Profile

I’m a scholar, graphic designer, and educator specialising in digital media and technology, especially internet studies. I’m an Assistant Professor and programme coordinator for the Master’s Cultural Data & AI in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Faculty of Humanities. I co-direct the international App Studies Initiative (ASI) and am affiliated with the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI), the Public Data Lab, and the UvA’s School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) at the Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR).

🔍Platforms, Data, & Society My research focuses on the critical study of digital platforms and apps, their ecosystems, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) in culture and society. I’ve made significant contributions to the field, with my research being published or forthcoming in leading scholarly journals, such as Big Data & Society, New Media & Society, Social Media + Society, Internet Policy Review, AI & Society, Convergence, Internet Histories, and Computational Culture. My research has been funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), amongst others.

🕓Prior to my current position, I was a postdoctoral researcher in the focus area ‘Governing the Digital Society’ (GDS) at Utrecht University (UU) and the Collaborative Research Centre 1187 ‘Media of Cooperation’ at the University of Siegen, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). I’ve also taught as a lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture and Digital Methods at the UvA, UU, and the Utrecht Data School (UDS).

🎓I received my PhD from Utrecht University in 2022. The title of my PhD thesis monograph is ‘The Platform as Ecosystem’, and it was jointly supervised by Prof. José van Dijck at Utrecht University and Prof. Carolin Gerlitz at the University of Siegen, Germany. My empirical research extensively examines intricate governance and power dynamics within digital platforms and ecosystems, providing critical empirical, theoretical, and methodological insights into the complexities of platform governance. In addition to my academic pursuits, I have valuable professional experience as a graphic (information) designer, combining research and design expertise.

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🔍Research

🔍My research is centred around the critical study of digital platforms and apps, their ecosystems, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) in culture and society. Spanning interdisciplinary fields like Internet Studies, Platform Studies, App Studies, Software Studies, and Critical Data Studies, his work encompasses foundational investigations into concepts such as ‘platformisation’, ‘appification’, partnership strategies, digital infrastructure, platform governance, and power dynamics in the digital ‘ecosystem’, including methodological frameworks and tools. Leveraging innovative methodologies and digital tools, he critically analyses and visualises the materiality of, and intricate relationships among, digital platforms, apps, users, and social and cultural processes, providing critical insights into their social, cultural, and political-economic dimensions.

My research contributions cover diverse areas, including foundational empirical studies of the ‘industrialisation’ and political economy of AI and cloud infrastructure (‘Big AI’), and power dynamics in the global ‘audience data economy’ and the digital marketing and advertising landscape. I have also analysed the pivotal role of partnership strategies and ‘API governance’ in Facebook’s platform ecosystem evolution, and power dynamics within the online platform ecosystem. Furthermore, I investigate the global culture and economy of apps, pioneering research methodologies and tools for app studies. For instance, my work in this area has addressed the global rise and political economy of ‘super-apps’ (‘super-appification’), the global landscape of COVID-19 apps and app store governance in the fight against the global coronavirus pandemic, and includes a foundational conceptual and methodological framework for historical platform and app studies (‘platform historiography’).

📚I’ve (co-)authored and edited over 30 scholarly publications (h-index: 13) in leading scholarly journals in the interdisciplinary field of Media Studies, including Big Data & Society (interdisciplinary social sciences), New Media & Society (sociology), and Social Media + Society (communication), as well as specialised journals, such as Internet Policy Review (internet regulation), AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication (artificial intelligence), Convergence (media studies), Internet Histories and TMG – Journal for Media History (media history), Surveillance & Society (surveillance studies), and Computational Culture (software studies). 🗓Additionally, I've actively engaged in more than 80 international academic conferences, workshops, and data ‘sprints’, including the annual Digital Methods Summer and Winter Schools and annual meetings of the Association for Internet Researchers (AoIR) and International Communication Association (ICA). 💲Moreover, I’ve contributed to securing research funding, including grants from national research councils like the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

🧩I’ve developed various open-access research data sets, software tools, and teaching resources for new media, platform, and app studies research that are openly available and used across educational institutions. I actively participate in expert and policy meetings that focus on online platforms and the digital economy (such as at the European Union, Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM), the Rathenau Instituut, and for the Dutch political party D66).

🎓In 2022, I defended my PhD thesis, titled ‘The Platform as Ecosystem: Configurations and Dynamics of Governance and Power’, at Utrecht University. My empirical research extensively examines the intricate governance and power dynamics within digital platforms and ecosystems, providing critical insights into their complex governing configurations. The study encompasses empirical, theoretical, and methodological aspects, shedding light on the governing power of platforms. My PhD research was conducted under the joint supervision of Prof. José van Dijck at Utrecht University and Prof. Carolin Gerlitz at the University of Siegen, Germany.

📧I’m available to (co-)supervise PhD candidates whose research aligns with one or more of my areas of interest.

👨‍🏫Teaching

I’m the co-coordinator (alongside Prof. Thomas Poell) of the new Master’s programme Cultural Data & AI (MA Media Studies) at the University of Amsterdam and am also engaged in teaching and curriculum development for the English-taught Bachelor's programmes Media and Information (Media Studies) and Global Arts, Culture and Politics (Cultural Studies). Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam consistently achieves top rankings globally within its field.

🕓Since 2014, I’ve taught and coordinated (administered) over 25 Bachelor’s and Master’s-level courses on new media and digital culture, digital research methods and practices, and theories as a Lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture and Digital Methods in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam and the Department of Media and Culture Studies and Data School (UDS) at Utrecht University. I also taught a private course for Dutch public management in 2016 at the Data School.

🕓Background

💼Previously, I held positions as a postdoctoral Researcher in the focus area ‘Governing the Digital Society’ (GDS) at Utrecht University (from 2020–2023) and at the Collaborative Research Centre 1187 ‘Media of Cooperation’ at the University of Siegen (from 2016–2023), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Before these roles, I held various positions at Utrecht University and the University of Amsterdam. I was a PhD Candidate under the joint supervision of Prof. José van Dijck at Utrecht University and Prof. Carolin Gerlitz at the University of Siegen (from 2019–2022). I’ve also taught as a Lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture and Digital Methods in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam (from 2014–2018), as well as in the Department of Media and Culture Studies (2016 and from 2022–2023) and at the Utrecht Data School (UDS) at Utrecht University (2016). Furthermore, I provided consultation on digital methods and online mapping methodologies as Researcher in the ERC-funded research project CONNECTINGEUROPE at Utrecht University (2016). Alongside my academic pursuits, I’ve professional experience as a graphic (information) designer, bringing a valuable blend of expertise to his work.

🎓I received my PhD from Utrecht University in September 2022. Prior to that, I completed a Research Master’s degree in Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam in 2015. I also hold a professional degree in Graphic Design at the Willem de Kooning Academy (Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences) obtained in 2012. I earned my University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) from the University of Amsterdam in 2017.

🕓Previous Research Activities

Since 2014, I’ve been part of several international research collectives. I’ve co-founded and led the App Studies Initiative (an international research network for innovative app research) since 2016. Additionally, I’m a member of the Digital Methods Initiative (a leading research group for internet research, led by Prof. Dr. Richard Rogers (Professor of New Media and Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam)) and the Public Data Lab (an international research network for collective enquiry into public issues). As part of these international research collectives, I help design digital methods and tools for the study of digital platforms and apps, and new media and culture generally. I’ve also led and participated in lots of (multidisciplinary) digital methods and apps studies data ‘sprints’ since 2014, including many short-term research projects on social media and digital platforms, (mobile) apps and app stores, tracking technologies, and software and data infrastructures.
From2020–2023, I’ve been a researcher in the focus area ‘Governing the Digital Society’ (GDS) at Utrecht University, Netherlands, where I’ve been working with Prof. Dr. José van Dijck (Distinguished University Professor of Media and Digital Society). This focus area promotes research on the social processes of ‘datafication’, ‘platformisation’, and ‘algorithmisation’ to design and apply principles of (good) governance in digital societies. I’m part of a Special Interest Group on ‘Governing the social media and data economy’, which promotes a multidisciplinary approach on social media and app store economics, monetisation models, and data infrastructures.
From 2016–2023, I’ve been a researcher in the Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’ [German: DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 1187 „Medien der Kooperation”] at the University of Siegen, German, where I’ve been working with Prof. Dr. Carolin Gerlitz (Professor of Digital Media and Methods). This research centre is externally funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG-SFB-1187) for the funding period 2016–2023 and focuses on the study of digitally networked, data-intensive media as conditions for cooperation from multidisciplinary (social, technological, and practice-based) perspectives. As part of a multidisciplinary research team led by Prof. Dr. Carolin Gerlitz (Digital Media and Methods), I help design digital methods and tools to study the material conditions and politics of digital platforms, (mobile) apps, and software and data infrastructures. Additionally, we explore these topics in the study of digital sensory media, especially smartphones and autonomous vehicles. In 2019–2020, I contributed to the succesful application for extending the funding of this research centre for the funding period 2020–2023 (four years). Some of our key research outcomes are published open access in Social Media + Society, again in Social Media + Society, and in Computational Culture (including a special issue on Apps and Infrastructures), in addition to several published working papers and research data sets.
In September 2022, I completed and defended ‘The Platform as Ecosystem’, a doctoral (PhD) thesis on the features of platforms’ governance and power. It contributes cutting-edge empirical and historical perspectives on digital ‘platforms’ and the configurations and dynamics of their governance and power. It also explains the need to ‘map’ and study platforms’ larger ‘ecosystems’, especially their considerable business and app ecosystems. The research was jointly supervised by Prof. Dr. José van Dijck (Distinguished University Professor of Media and Digital Society, Utrecht University) and Prof. Dr. Carolin Gerlitz (Professor of Digital Media and Methods, University of Siegen). All of the chapters have been published open access in scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals, including Big Data & Society, Social Media + Society, Internet Policy Review, Internet Histories, TMG – Journal for Media History, and Computational Culture, in addition to several published working papers.
From 2020–2021, I conducted a Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC/UKRI)-funded ‘rapid response’ research project on the (role of) mobile apps and app stores in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with colleagues from the App Studies Initiative. Some of our key research outcomes are published open access in Internet Policy Review.
From 2019–2020, I conducted a Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS)-funded research project on the history and evolution of Facebook’ development platform (including the Facebook Graph and Marketing APIs) with colleagues from the Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’ [German: DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 1187 „Medien der Kooperation”] at the University of Siegen. Some of our key research outcomes are published open access in Social Media + Society and the CRC ‘Media of Cooperation’ Working Paper Series.
I guest-(co-)edited Apps and Infrastructures, a special issue of Computational Culture from 2019 that has advanced the empirical study of apps and (and as part of) infrastructures.
In 2016, I consulted for the European Research Council (ERC)-funded research project ‘Digital Crossings in Europe: Gender, Diaspora and Belonging’ (CONNECTINGEUROPE) (led by Prof. Dr. Sandra Ponzanesi (Professor of Media, Gender and Postcolonial Studies, Utrecht University)) on the use of digital methods and ‘issue mapping’ approaches for studying digital migration and trace transnational digital connections online, across digital platforms and apps. Some of our research outcomes are published open access in Global Networks.
From 2014–2015, during my Research Master’s studies at the University of Amsterdam, I assisted Dr. Bernhard Rieder (Associate Professor of New Media and Digital Culture) in his ongoing research on Facebook, YouTube, and the history and applications of ‘algorithmic techniques’. In June 2015, I also completed The Making of Predictions, a Research Master’s (MA) thesis on the use of online search and social media data as grounds (or as a source) for predictive algorithmic techniques. Some of my research from this period is published open access in Big Data & Society and in Surveillance & Society.
In June 2013, I completed A Technicity of Collaboration, a Bachelor’s (BA) thesis on the ‘technicity’ of distributed (open-source) software development on GitHub. I graduated with honour (Cum Laude) from the University of Amsterdam in July 2013, partially on the basis of this thesis.
In June 2012, I completed Distributed Narratives, a Bachelor’s (BDes) thesis on designing for new (online, digital) narrative forms that were emerging on the Internet. It draws from several ‘visual journalism’ and ‘design research’ projects, including Distributed Images (exhibited at the 2012 Dutch Design Week and in trade journals) and Distributed Identities. The manuscript was edited and planned to be published in paperback.

