Claes de Vreese
@claesdevreese.bsky.social
Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || AlgoSoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff ||
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Thrilled to receive the 2025 @carlsbergfondet.dk Research Prize.
The prize celebrates free and independent research. I am incredibly indebted to students, colleagues, support staff, funders, and mentors who made all the research possible. Onward and upward 🚀
www.carlsbergfondet.dk/en/news/klau...
The prize celebrates free and independent research. I am incredibly indebted to students, colleagues, support staff, funders, and mentors who made all the research possible. Onward and upward 🚀
www.carlsbergfondet.dk/en/news/klau...
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NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
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It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
A message to America: we are not your enemy
Last night, the US launched an all-out assault on the "global censorship industrial complex", I respond with some deep breaths, solidarity and a vibey video (it's all I have)
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The @ec.europa.eu response to US entry restrictions on EU individuals working on DSA, hate speech, and content moderation.
“Our digital rules ensure a safe, fair, and level playing field for all companies”
Merry Christmas 🎄
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
“Our digital rules ensure a safe, fair, and level playing field for all companies”
Merry Christmas 🎄
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Statement by the European Commission on the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on certain EU individuals
The European Commission strongly condemns the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former European Commissioner Thierry Breton.\nFreedom of expression is
ec.europa.eu
December 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The @ec.europa.eu response to US entry restrictions on EU individuals working on DSA, hate speech, and content moderation.
“Our digital rules ensure a safe, fair, and level playing field for all companies”
Merry Christmas 🎄
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
“Our digital rules ensure a safe, fair, and level playing field for all companies”
Merry Christmas 🎄
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
The US ‘sanctions’ 5 individuals for involvement in #DSA, platform regulation and content moderation, including fmr Commissioner Breton and NGO leaders.
Oppressive state behavior by the US, disguised as free speech fighting. Appalling.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Oppressive state behavior by the US, disguised as free speech fighting. Appalling.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators
State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The US ‘sanctions’ 5 individuals for involvement in #DSA, platform regulation and content moderation, including fmr Commissioner Breton and NGO leaders.
Oppressive state behavior by the US, disguised as free speech fighting. Appalling.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Oppressive state behavior by the US, disguised as free speech fighting. Appalling.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
As someone who often drives home for Christmas, this is a classic, evergreen, favorite. RIP 🖤
www.theguardian.com/music/video/...
www.theguardian.com/music/video/...
Chris Rea, singer-songwriter behind Driving Home for Christmas, dies aged 74 – video
British musician died peacefully in hospital after a short illness, according to a statement from his family
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
As someone who often drives home for Christmas, this is a classic, evergreen, favorite. RIP 🖤
www.theguardian.com/music/video/...
www.theguardian.com/music/video/...
The @ec.europa.eu is taking on platforms, algorithms, and big tech with a special Christmas approach 🤶
December 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The @ec.europa.eu is taking on platforms, algorithms, and big tech with a special Christmas approach 🤶
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The results are in 💪
As the year comes to an end, so does Danish EU Presidency, and the final list of results achieved in the Council during the presidency has now been completed 📋 🇪🇺
For the full list, visit 👉 tinyurl.com/y6b5dpa9
As the year comes to an end, so does Danish EU Presidency, and the final list of results achieved in the Council during the presidency has now been completed 📋 🇪🇺
For the full list, visit 👉 tinyurl.com/y6b5dpa9
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The results are in 💪
As the year comes to an end, so does Danish EU Presidency, and the final list of results achieved in the Council during the presidency has now been completed 📋 🇪🇺
For the full list, visit 👉 tinyurl.com/y6b5dpa9
As the year comes to an end, so does Danish EU Presidency, and the final list of results achieved in the Council during the presidency has now been completed 📋 🇪🇺
For the full list, visit 👉 tinyurl.com/y6b5dpa9
Angering Denmark, Trump Appoints Special Envoy to Greenland
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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In de zoektocht naar nieuwe digitale bondgenoten moeten Nederland en Europa de blik op Japan richten, vinden Clingendael-onderzoeker Maaike Okano-Heijmans en ondernemer en rechtseconooom Bernold Nieuwesteeg.
fd.nl/opinie/15807...
fd.nl/opinie/15807...
Digitaal kunnen Japan en Europa veel aan elkaar hebben – juist nu
Groeiende onzekerheid over Amerikaanse digitale diensten leidt in Europa tot een zoektocht naar een nieuwe bondgenoot. Japan is een passende partner, maar moet nog wel een grote inhaalslag maken, schr...
fd.nl
December 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
In de zoektocht naar nieuwe digitale bondgenoten moeten Nederland en Europa de blik op Japan richten, vinden Clingendael-onderzoeker Maaike Okano-Heijmans en ondernemer en rechtseconooom Bernold Nieuwesteeg.
fd.nl/opinie/15807...
fd.nl/opinie/15807...
