[DATAGOV Core] Jonas' Day 1 intro

[Jonas Breuer]

Heyya Carina,

Some bullet points to start with. Ok like this? should I write them out or do you prefer to do that?


Background & Affiliation

  *   Critical media and communication researcher affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
  *   Joint PhD in Media and Communication Studies and Social Sciences (VUB & UHasselt)
  *   Doctoral research focused on privacy, personal data protection, citizen participation, and rights in smart city contexts
  *   Long-standing engagement with data-related topics at VUB prior to PhD: smart cities, open data, digital rights, public sector innovation

Practice & Community Building

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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
  *   Organised walkshops during PhD as participatory, place-based research formats
  *   Consistent focus on bridging research, policy, and practice

Core Research Interests

  *   How digital technologies shape cities, rights, and collective futures
  *   Facilitating communication and collaboration across different groups: boundary objects, stakeholder involvement, public participation
  *   Resistance strategies: moving beyond critique toward empowerment and systemic change vis-à-vis regulatory data infrastructures

Motivation for DataGov Project

  *   Driven by a commitment to translating critical research into tangible impact
  *   Sees regulatory data infrastructures as a pressing threat and structural challenge with major societal stakes — and a core site for collective resistance and transformation





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Department of Media Studies



Jonas Breuer

Postdoctoral Researcher / DATAGOV Project



Available on

Tue | Thu






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