🕓Previous Teaching Activities

Since 2014, I’ve taught and coordinated (administered) over 25 BA and MA-level courses on new media research practices, research methods, and theories in the (acclaimed) Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam and the Department of Media and Culture Studies and Data School at Utrecht University. I’ve also taught a private course for Dutch public management in 2016 with colleagues from the Utrecht Data School.
Since 2014, I’ve coordinated (organised), led, and participated in lots of multidisciplinary data ‘sprints’ (for international researchers and advanced students) as part of the annual Digital Methods Summer Schools and Winter Schools at the University of Amsterdam, as well as at the Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’ at the University of Siegen.
Since 2017, I’ve created and maintained the Media Studies Reference Worksheets (a ‘hands-on’ practical teaching and training resource used by students, researchers, and lecturers across institutions). This includes the derivative ASI Reference Worksheets on app store and Instagram data scraping from the App Studies Initiative.
In August 2017, I obtained my University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) [Dutch: Basiskwalificatie onderwijs (BKO)] from the University of Amsterdam.

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Fernando van der Vlist, PhD, is Assistant Professor and programme coordinator for the Master’s Cultural Data & AI in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands. (🔗You can follow him via @fvandervlist or visit his website at fernandovandervlist.nl.)	Fernando van der Vlist, PhD, is Assistant Professor and programme coordinator for the Master’s Cultural Data & AI in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands. 👥He co-directs the international App Studies Initiative (ASI) and is affiliated with the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI) and the Public Data Lab. 🔍His research focuses on the critical study of digital platforms and apps, their ecosystems, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) in culture and society. (🔗You can follow him via @fvandervlist or visit his website at fernandovandervlist.nl.)	Fernando van der Vlist, PhD, is Assistant Professor and programme coordinator for the Master’s Cultural Data & AI in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands. 👥He co-directs the international App Studies Initiative (ASI) and is affiliated with the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI), the Public Data Lab, and the UvA’s School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA). 🔍His research focuses on the critical study of digital platforms and apps, their ecosystems, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) in culture and society. 🕓Prior to his current position, Van der Vlist worked as a postdoctoral Researcher in the focus area ‘Governing the Digital Society’ (GDS) at Utrecht University and the Collaborative Research Centre 1187 ‘Media of Cooperation’ at the University of Siegen, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). He has also taught as a Lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture and Digital Methods at the University of Amsterdam, Utrecht University, and the Utrecht Data School (UDS). 🎓He received his PhD from Utrecht University in 2022. (🔗You can follow him via @fvandervlist or visit his website at fernandovandervlist.nl.)	Fernando van der Vlist, PhD, is Assistant Professor and programme coordinator for the Master’s Cultural Data & AI in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands. 👥He co-directs the international App Studies Initiative (ASI) and is affiliated with the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI), the Public Data Lab, and the UvA’s School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA). 🔍His research focuses on the critical study of digital platforms and apps, their ecosystems, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) in culture and society. 🕓Prior to his current position, Van der Vlist worked as a postdoctoral Researcher in the focus area ‘Governing the Digital Society’ (GDS) at Utrecht University and the Collaborative Research Centre 1187 ‘Media of Cooperation’ at the University of Siegen, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). He has also taught as a Lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture and Digital Methods at the University of Amsterdam, Utrecht University, and the Utrecht Data School (UDS). 🎓He received his PhD from Utrecht University in 2022. His PhD thesis extensively examines the intricate governance and power dynamics within digital platforms and ecosystems, providing critical empirical, theoretical, and methodological insights into the complexities of platform governance. In addition to his academic pursuits, Fernando has valuable professional experience as a graphic (information) designer. 📚Van der Vlist has made significant contributions to the field, with his research being published or forthcoming in leading scholarly journals, such as Big Data & Society, Social Media + Society, Internet Policy Review, Internet Histories, and Computational Culture. His research has been funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Dutch Research Council (NWO), and the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), amongst others. (🔗You can follow him via @fvandervlist, Google Scholar, or visit his website at fernandovandervlist.nl.)

💼Experience

Academic ⟩ Faculty

(Since 2023, August). Assistant Professor [Dutch: Universitair Docent]. Department of Media Studies, Fac. of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.uva.nl/.

(Since 2023, August). Programme Coordinator Master’s Cultural Data & AI (MA Media Studies). Department of Media Studies, Fac. of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.uva.nl/shared-content/programmas/en/masters/cultural-data-ai/cultural-data-and-artificial-intelligence.html.

(Since 2023, August). Curriculum Development Bachelor’s Global Arts, Culture and Politics: The Human and Artificial Intelligence (BA Cultural Studies). Department of Cultural Studies, Fac. of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.uva.nl/shared-content/programmas/en/bachelors/global-arts-culture-and-politics/global-arts-culture-and-politics.html.

Academic ⟩ Research

(2022-08 to 2023-07). Researcher (Postdoctoral) [Dutch: Onderzoeker]. Focus Area ‘Governing the Digital Society’; Department of Media and Culture Studies, Fac. of Humanities, Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://www.uu.nl/.
(2016-07 to 2023-07). Researcher (Doctoral/Postdoctoral) [German: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter]. DFG Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’ [German: DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 1187 „Medien der Kooperation”], University of Siegen, Germany. https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/; https://www.uni-siegen.de/.
(2019-04 to 2022-07). Researcher (PhD Candidate) [Dutch: Onderzoeker (Promovendus)]. Department of Media and Culture Studies, Fac. of Humanities, Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://www.uu.nl/.
(2016-08 to 2018-07). Research Associate. Digital Methods Initiative (Department of Media Studies, Fac. of Humanities), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.digitalmethods.net/; https://www.uva.nl/.
(2016-02 to 2016-07). Researcher [Dutch: Onderzoeker]. ERC Consolidator Project ‘Digital Crossings in Europe: Gender, Diaspora and Belonging’ (CONNECTINGEUROPE), Fac. of Humanities, Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://connectingeuropeproject.eu/; https://www.uu.nl/.
(2014-09 to 2015-05). Research Assistant [Dutch: Student-assistent]. Dr. B. Rieder, Department of Media Studies, Fac. of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.uva.nl/.

Academic ⟩ Teaching

(2022-08 to 2023-07). Lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture [Dutch: Docent Nieuwe media en digitale cultuur]. Department of Media and Culture Studies, Fac. of Humanities, Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://www.uu.nl/.
(2016-08 to 2018-07). Lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture. Department of Media Studies, Fac. of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.uva.nl/.
(2016-02 to 2016-07). Lecturer in Digital Methods [Dutch: Docent Digitale methoden]. Utrecht Data School (Department of Media and Culture Studies, Fac. of Humanities), Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://www.dataschool.nl/; https://www.uu.nl/.
(2015-09 to 2016-01). Lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture [Dutch: Docent Nieuwe media en digitale cultuur]. Department of Media Studies, Fac. of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.uva.nl/.
(2014-02 to 2015-08). Teaching Assistant in Media and Culture [Dutch: Student-assistent Media en cultuur]. Department of Media Studies, Fac. of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.uva.nl/.

