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Wouter Lammers

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FWO postdoc | How do policy makers deal with uncertainty information? | Public Governance Institute KU Leuven

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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I look forward to continue working with @stevenvdwalle.bsky.social in Leuven!
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Happy news: I’ve been granted a 3-year FWO postdoctoral fellowship! Starting in October, I will study how experts can get policymakers’ attention to their repeated warnings without sounding alarmist.
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Terrence Peterson @tgpeterson.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
New Pope Declares All Style Manuals Other Than Chicago As Schismatic
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Tough times for someone finishing a PhD on (deep) uncertainty. Too many topical examples to pick.
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 27/03/2025
Outspoken Fascism Scholars Leave Yale for Canada Jason Stanley, decrying @columbiauniversity.bsky.social’s capitulation to the federal government, is leaving for the @uoft.bsky.social. So is Marci Shore, who said she fears “civil war.” ... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3RlpmZg
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Fascism Scholars, Trump Critics Leave Yale for Canada
Jason Stanley, decrying Columbia University’s capitulation to the federal government, is leaving for the University of Toronto. So is Marci Shore, who said she fears “civil war.” Timothy Snyder says h...
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A small wildfire on the Leuven campus - good opportunity to see some street-level bureaucrats in action
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 05/03/2025
Why we have #OfficeHours #AcademicChatter
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Steven Van de Walle @stevenvdwalle.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Doctoreren als politiek wetenschapper/bestuurskundige? Bekijk deze interessante vacature! Doctoraatsbursaal ‘Ambtenaren in het oog van de populistische storm? Lessen uit de gemeentelijke overdracht van de macht’ www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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Doctoraatsbursaal ‘Ambtenaren in het oog van de populistische storm? Lessen uit de gemeentelijke overdracht van de macht’
Ambtenaren in het oog van de populistische storm?
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
1.5% chance we're all going to die - but at least it was nicely visualized
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Steven Van de Walle @stevenvdwalle.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I´m a public management scholar, dedicated to improving government performance. If the Trumpie sensitivity readers would go through my projects, they would have to stop funding to every single project I ever did.
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I enjoyed the honor of serving as paranymph. Nice chance to dress up as a penguin
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a penguin is wearing sunglasses and a purple hat
ALT: a penguin is wearing sunglasses and a purple hat
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The one conclusion that stood out for me: in the 80s, "oil companies increasingly preferred the short-term higher profitability of oil investments over the long-term return on investments in highly uncertain nuclear projects" (p.142). --> uncertainty as one of the factors fostering short-termism.
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
He studied how oil companies were deeply involved in atomic energy for decades, and why they largely divested away from it in the 1980s. A highly topical dissertation for today's energy transition.
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
This week, @michielbron.bsky.social defended his dissertation titled "The Petro-Atom: A century of ubiquitous oil involvevement in nuclear energy, 1895-1993". Congrats dr. Bron! Promotors: @ccmmody.bsky.social @vincentlagendijk.bsky.social
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Robert Maguire @robertmaguire.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
“Why I am quitting the Washington Post”: Pulitzer winning cartoonist who has been at the Washington Post since 2008 resigns after a cartoon depicting Bezos and other billionaires paying tribute to Trump was spiked anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
It would be fun to have sideline reporters at academic conferences. Reporter: "Prof. Rothman, how do you come back from such a devastating Q&A? They really hammered you out there." Me: "All we can do is go back to the archives, find more evidence, and then just trust the process, Helen."
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
With writing from Andrea Kendall-Taylor, @michaelkofman.bsky.social, Philip Zelikow and @sam-workman.bsky.social
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Working hypothesis for IR scholars/economists: with more, and more powerful, autocrats in the world, democracies will be forced to spend more on defense, energy & food security etc. If policymakers recognize the uncertainty, that is. Please do share any research you know in this direction!
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
So what about the consequences? Facing an unpredictable future, governments need to build resilience and redundancies, just to be sure. So administrations will need to work less efficiently medium.com/3streams/to-...
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To DOGE Or Not To DOGE
Where and how can government be more efficient?
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Bu I wonder whether even Zelikow's cautious assessment underestimates the deep geopolitical uncertainty of this time
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Philip Zelikow wrote: "We are in an exceptionally volatile, dynamic, and unstable period of world history. During the next two or three years, the situation will probably settle more durably in one direction or another: wider war or uneasy peace" tnsr.org/2024/05/conf...
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Confronting Another Axis? History, Humility, and Wishful Thinking - Texas National Security Review
Drawing on his extensive experience as a historian and diplomat, Philip Zelikow warns that the United States faces an exceptionally volatile time in global politics and that the period of maximum dang...
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
This means that dictators like Putin make the world much more unpredictable than Western policymakers and electorates would like (and sometimes realize). The geopolitical future is deeply uncertain.
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Key quote: Dictators "tend to produce the most risky and aggressive foreign policies. Countries with personalist authoritarians at the helm are the most likely to initiate interstate conflicts, the most likely to fight wars against democracies, and the most likely to invest in nuclear weapons."
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Geopolitics and uncertainty - a short reflection 👉Read this interesting long-read on why the clash between Putin and Ukraine & western countries will likely sustain, and why www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/putin...
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Putin’s Point of No Return
An unchecked Russia will challenge the West.
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Three wise men Christmas Gifts @tomgauld.bsky.social
Three wise men 
Christmas Gifts
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Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Let's just DOGE it, and start over. See my latest @3streamsblog.bsky.social on DOGE, the nature of efficiency in systems, and the lessons of public policy. 🏛️🗺️🌐 medium.com/3streams/to-...
