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🧵Summary

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

🔍 📦I’m PI (Principal Investigator) of the NWO-funded project ‘AI Power: A Critical Platform Analysis’ (2025–2029) and co-director of the international App Studies Initiative (ASI). 👥I’m also affiliated with the UvA’s Digital Methods Initiative (DMI), the Public Data Lab, and the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) at the Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR).

🔍Platforms, AI, & Society My work spans critical platform studies, app studies, and data studies, with contributions published in leading interdisciplinary and specialist journals, including Big Data & Society, New Media & Society, Social Media + Society, Internet Policy Review, AI & Society, Convergence, Internet Histories, and Computational Culture. In addition to publishing in leading interdisciplinary and specialist journals, I’m the author of The Platform as Ecosystem (2022), and co-editor of Governing the Digital Society (AUP, 2025). My research has been supported by the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), amongst others.

🕓Prior to my current role, I held research positions in the ‘Governing the Digital Society’ (GDS) focus area at Utrecht University (UU) and the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre 1187 ‘Media of Cooperation’ at the University of Siegen. I’ve also taught in media and culture studies and digital methods at the UvA, UU, and Utrecht Data School (UDS).

🎓I received my PhD from Utrecht University in 2022 with the dissertation The Platform as Ecosystem: Configurations and Dynamics of Governance and Power, jointly supervised by Prof. José van Dijck (UU) and Prof. Carolin Gerlitz (University of Siegen). The study offers critical empirical, theoretical, and innovative methodological insights into the governance and power structures of digital platform ecosystems. In addition to my academic work, I have professional experience as a graphic (information) designer, combining research and design expertise in my publications and teaching.

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🔍Research

I’m an ‘early-career researcher’ with 10+ years of experience in academic research and publishing (3+ years post-PhD). 🔍My research focuses on the critical study of digital platforms and apps, their ecosystems, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) in culture and society. My work spans critical internet and platform studies, app studies, digital methods, software studies, and critical data and AI studies. I have contributed foundational conceptual and methodological frameworks for analysing digital infrastructures, platform governance, and power dynamics within platform ecosystems—advancing key debates on platformisation, appification, and datafication.

My empirical work has addressed, amongst others, the ‘industrialisation’ and political economy of AI and cloud infrastructure (‘Big AI’), platform power in the global audience data economy, and structural shifts in digital marketing and ad-tech. I have studied the evolution of ‘API governance’ and partnership strategies in Facebook’s platform evolution, as well as broader infrastructural dependencies and dynamics across platform ecosystems. My work on apps includes pioneering empirical and methodological studies on the global culture and political economy of ‘super-apps’ (including the process of ‘super-appification’), app store governance and content moderation during the COVID-19 pandemic (also the first global landscape study of COVID apps), and the development of historical methods for studying platform and app ecosystems (called ‘platform historiography’).

📚I’ve (co-)authored and edited 45+ scholarly publications (cited 1,300+ times; 17 h-index. My work has appeared in leading interdisciplinary and field-specific journals, 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 (artificial intelligence), Convergence (media studies), Internet Histories and TMG – Journal for Media History (media history), Surveillance & Society (surveillance studies), and Computational Culture (software studies). I’m also the author of The Platform as Ecosystem: Configurations and Dynamics of Governance and Power (2022) and co-editor of Governing the Digital Society (AUP, 2025—with José van Dijck, Karin van Es, & Anne Helmond), the ASI Sprint Report Series (since 2024—with Esther Weltevrede), and guest co-editor of a special issue on ‘Apps and Infrastructures’ (Computational Culture, 2019—with Carolin Gerlitz, Anne Helmond, & David Nieborg). ✨My articles on ‘Big AI’ and Facebook’s evolution are amongst the most cited in Big Data & Society (past 3 years) and Internet Histories (all time). My first (solo-authored) article was published in Big Data & Society in February 2016.

👥My co-authors and collaborators include Anne Helmond, Esther Weltevrede, David Nieborg, Carolin Gerlitz, Michael Dieter, Nathaniel Tkacz, Sam Hind, José van Dijck, Karin van Es, and Thomas Poell. I co-founded and direct the App Studies Initiative—an international research collective dedicated to the critical study of apps and platforms, including their software and data infrastructures, cultures, histories, political economy, and governance&mdsah;in 2016, and have been affiliated with the UvA’s Digital Methods Initiative since 2014 and the Public Data Lab since 2020.

🗓I've (co-)organised and participated in 100+ academic conferences, workshops, and data ‘sprints’—including as keynote or invited speaker. Amongst them are the annual Digital Methods Summer and Winter Schools (DMI, UvA), and meetings of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) and the International Communication Association (ICA). From 2016–2018, I served as programme coordinator for the annual Digital Methods Summer and Winter Schools at the UvA, having been involved in their organisation since 2014.

