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
Award Date: 1 Sep 2018
Literature, PhD, KU Leuven
Award Date: 16 May 2016
External positions
Lecturer in Linked Data Scholarship (Advanced Master of Digital Humanities), KU Leuven
2018 → 2019
Lecturer in Data Processing for the Humanities (KU Leuven Faculty of Arts, BA)
2018 → 2019
Researcher and staff officer Digital Humanities (Faculty of Arts), KU Leuven
2018 → 2019
Digital scholarship in the humanities staff officer (KU Leuven Libraries), KU Leuven
2017 → 2019
PhD Researcher
2012 → 2016
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EUAR117: SoMe4Dem : Social media for democracy – understanding the causal mechanisms of digital citizenship
Meyer, T., Willaert, T., Picone, I. & Karlsen, C.
1/03/23 → 28/02/26
Project: Applied
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EUAR70: EDMO Belux : Belgium-Luxembourg Research Hub on digital Media and Disinformation
Meyer, T., Picone, I., Willaert, T., Lefevere, J., Terzis, G., Antoine, A. & Karlsen, C.
1/10/21 → 31/03/24
Project: Applied
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Reactionary sensemaking: Mapping the micropolitics of online oppositional subcultures
Tuters, M., Devries, M., De Zeeuw, D., Venturini, T. & Willaert, T., 12 Mar 2024, In: Big Data & Society. 11, 1, p. 1-6 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
A computational analysis of Telegram's narrative affordances
Willaert, T., 15 Nov 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 11, p. 1-23 23 p., e0293508.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)24 Downloads (Pure) -
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., 2023, How Misinformation Propagates on Social Media: A Cross-platform Analysis. Rogers, R. (ed.). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, p. 165-185 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Open AccessFile94 Downloads (Pure) -
How Science Gets Drawn Into Global Conspiracy Narratives
Tuters, M., Willaert, T. & Meyer, T., 15 May 2023, In: Issues in Science and Technology. 39, 3, p. 32-36 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus)1 Downloads (Pure) -
Sociale Media: Inzichten en perspectieven
Steels, L. & Willaert, T., 2023, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten. 30 p. (KVAB Standpunten)Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open AccessFile41 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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On the Vernacular Language Games of Antagonistic Subcultures Online
Willaert, T. (Creator) & Peeters, S. (Creator), Zenodo, 25 May 2021
Dataset
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Telegram and digital methods: mapping networked conspiracy theories through platform affordances
Willaert, T. (Creator) & Peeters, S. (Creator), Zenodo, 7 Jan 2022
Dataset
Prizes
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FWO travel grant for long research stay abroad
Willaert, Tom (Recipient), 23 Apr 2020
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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FWO travel grant for long research stay abroad
Willaert, Tom (Recipient), 11 Feb 2022
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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LIBER innovation award
Willaert, Tom (Recipient), 18 Jul 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Hot and Cold Propaganda
Tom Willaert (Speaker), Marc Tuters (Speaker), Boris Noordenbos (Speaker) & Furkan Dabaniyasti (Speaker)
4 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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DATAUNION STS Reading Group Digital Methods
Megan Hadasa Leal Causton (Organiser) & Tom Willaert (Organiser)
2 Feb 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar
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Dark Metrics on Dutch-Speaking Telegram
Tom Willaert (Speaker) & Stijn Peeters (Speaker)
4 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Mapping Mastodon’s Metanarratives. A Cross-Community Investigation of Perceived Affordances
Tom Willaert (Speaker), Nathalie Van Raemdonck (Speaker) & Stijn Peeters (Speaker)
22 Jun 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Désinformation et récits sur les réseaux sociaux : défis et approches méthodologiques
Tom Willaert (Speaker) & Armin Pournaki (Speaker)
13 Jun 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
Press/Media
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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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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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The alt-right has lost control of Redpill
13/04/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment