Programme

Day 1: Thursday November 20th, 2025

Location: Conference Room (2.60), Johan Huizinga Building

Time Programme
09:30 Coffee & tea
10:00 Welcome – Social Media Networks Workshop
Luca Bruls (LU, nomadesahel)
10:15 Session I – Panel: Understanding entangled networks
Speakers: Dr. Corinna Jentzsch (LU, Institute of Political Science), Dr. Jelena Prokic (LU, nomadesahel), Prof. Dr. Mirjam de Bruijn (LU, nomadesahel)
Discussant: Matthew Ford (Swedish Defence University)
11:45 Coffee & tea
12:00 Session II – Short pitches & Reflection: Online conflict networks
All participants present their ideas on networks and conflict in a short pitch.
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Session III – Keynote: “The Cipher of Polybius: Document Exploitation in the Age of Information”
About the changing nature of the “document” in the digital age.
Michael Innes (Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of War Studies, King’s College London)
15:00 Coffee & tea
15:15 Session IV – Panel: Entangled networks of belonging in conflict or insecurity environments
Speakers: Dr. Sylvie Ayimpam (Aix-Marseille Université), Dr. Lidewyde Berckmoes (LU, ASCL), Jethro Norman (DIIS Denmark)
16:15 Session V – Plenary discussion
17:00 Wrap-up and outcome by nomadesahel team
18:00 Dinner at TBC

Day 2: Friday November 21st, 2025

Location: ASCL Seminar Room (0.31), Herta Mohr Building

Time Programme
09:30 Coffee & tea
10:00 Session VI – Workshop: How to understand, historicize, and archive ephemeral data?
Speakers: Michael Innes (King's College London), Prof. Dr. Mirjam van Reisen (LUMC), Carlijn Keijzer (NIOD)
11:30 Coffee & tea
11:45 Session VII – “The politics of platforms”
Speakers: TBC
12:45 Closing remarks by nomadesahel team
Speakers: Bruno Allahissem (LU, nomadesahel), Matthew Sung (LU, nomadesahel)
13:00 Lunch, end of workshop