💲My research has received funding support from several national research councils, including the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), as well as from other organisations. I was awarded a Veni grant (€320,000) from the Dutch Research Council (NWO Talent Programme) for my project ‘AI Power: A Critical Platform Analysis’ (2025–2029) co-applicant on a CAIS Working Groups grant from the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (€7,600; 2019–2020), and on (a subproject in) the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre 1187 ‘Media of Cooperation’ (€439,800 of €€9,380,900; 2020–2023), and contributor on the ESRC-funded ‘COVID-19 App Store and Data Flow Ecologies’ Rapid Response project (£48,278; 2020–2021). 🏅I also received awards and nominations for my design work.

🧩I (co-)develop open-access datasets, software tools, and teaching resources for platform and app studies that are widely used in academic and educational settings. Additionally, I contribute to expert and policy consultations on online platforms and the digital economy, including for the European Union, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM), the Rathenau Instituut, and the Dutch political party D66. 📰My research has been featured in academic and journalistic media, including the Rathenau Instituut’s podcast Verrekijkers, and NRC. My design work has also been highlighted in De Grote Rotterdamse Kunstkalender (Trichis Publishing, 2014), and Dutch design magazine Items (Stichting Design Items, 2012).

🎓I obtained my PhD from Utrecht University in 2022 with the dissertation The Platform as Ecosystem: Configurations and Dynamics of Governance and Power, jointly supervised by Prof. José van Dijck (UU) and Prof. Carolin Gerlitz (University of Siegen). The study offers critical empirical, theoretical, and innovative methodological insights into the governance and power structures of digital platform ecosystems.

📧I’m available to (co-)supervise PhD candidates whose research aligns with my areas of expertise. I’m currently (co-)supervisor of Nuoyi Wang (with Prof. Thomas Poell), whose doctoral project explores the evolving global dynamics of platform power in generative AI ecosystems.

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👨‍🏫Teaching

I have broad teaching experience at the Bachelor’s and Master’s level. Currently, since 2023, I serve as programme coordinator for the newly-developed Master’s in Cultural Data & AI (MA Media Studies, since September 2024). I also teach in the English-taught Bachelor’s programmes Media and Information and the newly-developed (interdisciplinary and bilingual) Global Arts, Culture and Politics (Cultural Studies, since September 2023), where I was also part of the development team for its ‘The Human and AI’ track. I contribute to curriculum development across degree programmes and departments (Media Studies, Arts and Culture), with a focus on integrating critical perspectives on platforms, data, and AI. Media Studies at the UvA is one of the field’s foremost departments, and consistently ranks as or amongst the top programmes worldwide.

🕓Since 2014, I’ve taught, designed, and coordinated 35+ Bachelor’s and Master’s-level courses and also gave several invited guest lectures and seminars. I’ve held teaching roles in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam and the Department of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University, including its (semi-independent) Utrecht Data School (UDS). In 2016, I also taught an extramural course on digital methods for Dutch public management professionals at UDS, where I also facilitated several embedded research projects with external partners.

👨‍🏫My teaching reflects an interdisciplinary, research-led approach informed by my expertise in digital methods, platform studies, and critical data infrastructures, and often involves hands-on workshops, empirical projects, and engagement with live and archived web data.

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🕓Background

💼I previously held research positions at Utrecht University and the University of Siegen. From 2020–2023, I was a (postdoctoral) researcher in the interdisciplinary focus area ‘Governing the Digital Society’ (GDS) at Utrecht University. From 2016–2023, I contributed to the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre 1187 ‘Media of Cooperation’ as a research associate at the University of Siegen. I was a PhD candidate from 2019–2022, jointly supervised by Prof. José van Dijck (UU) and Prof. Carolin Gerlitz (University of Siegen).

Before my doctoral research, I held several academic (research and teaching) positions at Utrecht University (UU) and the University of Amsterdam (UvA). I taught as a Lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture and Digital Methods in the Department of Media Studies at the UvA (from 2014–2018), in the Department of Media and Culture Studies at UU (2016, 2022–2023), and at its Utrecht Data School (2016). In 2016, while at UU, I also worked as a researcher in the ERC-funded project ‘Digital Crossings in Europe’ (CONNECTINGEUROPE), providing consultation on digital methods and online mapping methodologies to a team of PhD and postdoc researchers.

📐Alongside my academic work, I have professional experience as a graphic (information) designer, combining design expertise with research in my publications and teaching.

