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Hello team, i would like to send an update to our advisory boards, for which I need your highlights. please reply to this thread. see one of the earlier mails (too long though) for inspiration, below.</div>
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it would be great to receive your list by the end of the week! thanks</div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>From:
</b>Stefania Milan <</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><a href="mailto:S.Milan@uva.nl" data-outlook-id="9ab0ba01-7b49-4068-b79a-ccbae0351557" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">S.Milan@uva.nl</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, 13 February 2026 at 00:19<br>
<b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><a href="mailto:advisory-board@lists.datagovlab.net" data-outlook-id="5a8adedb-fc1d-4c51-a7dd-2017330cdd15" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">advisory-board@lists.datagovlab.net</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> <</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><a href="mailto:advisory-board@lists.datagovlab.net" data-outlook-id="4fbebed3-7d9c-492a-8f93-2e24cf25dbcb" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">advisory-board@lists.datagovlab.net</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">><br>
<b>Subject: </b>December-January hights + kick-off</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">we hope this message finds you well. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">We are writing to share an update on our recent activities and to extend an invitation to join our kick-off event, should you be around and able to attend. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>What we have been up to</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>—December-January
DATAGOV highlights</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">The team has been busy reading, learning, and writing. In early January, Giulia (Postdoc), Mattéo (PhD) and Sruthi (PhD) led the project
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(230, 0, 69);"><a href="https://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2026DissectingDigitalIDeas" title="Original URL:
https://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2026DissectingDigitalIDeas
Click to follow link." data-outlook-id="f2cd5b7e-f17a-428d-9307-7e817b43e753" style="color: rgb(230, 0, 69); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">"Dissecting
Digital ID(ea)s: Investigating the Infrastructures and Imaginaries of Digital Identity</a><a href="https://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2026DissectingDigitalIDeas" title="https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalmethods.net%2FDmi%2FWinterSchool2026DissectingDigitalIDeas&data=05%7C02%7Cs.milan%40uva.nl%7C9ca9c442970d42b845ad08ded9affe0e%7Ca0f1cacd618c4403b94576fb3d6874e5%7C0%7C0%7C6391875" data-outlook-id="401132a0-711a-4676-877b-59fab2d67101" style="color: rgb(230, 0, 69); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">”</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> at
the Digital Methods Initiative Winter School at UvA, where participants generated comparative findings on digital identity schemes across five countries.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Our first co-authored paper, by Giulia, Mattéo and Shruti, with some input from Jonas (Postdoc) and Stefania, is currently under review at the CPDP (Computer, Privacy, and Data Protection)
conference, to be held in May in Brussels. In addition, Stefania submitted an article, now under review, to Urban Geography as part of a special issue on "Crisis-driven Digitalization and its Afterlives in Urban Governance”. Another (co-authored) article,
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(230, 0, 69);"><a href="https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/open-data-meets-data-justice" title="https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpolicyreview.info%2Farticles%2Fanalysis%2Fopen-data-meets-data-justice&data=05%7C02%7Cs.milan%40uva.nl%7C9ca9c442970d42b845ad08ded9affe0e%7Ca0f1cacd618c4403b94576fb3d6874e5%7C0%7C0%7C639187" data-outlook-id="0ee88055-335e-4b52-9214-e54f1b063c36" style="color: rgb(230, 0, 69); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">"</a><a href="https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/open-data-meets-data-justice" title="https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpolicyreview.info%2Farticles%2Fanalysis%2Fopen-data-meets-data-justice&data=05%7C02%7Cs.milan%40uva.nl%7C9ca9c442970d42b845ad08ded9affe0e%7Ca0f1cacd618c4403b94576fb3d6874e5%7C0%7C0%7C639187" data-outlook-id="89aff88d-f3e4-41e9-8adb-3496ae5d753b" style="color: rgb(230, 0, 69); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Open
data meets data justice"</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">, has been published in Internet Policy Review. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">In December, Stefania traveled to Brazil, where, alongside academic engagements, she presented the DATAGOV project at the Ministry of Education, thanks to the invitation and support
of our Advisory Board member Fernando Filgueiras. She also delivered the </span>
<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(230, 0, 69);"><a href="https://www.uhasselt.be/nl/faculteiten/school-voor-sociale-wetenschappen/sw-nieuws/francqui-leerstoel-prof-dr-stefania-milan-universiteit-van-amsterdam-aan-de-school-voor-sociale-wetenschappen" title="https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhasselt.be%2Fnl%2Ffaculteiten%2Fschool-voor-sociale-wetenschappen%2Fsw-nieuws%2Ffrancqui-leerstoel-prof-dr-stefania-milan-universiteit-van-amsterdam-aan-de-school-voor-sociale-wetensch" data-outlook-id="c08ce23b-d344-41ad-b8e5-ce60fe29b7fe" style="color: rgb(230, 0, 69); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">inaugural
lecture of the Francqui Chair</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> she holds at Universiteit Hasselt (Belgium) for the current academic year; the Chair unfolds in five thematic “episodes" exploring the DATAGOV
research programme. As we speak, our three PhD students are in Oslo (Norway), to present at the workshop "Understanding and reimagining the Digital Welfare State”. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">We would like to flag two exciting calls for abstracts:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">EASST 2026, Krakow (8–11 September): we’re convening a panel titled
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(230, 0, 69);"><a href="https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst2026/p/18161" title="https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnomadit.co.uk%2Fconference%2Feasst2026%2Fp%2F18161&data=05%7C02%7Cs.milan%40uva.nl%7C9ca9c442970d42b845ad08ded9affe0e%7Ca0f1cacd618c4403b94576fb3d6874e5%7C0%7C0%7C639187547076894174%7CUnkno" data-outlook-id="be69babd-463b-45fe-9778-b611f2d57704" style="color: rgb(230, 0, 69); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">"Infrastructures
