Tim Senden interviewed Mirjam de Bruijn about the military coup in Niger. In the article, Mirjam explains how the current situation in Niger resembles coups in Mali and Burkina Faso, where social media usage contributed to the exacerbartion of anti-French and pro-Russian sentiments on amongst others TikTok and X (formerly…
read moreOn June 8th Mamadou Togola and Mirjam de Bruijn published the article
read moreLuca Bruls has published her first lengthy academic paper based on nethographic research she carried out during her research master in 2020. The article is open access and available through CyberOrient. The article addresses the following: "In Algeria, youth form attitudes towards music as a result of their TikTok usage.…
read moreOn December 1st, Dutch newspaper Trouw featured an article in De Verdieping about the current situation in Mali and the relationship with the UN mission MINUSMA. For this article, journalist Joris Belgers interviewed Mirjam de Bruijn about the dynamics of the conflict. Mirjam de Bruijn illustrates the complexity of the…
read moreKristin Skare Orgeret and her colleague Julie Posetti reflect on this year's peace prize, awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.” The awarding of this price is symbolically important seeing the pollution of…
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