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Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · 2d

"Waar blijft het Ministerie voor Digitale Zaken om de regie over tech in de samenleving terug te pakken?" vragen @marleenstikker.bsky.social en ik in NRC. #AI raakt zo ongeveer alle facetten van de samenleving. Uitermate slecht idee dus om het aan Big Tech over te laten.

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Opinie | AI zou een politieke topprioriteit moeten zijn

Digitalisering en AI veranderen de samenleving ingrijpend. Nederland heeft dringend een strategisch AI-beleid nodig voor autonomie en veiligheid.

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Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · Sep 11

What's the state of play around #AI sovereignty in Latin America? Natan Amado picks it apart in this RegulAite working paper. Spoiler alert: without push-back, AI dependency will only entrench LA's peripheral position in the global economy. www.regulaite.eu/images/pdf/A...

Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · May 15

A deeply personal deep dive into #AI & politics with the Ivory Tower podcast. 🙏 to Tadey Luka Sadovyi for being such a gracious and erudite host 😃 Here's the Spotify link:

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Mar 14

As Europe considers its options to achieve digital sovereignty, it is time for a sober assessment of the prevailing innovation narrative, writes Daniel Mügge.

AI & Innovation: The Good, the Useless – and the Ugly | TechPolicy.Press

As Europe considers its options to achieve digital sovereignty, it is time for a sober assessment of the prevailing innovation narrative, writes Daniel Mügge.

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Liza Mügge @lizamugge.bsky.social · Mar 3

📢 Postdoc job alert 'Politcal Masculinities and Young Voters.

The position is part of my NWO-VICI-project Political Masculinities in Europe . Please, share with potentially interested candidates with survey skills and expertise in quantitative methods.

werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — Postdoc Political Masculinities and Young Voters

The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join the Dutch Research Council (NWO-VICI) project ‘Political Masculinities in Euro...

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Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · Feb 25

A year ago, Brussels uncorked champagne after the #AI Act adoption. Now, the "regulatory superpower"-story is dead; it's all about "AI competitiveness". @leevisaari.bsky.social and I ask: is this bowing to US pressure, or does the EU finally step up to the plate? www.techpolicy.press/the-eu-ai-po...

The EU AI Policy Pivot: Adaptation or Capitulation? | TechPolicy.Press

Daniel Mügge and Leevi Saari ask, "What are we to make of the EU's AI policy pivot?"

www.techpolicy.press

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Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · Feb 24

Gender vote share gap among young Germans. Massive.

Among women, the left, greens and social democrats have a comfortable majority; among men, AfD, CDU/CSU and FDP score 50%.

Thanks to @lizamugge.bsky.social for pointing me to this; the German original is here: www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/...

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Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · Jan 23

Maybe the EU losing the AI race against US tech on Trump steroids is good news?

www.linkedin.com/pulse/losing...

Losing the AI race may be a blessing

In the AI race, the gap between Europe and the United States was big already. And with a shot of Trump doping into the arm of Big Tech, it has only grown.

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Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · Jan 21

With the US #AI executive order rescinded on Day One of Trump's 2nd act, here's my take on the divergence of American and European visions for AI - and the need for the EU boldly to chart its own course. youtu.be/vgTvtVxw7wM?...

How do Trump's policies shape AI in Europe? | Daniel Mügge | University of Amsterdam

YouTube video by UvA - Social Sciences & Behaviour

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Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · Dec 14

Why it's time to resist invasive digitization...
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Daniel Mügge on LinkedIn: Time to resist invasive digitization

All around, digital tech is embraced as the midwife for human progress. But often, its relentless expansion into all domains of life erodes real human…

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Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · Dec 11

For better or worse, a realistic take on #AI in military affairs: connecting dots, and fast. With this, EU's vulnerability - defense split along borders - becomes only more acute. For independence from foreign tech, genuine integration is the only option. www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/10/1...

We saw a demo of the new AI system powering Anduril’s vision for war

We’re living through the first drone wars, but AI is poised to change the future of warfare even more drastically.

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Jan Jęcz @jeczjan.bsky.social · Nov 13

In the meantime, some things I found interesting:
@dmugge.bsky.social writes about lessons from Trump's win for EU's digital transformation: "If Europe wants digitalisation to bring genuine societal progress, the lodestar should not be a competitive race with the US" www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

The Trump win and its lesson for EU tech policy

Trump’s win not only reminds Europe that it must be able to stand on its own feet in digital tech. It also illustrates the collateral damage unguided digitalisation can do to societies, writes Daniel ...

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Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · Nov 11

The #EU "digital sovereignty" push concentrates too much on beating US Big Tech at its own game. Instead, it must harness digital technologies for social progress much more forcefully - w/foreign companies where possible; with its own #Eurostack where necessary.
www.hertie-school.org/en/digital-g...

