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/
New SPECIAL ISSUE on "Geographies of Innovation and #Wellbeing" in RRR with papers on theoretical foundations, on regional inequalities (due to autonomation and energy transition), the Corona pandemic and #qualityoflife, and the social innovation of citizens' juries link.springer.com/journal/1003...
Review of Regional Research
Review of Regional Research is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing original research across all fields of regional science. The ...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
New SPECIAL ISSUE on "Geographies of Innovation and #Wellbeing" in RRR with papers on theoretical foundations, on regional inequalities (due to autonomation and energy transition), the Corona pandemic and #qualityoflife, and the social innovation of citizens' juries link.springer.com/journal/1003...
New paper "Geographies of Innovation and Well-being" with Fulvio Castellacci + @emilevenhuis.bsky.social: rdcu.be/eJJpO. We outline the pathways through which innovation can contribute to #wellbeing and how political considerations regarding well-being provide #directionality in innovation (policy).
Geographies of innovation and well-being
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October 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
New paper "Geographies of Innovation and Well-being" with Fulvio Castellacci + @emilevenhuis.bsky.social: rdcu.be/eJJpO. We outline the pathways through which innovation can contribute to #wellbeing and how political considerations regarding well-being provide #directionality in innovation (policy).
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Event: "Ghostwork, de onzichtbare arbeid achter AI
Hoe beschermen we de 150 miljoen datawerkers achter onze AI?" Kom op 15 oktober naar de Hogeschool van Amsterdam en neem deel aan een discussie over hoe we datawerk een plek kunnen geven in discussies over Responsible AI.
www.hva.nl/evenementen/...
Hoe beschermen we de 150 miljoen datawerkers achter onze AI?" Kom op 15 oktober naar de Hogeschool van Amsterdam en neem deel aan een discussie over hoe we datawerk een plek kunnen geven in discussies over Responsible AI.
www.hva.nl/evenementen/...
September 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Event: "Ghostwork, de onzichtbare arbeid achter AI
Hoe beschermen we de 150 miljoen datawerkers achter onze AI?" Kom op 15 oktober naar de Hogeschool van Amsterdam en neem deel aan een discussie over hoe we datawerk een plek kunnen geven in discussies over Responsible AI.
www.hva.nl/evenementen/...
Hoe beschermen we de 150 miljoen datawerkers achter onze AI?" Kom op 15 oktober naar de Hogeschool van Amsterdam en neem deel aan een discussie over hoe we datawerk een plek kunnen geven in discussies over Responsible AI.
www.hva.nl/evenementen/...
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Kom op zondag 5 oktober naar het Utrecht Science Park! Kan een rivier naar de rechter? Bouw met lego je eigen droomtuin! En hoe maak je olifantentandpasta? Ontdek dit en nog veel meer tijdens het Weekend van de Wetenschap, voor families met kinderen tussen de 8-12 jaar.
www.uu.nl/agenda/neem-...
www.uu.nl/agenda/neem-...
Neem een kijkje achter de schermen van de Universiteit Utrecht en kom naar het Weekend van de Wetenschap!
Op zondag 5 oktober 2025 organiseert het Centrum voor Wetenschap en Cultuur (CWC) het Weekend van de Wetenschap: een publieksevenement met verschillende activiteiten gericht op families met kinderen t...
www.uu.nl
September 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Kom op zondag 5 oktober naar het Utrecht Science Park! Kan een rivier naar de rechter? Bouw met lego je eigen droomtuin! En hoe maak je olifantentandpasta? Ontdek dit en nog veel meer tijdens het Weekend van de Wetenschap, voor families met kinderen tussen de 8-12 jaar.
www.uu.nl/agenda/neem-...
www.uu.nl/agenda/neem-...
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Wat betekent het voor ons als tech-miljardairs en cryptobedrijven de heerschappij van de banken zullen doorbreken? In zijn nieuwe boek ‘Geld genoeg, maar niet voor jou’ neemt Thomas Bollen je mee naar goudkluizen, banktorens en cryptofeestjes. www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ho...
Hoe heroveren we de macht over ons geld?
Van woningnood en groeiende ongelijkheid tot de opkomst van autocratische leiders – in zijn nieuwe boek ‘Geld genoeg, maar niet voor jou’ legt FTM-journalist Thomas Bollen bloot waarom de grote proble...
www.ftm.nl
September 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Wat betekent het voor ons als tech-miljardairs en cryptobedrijven de heerschappij van de banken zullen doorbreken? In zijn nieuwe boek ‘Geld genoeg, maar niet voor jou’ neemt Thomas Bollen je mee naar goudkluizen, banktorens en cryptofeestjes. www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ho...