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To DOGE Or Not To DOGE
Where and how can government be more efficient?
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
But see @thomasvlinge.bsky.social for reporting on Aleppo, Mozambique, Myanmar etc
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Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I am writing a book chapter on qualitative methods in political science/public policy/public administration. If you have authored recent papers using QM in these three disciplines, please send them to me! I’d like to read and potentially cite. raul(.)pacheco(.)vega(@)flacso(.)mx
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Alexandre Plennevaux 🇧🇪🇪🇺 @pixeline.be · 26/11/2024
US leadership’s strategic infantilization of Europe is starkly evident now. Europe has the makings of a global power but lacks the self-conception and will to act as one. "Europe actually has a very strong body, and a deficient mind." - @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
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What Europe is Missing.
The Discussion about European Defense Often Misses the Greatest Weakness
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Voor wie meer anekdotes wil lezen over lompe, of 'directe', Nederlanders, haal hier je hart aan op: www.reddit.com/r/expats/com...
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hearing a lot of negatives about the Netherlands
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Tips & tricks to counter pre-podcast nerves are also welcome
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I'll be a guest on the Science for Policy - podcast this week. The topic: combining Public Administration and Philosophy to advance thinking about science & policy. Do you know of any good examples of similar cooperations? Send them in!
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Interessant, bedankt
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Daniel Engber @engber.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
In 2023, Harvard Business School suspended a star professor over charges of research misconduct. As it happens, one of her papers also had funny data from a *different* B-school superstar -- a "mad, fraudulent unicorn,” per @jamesheathers.bsky.social... (1/3) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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The Fraudulent Science of Success
Business schools are in the grips of a scandal that threatens to undermine their most influential research—and the credibility of an entire field.
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Deze week geef ik college over street-level bureaucrats. Weet iemand nog literatuur over het toeslagenschandaal bezien vanuit SLB perspectief?
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Steven Van de Walle @stevenvdwalle.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
One week left to apply. PhD position on 'The Legitimacy of Public Administration Reforms and Innovation' at KU Leuven www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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Doctoraatsstudent ‘De legitimiteit van bestuurlijke hervormingen en innovatie in de publieke sector’
Doctoraatsstudent ‘De legitimiteit van bestuurlijke hervormingen en innovatie in de publieke sector’
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Thanks! I will start using it. It seems a bit easier to get started with compared to e.g . ResearchRabbits
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
How do you use it? A full literature review? Exploring a new field?
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 19/04/2024
Thanks!
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RadiUnce Project @radiunce.bsky.social · 18/04/2024
A great new article from @wouterlammers.bsky.social and co-authors showing how the majority of experiments on uncertainty communication look at shallow to medium levels of uncertainty, *not* extreme (or radical) uncertainty: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Theories of Uncertainty Communication: An Interdisciplinary Literature Review - Wouter Lammers, Sacha Ferrari, Sylvia Wenmackers, Valérie Pattyn, Steven Van de Walle, 2024
This systematic literature review presents an interdisciplinary overview of theories tested in experiments on the effects of communicating uncertainty. Using a ...
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 23/02/2024
The work by Rik Peels on extreme beliefs seems interesting vu.nl/en/research/...
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
Speaking of those who dont want Ukraine to 'win', this kind of story will probably only grow in number. There is a group that has never wanted Ukraine to win, and would be happy to cut a deal with Putin. This would be a mistake of historic proportions. www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u...
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U.S., European officials broach topic of peace negotiations with Ukraine, sources say
The conversations have included very broad outlines of what Ukraine might need to give up to reach a deal with Russia.
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
An honor to announce this well-deserved award. Prof. Vermeeren's feedback to her PhD candidates is said to be "stimulating, positive, and realistic".
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Netherlands Institute of Governance @nigovernance.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
Last night, the G.A. van Poeijeprijs was awarded by Sanneke Kuipers on behalf of the Vereniging voor Bestuurskunde. The 2023 winner of the G.A. van Poeljeprijs was Laura Cleton. Congratulations Laura!
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Of energie-expert Jasper Vis (een voorbeeld, schijnt dat meer columns van Plasterk fouten bevatten) jaspervis.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/c...
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Column Ronald Plasterk: mooi verhaal over Scheveningse vissers en veel onzin over windenergie op zee
Ronald Plasterk schreef gisteren in zijn column in De Telegraaf (betaalmuur) een mooi verhaal over Scheveningse vissers en een boel onzin over windenergie op zee. Hieronder een aantal uitspraken over...
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
Een eigen foto lukt even niet maar dezelfde versie vond ik wel nog online te koop (weet niet of dit echt duidelijker beeld is). Verklapt ook gelijk het bouwjaar, namelijk 1954. Toch opvallend. www.marktplaats.nl/v/antiek-en-...
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≥ Wereldkaart k zeeman (1954) vintage 161x244cm — Antiek | Schoolplaten — Marktplaats
Prachtige vintage landkaart voor aan de wand. Volgens kenners de mooiste kaart van k zeeman. Hij is ontworpen in 1954.De afmetingen maakt het een echte
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
Good read
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
"It's uncertain, but we're not sure" www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
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Wouter Lammers @wouterlammers.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
Bedankt voor de mooie serie! Heb genoten van iedere kaart die je plaatste. Wij hebben zelf maar 1 kaart, hoe zou je deze dateren? Indonesië onafhankelijk, India nog niet, hoe kan dat samengaan?
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