopolitical upheaval" Don't miss it! Attendance is free

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

De Café Europa podcast heeft een nieuwe rubriek waarin mijn collega Yf Reykers en ik je mee nemen in het Europese streven naar grotere onafhankelijkheid: Europa op Eigen Benen. Van digital autonomie tot defensie. Café Europa is een samenwerking tussen Studio Europa Maastricht en Haagsch College.

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HaagschCollege.nl - Café Europa

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Together with Edoardo Celeste, I co-edit the Routledge Series in Digital Law and Governance. Do you have an idea for a monograph or edited volume that pushes the boundaries of the field? Get in touch! We welcome proposals from, e.g., political science, law, sociology, STS and communication studies.

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Digital Law and Governance - Book Series - Routledge & CRC Press

Routledge & CRC Press Series: This interdisciplinary series analyses how legal and policy frameworks are evolving to face the challenges of the digital revolution. Critically appraising and

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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

🌐 What happens when a country #disconnects from the global #internet? @mariellew.bsky.social explores the impact on #information, #communication & #digital control. 🔗 shorturl.at/at1IE 🔗 shorturl.at/S6RhY 🔗 shorturl.at/svnoJ

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

At the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, we value societal engagement: from media commentary and policy advising to co-creation in research. We see impact as a continuous dialogue with society. We decided to celebrate our collaboration with local partners in a series of interviews. Enjoy!

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CERiM CEEhub - Grounded knowledge for challenging times @umceehub.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

How do you translate complex academic knowledge into a clear story for a broad audience? Read the interview with CEEhub's Professor Giselle Bosse and Maurice de Heus of regional broadcaster L1 on the role journalists and scholars play in informing public debate on Europe.

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Marion Dautry @mdautry.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

En Russie, la "messagerie nationale" Max s'impose bon gré mal gré grâce à une promotion massive et aux blocages de WhatsApp et Telegram par les autorités au nom de l'indépendance de Moscou vis-à-vis de l'étranger - avec @mariellew.bsky.social information.tv5monde.com/economie/rus...

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

"'Dit is een poging om elke vorm van oppositie onmogelijk te maken,' zegt professor internetbeleid Mariëlle Wijermars." Mijn commentaar op de op handen zijnde blokkering van Telegram en vergaande internetbeperkingen in Moskou en andere delen van Rusland voor Knack.

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

In my latest policy brief, I argue policymakers should anticipate further escalation of Russian internet censorship, including the blocking of all remaining foreign platforms and messaging apps *very soon*. #Russia #Censorship #InternetGovernance #Polisky #IRsky #commsky

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Restricting information dissemination: Russia’s deepening internet censorship

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CERiM CEEhub - Grounded knowledge for challenging times @umceehub.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

New article by CERiM CEEhub expert Aline Sierp: The past as resource – memory and emotions in Russia’s war on Ukraine. In the article, Sierp analyses where, how by whom and to which effect historical analogies are used in EU policymaking, using Russia’s war on Ukraine as a case study.

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The past as resource – memory and emotions in Russia’s war on Ukraine

Historical memory and its emotional baggage is used increasingly by political actors to push forward specific domestic interests and to revive old schismatic relationships between European states. ...

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Please help share this vacancy for a 4-year postdoc in Disinformation and European Democracy at Maastricht University #Polisky #EUsky #Commsky #Academicsky

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Great opportunity at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social: we have 4-year postdoc position on disinformation and European democracy. Possible disciplinary focus includes, e.g., political science and computational social science. Interdisciplinary approaches to disinformation are encouraged.

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Post-doctoral researcher in Disinformation and European Democracy (4-year)

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

1/Quick thoughts of implications of US National Security Strategy for Europe -- weaponized interdependence meets nationalist international. The US will use its tools (economic, technology, and financial dominance) to press for far right agenda. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

"Europe’s leaders privately warned that the United States may be preparing to pressure Ukraine into territorial concessions without offering real security guarantees." Their only clue was absolutely everything the Trump administration have been saying and doing since 20 January.

