Media

As a first-generation student I find dissemination of research of immense importance, and I am lucky that my work is discussed nationally and internationally in the media, and is used in university and science funding policy.

• Trouw (2025). Het geheim van een geslaagde introductieweek? Onbezonnen lachen en niet als eerste naar bed. – I was interviewed on national television about our Social Networks paper.
• RTL EditieNL. (2025). Je kent gemiddeld 568 mensen. – I was interviewed on national television about our Social Networks paper.
• Nederlands Dagblad. (2025). Een Nederlander kent 568 mensen: ‘Soort zoekt soort en opleiding is een bepalende factor’. – piece on our Social Networks paper.
• De Volkskrant. (2025). Een Nederlander kent zo’n 568 mensen: ‘Soort zoekt soort en opleiding is een bepalende factor’. – piece on our Social Networks paper.
• Täuber, S. & Mahmoudi, M. (2024). Unchanged power dynamics still block progress for under-represented groups in academia. – Letter in Nature on our QSS paper.
• AAAS. (2024). AAAS President Keith Yamamoto Called on STEMM Community to Move Toward Science Without Walls. – AAAS president discusses PNAS paper.
• El Pais. (2024). Images on the internet are even more sexist than texts. – Spanish national newspaper interview.
• Voxweb. (2023). Waarom is het voor bepaalde groepen zo moeilijk om hoogleraar te worden? – Popular piece by myself.
• El Mundo. (2023). What science can learn from the Beatles – Spanish national newspaper interview.
• Grid News. (2023). Groundbreaking patents and scientific discoveries are happening less and less often. Here’s why. – Expert quotes.
• Harvard Business Review. (2022). Is Your DEI Progress Undermined by Attention Inequality. – Our PNAS paper quoted.
• Harvard Business Review. (2022). Who Gets to Work in the Digital Economy. – Our PNAS paper quoted.
• Radboud Recharge. (2022). Positieve rolmodellen helpen minderheden slagen in de wetenschap. – Popular piece about our Socius study.
• Nature. (2021). Women less likely to win major research awards. – Interviewed by Nature.
• Ghai, S. (2021). The Diversity-Innovation Paradox. – Perspective piece in Nature Reviews Psychology about our PNAS study.
• Stanford News. (2021). Stanford research reveals a hidden obstacle for women in academia. – Our Research Policy paper discussed.
• The Guardian. (2021). ‘Discomfort can break ground’: physicist Stephon Alexander on the value of difference. – PNAS paper quoted.
• Sociologie Magazine. (2021). Ongehoorde Innovatie. – Popular piece I wrote for Sociologie Magazine.
• Libelle. (2021). Hoeveel mensen ken jij? Zóveel is gemiddeld – Story about our research in Quest.
• RTL Nieuws. (2021). Iedereen kent gemiddeld 540 mensen: ‘Oude studievrienden niet meegerekend’ – Story about our research in Quest.
• Quest. (2021). Hoeveel mensen kent de gemiddelde Nederlander? – Data collection and analysis for Quest, cover story “123 slimste vragen”.
• The Michigan Daily. (2021). Study shows Black researchers about 55% less likely to receive NIH funding than white researchers. – Our PNAS study cited.
• The Guardian.(2020). The virus-free scientific breakthroughs of 2020, chosen by scientists. – Our PNAS study cited.
• Stanford Social Innovation Review. (2020). Science’s Diversity Problem. – Interview about our PNAS study.
• ZME Science. (2020). The diversity paradox in science: minority groups produce more scientific novelty, but their work is often overlooked. – Our PNAS study discussed.
• AsapSCIENCE. (2020). We Need to Talk About Diversity in Science. – Our PNAS study discussed.
• USA Today. (2020). #BlackBirdersWeek, #BlackInNeuro: Black scientists, physicians are using hashtags to uplift. – Our PNAS study cited.
• Nature Index. (2020). Women and Minority Researchers Have More Original Ideas, But White Men Are Rewarded Faster. – Our PNAS study discussed.
• The Hill. (2020). Inclusion is our roadmap back to global science dominance. – Our PNAS study discussed.
• Forbes. (2020). New #BlackInNeuro Campaign Connects Bright Minds From Around The World. – Our PNAS study cited.
• Times Higher Education. (2020). The Scientific Community Needs Constant Self-Assessment on Race and Gender. – Opinion piece we wrote on our PNAS study.
• Scientific American. (2020). For Scientific Institutions, Racial Reconciliation Requires Reparations. – Quotes our PNAS study.
• Smithsonian Magazine. (2020). Deep Biases Prevent Diverse Talent from Advancing. – PNAS interview re-published in Smithsonian Magazine.
• AGU’s EOS. (2020). Deep Biases Prevent Diverse Talent from Advancing. – News and interview about our PNAS study.
• Science. (2020). Does Diversity Breed Innovation? – Our PNAS study is an editor’s choice in “In other journals”.
• Nature Research Behavioural & Social Sciences. (2020). Behind “The Diversity-Innovation Paradox in Science”. – Behind the paper feature of our PNAS study.
• Venture Beat. (2020). Nvidia apologizes and removes ‘Did it work’ meme tweet. – Quotes our PNAS study.
• Chemistry World. (2020). While Female and Minority Science PhDs’ Ideas Are More Novel They’re Often Overlooked. – News and interview about our PNAS study.
• StukRoodVlees. (2020). De Diversiteit-Innovatie Paradox in de Wetenschap. – Blog about our PNAS study.
• Stanford GSE. (2020). Stanford Study Provides Evidence of the ‘Diversity-Innovation Paradox’ in Academia. – Interviewed about our PNAS study.
• Gizmodo. (2020). The Trouble With Stephen Wolfram’s New ‘Fundamental Theory of Physics’. – Quotes our PNAS study.
• Inside Higher Ed. (2020). Risk Without Reward. – News about our PNAS study.
• NPO Radio 1. (2018). Zijn er Ook Glazen Plafonds in de Wetenschap? – Interview about my research at Stanford University.
• Socialevraagstukken.nl. (2018). Vrienden en Privacy Vormen op Facebook een Ongelukkige Combinatie. – Blog and research cited.
• Contexts Magazine. (2017). Segregation in Social Networks on Facebook*. – About our 2017 ASR study.
• Informatie Professional. (2017). Promotie over online sociale netwerken en hun gebruikers. – About my Ph.D. thesis.
• Flevopost. (2017). Bas Hofstra promoveert. – About my Ph.D. thesis defense.
• Hofstra, B. (2017). Oorzaken van Homogeniteit in Sociale Netwerken. – Mens en Maatschappij. [our 2017 ASR study “In the spotlight”]
• Sociologie Magazine. (2017). Facebook: Goudmijn Voor Sociologen? – Interview and research cited.
• DeCorrespondent. (2016). Facebook de schuld geven van Trump. Dát is pas elitair. – Research mentioned.
• StukRoodVlees.nl. (2016). De kwade invloed van Facebook op de Amerikaanse verkiezingen: broodnodige nuance. – Blog and research cited.
• Yesonderzoek.nl. (2016). Is jouw Facebook-profiel openbaar? – Interview and research cited.
• Bitescience.com. (2016). Imitation game: Teens copy each others’ privacy settings on Facebook. – Research cited and discussed.
• Hofstra, B. (2014). Online Social Networks: Social Inequality and Social Cohesion. – [Blog]