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My Eureka! moment – A Methodological Breakthrough

My PhD research asks whether content-oriented Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines, the kind the EU Digital Services Act … More

dsa, Human Rights, Social Media, Surveillance Capitalism, technology
From a video on the Digital Services Act and proposed ban on teens from social media

Asymmetrical threat studies: Digital Citizenship, Sovereignty and Resilience

Digital issues have gained much-needed attention lately, especially following growing contention between the US and EU, particularly in relation to … More

Asymmetrical Warfare, Cyber-politics, Cybersecurity, cyberspace, Human Rights, political science, Social Media
The Engaged Scholar

Project Update: Methodology Consolidation and Nordic Focus

Over the past year, my PhD project has moved from conceptual exploration into a more consolidated and methodologically grounded phase. … More

academia, cyberspace, democratic-theory, dsa, phd, political-science, Social Media, technology, vlops

Research outline and progress

Life got in the way of giving my (m)eager audience updates on the progress of my research. I’ve come to … More

Cyber-politics, Cybersecurity, Democracy, Human Rights, Social Media, Surveillance Capitalism

May 16th we’re hosting a book club in Icelandic on Zuboff’s theories

Thu May 16th at 5:30 at Mál & Menning, Laugavegur 18 the Organization on Human-centric technology will host a book-club … More

Cyber-politics, Human Rights, Social Media, Surveillance Capitalism

Testing claims and Political Theory

Season’s greetings – here are my readings!
(I’m a poet who knew-it)

Cyber-politics, Cybersecurity, Human Rights, Social Media, Surveillance Capitalism

Bylgjan interview: ‘They’ know more about you than you do

I got the chance to briefly introduce my PhD research in Icelandic on the Reykjavík Síðdegis (Reykjavík Afternoon) radio show … More

Cyber-politics, Cybersecurity, Human Rights, Social Media, Surveillance Capitalism

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