🎓I received my PhD from Utrecht University in September 2022 with the dissertation The Platform as Ecosystem: Configurations and Dynamics of Governance and Power. I also hold a Research Master’s degree in Media Studies from the University of Amsterdam (2015) and a professional degree in Graphic Design (Visual Communication) from the Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (2012). I obtained my University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) from the UvA in 2017.

🔗You can find more below on this page, LinkedIn, and ORCID. 📧A complete CV is available upon request.

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Fernando van der Vlist, PhD, is Assistant Professor in Critical Data & AI at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Faculty of Humanities, where he also coordinates the Master’s programme in Cultural Data & AI. 🔍His research focuses on the critical study of digital platforms and apps, their ecosystems, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) in culture and society.
(🔗fernandovandervlist.nl.) 		Fernando van der Vlist, PhD, is Assistant Professor in Critical Data & AI at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Faculty of Humanities, where he also coordinates the Master’s programme in Cultural Data & AI. 🔍His research focuses on the critical study of digital platforms and apps, their ecosystems, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) in culture and society.
🔍 📦He is PI of the NWO Veni-funded project ‘AI Power: A Critical Platform Analysis’ (2025–2029) and co-directs the App Studies Initiative. 👥He is also affiliated with the UvA’s Digital Methods Initiative and the Public Data Lab.
(🔗More at fernandovandervlist.nl—or find him on 𝕏 (Twitter), 🦋Bluesky, LinkedIn, and Scholar.) 		Fernando van der Vlist, PhD, is Assistant Professor in Critical Data & AI at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Faculty of Humanities, where he also coordinates the Master’s programme in Cultural Data & AI. 🔍His research focuses on the critical study of digital platforms and apps, their ecosystems, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) in culture and society.
🔍 📦He is PI of the NWO Veni-funded project ‘AI Power: A Critical Platform Analysis’ (2025–2029) and co-directs the App Studies Initiative. 👥He is also affiliated with the UvA’s Digital Methods Initiative and the Public Data Lab.
🕓Prior to his current position, Fernando worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the ‘Governing the Digital Society’ focus area at Utrecht University and the DFG (German Research Foundation)-funded Collaborative Research Centre 1187 ‘Media of Cooperation’ at the University of Siegen. 🎓He received his PhD from Utrecht University in 2022 with the dissertation The Platform as Ecosystem: Configurations and Dynamics of Governance and Power.
(🔗More at fernandovandervlist.nl—or find him on 𝕏 (Twitter), 🦋Bluesky, LinkedIn, and Scholar.) 		Fernando van der Vlist, PhD, is Assistant Professor in Critical Data & AI at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Faculty of Humanities, where he also coordinates the Master’s programme in Cultural Data & AI. 🔍His research focuses on the critical study of digital platforms and apps, their ecosystems, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) in culture and society.
🔍 📦He is PI of the NWO Veni-funded project ‘AI Power: A Critical Platform Analysis’ (2025–2029) and co-directs the App Studies Initiative. 👥He is also affiliated with the UvA’s Digital Methods Initiative and the Public Data Lab.
📚Fernando’s work has been published in leading journals such as Big Data & Society, New Media & Society, and Social Media + Society, and he is co-editor of Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values (AUP, 2025) and the ASI Sprint Report Series. 💲His research has been supported by the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), amongst others.
🕓Prior to his current position, Fernando worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the ‘Governing the Digital Society’ focus area at Utrecht University and the DFG (German Research Foundation)-funded Collaborative Research Centre 1187 ‘Media of Cooperation’ at the University of Siegen. 🎓He received his PhD from Utrecht University in 2022 with the dissertation The Platform as Ecosystem: Configurations and Dynamics of Governance and Power. 👨‍🏫He has also taught in media and culture studies and digital methods at the UvA, UU, and Utrecht Data School. 📐Alongside his academic work, Fernando has professional experience as a graphic (information) designer.
(🔗More at fernandovandervlist.nl—or find him on 𝕏 (Twitter), 🦋Bluesky, LinkedIn, and Scholar.)