A better lodestar for EU AI sovereignty

“AI made in Europe” has been the lodestar of EU AI policy since 2018. Six years later, US companies’ grip on everything digital in the EU has only tightened

www.hertie-school.org

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Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · Nov 6

What does Trump win mean for #EU tech policy?

It not only turns digital sovereignty into a live issue. But also: the EU should rethink whether USA really is the digitization-example to follow. (Spoiler: it's not...)

(Article posted on LinkedIn; sorry for out-link.) www.linkedin.com/posts/daniel...

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Andrea Binder @andreabinder.bsky.social · Oct 7

New paper out with International Studies Quarterly 🎉

Outsourcing Empire: International Monetary Power in the Age of Offshore Finance.

#openaccess #polsky #politicsofmoney

academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

Outsourcing Empire: International Monetary Power in the Age of Offshore Finance

Abstract. Offshore finance allows foreign banks to create US dollars under the laws of an offshore jurisdiction. How and why does this affect international

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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · Oct 3

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣

In ""Politics without Presence?"" Anne Louise Schotel & @lizamugge.bsky.social pair qualitative text analysis with in depth interviews to understand trans symbolic representation in 🇩🇪 & 🇳🇱.

Available 🌟 #OpenAccess 🌟

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Research article entitled ""Politics without Presence? The Symbolic Representation of Trans People in Germany and the Netherlands"" by
Anne Louise Schotel and Liza Mügge.

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Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · Mar 7

What's the point of "AI made in Europe", a key plank of the EU's digital sovereignty agenda? It could be used to extract the EU from a delirious "AI race" - or to try to get ahead in it. What does EU strategy itself have to say? My two cents in the LSE Europe blog 👇
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

What is the point of “AI made in Europe”?

The EU has announced plans to make Europe a hub for artificial intelligence (AI). Daniel Mügge writes that while this sounds like a noble cause, the EU’s strategy is limited by its focus on enhanci…

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Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · Mar 5

Digital sovereignty is a big thing in Brussels - also in #AI. But what are the politics behind the "EU AI sovereignty" ambition? Who needs it, and why? For the Journal of European Public Policy, I've dissected 6 yrs of Commission strategy to find out. Now OA here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

EU AI sovereignty: for whom, to what end, and to whose benefit?

EU policy emphasises the need for digital sovereignty, also in artificial intelligence (AI). But because such ‘AI sovereignty’ could be used for diverse and even conflicting goals, it obscures the ...

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Liza Mügge @lizamugge.bsky.social · Feb 29

My VICI proposal 'Political Masculinities in Europe' has been awarded by the Dutch Research Council! I am over the moon. A very, very, very happy day.
www.nwo.nl/en/researchp...

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Laurens Verhagen @laurensvhg.bsky.social · Jan 20

Wat is jouw p(doom)? Vormt AI echt een existentieel risico? En hoe kan het dat techbedrijven hiervoor waarschuwen en tegelijk krachtige AI ontwikkelen én zichzelf opwerpen als redders in nood? Met oa @dmugge.bsky.social én met handige verklarende woordenlijst www.volkskrant.nl/a-b25d921b

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Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · Jan 5

What next for #AI gov now that contours of EU rules have been agreed? Join us to debate these questions with Pegah Maham (SNV), @j2bryson.bsky.social (Hertie School), Lisa Vermeer (Dutch gov't) and Marieke de Goede (UvA) on 26 January, 17:00 in Amsterdam. Registration here: spui25.nl/programma/bu...

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Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · Dec 15

A lot of ink has been spilled already on the OpenAI saga this fall. Here, finally, is the New Yorker version of it. Worth the read even if the weekend-long Altman oyster feels so like yesterday's news already.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Inside Story of Microsoft’s Partnership with OpenAI

The companies had honed a protocol for releasing artificial intelligence ambitiously but safely. Then OpenAI’s board exploded all their carefully laid plans.

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Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · Dec 6

Politiek Brussel draait vanavond overuren om te kijken of er toch nog akkoord komt over de #AI Act. Ondertussen hebben vijf collega AI-wetenschappers en ik voor de NRC al een keer gefantaseerd hoe de wereld er uit zou kunnen zien als zo'n wet er helemaal niet kwam... www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/...

Hoe ziet de wereld er in 2040 uit als de mensheid AI zonder regulering toelaat?

AI Act: Hoe ziet de toekomst eruit zonder AI-wetgeving? NRC vroeg zes prominente AI-wetenschappers het leven te beschrijven van een Europese burger in 2040.

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Daniel Mügge @dmugge.bsky.social · Nov 30

And while we're at it, last week's by Christoph Niemann

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