Hannah Oorts
@hannahoorts.bsky.social
PhD Researcher connected to the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and University of Warwick (she/her)
☁️ Working on topics of #representation #performance and #claimmaking
☁️ (Mostly) Based in #Brussels
☁️ Working on topics of #representation #performance and #claimmaking
☁️ (Mostly) Based in #Brussels
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Very happy that my contribution in the @ejcs-journal.bsky.social and the full special issue on "Space Invaders Revisited" is now out in print! Honoured to be amongs amazing scholars, to revisit the amazing and still timely work by Nirmal Puwar!
➡️Read my piece here: doi.org/10.1177/1367...
➡️Read my piece here: doi.org/10.1177/1367...
November 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Very happy that my contribution in the @ejcs-journal.bsky.social and the full special issue on "Space Invaders Revisited" is now out in print! Honoured to be amongs amazing scholars, to revisit the amazing and still timely work by Nirmal Puwar!
➡️Read my piece here: doi.org/10.1177/1367...
➡️Read my piece here: doi.org/10.1177/1367...
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Minder ontwikkelingssamenwerking betekent niet dat de wereld stopt met branden. Alleen dat wij wegkijken terwijl ze brandt.
De prijs van besparen is duidelijk: instabiliteit, onveiligheid, verloren geloofwaardigheid, gebroken mensenlevens.
De prijs van besparen is duidelijk: instabiliteit, onveiligheid, verloren geloofwaardigheid, gebroken mensenlevens.
Solidariteit is geen luxe: wereldwijde aanval op ontwikkelingssamenwerking is een strategische fout
Kortzichtigheid heeft een prijs, stellen de directeurs van zeven Belgische ngo’s, waaronder 11.11.11, Memisa, Dokters van de Wereld en Damiaanactie. Els Hertogen en anderen waarschuwen voor het uitbli...
www.demorgen.be
October 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Minder ontwikkelingssamenwerking betekent niet dat de wereld stopt met branden. Alleen dat wij wegkijken terwijl ze brandt.
De prijs van besparen is duidelijk: instabiliteit, onveiligheid, verloren geloofwaardigheid, gebroken mensenlevens.
De prijs van besparen is duidelijk: instabiliteit, onveiligheid, verloren geloofwaardigheid, gebroken mensenlevens.
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🚨 Call for 2 postdocs!
The EDGE team at VUB is hiring! We’re looking for researchers to rethink democracy in Europe: climate, representation & inequality 🔍🌍
Start: Fall 2025
Location: Brussels 🇧🇪
Deadline: 20 June
Info & how to apply 👉 tinyurl.com/zpw3p6z7
The EDGE team at VUB is hiring! We’re looking for researchers to rethink democracy in Europe: climate, representation & inequality 🔍🌍
Start: Fall 2025
Location: Brussels 🇧🇪
Deadline: 20 June
Info & how to apply 👉 tinyurl.com/zpw3p6z7
May 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🚨 Call for 2 postdocs!
The EDGE team at VUB is hiring! We’re looking for researchers to rethink democracy in Europe: climate, representation & inequality 🔍🌍
Start: Fall 2025
Location: Brussels 🇧🇪
Deadline: 20 June
Info & how to apply 👉 tinyurl.com/zpw3p6z7
The EDGE team at VUB is hiring! We’re looking for researchers to rethink democracy in Europe: climate, representation & inequality 🔍🌍
Start: Fall 2025
Location: Brussels 🇧🇪
Deadline: 20 June
Info & how to apply 👉 tinyurl.com/zpw3p6z7
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Marie Curie Call for Postdoctoral Fellowship is still open:
‼️ DEADLINE 31/05 ‼️
‼️ DEADLINE 31/05 ‼️
🚨 Call for Postdocs! 🚨
VUB’s Democratic Futures Research Centre is looking for candidates for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025!
Want to boost your research career in Brussels with top training & international mobility?
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VUB’s Democratic Futures Research Centre is looking for candidates for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025!
Want to boost your research career in Brussels with top training & international mobility?
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May 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Marie Curie Call for Postdoctoral Fellowship is still open:
‼️ DEADLINE 31/05 ‼️
‼️ DEADLINE 31/05 ‼️
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The petition to ban conversion therapy practices in the EU is lacking enough votes from:
- #germany (49.9%)
- #sweden (49.96%)
- #Netherlands (94%)
- #austria (25.5%)
- #Slovenia (83.14%)
- #portugal (24.46%)
If you're a citizen there you can help advance a ban on conversion therapy by voting:
- #germany (49.9%)
- #sweden (49.96%)
- #Netherlands (94%)
- #austria (25.5%)
- #Slovenia (83.14%)
- #portugal (24.46%)
If you're a citizen there you can help advance a ban on conversion therapy by voting:
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
May 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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In "Blending In and Sticking Out: Performing legitimacy claims to become (a) representative", Hannah Oorts reflects on how minoritised representatives perform their role in racialised and gendered institutions. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
April 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
In "Blending In and Sticking Out: Performing legitimacy claims to become (a) representative", Hannah Oorts reflects on how minoritised representatives perform their role in racialised and gendered institutions. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Looking back on a very fulfilling day at @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #psa25! ✨
I presented a co-authored paper with my colleague from @dfuturevub.bsky.social Daan Vermassen, to an audience filled with friendly faces from @warwickpais.bsky.social. 🙌🏼
I presented a co-authored paper with my colleague from @dfuturevub.bsky.social Daan Vermassen, to an audience filled with friendly faces from @warwickpais.bsky.social. 🙌🏼
April 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Looking back on a very fulfilling day at @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #psa25! ✨
I presented a co-authored paper with my colleague from @dfuturevub.bsky.social Daan Vermassen, to an audience filled with friendly faces from @warwickpais.bsky.social. 🙌🏼
I presented a co-authored paper with my colleague from @dfuturevub.bsky.social Daan Vermassen, to an audience filled with friendly faces from @warwickpais.bsky.social. 🙌🏼
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🆕 New article by @hannahoorts.bsky.social in European Journal of Cultural Studies!