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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

ONLINE FIRST & OPEN ACCESS! This article by Olga Dovbysh & @mariellew.bsky.social examines the intersection of digital innovation and algorithmisation with restricted #media freedom, introducing the concept of #authoritarian algorithmic publics. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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CERiM CEEhub - Grounded knowledge for challenging times @umceehub.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

New publication by @mariellew.bsky.social on authoritarianism and digital journalism.

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Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A very timely research project on the myth that bringing far-right parties into government coalitions will somehow “expose” them — a strategy that simply doesn’t work.

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

'We hebben een periode van overwegend stilstand achter de rug. Wat wel lukte was bezuinigen op de wetenschap, op de publieke omroep en op ontwikkelingssamenwerking, en die eerste twee zijn [...] autocratische agendapunten die tegenmacht in de democratie minder sterk maken.'

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

How can the EU strengthen democratic resilience in Eastern Europe and integrate democracy support into its foreign policy amidst accelerating autocratisation? Meet Prof Giselle Bosse, CERiM CEEhub expert on EU enlargement, democratisation and autocratisation. #EUsky #Polisky #CEEsky #AcademicSky

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Henna Virkkunen @hennavirkkunen.wsocial.eu · 18/11/2025

Cloud computing services power Europe’s digital future, enabling AI development & driving innovation. Today, we have launched three market investigations on cloud computing services under the #DMA.

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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

What role does memory play in political decision making? Meet Dr Aline Sierp - CERiM Central and Eastern Europe Hub's expert on transnational memory and identity politics. #AcademicSky #HistorySky #PoliSky #MemoryStudies #EuropeSky #CEE

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CERiM CEEhub - Grounded knowledge for challenging times @umceehub.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

What role does memory play in political decision making? Meet Dr Aline Sierp, CERiM CEEhub expert on transnational memory and identity politics. #HistorySky #PoliSky #MemoryStudies #EuropeSky #CEE #AcademicSky

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Understanding Europe: On Memory and Identity

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Hugely important academic paper repository arXiv says it will no longer accept Computer Science papers that are still under review due to the wave of AI-generated ones it has received. This will radically change preprint and open access scientific research www.404media.co/arxiv-change...

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arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers

Cornell University’s academic paper repository will no longer accept Computer Science papers still under review.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Opinie stuk in NRC vandaag: “Nederland schuift naar het midden op, Brussel kijkt mee” Ik bespreek de mogelijke verkiezingsuitslag kan betekenen voor de Nederlandse positie 🇳🇱 in Europa. 🇪🇺 👉🏽 www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

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Opinie | Nederland schuift naar het midden op, Brussel kijkt mee

Tweede Kamerverkiezingen: Mocht Rob Jetten premier worden, dan krijgt Nederland een uitgesproken pro-Europese regeringsleider. De vraag is in hoeverre hij eventuele coalitiepartners daarin zal meekrij...

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Sarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

With the official prognosis giving one additional seat to PVV and one to FvD compared to the ext poll, the narrative should really not be that the Netherlands/Jetten has beaten the radical right. The far right bloc remains remarkably stable.

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Anita Gohdes @argohdes.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

We are hiring a PhD student to join us at the @hertiesecurity.bsky.social (start Sept. 2026)! If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

New today👇  Abraham Newman on why writing isn’t about perfection or performance, but about conversation.  A sharp + generous take on co-authorship, discovery & the politics of ideas. 🔗 Read here: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-... 🧵

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Etched in Marble: Abraham Newman on Writing as Dialogue, Discovery, and Power

Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

When I asked what Newman what he’d etch in marble for a new generation, he didn’t hesitate: “It’s all about collaboration. See others not as competitors but as people who can push you forward.” 9/

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Tazuko van Berkel @doctaz.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Wil je weten hoe verschillende politieke partijen in hun #verkiezingsprogramma's denken over deze (en meer!) aspecten van wetenschap en #wetenschapsbeleid? Check het The Young Academy Dashboard Verkiezingen 2025 (dejongeakademie.nl/nieuws/31328...)

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De Jonge Akademie Dashboard wat zeggen de partijen over wetenschap - De Jonge Akademie

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