💼Experience

Academic ⟩ Faculty

  1. (Since 2023, August). Professor (Assistant) [Dutch: Universitair Docent]. Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR); Department of Media Studies, Fac. of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.uva.nl/.
    2. (Since 2023, August). Programme Coordinator/Director and Curriculum Development 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

  1. (2025-09 to 2029-02). Principal Investigator [Dutch: Projectleider en hoofdonderzoeker]. NWO Talent Programme | Veni – Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) [Dutch: NWO-Talentprogramma | Veni – Sociale en Geesteswetenschappen (SGW)]. Digital Methods Initiative (Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research; Department of Media Studies, Fac. of Humanities), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.digitalmethods.net/; https://www.uva.nl/.
    2. van der Vlist, F. N. (2025, June). AI Power: A Critical Platform Analysis. NWO Talent Programme | Veni – Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) 2024: Panel Cultural Sciences and Linguistics [Dutch: NWO-Talentprogramma | Veni – Sociale en Geesteswetenschappen (SGW) 2024: Panel Cultuur- en Taalwetenschappen (CTW)]. Dutch Research Council [Dutch: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)], The Hague, Netherlands. €320,000. Grant number: VI.Veni.241C.001.
  2. (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/.
  3. (2016-07 to 2023-07). Researcher (Associate/Postdoctoral) [German: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter]. DFG Collaborative Research Centre 1187 ‘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/.
    4. Thielmann, T., Gerlitz, C., et al. (2020, May). DFG Collaborative Research Centre 1187 ‘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: 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]. DFG Collaborative Research Centre 1187 ‘Media of Cooperation’, funding period 2020–2023 [German: DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 1187 „Medien der Kooperation”, 2020–2023]. €439,800.
  4. (2019-04 to 2022-07). Researcher (PhD Candidate) [Dutch: Onderzoeker (Promovendus)]. Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICON); Department of Media and Culture Studies, Fac. of Humanities, Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://www.uu.nl/.
  5. (2020-06 to 2020-12). Researcher. ESRC/UKRI COVID-19 Rapid Response Project ‘COVID-19 App Store and Data Flow Ecologies’. Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM), University of Warwick, United Kingdom. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/.
    6. 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.
  6. (2016-08 to 2018-07). Researcher (Associate). Digital Methods Initiative (Department of Media Studies, Fac. of Humanities), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.digitalmethods.net/; https://www.uva.nl/.
    7. (2016-08 to 2018-07). Programme Coordinator Annual Digital Methods Summer School and Winter School. Digital Methods Initiative (DMI). Department of Media Studies, Fac. of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.digitalmethods.net; https://summerschool.uva.nl/content/summer-courses/digital-methods-summer-school/digital-methods-summer-school.html.
  7. (2016-02 to 2016-07). Researcher [Dutch: Onderzoeker]. ERC Consolidator Project ‘Digital Crossings in Europe: Gender, Diaspora and Belonging’ (CONNECTINGEUROPE), Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICON); Department of Media and Culture Studies, Fac. of Humanities, Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://connectingeuropeproject.eu/; https://www.uu.nl/.
  8. (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

  1. (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/.
  2. (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/.
  3. (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/.
  4. (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/.
  5. (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

  1. (Since 2012, July). Independent/Freelance Graphic Designer. fernandovandervlist.nl, Amsterdam, Netherlands. .
  2. (2011-11 to 2012-05). Assistant Graphic Designer. Mind Design, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.minddesign.info/.
  3. (2011-08 to 2011-10). Assistant Graphic Designer. The World as Flatland, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://theworldasflatland.net/.

Education

🎓Degrees

  1. (2022, September). Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Research Doctorate). Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICON); Graduate School of Humanities, Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://www.uu.nl/.
    2. 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. 10.33540/1284.
  2. (2015, July). Master of Arts (MA) in Media Studies (Research Master’s). Graduate School of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://gsh.uva.nl/.
    3. 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.
  3. (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/.
    4. 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.
  4. (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/.
    5. 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

  1. (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/.
  2. (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—frequently involving joint or co–first authorship—author names are usually listed in alphabetical order. Please reach out in case there are any questions about a publication or the contributions.

Academic ⟩ 📄 🔍(Refereed) Journal Articles

  1. Hind, S., van der Vlist, F. N., & Kanderske, M. (2025 [2024]). Challenges as Catalysts: How Waymo’s Open Dataset Challenges Shape AI Development. AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication, 40, 1667–1683. Springer Nature. DOI: 10.1007/s00146-024-01927-x.
  2. 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.
    3. 🔗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.
  3. 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.
    4. 🔗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). https://appstudies.org/tools.
  4. van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Dieter, M. J., & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (2025 [2024]). Super-Appification: Conglomeration in the Global Digital Economy. New Media & Society, 27(6), 3314–3337. SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/14614448231223419.
    5. 🔗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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
    7. 🔗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.
  7. 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.
    8. 🔗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. https://archive.org/details/COVID-19_Apps.
  8. 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.
    9. 🔗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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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/.
  11. 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/.
    12. 🔗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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
    14. 🔗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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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