🔹 “Blending In and Sticking Out” explores how politicians like Assita Kanko navigate race & gender in performing political legitimacy—before being accepted as representatives.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/9PI82...
🔹 “Blending In and Sticking Out” explores how politicians like Assita Kanko navigate race & gender in performing political legitimacy—before being accepted as representatives.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/9PI82...
April 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🆕 New article by @hannahoorts.bsky.social in European Journal of Cultural Studies!
🔹 “Blending In and Sticking Out” explores how politicians like Assita Kanko navigate race & gender in performing political legitimacy—before being accepted as representatives.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/9PI82...
🔹 “Blending In and Sticking Out” explores how politicians like Assita Kanko navigate race & gender in performing political legitimacy—before being accepted as representatives.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/9PI82...
✨My first academic piece is out! ✨
In "Blending In and Sticking Out: Performing legitimacy claims to become (a) representative", I write about how minoritised representatives perform their role within institutions. Read about it in @ejcs-journal.bsky.social
In "Blending In and Sticking Out: Performing legitimacy claims to become (a) representative", I write about how minoritised representatives perform their role within institutions. Read about it in @ejcs-journal.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
✨My first academic piece is out! ✨
In "Blending In and Sticking Out: Performing legitimacy claims to become (a) representative", I write about how minoritised representatives perform their role within institutions. Read about it in @ejcs-journal.bsky.social
In "Blending In and Sticking Out: Performing legitimacy claims to become (a) representative", I write about how minoritised representatives perform their role within institutions. Read about it in @ejcs-journal.bsky.social
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This tariff fiasco is crazy on so many levels. So @hankgreen.bsky.social decided to rank them.
As much as there is to laugh at, stay till the end, because he does a good job breaking down why this is so serious.
youtu.be/8JuuGjRhSYE?...
As much as there is to laugh at, stay till the end, because he does a good job breaking down why this is so serious.
youtu.be/8JuuGjRhSYE?...
It Makes a Kind of Sense -- The Trump Tariff Tier List
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
youtu.be
April 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This tariff fiasco is crazy on so many levels. So @hankgreen.bsky.social decided to rank them.
As much as there is to laugh at, stay till the end, because he does a good job breaking down why this is so serious.
youtu.be/8JuuGjRhSYE?...
As much as there is to laugh at, stay till the end, because he does a good job breaking down why this is so serious.
youtu.be/8JuuGjRhSYE?...
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You know how the far-right is pretty big right now? Well I've got a 🚨New Publication🚨 on interpreting far-right ideologies!
Fantasy and the figure: ideological bodies in the Nordic Resistance Movement is #OpenAccess in
@ejir.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Fantasy and the figure: ideological bodies in the Nordic Resistance Movement is #OpenAccess in
@ejir.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Fantasy and the figure: ideological bodies in the Nordic Resistance Movement - Charlie W. Price, 2025
In recent years, the concept of fantasy has been afforded increased attention in psychoanalytic IR. While this scholarship does address bodies and fantasy, the ...
journals.sagepub.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
You know how the far-right is pretty big right now? Well I've got a 🚨New Publication🚨 on interpreting far-right ideologies!
Fantasy and the figure: ideological bodies in the Nordic Resistance Movement is #OpenAccess in
@ejir.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Fantasy and the figure: ideological bodies in the Nordic Resistance Movement is #OpenAccess in
@ejir.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
👉Last chance to submit your abstracts! 👈
Hope to see everyone interested in #performance, #polarisation, #populism and #democracy there! It's going to be a day filled with an inspiring keynote by prof. Paula Diehl and exchange amongst amazing scholars!! ✨
Hope to see everyone interested in #performance, #polarisation, #populism and #democracy there! It's going to be a day filled with an inspiring keynote by prof. Paula Diehl and exchange amongst amazing scholars!! ✨
🚨10 More days to submit your abstract! 🚨
Join us at the @warwickpais.bsky.social for an engaging workshop on #performanging in times of #polarisation!
Join us at the @warwickpais.bsky.social for an engaging workshop on #performanging in times of #polarisation!