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Onderzoeksjournalistiek is superbelangrijk. Gelukkig is het niveau in Nederland hoog. Maar het kost meer tijd en geld dan het formuleren van een mening... Word dus snel vriend van @investico.bsky.social en steun onderzoeksjournalistiek. Kan al vanaf 1 euro per maand. Je helpt ze er ontzettend mee.
Laat de feiten regeren. Word nu Vriend van Investico.
Antidemocratische krachten en cynische politici zijn in opkomst. Feitenvrije politiek bedreigt onze vrijheid. Steun onafhankelijke onderzoeksjournalistiek en laat de feiten regeren.
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September 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Onderzoeksjournalistiek is superbelangrijk. Gelukkig is het niveau in Nederland hoog. Maar het kost meer tijd en geld dan het formuleren van een mening... Word dus snel vriend van @investico.bsky.social en steun onderzoeksjournalistiek. Kan al vanaf 1 euro per maand. Je helpt ze er ontzettend mee.
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If you think technology will solve your problems, you don't understand technology and you probably don't understand your problems either.
September 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If you think technology will solve your problems, you don't understand technology and you probably don't understand your problems either.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching a new global policy tracker to provide a comprehensive overview of legislative initiatives concerning digital labour ('#gigeconomy') platforms. Great resource for all stakeholders. See: www.ilo.org/resource/new...
ILO launches Global Policy Tracker on Digital Labour Platforms
A new ILO resource to support evidence-based policymaking and social dialogue on platform work.
www.ilo.org
August 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching a new global policy tracker to provide a comprehensive overview of legislative initiatives concerning digital labour ('#gigeconomy') platforms. Great resource for all stakeholders. See: www.ilo.org/resource/new...
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My new article "Do artifacts have political economy" out in @sthv.bsky.social - developing a constructivist #politicaleconomy as a way to understand the embedding of political economy in #technology (incl bridges, #generativeAI + #adtech)
New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Do Artifacts Have Political Economy?" by Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social #constructivist #politicaleconomy #assetization #LangdonWinner #RobertMoses #adtech #generativeAI #techbros journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Do Artifacts Have Political Economy? - Kean Birch, 2025
Harking back to Langdon Winner's now classic essay “Do artifacts have politics?,” my aim in this article is to ask a very similar question—namely, do artif...
journals.sagepub.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
My new article "Do artifacts have political economy" out in @sthv.bsky.social - developing a constructivist #politicaleconomy as a way to understand the embedding of political economy in #technology (incl bridges, #generativeAI + #adtech)
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Wanna see a crazy chart? Of course you do.
Spending on constructing datacenters and manufacturing facilities for computers & electronic products in the US now exceeds the entire retail and wholesale industry and almost as much as the rest of the office and manufacturing sectors combined.
Spending on constructing datacenters and manufacturing facilities for computers & electronic products in the US now exceeds the entire retail and wholesale industry and almost as much as the rest of the office and manufacturing sectors combined.
August 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Wanna see a crazy chart? Of course you do.
Spending on constructing datacenters and manufacturing facilities for computers & electronic products in the US now exceeds the entire retail and wholesale industry and almost as much as the rest of the office and manufacturing sectors combined.
Spending on constructing datacenters and manufacturing facilities for computers & electronic products in the US now exceeds the entire retail and wholesale industry and almost as much as the rest of the office and manufacturing sectors combined.
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Just out our paper on realities, politics & economics of so-called digital twins, and how the imaginary of "digital twins" is stifling dissemination & implementation.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
August 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Just out our paper on realities, politics & economics of so-called digital twins, and how the imaginary of "digital twins" is stifling dissemination & implementation.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world | Eleanor Drage
Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world | Eleanor Drage
Titans like Musk would love us to believe innovation means top-down solutions that only enrich the wealthy. In fact, we all have the power, says Eleanor Drage, research fellow at Cambridge University
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world | Eleanor Drage
Roel Dobbe (TU Delft) in NRC: "De vloek van AI" (in Dutch): www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Opinie | De vloek van AI
Kunstmatige intelligentie: Het AI-plan van Trump zal desastreuze gevolgen hebben voor de planeet, schrijft Roel Dobbe.
www.nrc.nl
July 27, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Roel Dobbe (TU Delft) in NRC: "De vloek van AI" (in Dutch): www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
@haroonsheikh.bsky.social @marleenstikker.bsky.social @claesdevreese.bsky.social @mtschaefer.bsky.social @algosoc.org @silvertje.bsky.social @fvandervlist.bsky.social @albertmeijer.bsky.social
@haroonsheikh.bsky.social @marleenstikker.bsky.social @claesdevreese.bsky.social @mtschaefer.bsky.social @algosoc.org @silvertje.bsky.social @fvandervlist.bsky.social @albertmeijer.bsky.social
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Some journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy. FYI that is total bs. You can comply by depositing the Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central on the Date of Publication without embargo. Pass it on.