Other ⟩ Design

(Since 2012, July). Independent Graphic Designer. fernandovandervlist.nl, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.fernandovandervlist.nl/.
(2011-11 to 2012-05). Assistant Graphic Designer. Mind Design, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.minddesign.info/.
(2011-08 to 2011-10). Assistant Graphic Designer. The World as Flatland, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.theworldasflatland.net/.

Education

🎓Degrees

(2022, September). Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Research Doctorate). Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICON); Graduate School of Humanities, Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://www.uu.nl/.

van der Vlist, F. N. (2022, September). The Platform as Ecosystem: Configurations and Dynamics of Governance and Power (PhD Thesis). Supervised/Advised by Prof. Dr. J. F. T. M. van Dijck and Prof. Dr. C. Gerlitz. Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICON); Graduate School of Humanities, Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.33540/1284.

(2015, July). Master of Arts (MA) in Media Studies (Research Master’s). Graduate School of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://gsh.uva.nl/.

van der Vlist, F. N. (2015, June). The Making of Predictions: Social Media-Based Prediction and Its Resources, Techniques, and Applications (MA Thesis). Supervised/Advised by Dr. B. Rieder. Graduate School of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://scripties.uba.uva.nl/scriptie/569838.

(2013, July). Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Media and Culture [Dutch: Media en cultuur] │ 🎖[Cum Laude]. College of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.uva.nl/.

van der Vlist, F. N. (2013, May). A Technicity of Collaboration: Coordinating Distributed Software Development on GitHub (BA Thesis). Supervised/Advised by Dr. C. Gerlitz & E. J. T. Weltevrede. College of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

(2012, June). Bachelor of Design (BDes) in Graphic Design (Visual Communication) [Dutch: Grafisch ontwerpen (Vormgeving)]. School of Media & Design, Willem de Kooning Academy (Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences), Netherlands. https://www.wdka.nl/.

van der Vlist, F. N. (2012, June). Distributed Images, Distributed Identities, and Distributed Narratives (BDes Projects). Supervised/Advised by L. J. M A Schijvens, K. M. Mientjes, & J. L. Nordeman. School of Media & Design, Willem de Kooning Academy (Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences), Netherlands.

van der Vlist, F. N. (2012, May). Distributed Narratives: Extracting Design Methods from Nonlinear Narrative Formations (BDes Thesis). Supervised/Advised by J. L. Nordeman. School of Media & Design, Willem de Kooning Academy (Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences), Netherlands.

Certificates

(2017, August). University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) [Dutch: Basiskwalificatie onderwijs (BKO)]. Academic Centre for Human Behaviour and Movement (UCGB), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://learnacademy.vu.nl/.
(2014, January). C2 Proficiency (CPE) Qualification, International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic). British Language Training Centre (BLTC), Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.britishcouncil.nl/exam/ielts.

Accomplishments (Selected)

📚Publications

^* Note on authorship order and contributions: In the case of multi-authored publications, author names are typically listed in alphabetical order. Please reach out in case there are any questions about a publication or the contributions.

Academic ⟩ 📄 🔍Refereed Journal Articles

Hind, S., van der Vlist, F. N., & Kanderske, M. (2024). Challenges as Catalysts: How Waymo’s Open Dataset Challenges Shape AI Development. AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication. Springer Nature. DOI: 10.1007/s00146-024-01927-x.
van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., & Ferrari, F. L. (2024). Big AI: Cloud Infrastructure Dependence and the Industrialisation of Artificial Intelligence. Big Data & Society, 11(1), 1–16. SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/20539517241232630.

🔗Linked to Dataset: van der Vlist, F. N. & Helmond, A. (2023, June). Cloud AI Ecosystems of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, June 30. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/unvc2. Licence: CC-BY.

Chao, T. H. J., van Geenen, D., Gerlitz, C., & van der Vlist, F. N.^* (2024). Digital Methods for Sensory Media Research: Toolmaking as a Critical Technical Practice. In van Geenen, D., van Es, K. F., & Gray, J. W. Y. (Eds.), Critical Technical Practice(s) in Digital Research (Special Issue), Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 30(1): 236–263. SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/13548565241226791.

🔗Linked to Tools: Chao, T. H. J. (2021). AppInspect and AppTraffic. Des. Gerlitz, C., van der Vlist, F. N., et al. ASI Tools, App Studies Initiative (ASI). Available at: https://appstudies.org/tools.

van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Dieter, M. J., & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (2024). Super-Appification: Conglomeration in the Global Digital Economy. New Media & Society, 0(0): 1–24. SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/14614448231223419.

🔗Linked to Dataset: van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Dieter, M. J., & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (2023, June). Global ‘Super-App’ Landscape. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, June 1. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/fetps. Licence: CC-BY.

Hind, S., Kanderske, M., & van der Vlist, F. N.^* (2022). Making the Car ‘Platform Ready’: How Big Tech Is Driving the Platformisation of Automobility. Social Media + Society, 8(2), 1–13. SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/20563051221098697.
van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Burkhardt, M., & Seitz, T. (2022). API Governance: The Case of Facebook’s Evolution. Social Media + Society, 8(2), 1–24. SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/20563051221086228.

🔗Linked to Dataset: van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Burkhardt, M., & Seitz, T. (2021, June). Historical Facebook Platform ‘Boundary Resources’ for Application Development, 2006–2020. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, June 12. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/wfxyp. Licence: CC-BY.

Dieter, M. J., Helmond, A., Tkacz, N. van der Vlist, F. N.,^* & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (2021). Pandemic Platform Governance: Mapping the Global Ecosystem of COVID-19 Response Apps. Internet Policy Review – Journal on Internet Regulation, 10(3). Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. DOI: 10.14763/2021.3.1568.

🔗Linked to Dataset: van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Chao, T. H. J., et al. (2022, December). Historical [COVID-19]-Related Android (Google Play) and iOS (App Store) App Ecosystems, 2020–2022. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, December 21. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/2hbnu. Licence: CC-BY.

🔗Linked to Dataset: van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Chao, T. H. J., et al. (2021, May). [COVID-19]-Related Android (Google Play) and iOS (App Store) App Ecosystems. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, May 27. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/wq3dr. Licence: CC-BY.

🔗Linked to Dataset: Helmond, A., Chao, T. H. J., et al. (2021, June). COVID-19 Apps (Collection). Internet Archive, June 18. Available at: https://archive.org/details/COVID-19_Apps.

van der Vlist, F. N. & Helmond, A. (2021). How Partners Mediate Platform Power: Mapping Business and Data Partnerships in the Social Media Ecosystem. Big Data & Society, 8(1), 1–16. SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/20539517211025061.

🔗Linked to Dataset: van der Vlist, F. N. & Helmond, A. (2018, December). Business and Data Partnerships of the 20 Most-Used Social Media Platforms. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, December 7. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/ekum8. Licence: CC-BY.

Helmond, A. & van der Vlist, F. N.^* (2019). Social Media and Platform Historiography: Challenges and Opportunities. In S. I. Aasman, K. Teszelszky, & T. de Haan (Eds.), Media History for the Future: Web Archaeology (Special Issue), TMG – Journal for Media History, 22(1), 6–34. Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. DOI: 10.18146/tmg.434.
Gerlitz, C., Helmond, A., Nieborg, D. B., & van der Vlist, F. N.^* (2019). Apps and Infrastructures – A Research Agenda (Issue Editorial). In C. Gerlitz, A. Helmond, D. B. Nieborg, & F. N. van der Vlist^* (Eds.), Apps and Infrastructures (Special Issue), Computational Culture – A Journal of Software Studies, 7. Computational Culture. http://computationalculture.net/apps-and-infrastructures-a-research-agenda/.
Gerlitz, C., Helmond, A., van der Vlist, F. N.,^* & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (2019). Regramming the Platform: Infrastructural Relations Between Apps and Social Media. In C. Gerlitz, A. Helmond, D. B. Nieborg, & F. N. van der Vlist (Eds.), Apps and Infrastructures (Special Issue), Computational Culture – A Journal of Software Studies, 7. Computational Culture. http://computationalculture.net/regramming-the-platform/.

🔗Linked to Dataset: van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., et al. (2022, April). Social Media-Related Android (Google Play) and iOS (iTunes Store) App Ecosystems. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, April 15. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/n3mpj. Licence: CC-BY.

Dieter, M. J., Gerlitz, C., Helmond, A., Tkacz, N. van der Vlist, F. N.,^* & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (2019). Multi-Situated App Studies: Methods and Propositions. Social Media + Society, 5(2), 1–15. SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/2056305119846486.
Helmond, A., Nieborg, D. B., & van der Vlist, F. N.^* (2019). Facebook’s Evolution: Development of a Platform-as-Infrastructure. Internet Histories: Digital Technology, Culture and Society, 3(2), 123–146. Taylor & Francis. DOI: 10.1080/24701475.2019.1593667.

🔗Linked to Dataset: van der Vlist, F. N. & Helmond, A. (2018, December). Historical Facebook Platform ‘Boundary Resources’, 2006–2018. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, December 7. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/47zyc. Licence: CC-BY.

Alinejad, D., Candidatu, L. I., Mevsimler, M., Minchilli, C., Ponzanesi, S., & van der Vlist, F. N.^* (2018). Diaspora and Mapping Methodologies: Tracing Transnational Digital Connections with ‘Mattering Maps’. Global Networks – A Journal of Transnational Affairs, 19(1), 21–43. John Wiley & Sons and Global Networks Partnership. DOI: 10.1111/glob.12197.
van der Vlist, F. N. (2017). Counter-Mapping Surveillance: A Critical Cartography of Mass Surveillance Technology After Snowden. In D. M. Wood & S. T. Wright (Eds.), Surveillance and Security Intelligence after Snowden (Special Issue, Cont’d), Surveillance & Society, 15(1), 137–157. Surveillance Studies Network. DOI: 10.24908/ss.v15i1.5307.
van der Vlist, F. N. (2016). Accounting for the Social: Investigating Commensuration and Big Data Practices at Facebook. Big Data & Society, 3(1), 1–16. SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/2053951716631365.

