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Fernando van der Vlist, PhD

is a scholar, graphic designer, and educator specialising in digital media and technology, with a focus on critical internet and platform studies. He is currently Assistant Professor in Critical Data & AI in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), where he also coordinates the Master’s programme in Cultural Data & AI. His research focuses on the critical study of digital platforms and apps, their ecosystems, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) in culture and society.
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Latest 9

Latest Name 🕓Date Modified ↧ Kind Access
The Appification of AI 2025-05-28 📗Report Section 🔓Open Access
📌 Appification in the Age of AI 2025-05-28 📄 📗Editorial Introduction 🔓Open Access
Appification in the Age of AI, ASI Sprint Report Series #2 2025-05-28 📗Sprint Report 🔓Open Access
De verborgen wereld achter AI, Verrekijkers #S1E7 2025-05-23 🎙Podcast Episode 🌍Public
📌 Introduction: Governing the Digital Society 2025-05-20 📄 📗Edited Book Editorial 🔓Open Access
📌 Governing the Digital Society 2025-05-20 📗Edited Book 🔓Open Access
The Political Economy of AI as Platform [Conference Panel] 2025-01-02 📄 🔍Conference Proceeding 🔓Open Access
Exploring Appification [Conference Panel] 2025-01-02 📄 🔍Conference Proceeding 🔓Open Access
📌 Platform 2024-11-11 📄 📗Book Section 🔒Closed
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📌Pinned 25

📌Pinned Name 🕓Date Modified ↧ Kind Access
📌 Appification in the Age of AI 2025-05-28 📄 📗Editorial Introduction 🔓Open Access
📌 Governing the Digital Society 2025-05-20 📗Edited Book 🔓Open Access
The Political Economy of AI as Platform [Conference Panel] 2025-01-02 📄 🔍Conference Proceeding 🔓Open Access
📌 Platform 2024-11-11 📄 📗Book Section 🔒Closed
📌 Big AI 2024-03-12 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 Super-Appification 2024-01-10 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 The Platform as Ecosystem 2022-09-16 🎓 📗 🔍Thesis │ 📜📜 🌍Public
📌 API Governance 2022-05-07 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 Pandemic Platform Governance 2021-08-06 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 How Partners Mediate Platform Power 2021-06-14 📄 🔍Research Article │ 📜 🔓Open Access
📌 Social Media and Platform Historiography 2019-11-06 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 Apps and Infrastructures – A Research Agenda 2019-10-21 📄 📗Issue Editorial 🔓Open Access
📌 Regramming the Platform 2019-10-21 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 Multi-Situated App Studies 2019-06-06 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 Facebook’s Evolution 2019-05-01 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 Accounting for the Social 2016-06-01 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
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📌 Seeing the Forest for the Trees Diagrams 2021-09 📊Infographics 🔓Open Access
📌 The Platform Society Diagrams 2018-11-02 📊Infographics
📌 Distributed Images 2012-06-11 🎓 📚Paperbacks │ 📜📜🏅🏅
📌 Hyperbody 2012-06 📙Paperback │ 🏅
📌 Amsterdam in stukken / Amsterdam in Documents, 2010–1275 2011-10 📙Paperback
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📌 The Platform as Ecosystem (Data Sets) 2022-04-15 🗄Research Data 🔓Open Access
📌 ASI Data Sets 2020-06 🗄Research Data 🌍Public
📌 ASI Tools 2020-06 🔧Research Tools 🌍Public
📌 Media Studies Reference Worksheets 2017-10-17 📚Reference Worksheets 🌍Public
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📈Top Cited 7

📈Top Cited ↧ Name 🕓Date Modified Kind Access
📌 Facebook’s Evolution 2019-05-01 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 Multi-Situated App Studies 2019-06-06 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 How Partners Mediate Platform Power 2021-06-14 📄 🔍Research Article │ 📜 🔓Open Access
📌 Big AI 2024-03-12 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 Social Media and Platform Historiography 2019-11-06 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 API Governance 2022-05-07 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 Apps and Infrastructures – A Research Agenda 2019-10-21 📄 📗Issue Editorial 🔓Open Access
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Index of / Name 🕓Date Modified ↧ Kind Access
👤 About 2025-08-17
📇 Contact 2025-08-17
🏞 Gallery 2025-08-17
📁 Index of research/ 📁Folder
📁 Index of design/ 📁Folder
📁 Index of links-and-resources/ 📁Folder