08/25 - Another RecSys25 update: I will be presenting my work on artificial serendipity at NORMalize, and discuss joint work with Christine Bauer at BEYOND.
07/25 - Our RecSys25 short paper has been accepted: "Not One News Recommender To Fit Them All: How Different Recommender Strategies Serve Various User Segments". Joint work with Hanne Vandenbroucke, Ulysse Maes and Lien Michiels. You can read the pre-print here.
06/25 - New article: My article on artificial serendipity was published open access in Ethics & Information Technologies. I wrote a short note about it here.
06/25 - Book announcement: The Handbook of Platform Urbanism, co-edited with Pieter Ballon, will be published in December 2025.
06/25 - Brett Binst presented our latest work on serendipity at UMAP, it adresses the intriguing question: what is serendipity? Read it here.
08/25 - Interviewed in VUBToday, on our research on serendipity. Read
09/24 – Interviewed in “Wissenschaft – Zufällig genial”, ARD Podcast. Listen
01/24 – Interviewed in Knack, on Instagram's business model and mental health. Read
09/23 – Interviewed in HLN, about Tinder’s new premium subscription. Read
07/23 – Interviewed in Het Nieuwsblad, on Meta's alternative to Twitter. Read
02/23 – Interviewed in HLN, about the economics of social media. Read
01/22 – Research featured in Inside Climate News, article on the fading promise of smart cities. Read
08/21 – Interviewed in PCMag: “Your Smart City Is Boring.” Read.
11/20 – Interviewed in HLN, on personalization in Google and filter bubbles.
09/20 – Opinion piece in DataNews Knack: "Volgende keer ben jij misschien het slachtoffer van Facebooks abuiscensuur", on Facebook’s flawed content moderation. Read
12/19 – Opinion piece in DataNews Knack: "Google zegt niet langer alleen hoe we ons moeten verplaatsen, maar ook waar we naartoe moeten gaan", on the influence of Google Maps on how we navigate 'offline'. Read
10/19 – Interviewed in MoneyExpert (Deutsche Bank), on smart cities.
08/19 – Interviewed/Research featured in Knack, Brussels Times, and Bruzz, about Google Maps and 'urban filter bubbles' in Brussels.