Academic ⟩ 📄 🔍 (Refereed) Conference Contributions

van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., & Ferrari, F. L. (2023). Big AI: The Cloud as Marketplace and Infrastructure. AoIR 2023 Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR), Chicago, IL, USA: Association of Internet Researchers. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2023i0.13510.

🔗Linked to Dataset: van der Vlist, F. N. & Helmond, A. (2023, June). Cloud AI Ecosystems of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, June 30. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/unvc2. Licence: CC-BY.

van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Dieter, M. J., & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (2023). Super-Appification: Conglomeration in the Global Digital Economy. AoIR 2023 Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR), Chicago, IL, USA: Association of Internet Researchers. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2023i0.13509.

🔗Linked to Dataset: van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Dieter, M. J., & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (2023, June). Global ‘Super-App’ Landscape. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, June 1. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/fetps. Licence: CC-BY.

Poell, T., Nieborg, D. B. van Dijck, J. F. T. M., Caplan, R., Helmond, A., van der Vlist, F. N., Chen, J. Y., & Plantin, J.-C. (2022). Locating and Theorizing Platform Power (Panel). In AoIR 2022 Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR), Chicago, IL, USA: Association of Internet Researchers. DOI: 10.5210/spir.v2022i0.12965.

🔗Linked to Dataset: van der Vlist, F. N. & Helmond, A. (2018, December). Business and Data Partnerships of the 20 Most-Used Social Media Platforms. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, December 7. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/ekum8. Licence: CC-BY.

van der Vlist, F. N. & Helmond, A. (2021). Social Media in the Audience Economy: Business-to-Business Partnerships and Co-Dependence. In AoIR 2021 Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR), Chicago, IL, USA: Association of Internet Researchers. DOI: 10.5210/spir.v2021i0.12256.

🔗Linked to Dataset: van der Vlist, F. N. & Helmond, A. (2018, December). Business and Data Partnerships of the 20 Most-Used Social Media Platforms. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, December 7. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/ekum8. Licence: CC-BY.

van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Burkhardt, M., & Seitz, T. (2021). The Governance of Facebook Platform. In AoIR 2021 Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR), Chicago, IL, USA: Association of Internet Researchers. DOI: 10.5210/spir.v2021i0.12181.

🔗Linked to Dataset: van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Burkhardt, M., & Seitz, T. (2021, June). Historical Facebook Platform ‘Boundary Resources’ for Application Development, 2006–2020. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, June 12. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/wfxyp. Licence: CC-BY.

Burkhardt, M., Helmond, A., Seitz, T., & van der Vlist, F. N.^* (2020). The Evolution of Facebook’s Graph API. In AoIR 2020 Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR), Chicago, IL, USA: Association of Internet Researchers. DOI: 10.5210/spir.v2020i0.11185.

🔗Linked to Dataset: van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Burkhardt, M., & Seitz, T. (2021, June). Historical Facebook Platform ‘Boundary Resources’ for Application Development, 2006–2020. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, June 12. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/wfxyp. Licence: CC-BY.

Helmond, A. & van der Vlist, F. N.^* (2020). Platform and App Histories: Assessing Source Availability in Web Archives and App Repositories. In S. Healy, M. Kurzmeier, H. La Pina, & P. Duffe (Eds.), #EWAVirtual 2020 Book of Abstracts. Maynooth University Arts and Humanities Institute, Co. Kildare, Ireland: Zenodo, pp. 63–64. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4058013.
Helmond, A., Nieborg, D. B., & van der Vlist, F. N.^* (2017). The Political Economy of Social Data: A Historical Analysis of Platform–Industry Partnerships. In #SMSociety ’17 Proceedings of the 8th 2017 International Conference on Social Media & Society, New York, NY: ACM Publications. DOI: 10.1145/3097286.3097324.
Gerlitz, C., Helmond, A., van der Vlist, F. N., & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (2016, December). App Support Ecologies: An Empirical Investigation of App–Platform Relations. 1st 2016 Annual Conference of the Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’. University of Siegen, Germany. https://bit.ly/app-support-ecologies.
Gerlitz, C., Helmond, A., van der Vlist, F. N.^*, & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (Eds.) (2016). App Studies: Platform Rules and Methodological Challenges (Panel). In AoIR 2016 Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR), Chicago, IL, USA: Association of Internet Researchers. DOI: 10.5210/spir.v6i0.8431.

Academic ⟩ 📄 📗(Refereed) Book Sections

van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (Accepted/In Press). App Ecosystem Analysis. In G. Goggin & L. Hjorth (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Mobile Media (2nd Ed.). Routledge.
Helmond, A. & van der Vlist, F. N.^* (2024). Platform: A Tapestry of Meanings and Metaphors. In J. Farkas & M. Maloney (Eds.), Digital Media Metaphors: A Critical Introduction. London, UK: Routledge, pp. 24–38. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032674612-4.
Helmond, A. & van der Vlist, F. N.^* (2023). Situating the Marketization of Data. In K. F. van Es & N. Verhoeff (Eds.), Situating Data: Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture. MediaMatters. Amsterdam, NL: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 279–286. DOI: 10.5117/9789463722971_ch17.
Helmond, A. & van der Vlist, F. N.^* (2021). Platform and App Histories: Assessing Source Availability in Web Archives and App Repositories. In D. Gomes, E. Demidova, J. Winters, & T. Risse (Eds.), The Past Web: Exploring Web Archives. Cham, CH: Springer, pp. 203–214. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63291-5_16.

Academic ⟩ 📗 🎓Books, Issues, & Theses

van der Vlist, F. N. (2022, September). The Platform as Ecosystem: Configurations and Dynamics of Governance and Power (PhD Thesis). Utrecht, NL: Utrecht University. DOI: 10.33540/1284.

🔗Linked to Dataset: van der Vlist, F. N. (2022, April). The Platform as Ecosystem (Project). Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, April 15. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/6cj5x. Licence: CC-BY.

Gerlitz, C., Helmond, A., Nieborg, D. B., & van der Vlist, F. N.^* (Eds.) (2019). Apps and Infrastructures (Special Issue), Computational Culture – A Journal of Software Studies, 7. Computational Culture. http://computationalculture.net/issue-seven/.
van der Vlist, F. N. (2015, June). The Making of Predictions: Social Media-Based Prediction and Its Resources, Techniques, and Applications (MA Thesis). Amsterdam, NL: University of Amsterdam. https://scripties.uba.uva.nl/scriptie/569838.

Academic ⟩ Other

van der Vlist, F. N., & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (Eds.) (2024, May 31). The Nationality of Apps: Exploring National App Cultures and Economies (ASI Sprint Report Series No. 1). App Studies Initiative (ASI). DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/hv34x. Available at: https://appstudies.org/research-output/publications/asi-sprint-report-series/.

van der Vlist, F. N., & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (2024, May 31). The Nationality of Apps? (Editorial Introduction). In F. N. van der Vlist & E. J. T. Weltevrede (Eds.), The Nationality of Apps: Exploring National App Cultures and Economies (ASI Sprint Report Series No. 1). App Studies Initiative (ASI), pp. 6–17. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/hv34x. Available at: https://appstudies.org/research-output/publications/asi-sprint-report-series/.

van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Burkhardt, M., & Seitz, T. (2021, July). The Technicity of Platform Governance: Structure and Evolution of Facebook’s APIs. In CRC ‘Media of Cooperation’ Working Paper Series No. 20. Siegen, DE: Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, University of Siegen. DOI: 10.25819/ubsi/9951.

🔗Linked to Dataset: van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Burkhardt, M., & Seitz, T. (2021, June). Historical Facebook Platform ‘Boundary Resources’ for Application Development, 2006–2020. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, June 12. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/wfxyp. Licence: CC-BY.

Helmond, A. & van der Vlist, F. N.^* (2020, June). App Studies Reference Worksheets: Digital Research Skills for App Studies. App Studies Initiative. https://bit.ly/msrw-index.
Dieter, M. J., Gerlitz, C., Helmond, A., Tkacz, N. van der Vlist, F. N.,^* & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (2018, August). Store, Interface, Package, Connection: Methods and Propositions for App Studies. In CRC ‘Media of Cooperation’ Working Paper Series No. 4. Siegen, DE: Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, University of Siegen. DOI: 10.25819/ubsi/7893.
van der Vlist, F. N., & Helmond, A. (2017, October). Media Studies Reference Worksheets: Digital Research Skills for Media Studies. Amsterdam, NL: Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam. https://bit.ly/msrw-index.
van der Vlist, F. N., & Helmond, A. (2017, March). Speculative Data Selfies. Internet Policy Review – Journal on Internet Regulation. Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. https://policyreview.info/articles/news/speculative-data-selfies/449.
Priester, R. & Niederer, S. (2014, October). Analyse van Citizen Empowerment Tools in Amsterdam. Research by S. Niederer, van der Vlist, F. N., & C. A. Kolopaking. Amsterdam, NL: Citizen Data Lab, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. https://research.hva.nl/en/publications/analyse-van-citizen-empowerment-tools-in-amsterdam.

