Koen Frenken @kfrenken.bsky.social Professor of Innovation Studies at Utrecht University https://www.uu.nl/staff/KFrenken PI of NWO-project on Regulating Platform Work https://platworkr.sites.uu.nl/
Irina Zakharova @irzakhar.bsky.social Postdoc at Leibniz University Hannover. Datafication | Data Studies | STS | Ed tech | Research methodology. She/her. Нет войне!
https://www.irina-zakharova.com/
De Dépendance @dedependance.eu Platform for City Culture and Public Debate
See all events: www.dedependance.eu
Kilian Buehling @buehling.bsky.social Information ecosystems & far-right political communication | IRex Tübingen |Weizenbaum Institute
Passionate poster 🦭
Tommy van Avermaete @tommyvav.bsky.social Schrijver | Lezer | Essayist | Redacteur | Podcastmaker | Collectiespecialist |
Aan het lezen...
"Zal ik een wereld projecteren?"
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science 👁️ https://olivia.science
🍃 https://metatheory.space
associate professor of computational cognitive science · she/they · cypriot/kıbrıslı/κυπραία · σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ χεῖρα κίνει
Alan Liu @alanyliu.bsky.social I'm a professor in digital humanities & English at UC Santa Barbara. For public humanities, I founded http://4Humanities.org & co-founded https://center-humanities-communication.org/. My website: https://liu.english.ucsb.edu/
Anne Schuth @anneschuth.nl Engineering and ML/AI @Dutch Government · Formerly @Spotify @DPGMediaIT @GoogleAI @BlendleNL · Intern @MSFTResearch @yandexcom · PhD from @irlab_amsterdam · https://anneschuth.nl
Lynda Hardman @lyndahardman.bsky.social (She/Her)
CWI, UU
Member of COST Scientific Committee, Digital Humanism Initiative, Dutch Surf WTR & ICT-Research Platform Netherlands (IPN) Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)
Much more here: https://www.cwi.nl/en/people/lynda-hardman
Bert Hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @berthubert.bsky.social Software developer, entrepreneur, former government regulator, current government advisor, amateur scientist, publicist. https://berthub.eu/ More active on Mastodon -> @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social -> Nederlandse BlueSky @berthub.eu
Arnika Zinke @arnikazinke.bsky.social AI & Digital Policy Advisor European Parliament (Greens/EFA) | fighting for more equality & diversity in tech and less disinformation & online addiction, previously worked on AI Act, DSA and Pegasus Inquiry | from Vienna, now Brussels 🇪🇺
Pop Stefanija @popstefanija.bsky.social postPhD. social sciences and AI at @imec_smit, vub. hyperreal. algorithmically processed datafied human. hates even numbers. stays sane by knitting. likes to lean on people & things.
@rasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social
Minister tegen Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap @eppocw.bsky.social Onderwijs, wetenschap, cultuur en media zijn de drijvende krachten achter onze democratie.
#DoetHetWel
Carine Roos @carineroos.bsky.social 🌍 Researcher on Democracy, Power & AI Governance
📚 Doctoral Researcher @sheffielduni, MSc in Gender @lsegender
http://carineroos.com
Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens.
Davekarpf.beehiiv.com- C Chris Csikszentmihalyi @csik.bsky.social Artist of technology.
@cuuixsilver.bsky.social @cuuixsilver.bsky.social Mainer, gamer, troublemaker. Permaculture newbie. She/her/they.
Machiko Kanetake @machikokanetake.bsky.social International Law Prof. Asser Institute & Univ. of Amsterdam; security, human rights, tech
LEN.IA @lab-lenia.bsky.social Laboratoire d'éthique du numérique et de l'IA/ AI & Digital Ethics Lab
Just Vervaart @datajournalist.nl Investigative datajournalist @ Omroep Gelderland | PrepCom Member @ European Press Prize | Winner Dutch Sportspress Prize 2024 | De Loep Longlist 2025 | Sent a Bluetooth-tracker to a warship
@traceylauriault.bsky.social @traceylauriault.bsky.social https://www.datalibre.ca/
https://carleton.ca/sjc/profile/lauriault-tracey/
Danny Lämmerhirt @danlammerhirt.bsky.social Digital Sociologist. Leading the Future Internet Lab @Waag; Member @PublicDataLab
Using public participation, design-based research, and valuation studies to build useful digital technology for society.
Current focus: open social web & public AI
Tom De Leyn @tomdeleyn.bsky.social Assistant professor in digitalization & communication @ SSW - UHasselt | Affiliated researcher imec-mict-ugent | Researching social media, youth, digital well-being, privacy & digital inclusion
Postdigital Science and Education @pdse.bsky.social Official profile for Postdigital Science and Education journal, book series, and encyclopedia.
Curated by Petar Jandrić.
@eglerin.bsky.social @eglerin.bsky.social
@gordansavicic.bsky.social @gordansavicic.bsky.social New old media. Educator & Critical Engineer. Jugoslawiener born at 338.78. Polyglot. Callsign: HB3XAX #somewhereinCH. www.yugo.at (since 2002)
Renee Wever @reneewever.bsky.social Prof of Industrial Design Engineering @ Linköping University | editor Journal of Design Research | TUDelft alumnus | design research | sustainability & CE | packaging & foodwaste | repair | NL/EN/SV | @jdesignresearch.bsky.social & @liudesign.bsky.social
Philipp Budka @philbu.bsky.social sociocultural anthropologist
infrastructure, tech, media, temporality, politics, ethnography
currently @univie.ac.at
https://www.philbu.net/
jeroen jongeleen @jeroenjongeleeen.bsky.social
TINKEBELL. @tinkebell.bsky.social sometimes i believe as many as six impossible things, even before breakfast - currently saving the world. courtesy TORCHGallery Amsterdam. / www.tinkebell.com
Onder Mediadoctoren @ondermediadoctoren.bsky.social Al sinds 2012 de podcast waarin Linda Duits en Vincent Crone zich verwonderen over de media.
Marcel Broersma @mjbroersma.bsky.social Prof of Media and Journalism Studies @unigroningen.bsky.social | director RMeS | coordinator UNL Digital Society | chair Digital Literacy Coalition | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcel-Broersma
Albert Ali Salah @albertalisalah.bsky.social Prof. Social and Affective Computing, Utrecht University.
Former institutions: Boğaziçi University, Nagoya University, University of Amsterdam, CWI.
https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~salah006/
@josephinebosma.bsky.social @josephinebosma.bsky.social
Trust in the Digital Society @trust-rpa.bsky.social University Research Priority area on trust in the digital society. @University of Amsterdam
digitaltrust.uva.nl
Soizic Pénicaud @soizicpenicaud.bsky.social Researcher and activist based in France. I focus on public sector tech + algorithms (especially in digital welfare) and technology-facilitated violence. Co-founder odap.fr. ex-Etalab
Katya King @katyavdgk.bsky.social Tech, research, law, teaching & AI - plus a lot of other stuff.
M.Ed, PGDL, LLM, (looking for alt online LLM+tech)
UK/FR
@katyavdgk@mas.to
@katyavdgk.bsky.social
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social Research and policy adviser www.abdconsultancy.co.uk
Futures of work, digital welfare state, tech ethics, public sector innovation
Also cats, telly, general silliness
Now with added newsletter! https://www.abdconsultancy.co.uk/digital-welfare-state
Sophia Knight @sophiaaknight.bsky.social PhD Researcher @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social - podcasts, political communication & computational social science
Research Lead in Civic & Democratic Participation Online at Responsible Innovation Centre, BBC R&D
Visiting Researcher @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor at JRF (@jrf-uk.bsky.social) focusing on communities and place
she/her
Views my own.
Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social Director of ICCL Enforce https://iccl.ie/Enforce Previously Chief Policy Officer of Brave. FRHistS.
https://ie.linkedin.com/in/johnnyryan1
Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com A project of The Center For Scientific Integrity https://centerforscientificintegrity.org/
Daily newsletter http://eepurl.com/bNRlUn
Database http://retractiondatabase.org
Tips team@retractionwatch.com (better than @ replies)
Joanne Kuai @joannekuai.bsky.social
Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social Professor, Faculty Director UCSD Labor Center, author Chasing Innovation and Redacted, co-founder and supporter of Turkopticon, ex-Google worker. @local6741.bsky.social & @cucfa.org These are my personal opinions, not those of my employer.
Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social Visiting prof @Stony Brook; fellow @Montclair State; emeritus prof @CUNY's Newmark School of Journalism. Co-host: Intelligent Machines, AI Inside. Author of Hot Type, The Gutenberg Parenthesis, Magazine, available at: https://jeffjarvis.com
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies @hcas.bsky.social An independent institute for advanced study within the University of Helsinki. We focus on blue-skies research in the humanities and social sciences and promote innovative multidisciplinary interaction.
Sven Nyholm @svennyholm.bsky.social Professor of the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, LMU Munich.
Protect Digital Identity @protectdid.bsky.social Protect your digital identity.
http://protectdigitalidentity.org/
#AIEthics #StopDeepFakesNow #DeepFakes #NOFAKES #TechSky
Hendrik Heuer @hheuer.bsky.social CS Prof Center for Advanced Internet Studies and Bergische Universität Wuppertal. Design of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence. He/him.
Barry Threw @barrythrew.com ◢👁️◣ Executive & Artistic Director @grayarea.org
Mez Breeze @mezbreeze.bsky.social An OG digital artist/writer: http://anthology.rhizome.org/mez-breeze. Permaculturalist. Designer + Developer. Blurrings + imaginings: https://www.patreon.com/mezbreeze + https://mezbreeze.itch.io/- B !Mediengruppe Bitnik @bitnik.bsky.social e.g. Artist, dog-lover, and avid.reader
Ben Grosser @bengrosser.bsky.social Artist, recomposing social platforms, AI futures, and interface cultures. Known for works like Demetricator, Computers Watching Movies, and minus.social. Faculty Associate @ Berkman Klein Harvard, Prof @ UIUC. bengrosser.com
Nicola Carboni @ncarboni.bsky.social Using computational methods for modelling, integrating, and interpreting cultural heritage. Assistant Professor at iSchool@Illinois | Formerly UNIGE, UZH, iTatti, CNRS | https://nicola.carboni.me
Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social Karla is a Puerto Rican artist who loves to paint and draw. Karla works on Films (MCU, ILM,HBO), Games, TV, Covers, Fine art, etc. She is also a passionate advocate for better artist industries+ rights. Opinions are her own. ✌️
www.karlaortizart.com
Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social Soc of Work + Platform Labor | Head of Sociology, University of Edinburgh | https://workersobservatory.org | @jcultecon + Platforms & Society
dr. meg smith @megsmith.bsky.social • Interim Director & Research Asst Prof of Digital Humanities at @siueiris.bsky.social
• Medieval/early modern Irish historian
• Public transit enthusiast & urban cyclist
• Die-hard Packers fan
• Avid quilter/xstitcher
• Margaret, not Megan
• She/her
• STL
Linda Huber @puellaludens.bsky.social Social Justice and Technology Postdoc at Swarthmore College. Educating, agitating, organizing in tech-ademia.
Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite
newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
books: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/contributor/brian-merchant/
kofi link: https://ko-fi.com/brianmerchant
m. r. sauter @oddletters.bsky.social politics/technology/capitalism. prof somewhere.
enthusiastic guitar guy. book on why vc was a bad idea the whole time coming from UChicago Press
writing - https://oddletters.com/
stickers+noise - https://duopoly.bandcamp.com/merch
i curse a lot
he/they
@tdewinkel.bsky.social @tdewinkel.bsky.social 🐧
Max Kemman @maxkemman.bsky.social Bestuurssecretaris & Beleidsmedewerker NWO domein Toegepaste en Technische Wetenschappen | Vader van 3 | PhD Digital History
Data controversies, James Stewart @datacontroversies.bsky.social Microblog supporting Internet and Society and Controversies in the Data Society courses, Science Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Edinburgh
Peter Kerkhof @peterkerkhof.bsky.social Professor of Social Media @Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
Zack Furness @punkademic.bsky.social Professor | Noisemaker | Half-Steeler | Dad | Luddite | Books - One Less Car: Bicycling & the Politics of Automobility, Punkademics, The NFL: Critical & Cultural Perspectives | Views are mine alone | Pittsburgh, PA | https://linktr.ee/punkademic
Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social @bellingcat.com journalist etc focused on the transnational far right. i give trainings. i take pictures of stickers. Signal: michaelcolborne.01
Jaap Kooijman @jaapkooijman.bsky.social Associate professor Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Academic director ASCA (Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis), author of Fabricating the Absolute Fake and De muziekfabriek, co-editor of The Richard Dyer Reader. www.absolutefake.com
Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info Analyst sharing open data and sharing insight about enterprise IT, tech policy, surveys, economics.
Laser @stefanlaser.bsky.social I am an academic ✒ on 🚯🚆🐮💾. #sts #sociology #ecology #waste #energy
Plus, Fujifilm #photography
I post POSSE style: Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere. Many things Asia, VN.
https://social.tchncs.de/@stefanlaser
https://stefanlaser.net
Dan Rudmann @danrdmnn.bsky.social Librarian at Utrecht University
profile photo by @raymonddekker.bsky.social
Daan Kolkman @dakolkman.bsky.social Sociologist of data and algorithms. Working on responsible data science and governance of algorithms.
R. Trebor Scholz @trebors2025.bsky.social Prof at The New School | Founder, Platform Cooperativism Consortium + Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy | Author, OWN THIS! (2023) + UBER-WORKED & UNDERPAID (2016) | Faculty Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center | Advocate for Digital Labor Rights |
@jfrommel.bsky.social @jfrommel.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Interaction, Multimedia @Utrecht University | HCI, AI, Games, Esports | Dr. Rer.-Nat.