To lighter days 🌅 ☀️
December 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
To lighter days 🌅 ☀️
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Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
December 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
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We recently updated our apps page this week, making it easier (we hope) for you to navigate & learn more about our various research tools and dashboards designed to make online spaces more transparent. If you find one that's useful, don't forget to bookmark🔖it for later use. socialmedialab.ca/apps/
December 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We recently updated our apps page this week, making it easier (we hope) for you to navigate & learn more about our various research tools and dashboards designed to make online spaces more transparent. If you find one that's useful, don't forget to bookmark🔖it for later use. socialmedialab.ca/apps/
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Survey experiments have become a popular methodology among social scientists. Has it been effective?
In POQ, Rauf et al. study the efficacy of 100 survey experiments. Their results show that a majority of hypotheses were not supported.
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
In POQ, Rauf et al. study the efficacy of 100 survey experiments. Their results show that a majority of hypotheses were not supported.
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
December 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Survey experiments have become a popular methodology among social scientists. Has it been effective?
In POQ, Rauf et al. study the efficacy of 100 survey experiments. Their results show that a majority of hypotheses were not supported.
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
In POQ, Rauf et al. study the efficacy of 100 survey experiments. Their results show that a majority of hypotheses were not supported.
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
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We have a deal.
Decision to provide 90 billion euros of support to Ukraine for 2026-27 approved.
We committed, we delivered.
Decision to provide 90 billion euros of support to Ukraine for 2026-27 approved.
We committed, we delivered.
December 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
We have a deal.
Decision to provide 90 billion euros of support to Ukraine for 2026-27 approved.
We committed, we delivered.
Decision to provide 90 billion euros of support to Ukraine for 2026-27 approved.
We committed, we delivered.
Today the Danish Defence Intelligence Service attributed two cyberattacks to Russia.
DK strongly condemns these attacks against a Danish water utility and Danish websites during elections in DK.
#hybridwar
www.fe-ddis.dk/globalassets...
DK strongly condemns these attacks against a Danish water utility and Danish websites during elections in DK.
#hybridwar
www.fe-ddis.dk/globalassets...
www.fe-ddis.dk
December 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Today the Danish Defence Intelligence Service attributed two cyberattacks to Russia.
DK strongly condemns these attacks against a Danish water utility and Danish websites during elections in DK.
#hybridwar
www.fe-ddis.dk/globalassets...
DK strongly condemns these attacks against a Danish water utility and Danish websites during elections in DK.
#hybridwar
www.fe-ddis.dk/globalassets...
It's December 18 folks.
It's too soon for spamming my inbox with Holidays/ Christmas / Year in review / End of Year reflections.
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It's too soon for spamming my inbox with Holidays/ Christmas / Year in review / End of Year reflections.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It's December 18 folks.
It's too soon for spamming my inbox with Holidays/ Christmas / Year in review / End of Year reflections.
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It's too soon for spamming my inbox with Holidays/ Christmas / Year in review / End of Year reflections.
...
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🤖 Pro-Russian and Xenophobic #Disinformation are Relying More and More on Generative #AI
👉 Read the last EDMO monthly brief of the year: edmo.eu/publications...
👉 Read the last EDMO monthly brief of the year: edmo.eu/publications...
Monthly fact-checking brief no. 54 is out – EDMO
edmo.eu
December 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🤖 Pro-Russian and Xenophobic #Disinformation are Relying More and More on Generative #AI
👉 Read the last EDMO monthly brief of the year: edmo.eu/publications...
👉 Read the last EDMO monthly brief of the year: edmo.eu/publications...
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📢 The ICA Publications Committee is seeking applications for the next editor(s) of the Journal of Communication (JOC). The four-year term begins with a transition in September 2026. Apply now and shape the future of communication research! 👉
link.icahdq.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
📢 The ICA Publications Committee is seeking applications for the next editor(s) of the Journal of Communication (JOC). The four-year term begins with a transition in September 2026. Apply now and shape the future of communication research! 👉
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Uk to rejoin Erasmus scheme - set to be confirmed formally tomorrow
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Uk to rejoin Erasmus scheme - set to be confirmed formally tomorrow
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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The review of the BBC Charter has just been announced. In anticipation of this we have published a review of how 10 countries around the world organise their public service media, and what lessons can be drawn for the renewal of the BBC Charter www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...
December 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The review of the BBC Charter has just been announced. In anticipation of this we have published a review of how 10 countries around the world organise their public service media, and what lessons can be drawn for the renewal of the BBC Charter www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...
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Excellent job opportunity: Full professorship in Digital Society and Democracy @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social.
Top conditions, environment & colleagues.
Candidates welcome across places and disciplines.
🗓️ DL: March 15, 2026
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Top conditions, environment & colleagues.