Academic ⟩ Other ⟩ 🗄Datasets & Analyses

van der Vlist, F. N. & Helmond, A. (2023, June). Cloud AI Ecosystems of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, June 30. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/unvc2. Licence: CC-BY.
van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Dieter, M. J., & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (2023, June). Global ‘Super-App’ Landscape. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, June 1. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/fetps. Licence: CC-BY.
van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Chao, T. H. J., et al. (2022, December). Historical [COVID-19]-Related Android (Google Play) and iOS (App Store) App Ecosystems, 2020–2022. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, December 21. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/2hbnu. Licence: CC-BY.
van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., et al. (2022, April). Social Media-Related Android (Google Play) and iOS (iTunes Store) App Ecosystems. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, April 15. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/n3mpj. Licence: CC-BY.
van der Vlist, F. N. (2022, April). The Platform as Ecosystem (Project). Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, April 15. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/6cj5x. Licence: CC-BY.
van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., et al. (2021, May). [COVID-19]-Related Android (Google Play) and iOS (App Store) App Ecosystems. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, May 27. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/wq3dr. Licence: CC-BY.
van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Burkhardt, M., et al. (2021, June). Historical Facebook Platform ‘Boundary Resources’ for Application Development, 2006–2020. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, June 12. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/wfxyp. Licence: CC-BY.
Helmond, A., Chao, T. H. J., et al. (2021, June). COVID-19 Apps (Collection). Internet Archive, June 18. Available at: https://archive.org/details/COVID-19_Apps.
van der Vlist, F. N. & Helmond, A. (2019, January). Historical Google Play and iTunes (App) Store Charts, 2010–2019. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, January 12. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/t29g8. Licence: CC-BY.
van der Vlist, F. N. & Helmond, A. (2018, December). Business and Data Partnerships of the 20 Most-Used Social Media Platforms. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, December 12. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/ekum8. Licence: CC-BY.
van der Vlist, F. N. & Helmond, A. (2018, December). Historical Facebook Platform ‘Boundary Resources’, 2006–2018. Open Science Framework (OSF), Center for Open Science, December 12. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/47zyc. Licence: CC-BY.

Other

Kouwenhoven, A. & Logtenberg, H. (2017, February 27). En meteen is daar de tweet: #waarwasBuma. Research by E. K. Borra, F. N. van der Vlist, E. V. den Tex, M. L. Adriaanse, N. A. Zoetbrood, & M. de Groot. nrc.nl. Amsterdam, NL: NRC Media. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017-02-27/en-meteen-is-daar-de-tweet-waarwasbuma-7033073-a1547979.
Kouwenhoven, A. (2015, September 10). Politie wiste per ongeluk gegevens infiltratie bij jihadi’s. Research by J. F. T. M. van Dijck, F. N. van der Vlist, & C. A. Kolopaking. nrc.nl. Amsterdam, NL: NRC Media. https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2015-09-10/politie-wiste-per-ongeluk-gegevens-infiltratie-bij-1535297-a302661.
Dunnewind, A. (Dir.). (2017, October). Future of the Past. Utrecht, NL: Stichting Impakt. https://fotp.impakt.nl/.
van Hees, C., et al. (Eds.) (2013, December). De grote Rotterdamse kunstkalender 2014 (GRKK ’14): 136–136. Rotterdam, NL: Trichis Publishing. ISBN: 978-9490608675. https://www.trichispublishing.nl/boeken/de-grote-nederlandse-kunstkalender.
Bruinsma, M. (Ed.). (2012, October). ITEMS Dutch Design Graduates 2012. Items 4–5: 41–112. Amsterdam, NL: Stichting Design Items. http://dutchdesigngraduates.nl/.
Oosterhuis, K., Bier, H., Biloria, N., Kievid, C., Slootweg, O., Xia, X. (Eds.) (2012). Hyperbody: First Decade of Interactive Architecture. Design by N. O. Schrader, M. Ejdys, E. Boldt, G. de Brock, & F. N. van der Vlist. Heijningen, NL: Jap Sam Books. ISBN: 978-9490322090. https://www.minddesign.info/hyperbody.html.
Hageman, M. & Schuller, G. (2012). Amsterdam in stukken / Amsterdam in Documents, 2010–1275. Design by G. Schuller, R. Noordhoek, S. Sturing, & F. N. van der Vlist. Amsterdam, NL and Antwerp, BE: De Bezige Bij and Lido Books. ISBN: 978-9055448371. https://www.theworldasflatland.net/amsterdam-in-documents.htm.

💲Grants

(2020, May). DFG Collaborative Research Centres [German: DFG-Sonderforschungsbereiche (SFB)] [Contributed]. German Research Foundation [German: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)], Bonn, Germany. €9,380,900.

Thielmann, T., Gerlitz, C., et al. (2020, May). Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, funding period 2020–2023 [German: DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 1187 „Medien der Kooperation”, 2020–2023]. DFG Collaborative Research Centres [German: DFG-Sonderforschungsbereiche (SFB)], German Research Foundation [German: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)], Bonn, Germany. €9,380,900. Grant number: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/262513311.

Gerlitz, C., Thielmann, T., Hind, S., Kanderske, M., van der Vlist, F. N., & Marres, N. (2020, May). A03 Navigation in Online/Offline Spaces [German: Navigation in Online/Offline Räumen]. Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, funding period 2020–2023 [German: DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 1187 „Medien der Kooperation”, 2020–2023]. €439,800. DFG Collaborative Research Centres [German: DFG-Sonderforschungsbereiche (SFB)], German Research Foundation [German: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)], Bonn, Germany. €9,380,900. Grant number: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/262513311.

(2020, May). ESRC/UKRI COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Swindon, United Kingdom. £48,278.

Dieter, M. J., Helmond, A., Tkacz, N., Weltevrede, E. J. T., van der Vlist, F. N., & Chao, T. H. J. (2020, May). COVID-19 App Store and Data Flow Ecologies [Rapid Response Grant]. ESRC/UKRI COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Swindon, United Kingdom. £48,278. Grant number: ES/V004905/1.

(2019, July). CAIS NRW Working Groups [Working Group Grant [German: Arbeitsgemeinschaft]]. Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) GmbH, Bochum, Germany. €7,600.

Burkhardt, M., Helmond, A., Seitz, T., & van der Vlist, F. N. (2019, July). Data Sharing Troubles: Tracing the Evolution of Facebook’s Graph API [Working Group Grant]. CAIS NRW Working Groups, Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) GmbH, Bochum, Germany. €7,600. https://www.cais.nrw/arbeitsgemeinschaften/data-sharing-troubles/.

(2017, May). AIHR Cutting Edge Research Fund [Network Grant]. Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. €2,500.

Helmond, A. & van der Vlist, F. N. (2017, May). App Studies Initiative: An International Network for Advancing Research Into Mobile Apps [Network Grant]. AIHR Cutting Edge Research Fund, Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. €2,500. https://aihr.uva.nl/content/news/2017/07/fifteen-grants-awardedcutting-edge-research-fund.html.

🎖 📜Awards & Honours

(2016, March). Nomination: Internet Scriptieprijzen 2015 (in the domain Internet and Social Sciences or Humanities). Koninklijke Hollandse Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem, Netherlands. https://khmw.nl/.
(2014, May). Nomination: Scriptieprijs UvA–UU–RUG. Student Association Off-Screen, Student Association AKT, and Student Association IK, Netherlands.
(2013, July). Graduation With Honour (Cum Laude). University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.uva.nl/.
(2013, February). The Best Dutch Book Designs 2012 [Dutch: De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2012]. Stichting De Best Verzorgde Boeken, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.bestverzorgdeboeken.nl/.

Oosterhuis, K., Bier, H., Biloria, N., Kievid, C., Slootweg, O., Xia, X. (Eds.) (2012). Hyperbody: First Decade of Interactive Architecture. Design by N. O. Schrader, M. Ejdys, E. Boldt, G. de Brock, & F. N. van der Vlist. Heijningen, NL: Jap Sam Books. ISBN: 978-9490322090. https://www.minddesign.info/hyperbody.html.

(2012, October). ITEMS Dutch Design Graduates 2012. Stichting Design Items, Amsterdam, Netherlands. http://dutchdesigngraduates.nl/.
(2012, September). Virtueel Platform HOT100 2012. Virtueel Platform, Amsterdam, Netherlands. http://virtueelplatform.nl/activiteiten/hot100.
(2012, September). Nomination: Rotterdamse Communicatie Scriptieprijs 2012. Platform Communicatie Rotterdam, Netherlands. http://www.scriptieprijsrotterdam.nl/.
(2012, June). Nomination: Drempelprijs Vormgeving. City of Rotterdam, Netherlands. https://www.rotterdam.nl/.