  1. van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Luitse, D. M. R., et al. (2025). The Political Economy of AI as Platform: Infrastructures, Power, and the AI Industry (Panel). In AoIR 2024 Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR), Chicago, IL, USA: Association of Internet Researchers. DOI: 10.5210/spir.v2024i0.14088.
  2. van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Weltevrede, E. J. T., Dieter, M. J., Duguay, S. (2025). Exploring Appification (Panel). In AoIR 2024 Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR), Chicago, IL, USA: Association of Internet Researchers. DOI: 10.5210/spir.v2024i0.14099.
  3. van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., & Ferrari, F. L. (2023). Big AI: The Cloud as Marketplace and Infrastructure. In AoIR 2023 Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR), Chicago, IL, USA: Association of Internet Researchers. DOI: 10.5210/spir.v2023i0.13510.
    4. 🔗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.
  4. van der Vlist, F. N., Helmond, A., Dieter, M. J., & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (2023). Super-Appification: Conglomeration in the Global Digital Economy. In AoIR 2023 Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR), Chicago, IL, USA: Association of Internet Researchers. DOI: 10.5210/spir.v2023i0.13509.
    5. 🔗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.
  5. 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.
    6. 🔗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.
  6. 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.
    7. 🔗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.
  7. 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.
    8. 🔗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.
  8. 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.
    9. 🔗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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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) Books, Issues, & Theses

  1. van Dijck, J. F. T. M., van Es, K. F., Helmond, A., & van der Vlist, F. N.* (Eds.) (2025, May). Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values. Amsterdam, NL: Amsterdam University Press. Digital Studies. DOI: 10.5117/9789048562718. https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048562718/governing-the-digital-society.
  2. van der Vlist, F. N. (2022, September). The Platform as Ecosystem: Configurations and Dynamics of Governance and Power [MA Thesis]. Utrecht, NL: Utrecht University. DOI: 10.33540/1284.
    3. 🔗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.
  3. Gerlitz, C., Helmond, A., Nieborg, D. B., & van der Vlist, F. N.* (Eds.) (2019, October). Apps and Infrastructures [Special Issue], Computational Culture – A Journal of Software Studies, 7. Computational Culture. http://computationalculture.net/issue-seven/.
  4. 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 ⟩ 📄 📗(Refereed) Book Sections

  1. Weltevrede, E. J. T., Helmond, A., van der Vlist, F. N., Duguay, S., & Dieter, M. J. (Accepted/In Press). Gatekeepers of the Mobile Ecosystem: Understanding App Store Moderation. In R. A. Rogers (Ed.), Content Moderation across Social Media Platforms. Amsterdam University Press.
  2. 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.). New York, NY, USA; London, UK: Routledge, pp. 299–310. DOI: 10.4324/9781003166016-38.
  3. van Dijck, J. F. T. M., van Es, K. F., Helmond, A., & van der Vlist, F. N.* (2025, May). Introduction: Governing the Digital Society [Editorial Introduction]. In J. F. T. M. van Dijck, K. F. van Es, A. Helmond, & F. N. van der Vlist* (Eds.), Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values. Amsterdam, NL: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 13–24. Digital Studies. DOI: 10.5117/9789048562718. https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048562718/governing-the-digital-society.
  4. 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: 10.4324/9781032674612-4.
  5. 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.
  6. 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 ⟩ Other

  1. van der Vlist, F. N., & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (Eds.) (2025, May 28). Appification in the Age of AI: Exploring AI App Cultures and Economies (ASI Sprint Report Series No. 2). App Studies Initiative (ASI). DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/hv34x. https://appstudies.org/research-output/publications/asi-sprint-report-series/.
    2. van der Vlist, F. N., & Weltevrede, E. J. T. (2025, May 28). Appification in the Age of AI [Editorial Introduction]. In F. N. van der Vlist & E. J. T. Weltevrede (Eds.), Appification in the Age of AI: Exploring AI App Cultures and Economies (ASI Sprint Report Series No. 2). App Studies Initiative (ASI), pp. 6–24. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/hv34x. https://appstudies.org/research-output/publications/asi-sprint-report-series/.
    Dingeç, S., Doherty, J., Martins Adami, T., Weinstein-Wright, A., Yang, X., van der Vlist, F. N. [PI], Weltevrede, E. J. T. [Co-PI], & Helmond, A. [Co-I] (2025, May 28). The Appification of AI: Exploring Emerging AI App Ecosystems and Infrastructures [Embedded Research Project Report]. In F. N. van der Vlist & E. J. T. Weltevrede (Eds.), Appification in the Age of AI: Exploring AI App Cultures and Economies (ASI Sprint Report Series No. 2). App Studies Initiative (ASI), pp. 26–94. DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/hv34x. https://appstudies.org/research-output/publications/asi-sprint-report-series/.
  2. Helmond, A., & van der Vlist, F. N.* (2025, May 23). De verborgen wereld achter AI [Podcast Episode]. In T. Nieuwenhuis & D. Das (Hosts), Verrekijkers, S1E6. Rathenau Instituut. Amsterdam, NL: Podcast Factory, May 13. https://www.rathenau.nl/nl/digitalisering/de-verborgen-wereld-achter-ai-verrekijkers-7.
  3. 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. https://appstudies.org/research-output/publications/asi-sprint-report-series/.
    4. 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. https://appstudies.org/research-output/publications/asi-sprint-report-series/.
  4. 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.
    5. 🔗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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Helmond, A., Chao, T. H. J., et al. (2021, June). COVID-19 Apps (Collection). Internet Archive, June 18. https://archive.org/details/COVID-19_Apps.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Dunnewind, A. (Dir.). (2017, October). Future of the Past. Utrecht, NL: Stichting Impakt. https://fotp.impakt.nl/.
  4. 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.
  5. Bruinsma, M. (Ed.). (2012, October). ITEMS Dutch Design Graduates 2012. Items 4–5: 41–112. Amsterdam, NL: Stichting Design Items. http://dutchdesigngraduates.nl/.
  6. 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.
  7. 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://theworldasflatland.net/amsterdam-in-documents/.

