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, Improving the semantic quality of conceptual models through text mining, KU Leuven
Award Date: 1 Sept 2018
Literature, PhD, The phonograph and the gramophone in Dutch literature (1877-1935). A media-archaeological investigation., 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
Projects
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EUAR117: SoMe4Dem : Social media for democracy – understanding the causal mechanisms of digital citizenship
Meyer, T. (Administrative Promotor), Willaert, T. (CoI (Co-Promotor)), Picone, I. (CoI (Co-Promotor)) & Karlsen, C. (CoI (Co-Promotor))
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. (PI (Promotor, Principal Investigator)), Picone, I. (Co-Promotor), Willaert, T. (Coördinator), Lefevere, J. (Collaborator), Terzis, G. (Collaborator), Antoine, A. (CoI (Co-Promotor)) & Karlsen, C. (CoI (Co-Promotor))
1/10/21 → 31/03/24
Project: Applied
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IMEC9: ICON Project Trendify
Nowe, A. (Administrative Promotor) & Willaert, T. (PI (Promotor, Principal Investigator))
1/05/20 → 30/04/22
Project: Applied
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The social dilemma of online segregation: A dynamical model of platform choice
Banisch, S., Jacob, D., Willaert, T. & Olbrich, E., May 2026, In: Rationality and Society. 38, 2, p. 137-183 47 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
‘Dark metrics’ and the mainstreaming of political extremism on Dutch-speaking Telegram: A comparative reading of platform affordances
Peeters, S. & Willaert, T., 20 Feb 2026, In: Platforms & Society. 3, p. 1-20 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
Extracting narrative signals from public discourse: a network-based approach
Pournaki, A. & Willaert, T., 19 Nov 2025, In: Humanities & social sciences communications. 12, 17 p., 1774.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)2 Downloads (Pure) -
From denazification to the Golden Billion: an inductive analysis of the Kremlin’s weaponisation of digital diplomacy on Telegram
Willaert, T. & Tuters, M., Dec 2025, In: Humanities & social sciences communications. 12, 1, p. 1-16 17 p., 989.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)2 Downloads (Pure) -
Recontextualized Knowledge: Conspiracy Theories and Narrative Coalitions on Telegram
Willaert, T., 18 Sept 2025, Conspiracy as Genre: Narrative, Power, and Circulation. Tebaldi, C., Plum, A. & Purschke, C. (eds.). Bloomsbury , p. 179–198 20 p. (advances in sociolinguistics).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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, T. (Recipient), 23 Apr 2020
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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FWO travel grant for long research stay abroad
Willaert, T. (Recipient), 11 Feb 2022
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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LIBER innovation award
Willaert, T. (Recipient), 18 Jul 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Hot and Cold Propaganda
Willaert, T. (Speaker), Tuters, M. (Speaker), Noordenbos, B. (Speaker) & Dabaniyasti, F. (Speaker)
4 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Dark Metrics on Dutch-Speaking Telegram
Willaert, T. (Speaker) & Peeters, S. (Speaker)
4 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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DATAUNION STS Reading Group Digital Methods
Leal Causton, M. H. (Speaker) & Willaert, T. (Speaker)
2 Feb 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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A computational analysis of Telegram's narrative affordances
Willaert, T. (Speaker)
2 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
Willaert, T. (Speaker) & Pournaki, A. (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