Candidates welcome across places and disciplines.
🗓️ DL: March 15, 2026
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
DIAS Professorship in Digital Society and Democracy
Application deadline: March 15, 2026, 11.59 PM/23.59 CET/CEST.
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Excellent job opportunity: Full professorship in Digital Society and Democracy @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social.
Top conditions, environment & colleagues.
Candidates welcome across places and disciplines.
🗓️ DL: March 15, 2026
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Top conditions, environment & colleagues.
Candidates welcome across places and disciplines.
🗓️ DL: March 15, 2026
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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FULL PROFESSOR OF DIGITAL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY
...at the DDC and DIAS, here at the University of Southern Denmark 🇩🇰
...open to various disciplines, including law, economics, political science, communication, journalism, or AI.
More info:
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
...at the DDC and DIAS, here at the University of Southern Denmark 🇩🇰
...open to various disciplines, including law, economics, political science, communication, journalism, or AI.
More info:
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
December 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
FULL PROFESSOR OF DIGITAL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY
...at the DDC and DIAS, here at the University of Southern Denmark 🇩🇰
...open to various disciplines, including law, economics, political science, communication, journalism, or AI.
More info:
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
...at the DDC and DIAS, here at the University of Southern Denmark 🇩🇰
...open to various disciplines, including law, economics, political science, communication, journalism, or AI.
More info:
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Excellent job opportunity: Full professorship in Digital Society and Democracy @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social.
Top conditions, environment & colleagues.
Candidates welcome across places and disciplines.
🗓️ DL: March 15, 2026
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Top conditions, environment & colleagues.
Candidates welcome across places and disciplines.
🗓️ DL: March 15, 2026
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
DIAS Professorship in Digital Society and Democracy
Application deadline: March 15, 2026, 11.59 PM/23.59 CET/CEST.
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Excellent job opportunity: Full professorship in Digital Society and Democracy @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social.
Top conditions, environment & colleagues.
Candidates welcome across places and disciplines.
🗓️ DL: March 15, 2026
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Top conditions, environment & colleagues.
Candidates welcome across places and disciplines.
🗓️ DL: March 15, 2026
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Very worthwhile read on the EU Digital Commons by @berthubert.bsky.social
Including concrete conditions for success 🚀
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Including concrete conditions for success 🚀
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Keynote opening Digital Commons EDIC: Moving beyond the Digital Uncommons - Bert Hubert
Last Thursday, 11th of December, saw the launch of the new Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium. In attendance were delegations from the launching member states (and the observer...
berthub.eu
December 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Very worthwhile read on the EU Digital Commons by @berthubert.bsky.social
Including concrete conditions for success 🚀
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Including concrete conditions for success 🚀
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Escaping competitive authoritarianism:
“Americans must sustain a double vision, recognizing that their country is confronting authoritarianism while not forgetting that avenues for democratic contestation remain open”
Levitsky, Way & @dziblatt.bsky.social
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
“Americans must sustain a double vision, recognizing that their country is confronting authoritarianism while not forgetting that avenues for democratic contestation remain open”
Levitsky, Way & @dziblatt.bsky.social
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Price of American Authoritarianism
What can reverse democratic decline?
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Escaping competitive authoritarianism:
“Americans must sustain a double vision, recognizing that their country is confronting authoritarianism while not forgetting that avenues for democratic contestation remain open”
Levitsky, Way & @dziblatt.bsky.social
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
“Americans must sustain a double vision, recognizing that their country is confronting authoritarianism while not forgetting that avenues for democratic contestation remain open”
Levitsky, Way & @dziblatt.bsky.social
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Nederlandse 'Draghi rapport' van Wennink is helder:
"Trage groei en technologische afhankelijkheid: waarom Nederland nu moet ingrijpen": Nú 150+ miljard investeren.
Net op tijd voor een regeerakkoord.
nos.nl/artikel/2594...
"Trage groei en technologische afhankelijkheid: waarom Nederland nu moet ingrijpen": Nú 150+ miljard investeren.
Net op tijd voor een regeerakkoord.
nos.nl/artikel/2594...
Topadviseur over toekomstige economie: 'Nú investeren of we raken achterop'
Oud-topman Wennink van ASML presenteert vandaag zijn advies over hoe de regering de Nederlandse economie toekomstbestendig kan maken.
nos.nl
December 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Nederlandse 'Draghi rapport' van Wennink is helder:
"Trage groei en technologische afhankelijkheid: waarom Nederland nu moet ingrijpen": Nú 150+ miljard investeren.
Net op tijd voor een regeerakkoord.
nos.nl/artikel/2594...
"Trage groei en technologische afhankelijkheid: waarom Nederland nu moet ingrijpen": Nú 150+ miljard investeren.
Net op tijd voor een regeerakkoord.
nos.nl/artikel/2594...