Anita Chan @anitachan.bsky.social Scholar, Speaker, Educator
Author, Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech & Our Fight for an Independent Future
Director, Community Data Clinic, communitydata.illinois.edu
anitachan.org
Bram Klievink @bklievink.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy & Digitalisation + Director Public Administration Institute @ Leiden University
Sharon van Geldere @sharonvangeldere.bsky.social PhD Candidate @ Leiden University | civil society organisations | interest representation | political attitudes | mobilisation
She/Her
karina ripley @kaareeenah.bsky.social assistant prof @ univ of virginia // lead organizer w @labortechresearchnetwork.org // tech, labor, culture // karinaripley.com
Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social Law professor & journalist looking at tech geopolitics, free expression, internet law, online governance, & AI.
Senior Editor at Lawfare.
https://klonick.substack.com/
www.kateklonick.com
Karin van Es @kfvanes.bsky.social Associate professor Media and Culture | Utrecht University | Coordinator Streaming video network | Platforms, Data & AI
http://www.karinvanes.net/ | http://www.vodmethods.net
Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social Co-director: https://www.ucc.ie/en/future-humanities/radicalhumanitieslaboratory/
Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social Tech + discrimination researcher @AmnestyNL.
Likes/shares not endorsements; views my own- S Sander Prins @sprins.bsky.social @dataschool.nl @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd Assoc. Project Director @ Knowledge Commons, MSU | Lit and Publishing Research Prof @ Uni of London, Birkbeck | Music on tici taci records | My books: https://books.eve.gd
Lotte Jensen @lottejensen.bsky.social Hoogleraar Nederlandse literatuur- en cultuurgeschiedenis • Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen • neerlandicus
• filosoof • Deens 🇩🇰 www.lottejensen.nl
Pim Huijnen @phuijnen.bsky.social Cultural history | Digital history | Assistant Professor @Utrecht University
m leal causton @mlealcauston.bsky.social [researcher | data ⇆ archivist ⇆ [ ] ] info. governance + networks + accountability + transparency >>> critical-digital-methods + research @dataunion-erc.bsky.social @lsts-vub.bsky.social
brussels - berlin | [rt/post ≠ endorsement]
Norman @noaasm.bsky.social 💼 Privacy Lawyer | ⚖️ LL.M Candidate in Corporate & Commercial Law @ Maastricht University | 🎓 Public Int'l Law LL.M alumni @ University of Oslo | interested in tech, cybersecurity, data protection, international law & geopolitics | 📍🇪🇪 | views my own
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social Associate Professor of Secular and Religious Studies at Utrecht University | Member of De Jonge Akademie | PI NWO VIDI “Iran’s Secular Shift” (2025-2030)
Bas Hofstra @bashofstra.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology, Radboud University | prior Utrecht University & Stanford University | member Radboud Young Academy | networks | sci of science | big data
www.bashofstra.com
🇺🇦 Gerhard Blab 🇦🇹🇪🇺🇳🇱 @gblab.bsky.social Eat. Sleep. Perform minor miracles in the lab.
eXile
All opinions strictly my own. He/him
Fritz Hausjell @hausjell.bsky.social Kommunikationswissenschaftler, Hochschullehrer und Publizist. Engagiert u.a. bei Kinder-Krebs-Hilfe, Reporter ohne Grenzen, Ans Licht! und BSA.
Fotos: Dana Grohs, F.H.
Giancarlo Fiorella @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social Director of Research and Training | Bellingcat
Assistant Professor | Utrecht University
PhD, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies | University of Toronto
www.giancarlofiorella.com
Opinions my own
Jessica Dorsey @jessicadorsey.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Int’l Law, Utrecht University; Managing Editor, OpinioJuris; Exec. Board, Airwars; IHL, IHRL, Civilian Harm Mitigation, Military AI, Autonomous Weapons Systems, Military Drones; Stargazer/Aurora Chaser
Albert Meijer @albertmeijer.bsky.social Professor of Public Innovation, Utrecht University
Filomena Chirico @filomenac.bsky.social Got 🇪🇺 superpowers to reign in big tech
…and endless curiosity to explore the world 🌍
Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://rightlandia.ghost.io/
Friedemann Schwenzer @friedemanns.bsky.social Beruflich Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen | hier privat zu #baseballschlägerjahre, Ostdeutschland, Osteuropa, #exwaldi
WebApp: https://baseballost.streamlit.app/
Silvia Montaña @silmonn.bsky.social Lecturer in Journalism at UniMelbourne @AdmsCentre. Researching #AI, #automation #platformisation of news, media and fact checkers. Se habla español. Views my own.
Juha Lipponen @juhalipponen.fi Professor of practice, Bioproduct Technology Aalto University & XAMK. Innovation professional, 30yrs R&D and project experience. In a quest of saving the Earth with the awesome properties of biomaterials.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/juhalipponen/