💲Grants

  1. (2025, June). NWO Talent Programme | Veni – Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) 2024 [Dutch: NWO-Talentprogramma | Veni – Sociale en Geesteswetenschappen (SGW) 2024] [Individual Research Grant]. Dutch Research Council [Dutch: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)], The Hague, Netherlands. €320,000. https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/200-researchers-receive-veni-grants
    2. van der Vlist, F. N. (2025, June). AI Power: A Critical Platform Analysis. NWO Talent Programme | Veni – Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) 2024: Panel Cultural Sciences and Linguistics [Dutch: NWO-Talentprogramma | Veni – Sociale en Geesteswetenschappen (SGW) 2024: Panel Cultuur- en Taalwetenschappen (CTW)]. Dutch Research Council [Dutch: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)], The Hague, Netherlands. €320,000. Grant number: VI.Veni.241C.001.
  2. (2024, December). SALC Research Development & Support Fund 2024–25. School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (SALC), University of Manchester, United Kingdom. £1,940.
    3. Hind, S., Gekker, A., Pereira, G., & van der Vlist, F. N.* (2024, December). Platformization and the AI Industry: The Case of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles. SALC Research Development & Support Fund 2024–25, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (SALC), University of Manchester, United Kingdom. £1,940.
  3. (2020, May). DFG Collaborative Research Centres [German: DFG-Sonderforschungsbereiche (SFB)] [Contributed]. German Research Foundation [German: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)], Bonn, Germany. €9,380,900.
    4. Thielmann, T., Gerlitz, C., et al. (2020, May). DFG Collaborative Research Centre 1187 ‘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: 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]. DFG Collaborative Research Centre 1187 ‘Media of Cooperation’, funding period 2020–2023 [German: DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 1187 „Medien der Kooperation”, 2020–2023]. €439,800.
  4. (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.
    5. 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.
  5. (2019, July). CAIS NRW Working Groups [Working Group Grant [German: Arbeitsgemeinschaft]]. Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) GmbH, Bochum, Germany. €7,600.
    6. 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 [German: CAIS NRW Arbeitsgemeinschaften], Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) GmbH, Bochum, Germany. €7,600. https://www.cais.nrw/arbeitsgemeinschaften/data-sharing-troubles/.
  6. (2017, May). AIHR Cutting Edge Research Fund [Network Grant]. Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. €2,500.
    7. 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

Academic

  1. (2013, July). Graduation With Honour (Cum Laude). University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.uva.nl/.

Other ⟩ Design

  1. (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/.
    2. 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.
  2. (2012, October). ITEMS Dutch Design Graduates 2012. Stichting Design Items, Amsterdam, Netherlands. http://dutchdesigngraduates.nl/.
  3. (2012, September). Virtueel Platform HOT100 2012. Virtueel Platform, Amsterdam, Netherlands. http://virtueelplatform.nl/activiteiten/hot100.

