Projects per year
Personal profile
Expertise
digital humanities
digital methods
media studies
information science
Education/Academic qualification
Postgraduate studies in Big Data and Analytics, postgraduate degree, KU Leuven
Literature, PhD, KU Leuven
External positions
Lecturer in Linked Data Scholarship (Advanced Master of Digital Humanities), KU Leuven
2018 → 2019Lecturer in Data Processing for the Humanities (KU Leuven Faculty of Arts, BA)
2018 → 2019Researcher and staff officer Digital Humanities (Faculty of Arts), KU Leuven
2018 → 2019Digital scholarship in the humanities staff officer (KU Leuven Libraries), KU Leuven
2017 → 2019PhD Researcher
2012 → 2016Projects
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Research output
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#Godwin. A discursive analysis and typology of strategic references to the Thirties and the Second World War in Flemish MPs’ Tweets
Willaert, T. & Goyvaerts, J., 5 Jan 2021, (Accepted/In press) In : Digital Scholarship in the Humanities. p. tba tba.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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An exploration of named entities and epistemic keywords in conspiratorial Instagram posts (2011-2020)
Willaert, T., 30 Jan 2021Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
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A tool for tracking the propagation of words on Reddit
Willaert, T., Van Eecke, P., Van Soest, J. & Beuls, K., 24 Nov 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Computational Communication Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Building Social Media Observatories for Monitoring Online Opinion Dynamics
Willaert, T., Van Eecke, P., Beuls, K. & Steels, L., Apr 2020, In : Social media + Society. 6, 2, p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Nitpicking online knowledge representations of governmental leadership: The case of Belgian prime ministers in Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Willaert, T. & Roumans, G., 26 Dec 2020, In : Liber Quarterly. 30, 1, p. 1–41 42 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open AccessFile10 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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FWO travel grant for long research stay abroad
Tom Willaert (Recipient), 23 Apr 2020
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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LIBER innovation award
Tom Willaert (Recipient), 18 Jul 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Digital Methods Winter School and Data Sprint 2021: Bias in content recommendation and moderation
Tom Willaert (Chair)4 Jan 2021 → 8 Jan 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar
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DH Benelux 2021 (Event)
Tom Willaert (Reviewer)2 Jun 2021 → 4 Jun 2021Activity: Membership › Membership of peer-review panel or committee
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Social media, AI, and cultural conflict
Tom Willaert (Speaker)20 Feb 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at a festival/exhibition
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Historicizing the reactionary turn: tracing the radicalization of imageboard culture
Tom Willaert (Speaker), Marc Tuters (Speaker), Stijn Peeters (Speaker)27 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar