Nelly Geerts

People are always so mean about Habermas on here and caricature his work. Which is strange because you would expect humans in a public forum to collectively seek the truth using communicative reason

academia is just making mental notes on how you don’t want to behave when you become a professor and then never becoming a professor

Every PhD student at some point

The most concise description of the PhD ever 😅 Anyone else going through this feeling?

Statement AVROTROS #europapa #eurovision #eurovision2024

For five days, almost no humanitarian aid has gotten into Gaza. Israel's military operation in Rafah has closed both main border crossings. No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel. Children are starving. The U.S. cannot continue to be complicit in this humanitarian disaster.

@caspuzen @petervandeveire Oh right haha thanks!!!

@NellyGeerts @petervandeveire They’re automatically in the finals

Stevige actie van VRT-vakbond vlak voor halve finale Songfestival met deelname Israël. #Eurovision

🎉 Exciting news! Three of @VUBrussel's research groups, @ID_VUB, @torgroep, and Qualitative Research in Action, are teaming up! Since January 2024, we’ve officially become “BRISPO – Brussels Institute for Social and Population Studies”! 🤝🌍📚 Stay tuned for updates! #BRISPO

me: could this be two papers?? narrator: it would be no papers

Want wie heeft, hem zal gegeven worden. De aankoop van een elektrische auto hangt sterk samen met de sociale klasse-positie.

Paint is not enough #paintisnotenough twitter.com/77_mgm/status/…

Qualitative researchers be like

I hate it

"The issues change, but there’s always a difference between the attitudes of young and old." @BobbyDuffyKings is quoted in this CNN piece on generational myths and realities edition.cnn.com/2023/07/08/us/…

Bijna 3/4 van de 60+ gebruikte internet in de periode 2016-2021. Daaruit concluderen dat de oudere generatie digitaal helemaal mee is, is toch een brug te ver. Dat blijkt uit het Digital Ageing-onderzoek van @VUBrussel , @UAntwerpen en @Hogeschool_Gent 👉 press.vub.ac.be/een-op-vier-ou…

I'm hiring a bunch of folks! First post: Dutch-speaking Phd-candidate for project on infant development of stereotyping and discrimination. Applications can come in until 10th of July. Please spread the word! jobs.vub.be/job/Doctoraats…

Academic work, we believe, is not only doing research, but also sharing those insights and sparking debate. That’s why we’re so happy to have welcomed professor Wim Van Lancker who gave a truly inspiring talk yesterday! Very glad to have organised this with my great colleagues.