🗓Courses

(2025-02 to 2025-07). Master’s Thesis Cultural Data & AI (2024–2025). In MA Media Studies: Cultural Data & AI. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2025-02 to 2025-03). Politics and Regulation of AI (2024–2025). Coordinated by F. N. van der Vlist. In BA Global Arts, Culture and Politics Department of Arts and Culture, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2025-02 to 2025-06). Appification: The Cultures and Economies of Apps (2024–2025). Coordinated by F. N. van der Vlist & E. J. T. Weltevrede. In MA Media Studies. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2025-02 to 2025-06). Mapping the European AI News Media Ecosystem [Hosted Research Project/Tutorial]. Coordinated by T. Poell & F. N. van der Vlist^*. In Embedded Research Project (2024–2025), MA Media Studies: Cultural Data & AI. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2025-02 to 2025-06). The Appification of AI: Exploring Emerging AI App Ecosystems and Infrastructures [Hosted Research Project/Tutorial]. Coordinated by F. N. van der Vlist & E. J. T. Weltevrede. In Embedded Research Project (2024–2025), MA Media Studies: Cultural Data & AI. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2025, January). Data Project (2024–2025). In MA Media Studies: Cultural Data & AI. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2024-09 to 2024-10). Critical Perspectives on Data & AI – Concepts and Methods (2024–2025). Coordinated by T. Poell & F. N. van der Vlist^*. In MA Media Studies: Cultural Data & AI. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2024-09 to 2024-10). Fake News: Introducing The Human and AI (2024–2025). In BA Global Arts, Culture and Politics Department of Arts and Culture, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2024, June). Digital Humanities Lab (2023–2024). In BA Media and Information. Coordinated by F. N. van der Vlist. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2024-02 to 2024-06). Appification: The Cultures and Economies of Apps (2023–2024). Coordinated by F. N. van der Vlist & E. J. T. Weltevrede. In MA Media Studies. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2023-09 to 2024-06). Research Seminar and Thesis Media and Information (2023–2024). In BA Media and Information. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2023-09 to 2023-10). Fake News: Introducing The Human and AI (2023–2024). In BA Global Arts, Culture and Politics Department of Arts and Culture, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2023, September). Digital Practices (2023–2024). In BA Media and Information Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2023, February 27). Studying App Stores and Genres [Invited]. Appification: The Cultures and Economies of Apps (2022–2023). In MA Media Studies. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2022-11 to 2023-02). Bachelor Thesis Media and Culture [Dutch: BA-eindwerkstuk Media en cultuur] (2022–2023). In BA Media and Culture [Dutch: BA Media en cultuur]. Department of Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University, Netherlands.
(2022-09 to 2022-11). Research Seminar Media and Culture [Dutch: Onderzoeksseminar Media en cultuur] (2022–2023). In BA Media and Culture [Dutch: BA Media en cultuur]. Department of Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University, Netherlands.
(2022, March 8). Studying App Stores and Genres [Invited]. Appification: The Cultures and Economies of Apps (2021–2022). In MA Media Studies. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2017-09 to 2017-12). Digital Objects and Research Practices (2017–2018). In BA Media and Information. Coordinated by L. C. van der Velden & F. N. van der Vlist^*. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2017, October 9). Data Visualisation [Invited]. New Media Research Practices (2017–2018). In MA Media Studies: New Media and Digital Culture. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2016-10 to 2017-01). Digital Methods for New Media Research [Dutch: Digitale methoden voor nieuwe media] (2016–2017). In BA Media and Culture: New Media and Digital Culture. Coordinated by F. N. van der Vlist & E. J. T. Weltevrede. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2016, November 21). Platform Studies [Invited]. New Media Research Methods (2016–2017). In MA Media Studies: New Media and Digital Culture. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2016-09 to 2016-10). New Media Theories [Dutch: Nieuwe media theorieën] (2016–2017). In BA Media and Culture: New Media and Digital Culture [Dutch: BA Media en cultuur: Nieuwe media en digitale cultuur]. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2016-05 to 2016-07). Data School for Public Management [Dutch: Dataschool voor het openbaar bestuur: ‘De ambtenaar van de toekomst: Datawijs en datavaardig’] (2016). Municipality of Dordrecht [Dutch: Gemeente Dordrecht] and Utrecht Data School (Utrecht University), Netherlands.
(2016-04 to 2016-07). Workshop New Media, Data School II [Dutch: Practicum nieuwe media, data school II] (2015–2016). In BA Media and Culture: New Media and Digital Culture. Coordinated by I. Muis & F. N. van der Vlist. Utrecht Data School (Department of Media and Culture Studies), Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://dataschool.nl/onderwijs/practicum-ii/.
(2016-02 to 2016-04). Workshop New Media, Data School I [Dutch: Practicum nieuwe media, data school I] (2015–2016). In BA Media and Culture: New Media and Digital Culture. Coordinated by F. N. van der Vlist. Utrecht Data School (Department of Media and Culture Studies), Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://dataschool.nl/onderwijs/practicum-i/.
(2015-10 to 2016-01). Introduction Analysis II [Dutch: Inleiding analyse II] (2015–2016). In BA Media and Culture [Dutch: BA Media en cultuur]. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2015, October 7). Practices of Software Production [Invited]. Digital Objects and Practices [Dutch: Digitale objecten en praktijken] (2015–2016). In BA Media and Culture: New Media and Digital Culture [Dutch: BA Media en cultuur: Nieuwe media en digitale cultuur]. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2015-03 to 2015-06). Media Theory & Academic Writing [Dutch: Mediatheorie & Wetenschappelijk schrijven] (2014–2015). In BA Media and Culture [Dutch: BA Media en cultuur]. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2015-02 to 2015-05). Media History & Research Skills [Dutch: Mediageschiedenis & Onderzoeksvaardigheden] (2014–2015). In BA Media and Culture [Dutch: BA Media en cultuur]. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2015-02 to 2015-03). Introduction Media Culture II [Dutch: Inleiding mediacultuur II] (2014–2015). In BA Media and Culture [Dutch: BA Media en cultuur]. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2014-10 to 2015-02). Introduction Analysis II [Dutch: Inleiding analyse II] (2014–2015). In BA Media and Culture [Dutch: BA Media en cultuur]. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2014-09 to 2015-01). Introduction Media Culture I [Dutch: Inleiding mediacultuur I] (2014–2015). In BA Media and Culture [Dutch: BA Media en cultuur]. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2014-09 to 2014-10). Digital Objects and Practices [Dutch: Digitale objecten en praktijken] (2014–2015). In BA Media and Culture: New Media and Digital Culture [Dutch: BA Media en cultuur: Nieuwe media en digitale cultuur]. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2014-09 to 2014-10). Introduction Analysis I [Dutch: Inleiding analyse I] (2014–2015). In BA Media and Culture [Dutch: BA Media en cultuur]. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2014-03 to 2014-06). Media Theory & Academic Writing [Dutch: Mediatheorie & Wetenschappelijk schrijven] (2013–2014). In BA Media and Culture [Dutch: BA Media en cultuur]. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(2014-02 to 2014-06). Media History: Seminar [Dutch: Mediageschiedenis: werkgroep] (2013–2014). In BA Media and Culture [Dutch: BA Media en cultuur]. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

🗓Art & Design Exhibitions

(2013-10 to 2014-03). Studio @ NN DE Café. Design by F. N. van der Vlist. NN DE Café, Rotterdam, Netherlands, October 2013 – March 2014. https://www.nndecafe.nl/.
(2012, October). 2012 Dutch Design Week (DDW ’12). Machinekamer (Radio Royaal), Strijp-S, Eindhoven, Netherlands, October 20–28. https://www.ddw.nl/.
(2012-06 to 2012-07). 2012 Graduation Festival. Fenixloodsen I–II, Rotterdam, Netherlands, June 29 – July 6. https://www.wdka.nl/.
(2011, May). Rotterdam 2057. BLAAK10 Gallery & Store, Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 12–15. https://extra.wdka.nl/blaak10/.

🗓Conferences & Workshops

Coordinated & Organised

(2025, June). The Datafied Web. 6th 2025 Research Infrastructure for the Study of Archived Web Materials Conference (RESAW ’25). University of Siegen, Germany, June 5–6. https://resaw.eu/.
(2022, July). Taking Up the Challenge. Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, University of Siegen, Germany, July 14–15.
(2021, November). Making Sense of Sensor Data. Data Lab. Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, University of Siegen, Germany, November 8–10.
(2021, October). Re-Situating Learning: Making Sense of Data, Media and Dis/Unities of Practice. 6th 2021 Annual Conference of the Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’ [Online Event]. Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, University of Siegen, Germany, October 25–29. https://www.resituating-learning.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/.
(2021, July). Breaching Digital Media | Respecifying Ethnomethodology. 1st 2021 Mixing Methods Summer School. Integrated Research Training Group [German: Integriertes DFG-Graduiertenkolleg (MGK)], Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, University of Siegen, Germany, July 26–30. https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en/events/mixing-methods-summer-school-i/.
(2020, November). Mapping the COVID-19 App Space. 2nd 2020 ASI/CDI Working Group Data Sprint. App Studies Initiative (ASI) and Centre for Digital Inquiry (CDI), University of Warwick, United Kingdom, November 9–13.
(2019, October). Data Practices: Recorded, Provoked, Invented. 4th 2019 Annual Conference of the Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’. Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, University of Siegen, Germany, October 24–26. https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en/annualconference-2019/.
(2018, July). Retraining the Machine: Addressing Algorithmic Bias. 12th 2018 Digital Methods Summer School (DMI ’18). Coordinated by F. N. van der Vlist & E. J. T. Weltevrede. Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2–13. https://digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2018.
(2018, April). YouTube as Test Society II. 3rd 2018 Mobile Interface Methods Workshop. Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’ and Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM), University of Siegen, Germany, April 19–20.
(2018, January). The Social Lives of Digital Methods: Encounters, Experiments, Interventions. 10th 2018 Digital Methods Winter School, Data Sprint and Mini-Conference (DMI ’18). Coordinated by F. N. van der Vlist. Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 12–16. https://digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2018.
(2017, December). YouTube as Test Society. 2nd 2017 Mobile Interface Methods Workshop. Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’ and Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM), University of Siegen, Germany, December 11–12.
(2017-06 to 2017-07). Get the Picture?: Digital Methods for Visual Research. 11th 2017 Digital Methods Summer School (DMI ’17). Coordinated by S. M. C. Niederer, N. Sánchez-Querubín, & F. N. van der Vlist. Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 26 – July 7. https://digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2017.
(2017, January). Data Infrastructures: Database Stories, Dumps and Query Driven Narratives. 9th 2017 Digital Methods Winter School, Data Sprint and Mini-Conference (DMI ’17). Coordinated by A. Gekker & F. N. van der Vlist. Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 12–16. https://digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2017.
(2016, November). Towards an App Analysis. 1st 2016 Mobile Interface Methods Workshop. Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, University of Siegen, Germany, November 10–11. https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en/events/workshop-mobile-interface-methods/.

