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 → 2016-
EUAR70: EDMO Belux : Belgium-Luxembourg Research Hub on digital Media and Disinformation
Meyer, T., Picone, I., Willaert, T., Lefevere, J., Terzis, G., Antoine, A. & Pereira Silvestre, S. D. C.
1/10/21 → 31/03/24
Project: Applied
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A Fringe Mainstreamed, or Tracing Antagonistic Slang between 4chan and Breitbart before and after Trump
Peeters, S., Willaert, T., Tuters, M., Beuls, K., Van Eecke, P. & Van Soest, J., 2022, (Accepted/In press) How Misinformation Propagates on Social Media. Mainstreaming the Fringe. Rogers, R. (ed.). Amsterdam University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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From Infodemic to Information War (EDMO BELUX Investigative report): A contextualization of current narrative trends and evolutions in Dutch-language disinformation communities
Willaert, T. & Sessa, M. G., 29 Apr 2022Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › Research
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From the infodemic to the info war: investigating narrative evolution online
Sessa, M. G. & Willaert, T., 28 Apr 2022, (Unpublished).Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Unpublished paper
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Telegram and digital methods: Mapping networked conspiracy theories through platform affordances
Peeters, S. & Willaert, T., 16 Mar 2022, In : M/C. 25, 1, 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The rise of “gaslighting”: Debates about disinformation on Twitter and 4chan, and the possibility of a ‘good echo chamber’
Shane, T., Willaert, T. & Tuters, M., Mar 2022, In : Popular Communication. 2022, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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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FWO travel grant for long research stay abroad
Tom Willaert (Recipient), 11 Feb 2022
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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Hybrid Hermeneutics
Tom Willaert (Speaker), Armin Pournaki (Speaker)4 Feb 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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From the 'infodemic' to the 'information war': Networks and Narratives on Telegram
Tom Willaert (Speaker)4 May 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a 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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Digital Methods Summer School 2021
Tom Willaert (Chair)4 Jul 2021 → 21 Jul 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar
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Monitoring Digital Media and Disinformation
Tom Willaert (Speaker)8 Oct 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
Press / Media
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Waarom Telegramkanalen met nepnieuws over corona nu overschakelen op Russische propaganda
3/05/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Complotdenkers Great Reset en Omvolking vormen communicerende vaten
3/05/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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The alt-right has lost control of Redpill
13/04/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment