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Fernando van der Vlist
“ is a postdoctoral researcher of media and digital society at Utrecht University and also, since 2016, with the Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’ at the University of Siegen
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On this website, you’ll find my profile information (including short and longer author bios and my academic résumé), an archive of my scholarly papers and publications, my design projects and visualisations, a ‘thumbnail’ gallery, and (free-to-use) resources that I created for students, researchers, and lecturers in the area of internet-related research. My latest and pinned (highlighted) papers and projects are also listed separately below on this page (please hover to display additional information). Nearly all of my scholarly publications are open access and freely available to everyone.

I defended my PhD thesis The Platform as Ecosystem: Configurations and Dynamics of Governance and Power at Utrecht University on 16 September 2022.

Please reach out to me via email and follow my updates on Twitter or Google Scholar.

Field: Media Studies (Humanities) │ Areas: 🏷Platformisation 🏷Platform Studies 🏷App Studies 🏷Digital Methods 🏷Issue Mapping 🏷Internet Studies 🏷Social Media 🏷Web History 🏷Platform Ecosystems
At: 🏢Utrecht University 🏢University of Siegen │ Groups: 👥‘Governing the Digital Society’ 👥‘Media of Cooperation’ │ 👥App Studies Initiative 👥Digital Methods Initiative 👥Public Data Lab
Formerly: 🕓University of Amsterdam 🕓Utrecht Data School (Utrecht University) 🕓Mind Design 🕓The World as Flatland

About: ↪ 👤about.html #Profile ↪ 👤 📋about.html #Bios ↪ 👤about.html #Résumé │ Contact: ↪ 👤 📇contact.html #Card ↪ 🐦twitter.com/@fvandervlist

✨Latest 7

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📌 the-platform-as-ecosystem.html
├ DOI: 10.33540/1284
├ Linked to OSF DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/6cj5x
 ├ Linked to URL: zotero.org
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 262513311		 2022-09-11 The Platform as Ecosystem 🎓 📗 🔍Thesis 🌍Public
wiki.digitalmethods.net 2022-07 The Evolution of (Super) Apps 📝Web Report 🌍Public
making-the-car-platform-ready.html
├ DOI: 10.1177/20563051221098697
├ Part of e-ISSN: 2056-3051
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 262513311
 		2022-06-26 Making the Car ‘Platform Ready’ 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 api-governance.html
├ DOI: 10.1177/20563051221086228
├ Part of e-ISSN: 2056-3051
 ├ Linked to OSF DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/wfxyp
 ├ Funded by URL: cais.nrw
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 262513311
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 275-45-009
 ├ Version of DOI: 10.25819/ubsi/9951
 └ Cited by SERP: scholar.google.com		 2022-05-07 API Governance 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
osf.io/n3mpj/
├ DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/n3mpj
├ Linked to URL: computationalculture.net
├ Funded by Grant №: 262513311
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 275-45-009
 		2022-04-16 Social Media-Related Android (Google Play) and iOS (iTunes Store) App Ecosystems 🗄Research Data 🔓Open Access
📌 osf.io/6cj5x/
├ DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/6cj5x
├ Linked to DOI: 10.33540/1284
 ├ Linked to URL: zotero.org
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 262513311
 		2022-04-15 The Platform as Ecosystem (Data Sets) 🗄Research Data 🔓Open Access
osf.io/wfxyp/
├ DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/wfxyp
├ Linked to DOI: 10.1177/20563051221086228
 ├ Linked to DOI: 10.25819/ubsi/9951
 ├ Funded by URL: cais.nrw
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 262513311
 └ Funded by Grant №: 275-45-009		 2022-03-01 Historical Facebook Platform ‘Boundary Resources’ for Application Development, 2006–2020 🗄Research Data 🔓Open Access

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📌 the-platform-as-ecosystem.html
├ DOI: 10.33540/1284
├ Linked to OSF DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/6cj5x
 ├ Linked to URL: zotero.org
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 262513311		 2022-09-11 The Platform as Ecosystem 🎓 📗 🔍Thesis 🌍Public
📌 api-governance.html
├ DOI: 10.1177/20563051221086228
├ Part of e-ISSN: 2056-3051
 ├ Linked to OSF DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/wfxyp
 ├ Funded by URL: cais.nrw
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 262513311
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 275-45-009
 ├ Version of DOI: 10.25819/ubsi/9951
 └ Cited by SERP: scholar.google.com		 2022-05-07 API Governance 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 pandemic-platform-governance.html
├ DOI: 10.14763/2021.3.1568
├ Part of e-ISSN: 2197-6775
 ├ Linked to OSF DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/wq3dr
 ├ Linked to URL: archive.org
 ├ Funded by Grant №: ES/V004905/1
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 262513311
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 275-45-009
 └ Funded by Grant №: VI.Veni.191C.048		 2021-08-06 Pandemic Platform Governance 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 how-partners-mediate-platform-power.html
├ DOI: 10.1177/20539517211025061
├ Part of e-ISSN: 2053-9517
 ├ Linked to OSF DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/ekum8
 ├ Linked to URL: bigdatasoc.blogspot.com
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 262513311
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 275-45-009
 └ Cited by SERP: scholar.google.com		 2021-06-14 How Partners Mediate Platform Power 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 appstudies.org/data
└ Part of URL: appstudies.org		 2020-06 ASI Data Sets 🗄Research Data 🌍Public
📌 appstudies.org/tools
└ Part of URL: appstudies.org		 2020-06 ASI Tools 🔧Research Tools 🌍Public
📌 social-media-and-platform-historiography.html
├ DOI: 10.18146/tmg.434
├ Part of URL: tmgonline.nl
 ├ Part of e-ISSN: 2213-7653
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 275-45-009
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 262513311
 └ Cited by SERP: scholar.google.com		 2019-11-06 Social Media and Platform Historiography 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 apps-and-infrastructures-a-research-agenda.html
├ URL: computationalculture.net
├ Part of URL: computationalculture.net
 ├ Part of e-ISSN: 2047-2390
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 262513311
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 275-45-009
 └ Cited by SERP: scholar.google.com		 2019-10-21 Apps and Infrastructures – A Research Agenda 📄 📗Issue Editorial 🔓Open Access
📌 regramming-the-platform.html
├ URL: computationalculture.net
├ Part of URL: computationalculture.net
 ├ Part of e-ISSN: 2047-2390
 ├ Linked to OSF DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/n3mpj
 ├ Linked to URL: computationalculture.net
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 262513311
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 275-45-009
 └ Cited by SERP: scholar.google.com		 2019-10-21 Regramming the Platform 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 multi-situated-app-studies.html
├ DOI: 10.1177/2056305119846486
├ Part of e-ISSN: 2056-3051
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 275-45-009
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 262513311
 └ Cited by SERP: scholar.google.com		 2019-06-06 Multi-Situated App Studies 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 facebooks-evolution.html
├ DOI: 10.1080/24701475.2019.1593667
├ Part of ISSN: 2470-1475
 ├ Part of e-ISSN: 2470-1483
 ├ Linked to OSF DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/47zyc
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 275-45-009
 ├ Funded by Grant №: 262513311
 └ Cited by SERP: scholar.google.com		 2019-05-01 Facebook’s Evolution 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
📌 media-studies-reference-worksheets.html
├ URL: bit.ly/msrw-index
├ Linked to URL: bit.ly/msrw-3
 ├ Linked to URL: bit.ly/msrw-2
 └ Linked to URL: bit.ly/msrw-1		 2017-10 Media Studies Reference Worksheets 📚Reference Worksheets 🌍Public
📌 accounting-for-the-social.html
├ DOI: 10.1177/2053951716631365
├ Part of e-ISSN: 2053-9517
 └ Cited by SERP: scholar.google.com		 2016-06-01 Accounting for the Social 📄 🔍Research Article 🔓Open Access
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👤 about.html
├ ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1401-0325
├ Linked to Profile: uu.nl/staff/FNvanderVlist
 └ Linked to Profile: mediacoop.uni-siegen.de
 2022-09-23 About
👤 contact.html
├ Twitter: @fvandervlist
├ Linked to Profile: Academia
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