Invited & Keynotes

(2025, June). Platforms, Advertising and Power (AdTech Research Project Final Meeting) [Keynote]. The University of Edinburgh and University of Toronto, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, June 20.
(2025, June). Public Lecture Series ‘Infrastructure, Capitalism, and Dependency in the Digital Age’ [Invited]. Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS), University of Bonn, Germany, June 2.
(2024, May). The Material Conditions of Platform Governance [Invited; Online Event]. ‘Behind the Scenes – Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research’. [Invited; Online Event]. Lab ‘Platform Governance, Media And Technology’ (PGMT). Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, Germany, and Centre for Media and Journalism Studies (CMJS), University of Groningen, Netherlands, May 28. https://platform-governance.org/online-talk-series/session-7-anne-helmond-fernando-van-der-vlist-the-material-conditions-of-platform-governance/.
(2023, September). ‘Biographies of Artifacts and Practices’ (BOAP) Research Colloquium [Invited; Online Event]. Technische Universität (TU) Berlin, Germany, September 11.
(2023, August). AI Infrastructures [Invited]. AI, Media and Democracy Lab (AIM4Dem), Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), and Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam, NL, August 30. https://ias.uva.nl/content/events/2023/08/ai-infrastructures.html.
(2023, May). Book launch: Situating Data Situating Data – Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture [Invited]. Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH). Utrecht University Library City Centre, Netherlands, May 26. https://cdh.uu.nl/events/cdh-lecture-situating-data-inquiries-in-algorithmic-culture/.
(2023, March). Expertsessie Onderzoek naar Digitale Afhankelijkheid [Invited Expert Meeting]. Rathenau Instituut, The Hague, Netherlands, March 30.
(2022, December). Cultural Data Analysis for Media Studies [Invited]. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 14.
(2022, November). Data Commons and Online Advertisement/Platforms [Invited; Online Event]. Utrecht University and Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Berlin, Germany, November 21.
(2022, July). Online Session on Data Brokers in the EU [Invited; Online Event]. CONNECT University (CU), Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT), European Commission (EC), July 7. https://futurium.ec.europa.eu/en/connect-university/events/data-brokers-eu.
(2022, June). Online Advertisement [Invited; Online Event]. Data Commoning in Practice / Data Science & Artificial Intelligence for Society Day. Focus Areas ‘Applied Data Science’ (ADS), ‘Governing the Digital Society’ (GDS), ‘Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence’ (HAI), and FAIR Research IT, Utrecht University, Netherlands, June 30. https://www.uu.nl/en/events/data-commoning-in-practice-what-are-data-commons; https://www.uu.nl/agenda/data-science-artificial-intelligence-for-society-day.
(2022, June). Researching Mobile Apps in China: Methods and Culture [Keynote; Online Event]. The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, June 30.
(2022, June). 3rd 2022 Mobile Apps and Sensors in Surveys (MASS) Workshop. Utrecht University and University of Mannheim, Utrecht, Netherlands, June 16–17. https://massworkshop.org/.
(2021, November). How and Why Study Platform Ecosystems? [Invited; Online Event]. Center for Internet and Society (CIS), National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France. November 25. networkofcenters.net; https://cis.cnrs.fr/sem-cis-20-anne-helmond-et-fernando-van-der-vlist/.
(2021, October). How and Why Study Platform Ecosystems? [Invited; Online Event, Postponed]. The Platform Lab and Digital Intimacy, Gender & Sexuality (DIGS) Lab, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada. October 20. theplatformlab.com; https://www.digslab.net/events/anne-helmond-and-fernando-van-der-vlist-how-and-why-study-platform-ecosystems.
(2021, May). ‘Global Digital Cultures’ (GDC) Research Seminar Series [Invited; Online Event]. Research Priority Area ‘Global Digital Cultures’, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 21. https://globaldigitalcultures.uva.nl/events/research-seminars/research-seminars.html
(2021, February). The Current State of Platformisation [Keynote; Online Event]. 5th 2021 SMART Data Sprint (Digital Media Winter Institute). iNova MediaLab, NOVA Institute of Communication, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, February 1–5. https://smart.inovamedialab.org/2021-platformisation/.
(2020, August). Exploring COVID-19 App Ecologies: An Introduction to Multi-Situated App Studies [Invited; Online Event]. SummerPIT 2020. Participatory Information Technology (PIT), Aarhus University, Denmark, August 17–18. https://pit.au.dk/pit-talks-and-events/summerpit-2020/.
(2020, January). Interoperabiliteit in Big Techland [Invited Expert Meeting]. Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM), The Hague, Netherlands, January 15.
(2019, July). ‘Trolls, Bots and Dictators’ – On the Current State of Social Media Research [Keynote]. 13th 2019 Digital Methods Summer School (DMI ’19). Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 1–12. https://digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2019.
(2019, April). Appnography: Researching the Apps of Life and the Life of Apps [Invited]. RMeS PhD Workshop. Research School for Media Studies (RMeS), University of Groningen, Groningen, April 1. https://www.rmes.nl/rmes-workshop-appnography-researching-the-apps-of-life-and-the-life-of-apps/.
(2020, January). Wetenschappelijke Adviesgroep Marktstudie Appstores [Invited Expert Meeting]. Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM), The Hague, Netherlands, November 21.
(2018, June). The Tracked Society: Interdisciplinary Approaches on Online Tracking [Keynote]. ‘Assessing Big Data’ (ABIDA) and Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 21–22.
(2018, March). Using Web Archives to Chronicle Platform Evolution [Invited]. Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London, United Kingdom, March 22. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/eventrecords/2017-18/webarchives.aspx.
(2018, March). Research Seminar on Digital Economy [Invited]. Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, March 21.
(2018, February). Digital Methods in Context [Invited]. Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, February 22.
(2017, August). The Crisis in Political Polling and the Rise of Data Mining [Invited]. Department of Thematic Studies: Technology and Social Change (TEMA T), Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden, August 16–18.
(2017, May). Consolidation of Platform Power [Invited]. LSE Media Policy Project, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London, United Kingdom, May 15.
(2017, May). Platforms, burgerrechten en de markt [Invited]. Digitaal 66, Democrats 66 (D66). Florin Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, May 11. https://digitaal66.d66.nl/agenda/platforms-burgerrechten-en-markt/.
(2022, December). The Rise of Bots and the ‘Post-App World’ [Invited Talk]. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 1.
(2017-03 to 2017-04). Investigating the Formation and Representation of Crowds, Groups and Clusters in Digital Economies. 2017 Data Publics Conference. Lancaster University and Newcastle University, Lancaster, United Kingdom, March 31 – April 2. http://datapublics.net/.
(2015-10 to 2015-11). The Future of the Past (In a World Well Documented) [Invited]. 2015 Impakt Festival. Stichting Impakt. Theater Kikker, Utrecht, Netherlands, October 28 – November 1. https://impakt.nl/festival/.