Academic ⟩ 📜Nominations

  1. (2023, December). KHMW Proefschriftprijs Interdisciplinariteit 2024 [Nomination]. KMHW Proefschriftprijs Interdisciplinariteit. Koninklijke Hollandse Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW), Haarlem, Netherlands. https://khmw.nl/khmw-proefschriftprijs-interdisciplinariteit/.
    2. van der Vlist, F. N. (2022, September). The Platform as Ecosystem: Configurations and Dynamics of Governance and Power [MA 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. 10.33540/1284.
  2. (2023, May). AoIR Dissertation Award 2023 [Nomination]. Annual AoIR Dissertation Award. Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), Chicago, IL, USA. https://aoir.org/awards/dissertation-award/.
    3. van der Vlist, F. N. (2022, September). The Platform as Ecosystem: Configurations and Dynamics of Governance and Power [MA 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. 10.33540/1284.
  3. (2016, March). KMHW Internet Scriptieprijzen 2015: Prijs Internet & Maatschappij- of Geesteswetenschappen [Nomination]. KMHW Internet Scriptieprijzen. Koninklijke Hollandse Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW), Haarlem, Netherlands. https://khmw.nl/.
    4. 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.
  4. (2014, May). Scriptieprijs UvA–UU–RUG 2014 [Nomination]. Student Association Off-Screen, Student Association AKT, and Student Association IK, Netherlands.
    5. van der Vlist, F. N. (2013, May). A Technicity of Collaboration: Coordinating Distributed Software Development on GitHub [BA Thesis]. Amsterdam, NL: University of Amsterdam.
  5. (2012, September). Rotterdamse Communicatie Scriptieprijs 2012 [Nomination]. Rotterdamse Communicatie Scriptieprijs. Platform Communicatie Rotterdam, Netherlands. http://www.scriptieprijsrotterdam.nl/.
    6. van der Vlist, F. N. (2012, May). Distributed Narratives: Extracting Design Methods from Nonlinear Narrative Formations [BDes Thesis]. Rotterdam, NL: Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences.

Other ⟩ Design ⟩ 📜Nominations

  1. (2012, June). Drempelprijs Vormgeving 2012 [Nomination]. Drempelprijzen. City of Rotterdam [Dutch: Gemeente Rotterdam], Netherlands. https://www.rotterdam.nl/.

🗓Courses

Designed, Coordinated, & Instructed

  1. (2026-02 to 2026-06). Embedded Research Project (2025–2026). In MA Media Studies: Cultural Data & AI. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  2. (2026-02 to 2026-06). Appification: The Cultures and Economies of Apps (2025–2026). Coordinated by F. N. van der Vlist & E. J. T. Weltevrede. In MA Media Studies. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  3. (2026-02 to 2026-03). Politics and Regulation of AI (2025–2026). Coordinated by F. N. van der Vlist. In BA Global Arts, Culture and Politics Department of Arts and Culture, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  4. (2025-09 to 2025-10). Critical Perspectives on Data & AI – Concepts and Methods (2025–2026). Coordinated by F. N. van der Vlist. In MA Media Studies: Cultural Data & AI. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  5. (2025-02 to 2025-06). Embedded Research Project (2024–2025). In MA Media Studies: Cultural Data & AI. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    1. (2025-02 to 2025-06). Mapping the European AI News Media Ecosystem [Hosted Research Project/Tutorial]. Project hosted as part of the NWO Gravitation programme ‘Public Values in the Algorithmic Society’ (AlgoSoc) [Project Host/Embedding], coordinated by A. L. Ferrari Braun, T. Poell, & F. N. van der Vlist*. Embedded Research Project (2024–2025). In MA Media Studies: Cultural Data & AI. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    2. (2025-02 to 2025-06). The Appification of AI: Exploring Emerging AI App Ecosystems and Infrastructures [Hosted Research Project/Tutorial]. Project hosted at the App Studies Initiative (ASI) [Project Host/Embedding], coordinated by F. N. van der Vlist & E. J. T. Weltevrede. Embedded Research Project (2024–2025). In MA Media Studies: Cultural Data & AI. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  6. (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.
  7. (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.
  8. (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.
  9. (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.
  10. (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.
  11. (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.
  12. (2023-09 to 2024-06). Critical AI and Platform Studies. Research Seminar and Thesis Media and Information (2023–2024). In BA Media and Information. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  13. (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.
  14. (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.
  15. (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.
  16. (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). City of Dordrecht [Dutch: Gemeente Dordrecht] and Utrecht Data School (Utrecht University), Netherlands.
  17. (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/.
  18. (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/.

Instructed

  1. (2026-02 to 2026-07). Master’s Thesis Cultural Data & AI (2025–2026). In MA Media Studies: Cultural Data & AI. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  2. (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.
  3. (2025, January). Data Project (2024–2025). In MA Media Studies: Cultural Data & AI. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  4. (2023, September). Digital Practices (2023–2024). In BA Media and Information Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  5. (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.
  6. (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.
  7. (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.
  8. (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.
  9. (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.
  10. (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.
  11. (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.
  12. (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.
  13. (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.
  14. (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.
  15. (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.
  16. (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.
  17. (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.