of governance: Power and assemblages in the data-driven state”</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">, with Jonas as convener.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">III International Congress of Feminist Anthropology, Tarragona (1–3 July). A side—but highly topical—gig for DATAGOV. Giulia and Sruthi are co-hosting the panel
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(230, 0, 69);"><a href="https://congressos.urv.cat/congres-antropologia-feminista-2026/simposi/454" title="https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcongressos.urv.cat%2Fcongres-antropologia-feminista-2026%2Fsimposi%2F454&data=05%7C02%7Cs.milan%40uva.nl%7C9ca9c442970d42b845ad08ded9affe0e%7Ca0f1cacd618c4403b94576fb3d6874e5%7C0%7C0%7C6391" data-outlook-id="908813d0-e750-41d8-8f43-77b7b4065649" style="color: rgb(230, 0, 69); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">"</a><a href="https://congressos.urv.cat/congres-antropologia-feminista-2026/simposi/454" title="https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcongressos.urv.cat%2Fcongres-antropologia-feminista-2026%2Fsimposi%2F454&data=05%7C02%7Cs.milan%40uva.nl%7C9ca9c442970d42b845ad08ded9affe0e%7Ca0f1cacd618c4403b94576fb3d6874e5%7C0%7C0%7C6391" data-outlook-id="1354bce9-e122-48ed-835b-fd3fb57f5720" style="color: rgb(230, 0, 69); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Digital
feminist anthropology’s role in the face of online anti-feminist backlash"</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">. If either of these speaks to your work, we warmly encourage you (or your students) to consider
submitting an abstract!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Finally, we have been very busy planning the kick-off event. Some of you are already involved as speakers (for those we are not—expect invitations in the coming years!). We are now
extending the invitation to all of you who may be interested and able to be able to fund their own travel. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">The kick-off</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> event
will take place on 26-27 March 2026. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Day 1 will be an invite-only event hosted by the UvA Institute for Advanced Studies (with limited seating). If you would like to join, please let us know ASAP so we can reserve your
spot.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Day 2 will feature a public lunch event, hosted by the contemporary arts space Framer Framed. A preliminary programme for both days can be found at the bottom of this email. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Organization-wise</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">On the organization side, a skeleton
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(230, 0, 69);"><a href="https://datagovlab.net/" title="https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdatagovlab.net%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cs.milan%40uva.nl%7C9ca9c442970d42b845ad08ded9affe0e%7Ca0f1cacd618c4403b94576fb3d6874e5%7C0%7C0%7C639187547076945187%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGki" data-outlook-id="7b7f092f-069d-4346-a35b-455f4cb028f1" style="color: rgb(230, 0, 69); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">website</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> is
now online (thanks to our amazing project manager, Meg!). We are working closely with a designer to craft our visual identity, with a redesigned, expanded website to follow. Five thought-provoking blog posts are about to go live in the coming weeks, so stay
turned. We are also on </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(250, 25, 92);"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/datagovlab/" title="https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fdatagovlab%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cs.milan%40uva.nl%7C9ca9c442970d42b845ad08ded9affe0e%7Ca0f1cacd618c4403b94576fb3d6874e5%7C0%7C0%7C639187547076961905%7CUnknown%7CTWF" data-outlook-id="af903290-8f94-4c65-a99d-4a6d0f17fc57" style="color: rgb(250, 25, 92); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">LinkedI</a><u>n</u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> (thanks
to Sruthi): please do take a minute to follow us! </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Our artist-in-residence, Federico, is currently imagining and building a digital, self-run lab infrastructure to support our experimental and collaborative work—more on this soon.
He is also reworking </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(230, 0, 69);"><a href="https://legrandjeu.net/" title="https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegrandjeu.net%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cs.milan%40uva.nl%7C9ca9c442970d42b845ad08ded9affe0e%7Ca0f1cacd618c4403b94576fb3d6874e5%7C0%7C0%7C639187547076981368%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGki" data-outlook-id="170d0093-9582-42c5-82e2-275e5f034dca" style="color: rgb(230, 0, 69); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Le
Grand Jeu</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">, a world-building board game he originally designed and developed for another EU project, adapting it as a device for data collection and awareness-raising. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>We are proud of</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Sruthi has been selected for the third cohort of the
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(230, 0, 69);"><a href="https://govstack.global/govstack-women-in-govtech-challenge-wigtc-2026/" title="https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgovstack.global%2Fgovstack-women-in-govtech-challenge-wigtc-2026%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cs.milan%40uva.nl%7C9ca9c442970d42b845ad08ded9affe0e%7Ca0f1cacd618c4403b94576fb3d6874e5%7C0%7C0%7C639187547" data-outlook-id="29eb42fd-3051-4120-a4a1-a940048ec0ba" style="color: rgb(230, 0, 69); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Women
in GovTech challenge 2026</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">, organised by GovStack, the World Bank and the DPI Safeguards Initiative. The mentorship and training programme aims to empower women to design
and develop safe, inclusive, and citizen-centric digital government services.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Finally, Meg will be leaving us at the end of the month to start a PhD at Goethe University Frankfurt (am Main), supervised by Azadeh Akbari. While we will miss her dearly, we are
incredibly excited for this next chapter and we look forward to collaborating in new ways in the future. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">All for now, and with best regards, </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Stefania on behalf of the DATAGOV team </span></p>
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