Dear friends, The time has come that I defend my PhD and present in public what I’ve been working on the past 5 years. I am pleased to invite you to attend the defense of my thesis “What Others Afford - Sociotechnical shaping of normative processes on social media platforms” which will take place on 13 November from 10am-12 CET in Brussels, VUB Promotiezaal D2.01. If you cannot make it in person, you are welcome to join online since the event will be livestreamed. In case you would like to join (online or IRL), please register using the link https://www.brussels-school.be/output/events/public-phd-defence-nathalie-van... There will also be a standing lunch and reception after the defense, thanks for registering so we know how much food to foresee 😊 Looking forward to seeing you there, and if not, hope to catch up soon! Best, Nathalie [Q9VJ43EY0nwggAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==]Nathalie Van Raemdonck Doctoral researcher IMEC-SMIT, BSOG, HAI +32477208719 Recent publications Van Raemdonck, N.; Picone, I. & Pierson, J. (2025) Affordances-in-Practice: How Social Norm Dynamics in Climate Change Publics are Shaped on Instagram and Twitter<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20563051251319066> Social Media + Society https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251319066 Van Raemdonck, N. (2024) Where does Power Consolidate on Bluesky<https://www.techpolicy.press/where-does-power-consolidate-on-bluesky/>? Tech Policy Press Van Raemdonck, N. & Meyer, T. (2024). Why Disinformation is Here to Stay. A Socio-Technical Analysis of Disinformation as a Hybrid Threat<https://researchportal.vub.be/en/publications/why-disinformation-is-here-to-stay-a-socio-technical-analysis-of->. In L. Lonardo (Ed). Addressing Hybrid Threats: European Law and Policies. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Van Raemdonck, N. & Pierson, J. (2022) A conceptual framework for the mutual shaping of platform features, affordances and norms on social media<https://researchportal.vub.be/en/publications/a-conceptual-framework-for-the-mutual-shaping-of-platform-feature> Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap vol. 50 nr.4 pp.358-383 https://doi.org/10.5117/TCW2022.4.005.RAEM Willaert, T.; Peeters, S.; Seijbel, J.& Van Raemdonck, N. (2022) Disinformation networks: A quali-quantitative investigation of antagonistic Dutch-speaking Telegram channels<https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/12533>. First Monday, 27(5).