Participated & Presented

(2024, October). Industry. 25th 2024 Annual Meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR ’24). The University of Sheffield (TUoS) and Sheffield Hallam University (SHU), United Kingdom, October 30 – November 2. https://aoir.org/aoir2024/.
(2024, February). National Conference on Governing AI. ‘Governing the Digital Society’ (GDS). Utrecht University, Netherlands, February 2. https://www.uu.nl/en/events/national-conference-on-governing-ai/.
(2023, December). Generative Methods: AI as Collaborator and Companion in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Computational Social- and Human Sciences (MASSHINE), Aalborg University, Denmark, December 6–8. https://www.en.ssh.aau.dk/conference-generative-methods-e78062.
(2023, October). Revolutions. 24th 2023 Annual Meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR ’23). Temple University and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, October 18–21. https://aoir.org/aoir2023/.
(2023, June). Global Perspectives on Platforms, Labor & Social Reproduction. ‘Platform Labor’ and Research Priority Area ‘Global Digital Cultures’, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 27–28. https://globaldigitalcultures.uva.nl/content/events/events/2022/06/conference-global-perspectives-on-platforms-and-cultural-production.html.
(2023, June). Observability, Algorithmic Systems and the Public Domain. ‘Governing the Digital Society’ (GDS). Utrecht University, Netherlands, June 9. https://www.uu.nl/en/events/gds-symposium-observability-algorithmic-systems-and-the-public-domain.
(2023, June). Exploring the Archived Web During a Highly Transformative Age. 5th 2023 Research Infrastructure for the Study of Archived Web Materials Conference (RESAW ’23). TELEMMe Laboratory, Aix-Marseille University, France, June 5–6. https://resaw.eu/.
(2023, May). Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication. 73rd 2023 Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA ’23). Toronto, ON, Canada, May 25–29. https://www.icahdq.org/page/ICA2023.
(2022, November). Infrastructures of Autonomy. Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) and the Brandenburgisches Zentrum für Medienwissenschaften (ZeM), Berlin, Germany, November 23–25 [Withdrawn]. https://www.hiig.de/en/events/infrastructures-of-autonomy/.
(2022, November). Features and Futures of Digital Labor. 5th 2022 International Network on Digital Labor Confrence (INDL-5). National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, November 3–5. https://indl.network/.
(2022, November). Decolonising the Internet. 23rd 2022 Annual Meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR ’22). School of Information and Communication Studies, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland, November 2–5. https://aoir.org/aoir2022/.
(2022, October). Reimagining Platforms: Research, Governance and Labour. The University of Edinburgh and University of Toronto, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, October 31. https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/reimagining/.
(2022, October). Producing a Holistic Approach to Mapping the AI and Media Landscape. AI, Media and Democracy Lab (AIM4Dem), Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 11.
(2022, July). Vision Methodologies: New Visual Analysis Online. 16th 2022 Digital Methods Summer School and Data Sprint (DMI ’22). Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 4–15. https://digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2022.
(2022, June). Global Perspectives on Platforms and Cultural Production. Research Priority Area ‘Global Digital Cultures’, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 1–2. https://globaldigitalcultures.uva.nl/content/events/events/2022/06/conference-global-perspectives-on-platforms-and-cultural-production.html.
(2022, May). One World, One Network‽. 72nd 2022 Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA ’22). Paris, France, May 26–30. https://www.icahdq.org/page/ICA2022.
(2021, October). Independence. 22nd 2021 Annual Meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR ’21) [Online Event]. October 13–16. https://aoir.org/aoir2021/.
(2021, October). Good Relations: Practices and Methods in Unequal and Uncertain Worlds. 2021 Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S ’21) [Online Event]. October 6–9. https://www.4sonline.org/.
(2021, June). 2021 IIPC General Assembly & Web Archiving Conference (GA & WAC’21) [Online Event]. National Library of Luxembourg, June 14–16. https://netpreserve.org/ga2021/.
(2021, May). Off the Grid. 4th 2021 International Geomedia Conference (Geomedia ’21) [Online Event]. Siegen, Germany, May 5–8. https://www.geomedia.uni-siegen.de/.
(2021-01 to 2021-02). Doing App Studies with Digital Methods [Online Event]. Research Tech Lab (2020–2021). Integrated Research Training Group [German: Integriertes DFG-Graduiertenkolleg (MGK)], Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, University of Siegen, Germany, January 12 and February 9.
(2020, October). Life. 21st 2020 Annual Meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR ’20) [Online Event]. Dublin, Ireland, October 26–31. https://aoir.org/aoir2020/.
(2020, October). Pandemic Cooperation: Media and Society in Times of Corona. 5th 2020 Annual Conference of the Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’ [Online Event]. Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, University of Siegen, Germany, October 27–28. https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en/annualconference-2020/.
(2020, September). Opportunities, Challenges and Potentialities. Engaging with Web Archives (EWA ’20) [Online Event]. Maynooth University Arts and Humanities Institute, Maynooth University, County Kildare, Ireland, September 21–22. https://ewaconference.com/.
(2020-06 to 2020-07). Social Media Manipulation: From Artificial Amplification and Inauthentic Behaviour to Deplatforming and Counter-Speech. 14th 2020 Digital Methods Summer School (DMI ’20). Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 29 – July 3. https://digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2020.
(2020, June). Lines of Sight. 9th 2020 Biennial Surveillance & Society Conference of the Surveillance Studies Network (SSN ’20) [Cancelled]. Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, June 8–10. https://www.eur.nl/en/eshcc/research/ssn-2020/.
(2019, June). The Web That Was: Archives, Traces, Reflections. 3rd 2019 Research Infrastructure for the Study of Archived Web Materials Conference (RESAW ’19). University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, June 19–21. https://thewebthatwas.net/.
(2019, January). Standards Revisited. Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, University of Siegen, Germany, January 24–25. https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en/events/workshop-a01-standards-revisited/.
(2019, January). Post-Truth Empiricism: On the New Epistemologies and Research Affordances of Social Media. 11th 2019 Digital Methods Winter School and Data Sprint (DMI ’19). Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 7–11. https://digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2019.
(2018, October). 3rd 2018 Amsterdam Privacy Conference (APC ’18). Amsterdam Platform for Privacy Research, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 5–8. https://www.apc2018.com/.
(2018, September). Media in the Wild: Digital Practices in Motion. 3rd 2018 Annual Conference of the Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’. Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, University of Siegen, Germany, September 25–26. https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en/annual-conference-2018-2/.
(2018, May). Voices. 68th 2018 Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA ’18). Prague, Czech Republic, May 24–28. https://www.icahdq.org/page/ICA2018.
(2017, November). Digital Platforms and Boundary Infrastructures. Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, University of Siegen, Germany, November 2–3. https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en/events/workshop-digital-platforms-and-boundary-infrastructures/.
(2017, July). Social Media for Good or Evil. 8th 2017 International Conference on Social Media and Society (#SMSociety ’17). Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 28–30. https://socialmediaandsociety.org/.
(2017, June). 2nd 2017 Data Power Conference. School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 22–23. https://carleton.ca/datapower/.
(2016, December). Historical Network Analysis. CREATE Digital History Workshop Series. ‘Creative Amsterdam: An E-Humanities Perspective’ (CREATE), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 14. https://www.create.humanities.uva.nl/.
(2016, December). Infrastructures of Publics – Publics of Infrastructures. 1st 2016 Annual Conference of the Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’. Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, University of Siegen, Germany, December 8–10. https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en/first-annual-conference-2016/.
(2016, October). Internet Rules! 17th 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR ’16). Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) and Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, October 5–8. https://aoir.org/aoir2016/.
(2016, September). The Platform Society. 4th 2016 Internet, Politics, and Policy Conference (IPP ’16). Oxford Internet Institute (OII) and Policy & Internet, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, September 22–23. https://ipp.oii.ox.ac.uk/.
(2016-06 to 2016-07). Only Connect?: A Critical Appraisal of Connecting Practices in the Age of Social Media. 10th 2016 Digital Methods Summer School (DMI ’16). Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 27 – July 8. https://digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016.
(2016, January). Otherwise Engaged: Critical Analytics and the New Meanings of Engagement Online. 8th 2016 Digital Methods Winter School, Data Sprint and Mini-Conference (DMI ’16). Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 11–15. https://digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016.
(2015-06 to 2015-07). Post-Snowden Media Empiricism and Secondary Social Media: Data Studies Beyond Facebook and Twitter. 9th 2015 Digital Methods Summer School (DMI ’15). Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 29 – July 10. https://digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2015.
(2015, January). Show Me Your Dashboard: New Media Monitoring and Data Analytics as Critical Practice. 7th 2015 Digital Methods Winter School, Data Sprint and Mini-Conference (DMI ’15). Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 12–16. https://digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2015.
(2014, October). Citizen Empowerment Tools. 1st 2014 Citizen Data Sprint. Citizen Data Lab and Amsterdam Creative Industries Network, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands, October 20–24. http://www.citizendatalab.com/.
(2014-06 to 2014-07). On Geolocation: Remote Event Analysis (Mapping Conflicts, Disasters, Elections and other Events with Online and Social Media Data). 8th 2014 Digital Methods Summer School (DMI ’14). Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 23 – July 4. https://digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2014.
(2014, June). News and the Changing Culture of Public Information. 4th 2014 RMeS Summer School. Research School for Media Studies (RMeS) and The Huizinga Instituut, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 16–18. https://www.rmes.nl/summer-school-news-changing-culture-public-information/.
(2014, March). Coping with Vulnerability to Climate Change: Adaptation, its Limits and Post-Adaptation Mechanisms. 2nd 2014 EMAPS Amsterdam Sprint. Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 24–28. https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/VulnerabilityClimateChange.
(2014, January). My Sentiments Exactly: On Methods of Early Warning, Detection and Monitoring through Online and Social Media. 6th 2014 Digital Methods Winter School, Data Sprint and Mini-Conference (DMI ’14). Digital Methods Initiative, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 13–17. https://digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2014.
(2012, September). Virtueel Platform HOT100 Workshop. 7th 2012 PICNIC Festival (PICNIC ’12). EYE Film Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 17.

👥Memberships

Groups, Labs, & Networks

(Since 2020, October). Public Data Lab. https://publicdatalab.org/.
(Since 2016, December). App Studies Initiative (ASI). Directed by A. Helmond, D. B. Nieborg, & F. N. van der Vlist^*. https://appstudies.org/.
(Since 2014, February). Digital Methods Initiative (DMI). Directed by R. A. Rogers. Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.digitalmethods.net/.
(2016-02 to 2016-07). ERC Consolidator Project ‘Digital Crossings in Europe: Gender, Diaspora and Belonging’ (CONNECTINGEUROPE). Coordinated by S. Ponzanesi. Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://connectingeuropeproject.eu/.
(2016-02 to 2016-07). ‘The Datafied Society’. Coordinated by K. F. van Es and M. T. Schäfer. Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICON), Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://datafiedsociety.nl/.
(2016-02 to 2016-07). Utrecht Data School (UDS). Directed by M. T. Schäfer & T. M. W. Boeschoten. Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://dataschool.nl/.
(2014-02 to 2016-01). ‘Media of Calculation’. Coordinated by C. Gerlitz & B. Rieder. Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://asca.uva.nl/.

Institutes, Schools, & Centres

(Since 2023, August). Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA). Fac. of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://asca.uva.nl/.
(2020-01 to 2023-07). Focus Area ‘Governing the Digital Society’. Coordinated by J. F. T. M. van Dijck, J. H. Gerards, A. Gebrandy, A. J. Meijer, & M. T. Schäfer. Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://www.uu.nl/en/research/governing-the-digital-society.
(2016-07 to 2023-07). Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’ [German: DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 1187 „Medien der Kooperation”]. Directed by C. Gerlitz & T. Thielmann. University of Siegen, Germany. https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/.
(2019-04 to 2023-07). Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICON) [Dutch: Instituut voor Cultuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (ICON)]. Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://www.uu.nl/en/research/institute-for-cultural-inquiry.

Associations

(2014–2015, Since 2022, November). Research School for Media Studies (RMeS). Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.rmes.nl/.
(Since 2016, July). Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR). Chicago, IL, USA, United States of America. https://aoir.org/.
(2018, 2022–2023). International Communication Association (ICA). Washington, DC, United States of America. https://www.icahdq.org/.
(2021). Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). Milwaukee, WI, United States of America. https://www.4sonline.org/.
(2014-02 to 2015-08). Research School for Media Studies (RMeS). Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.rmes.nl/.

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