July 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Some journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy. FYI that is total bs. You can comply by depositing the Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central on the Date of Publication without embargo. Pass it on.
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Do not ever use WeTransfer to transfer files.
Use something that's end-to-end encrypted, like Wormhole, instead.
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Use something that's end-to-end encrypted, like Wormhole, instead.
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July 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Do not ever use WeTransfer to transfer files.
Use something that's end-to-end encrypted, like Wormhole, instead.
wormhole.app
Use something that's end-to-end encrypted, like Wormhole, instead.
wormhole.app
David Autor and Gordon Hanson on US #innovationpolicy: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
Opinion | We Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be Worse.
www.nytimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
David Autor and Gordon Hanson on US #innovationpolicy: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
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July 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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This is very worrying. Making offering a "bowl of soup" to someone without legal papers a criminal offense. In times of far-right political experimentation, Dutch politics can ill afford a parliamentary "slip-up". It’s up to the Senate now to demonstrate its purpose of chambre de reflexion.
The proposed Dutch law criminalising assistance to migrants
A critical analysis, by Huub Verbaten - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-du...
A critical analysis, by Huub Verbaten - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-du...
A Dutch dangerous experiment in criminalizing compassion: How a parliamentary "slip-up" could create Europe's harshest migration law
Huub Verbaten , Research Fellow at the Clingendael Institute Photo credit : Markus Bernet, via Wikimedia commons On the evening of Jul...
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July 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This is very worrying. Making offering a "bowl of soup" to someone without legal papers a criminal offense. In times of far-right political experimentation, Dutch politics can ill afford a parliamentary "slip-up". It’s up to the Senate now to demonstrate its purpose of chambre de reflexion.
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This piece by @alondra.bsky.social is too important. It’s a must read for anyone concerned about the state of scientific research.
The bipartisan American Science Acceleration Project sounds promising, but "move fast and break things" isn't a strategy for trustworthy research. I write in @science.org about why we need acceleration that opens doors to participation and accountability.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ten times faster is not 10 times better
As the Trump administration systematically defunds the American research ecosystem, while disingenuously promising a return to so-called “gold standard science,” hope can be drawn from the new biparti...
www.science.org
July 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This piece by @alondra.bsky.social is too important. It’s a must read for anyone concerned about the state of scientific research.
I wrote a blog for LSE-EUROPP on the mismatch between the 5% #NATO spending target and EU's innovation policy objectives (strategic autonomy, competitiveness, sustainability). See: blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
The new NATO spending target will hamper Europe’s innovation policy
NATO's new 5 percent defence spending pledge is unlikely to help create a more autonomous, competitive and sustainable Europe.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
July 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I wrote a blog for LSE-EUROPP on the mismatch between the 5% #NATO spending target and EU's innovation policy objectives (strategic autonomy, competitiveness, sustainability). See: blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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💥 New: The new NATO spending target will hamper Europe’s innovation policy
✍️ @kfrenken.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
✍️ @kfrenken.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
The new NATO spending target will hamper Europe’s innovation policy
NATO's new 5 percent defence spending pledge is unlikely to help create a more autonomous, competitive and sustainable Europe.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
June 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
💥 New: The new NATO spending target will hamper Europe’s innovation policy
✍️ @kfrenken.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
✍️ @kfrenken.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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June 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Ik schreef een blog over de mismatch tussen de NAVO-norm van 5% BNP en de doelen van het innovatiebeleid (autonomie, concurrentievermogen, duurzaamheid). Zie: esb.nu/de-nieuwe-na...
De nieuwe NAVO-norm zit innovatiebeleid in de weg - ESB
Door de hogere NAVO-norm komt er in Nederland en in de Europese Unie 0,6 procent van bbp extra beschikbaar voor R&D-uitgaven. Door de aard van de investeringen en de fragmentatie in Europa zullen deze...
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June 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Ik schreef een blog over de mismatch tussen de NAVO-norm van 5% BNP en de doelen van het innovatiebeleid (autonomie, concurrentievermogen, duurzaamheid). Zie: esb.nu/de-nieuwe-na...