Wouter Lammers
@wouterlammers.bsky.social
PhD-student | How do policy makers deal with uncertainty information? | Public Governance Institute KU Leuven
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.
Starting in October, I will study how experts can get policymakers’ attention to their repeated warnings without sounding alarmist.
May 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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.
Starting in October, I will study how experts can get policymakers’ attention to their repeated warnings without sounding alarmist.
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New Pope Declares All Style Manuals Other Than Chicago As Schismatic
May 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
New Pope Declares All Style Manuals Other Than Chicago As Schismatic
Tough times for someone finishing a PhD on (deep) uncertainty. Too many topical examples to pick.
Deutsche Bank's George Saravelos has been having a very good crisis and his latest is... sobering. Take notes, kids, this is history in the making
April 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Tough times for someone finishing a PhD on (deep) uncertainty. Too many topical examples to pick.
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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
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
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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March 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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
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
A small wildfire on the Leuven campus - good opportunity to see some street-level bureaucrats in action
March 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A small wildfire on the Leuven campus - good opportunity to see some street-level bureaucrats in action
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Why we have #OfficeHours #AcademicChatter
March 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Why we have #OfficeHours #AcademicChatter
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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...
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?
www.kuleuven.be
February 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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...
1.5% chance we're all going to die - but at least it was nicely visualized
February 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
1.5% chance we're all going to die - but at least it was nicely visualized
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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.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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.
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
Congrats dr. Bron!
Promotors: @ccmmody.bsky.social @vincentlagendijk.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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
Congrats dr. Bron!
Promotors: @ccmmody.bsky.social @vincentlagendijk.bsky.social
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“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...
January 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“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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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."
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."
December 30, 2024 at 12:44 AM
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."
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."
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...
👉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...
Putin’s Point of No Return
An unchecked Russia will challenge the West.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 20, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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...
👉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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December 15, 2024 at 6:12 AM
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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-...
medium.com/3streams/to-...
To DOGE Or Not To DOGE
Where and how can government be more efficient?
medium.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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-...
medium.com/3streams/to-...
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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
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
November 28, 2024 at 11:37 AM
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
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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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
"Europe actually has a very strong body, and a deficient mind." - @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
What Europe is Missing.
The Discussion about European Defense Often Misses the Greatest Weakness
phillipspobrien.substack.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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
"Europe actually has a very strong body, and a deficient mind." - @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
Voor wie meer anekdotes wil lezen over lompe, of 'directe', Nederlanders, haal hier je hart aan op: www.reddit.com/r/expats/com...
November 25, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Voor wie meer anekdotes wil lezen over lompe, of 'directe', Nederlanders, haal hier je hart aan op: www.reddit.com/r/expats/com...
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!
Do you know of any good examples of similar cooperations? Send them in!
November 25, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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!
Do you know of any good examples of similar cooperations? Send them in!
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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...
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...
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.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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...
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...
Deze week geef ik college over street-level bureaucrats. Weet iemand nog literatuur over het toeslagenschandaal bezien vanuit SLB perspectief?
November 20, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Deze week geef ik college over street-level bureaucrats. Weet iemand nog literatuur over het toeslagenschandaal bezien vanuit SLB perspectief?
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One week left to apply. PhD position on 'The Legitimacy of Public Administration Reforms and Innovation' at KU Leuven
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Doctoraatsstudent ‘De legitimiteit van bestuurlijke hervormingen en innovatie in de publieke sector’
Doctoraatsstudent ‘De legitimiteit van bestuurlijke hervormingen en innovatie in de publieke sector’
www.kuleuven.be
November 18, 2024 at 1:25 PM
One week left to apply. PhD position on 'The Legitimacy of Public Administration Reforms and Innovation' at KU Leuven
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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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/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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 ...
journals.sagepub.com
April 18, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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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...
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.
www.nbcnews.com
November 4, 2023 at 9:29 AM
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...