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Critical media and communication researcher affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Joint PhD in Media and Communication Studies and Social Sciences (VUB & UHasselt)</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Doctoral research focused on privacy, personal data protection, citizen participation, and rights in smart city contexts</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Long-standing engagement with data-related topics at VUB prior to PhD: smart cities, open data, digital rights, public sector innovation</li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Practice & Community Building</b></span></p>
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<div role="presentation">Co-director of CPDP (Computers, Privacy and Data Protection) conference in Brussels for the past 4 years — a key multi-stakeholder platform on data protection and digital rights</div>
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Organised walkshops during PhD as participatory, place-based research formats</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Consistent focus on bridging research, policy, and practice</li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Core Research Interests</b></span></p>
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How digital technologies shape cities, rights, and collective futures</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Facilitating communication and collaboration across different groups: boundary objects, stakeholder involvement, public participation</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Resistance strategies: moving beyond critique toward empowerment and systemic change vis-à-vis regulatory data infrastructures</li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Motivation for DataGov Project</b></span></p>
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Driven by a commitment to translating critical research into tangible impact</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Sees regulatory data infrastructures as a pressing threat and <span style="font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" role="presentation">
structural challenge with major societal stakes</span> — and a core site for collective resistance and transformation</li></ul>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i>Postdoctoral Researcher / DATAGOV Project</i></span></p>
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