February 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
👉Last chance to submit your abstracts! 👈
Hope to see everyone interested in #performance, #polarisation, #populism and #democracy there! It's going to be a day filled with an inspiring keynote by prof. Paula Diehl and exchange amongst amazing scholars!! ✨
Hope to see everyone interested in #performance, #polarisation, #populism and #democracy there! It's going to be a day filled with an inspiring keynote by prof. Paula Diehl and exchange amongst amazing scholars!! ✨
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🚨Publication alert! 🚨
Happy to announce the publication of my first solo academic work! I critique how 'convergence' is deployed in debates about the Eurozone crisis and beyond, offering a constructivist edge to discussions about capitalist restructuring in the Eurozone.
doi.org/10.1111/jcms...
Happy to announce the publication of my first solo academic work! I critique how 'convergence' is deployed in debates about the Eurozone crisis and beyond, offering a constructivist edge to discussions about capitalist restructuring in the Eurozone.
doi.org/10.1111/jcms...
Opening the Black Box of ‘Convergence’ in the European Monetary Union: A Discursive Analysis
‘Convergence’ stands out as a prominent signifier in discourse about the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), recently also gaining prominence in debates within Comparative Political Economy (...
doi.org
December 12, 2024 at 4:16 PM
🚨Publication alert! 🚨
Happy to announce the publication of my first solo academic work! I critique how 'convergence' is deployed in debates about the Eurozone crisis and beyond, offering a constructivist edge to discussions about capitalist restructuring in the Eurozone.
doi.org/10.1111/jcms...
Happy to announce the publication of my first solo academic work! I critique how 'convergence' is deployed in debates about the Eurozone crisis and beyond, offering a constructivist edge to discussions about capitalist restructuring in the Eurozone.
doi.org/10.1111/jcms...
🚨10 More days to submit your abstract! 🚨
Join us at the @warwickpais.bsky.social for an engaging workshop on #performanging in times of #polarisation!
Join us at the @warwickpais.bsky.social for an engaging workshop on #performanging in times of #polarisation!
February 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🚨10 More days to submit your abstract! 🚨
Join us at the @warwickpais.bsky.social for an engaging workshop on #performanging in times of #polarisation!
Join us at the @warwickpais.bsky.social for an engaging workshop on #performanging in times of #polarisation!
Join me and @kamilbernaerts.bsky.social at @warwickpais.bsky.social for a workshop combining our research interests: #performance 🎭and #polarisation ↔️! With a keynote by Professor Paula Diehl, discussed by Professor Michael Saward and YOUR paper presentations!
✨Hope to see you there!✨
✨Hope to see you there!✨
February 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Join me and @kamilbernaerts.bsky.social at @warwickpais.bsky.social for a workshop combining our research interests: #performance 🎭and #polarisation ↔️! With a keynote by Professor Paula Diehl, discussed by Professor Michael Saward and YOUR paper presentations!
✨Hope to see you there!✨
✨Hope to see you there!✨
✨Join us on March 13th at the University of Warwick for an inspiring workshop! Hope to see many of you there! ✨
February 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
✨Join us on March 13th at the University of Warwick for an inspiring workshop! Hope to see many of you there! ✨
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🚨 New article!
Colleagues Henry Maes, Ambroos Verwee and Lien Smets published an article in @plc-journal.bsky.social toghether with V. Van Ingelgom & L. Knops.
'Affective Polarisation in Citizens’ Own Words: Understanding Group Construction'
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Colleagues Henry Maes, Ambroos Verwee and Lien Smets published an article in @plc-journal.bsky.social toghether with V. Van Ingelgom & L. Knops.
'Affective Polarisation in Citizens’ Own Words: Understanding Group Construction'
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January 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🚨 New article!
Colleagues Henry Maes, Ambroos Verwee and Lien Smets published an article in @plc-journal.bsky.social toghether with V. Van Ingelgom & L. Knops.
'Affective Polarisation in Citizens’ Own Words: Understanding Group Construction'
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Colleagues Henry Maes, Ambroos Verwee and Lien Smets published an article in @plc-journal.bsky.social toghether with V. Van Ingelgom & L. Knops.
'Affective Polarisation in Citizens’ Own Words: Understanding Group Construction'
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A little #introduction about myself: I am Hannah, 24 years old, working and living in Brussels.
👉 In my #research, I hope to explore how #representation is #constructed and #performed.
☁️ Looking forward to meeting new people, gather new insights and discover #research in this new online space!
👉 In my #research, I hope to explore how #representation is #constructed and #performed.
☁️ Looking forward to meeting new people, gather new insights and discover #research in this new online space!
October 27, 2023 at 12:39 PM
A little #introduction about myself: I am Hannah, 24 years old, working and living in Brussels.
👉 In my #research, I hope to explore how #representation is #constructed and #performed.
☁️ Looking forward to meeting new people, gather new insights and discover #research in this new online space!
👉 In my #research, I hope to explore how #representation is #constructed and #performed.
☁️ Looking forward to meeting new people, gather new insights and discover #research in this new online space!