[DATAGOV Core] FW: [action needed] provide content for mail to advisory board(s)

Tue Jul 7 11:04:19 CEST 2026

Activities for the lab:
- Drafted a new game-workshop around datagovlab themes and experimented 
it at team retreat. Name of the game "CAMPO", is for now a card set and 
loops a participative co-design activity around it. I am working to a 
second variant of the game to be used with the same card deck for a 
hybrid space where technology can play an active role.


On 07/07/2026 09:26, Stefania Milan via Core wrote:
> a gentle reminder (you are still on time!). I am trying to close shop 
> tomorrow evening, and I would like to do this before then. Thanks 
> Carina for the fast reply!
> Thanks for your understanding, Stefania
>
> *From: *Stefania Milan <S.Milan at uva.nl>
> *Date: *Saturday, 4 July 2026 at 11:38
> *To: *Core Datagov <core at lists.datagovlab.net>
> *Subject: *[action needed] provide content for mail to advisory board(s)
>
> Dear all, apologies for writing on a weekend, but it is the last days 
> before the holidays so I take what I get. Ignore until next week!
>
> It is now time to write the advisory board with an update!
> We need to a) say something about the kick-off event (for that it 
> would be good to have the report to funders done and added to the 
> website so we can include a link), and b) pilot studies, c) conference 
> visits, ect.
>
> Below you find what we sent them back in February. We should go MUCH 
> shorter this time, so reply to this thread with DATAGOV-only items for 
> inclusion.
>
> For the ethics advisory board: do we have any pressing question?
>
> *Deadline: Tuesday 7 July at midday please, so I can compile and send 
> off.*
> Thanks!
> Stefania
>
>
> *From: *Stefania Milan <S.Milan at uva.nl>
> *Date: *Friday, 13 February 2026 at 00:19
> *To: *advisory-board at lists.datagovlab.net 
> <advisory-board at lists.datagovlab.net>
> *Subject: *December-January hights + kick-off
>
> Dear Advisory Board members
> we hope this message finds you well.
>
> 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.
>
> *What we have been up to—December-January DATAGOV highlights*
> The team has been busy reading, learning, and writing. In early 
> January, Giulia (Postdoc), Mattéo (PhD) and Sruthi (PhD) led the 
> project "Dissecting Digital ID(ea)s: Investigating the Infrastructures 
> and Imaginaries of Digital Identity 
> <https://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2026DissectingDigitalIDeas>” 
> <https://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2026DissectingDigitalIDeas> at 
> the Digital Methods Initiative Winter School at UvA, where 
> participants generated comparative findings on digital identity 
> schemes across five countries.
>
> 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, " 
> <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/open-data-meets-data-justice>Open 
> data meets data justice" 
> <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/open-data-meets-data-justice>, 
> has been published in Internet Policy Review.
>
> 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 inaugural lecture 
> of the Francqui Chair 
> <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> 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”.
>
> *On the event front*
> We would like to flag two exciting calls for abstracts:
> EASST 2026, Krakow (8–11 September): we’re convening a panel titled 
> "Infrastructures of governance: Power and assemblages in the 
> data-driven state” 
> <https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst2026/p/18161>, with Jonas as 
> convener.
> 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 " 
> <https://congressos.urv.cat/congres-antropologia-feminista-2026/simposi/454>Digital 
> feminist anthropology’s role in the face of online anti-feminist 
> backlash" 
> <https://congressos.urv.cat/congres-antropologia-feminista-2026/simposi/454>. 
> If either of these speaks to your work, we warmly encourage you (or 
> your students) to consider submitting an abstract!
>
> 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.
>
> The kick-off event will take place on 26-27 March 2026.
> 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.
> 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.
>
> *Organization-wise*
> On the organization side, a skeleton website 
> <https://datagovlab.net/> 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 _LinkedI_ 
> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/datagovlab/>_n_ (thanks to Sruthi): 
> please do take a minute to follow us!
>
> 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 Le Grand 
> Jeu <https://legrandjeu.net/>, 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.
>
> *We are proud of*
> Sruthi has been selected for the third cohort of the Women in GovTech 
> challenge 2026 
> <https://govstack.global/govstack-women-in-govtech-challenge-wigtc-2026/>, 
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> All for now, and with best regards,
> Stefania on behalf of the DATAGOV team
>
>
> *26 March — DATAGOV Kick-off: Invite-only Workshop*
> Location: IAS

> Max. 25 participants

> Goal: idea generation and collective agenda-setting for the DATAGOV 
> project

> Live visual facilitation throughout the day
> 10:30–11:00 | Arrival & coffee
> • Informal arrival (coffee & nibbles)
> 11:00–11:30 | Welcome & framing
> • Welcome + brief team presentation
> • Project vision + Sharing goals + Introduction of Live illustrator
> 11:30–12:30 | Session 1 — Mapping the terrain/1
> • Speakers: Mirca Madianou (Goldsmith), Jo Pierson (Hasselt U), 
> Cecilia Passanti (Paris Cité), Niels ten Oever (UvA), Marjolein Lanzig 
> (UvA)
> 12:30–13:30 | Networking lunch
> 13:30–14:30 | Session 2 — Mapping the terrain/2
> • Speakers: Louise Amoore (Durham U) , Rob van Kranemburg (IEEE), 
>  Fernando Filgueiras (Brazilian Ministry of Education), Rocco 
> Bellanova (Vrij Universiteit Brussel), Bidisha Chaudhuri (UvA)
> 14:30–16:00 | Session 3: From tensions to directions
> • Format: groupwork
>
> 16:00–16:15 | Closing
> • Key takeaways for the project’s next steps
> *26 March — evening programme*
> Location: Terre Lente 

> Goal: invitee-only networking dinner + fun activity over drinks
> 18:00 - | A look back at today: Collective synthesis
> • Guided walk-through of the visual summary over drinks; participants 
> are invited to intervene, contest, or add to the visuals. Dinner follows.
> *27 March — DATAGOV Kick-off: Public launch*
> Location: Framer Framed 

> 50-80 (open to the public)
> Goal: present DATAGOV to the public
> 09:30–10:00 | Registration & breakfast
> 10:00–10:45 | Welcome & introduction
> 10:45–12:15 | Panel 1 — Governing by data infrastructure: tensions and 
> fault lines
> • Keynote panel:
> Louise Amoore
> Roundtable with Louise Amoore, Mirca Madianou, Rocco Bellanova, Niels 
> ten Oever
> 12:15–13:15 | Networking lunch
> 13:15–14:45 | Panel 2 — Global perspectives on governance by data 
> infrastructure
> • Keynote panel:
> Fernando Filgueiras
> Roundtable with Fernando Filgueiras, Cecilia Passanti, Bidisha 
> Chaudhuri, Rob van Kranenburg
> 14:45–15:15 | Closing reflections
> 15:15 onwards | Drinks (borrel)
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