Invited

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
  3. (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.
  4. (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.
  5. (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.

🗓Art & Design Exhibitions

  1. (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/.
  2. (2012, October). 2012 Dutch Design Week (DDW ’12). Machinekamer (Radio Royaal), Strijp-S, Eindhoven, Netherlands, October 20–28. https://www.ddw.nl/.
  3. (2012-06 to 2012-07). 2012 Graduation Festival. Fenixloodsen I–II, Rotterdam, Netherlands, June 29 – July 6. https://www.wdka.nl/.
  4. (2011, May). Rotterdam 2057. BLAAK10 Gallery & Store, Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 12–15. https://extra.wdka.nl/blaak10/.

🗓Conferences & Workshops

Coordinated, Organised, & Participated

  1. (2025, September). Book Launch: Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values. ‘Governing the Digital Society’ (GDS), Utrecht University, Netherlands, September 23. https://www.uu.nl/en/research/governing-the-digital-society.
  2. (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/.
  3. (2022, July). Taking Up the Challenge. Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, University of Siegen, Germany, July 14–15.
  4. (2021, November). Making Sense of Sensor Data. Data Lab. Collaborative Research Centre ‘Media of Cooperation’, University of Siegen, Germany, November 8–10.
  5. (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/.
  6. (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/.
  7. (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.
  8. (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/.
  9. (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://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2018.
  10. (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.
  11. (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://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2018.
  12. (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.
  13. (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://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2017.
  14. (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://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2017.
  15. (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

  1. (2025, September). Power: Algorithms, Infrastructures, and Patforms [Invited]. Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 1–2.
  2. (2025, June). Platforms, Advertising and Power (AdTech Research Project Final Meeting) [Keynote]. The University of Edinburgh and University of Toronto. Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, June 20–21. https://intclub-redoute-bonn.de/gespraechskreise/american-circle/; https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/platforms-advertising-and-power-in-person-tickets-1312768559099
  3. (2025, June). ‘Big AI’: Platforms, Dependency, and Power [Invited Expert Meeting]. American Circle, International Club La Redoute Bonn e.V., Bonn, Germany, June 3. https://intclub-redoute-bonn.de/gespraechskreise/american-circle/; https://intclub-redoute-bonn.de/event/big-ai-platforms-dependency-and-power/
  4. (2025, June). ‘Big AI’ and cloud infrastructure dependence: Investigating platform power in the digital ecosystem [Invited]. Public Lecture Series ‘Infrastructure, Capitalism, and Dependency in the Digital Age’. Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS), University of Bonn, Germany, June 2. https://www.cassis.uni-bonn.de/en/events/upcoming-events/infrastructure-capitalism-and-dependency-in-the-digital-age.
  5. (2025, April). AI Power: A Critical Platform Analysis [Invited Interview Talk]. NWO Talent Programme | Veni – Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) 2024: Panel Cultural Sciences and Linguistics [Dutch: NWO-Talentprogramma | Veni – Sociale en Geesteswetenschappen (SGW) 2024: Panel Cultuur- en Taalwetenschappen (CTW)]. Dutch Research Council (NWO) [Dutch: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)], Utrecht, Netherlands, April 16. https://www.nwo.nl/en/calls/nwo-talent-programme-veni-social-sciences-and-humanities-ssh-2024.
  6. (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/.
  7. (2023, September). ‘Biographies of Artifacts and Practices’ (BOAP) Research Colloquium [Invited; Online Event]. Technische Universität (TU) Berlin, Germany, September 11.
  8. (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, Netherlands, August 30. https://ias.uva.nl/content/events/2023/08/ai-infrastructures.html.
  9. (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/.
  10. (2023, March). Expertsessie Onderzoek naar Digitale Afhankelijkheid [Invited Expert Meeting]. Rathenau Instituut, The Hague, Netherlands, March 30.
  11. (2022, December). Cultural Data Analysis for Media Studies [Invited]. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 14.
  12. (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.
  13. (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.
  14. (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.
  15. (2022, June). Researching Mobile Apps in China: Methods and Culture [Keynote; Online Event]. The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, June 30.
  16. (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/.
  17. (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/.
  18. (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.
  19. (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
  20. (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/.
  21. (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/.
  22. (2020, January). Interoperabiliteit in Big Techland [Invited Expert Meeting]. Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM), The Hague, Netherlands, January 15.
  23. (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://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2019.
  24. (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/.
  25. (2019, January). Wetenschappelijke Adviesgroep Marktstudie Appstores [Invited Expert Meeting]. Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM), The Hague, Netherlands, November 21.
  26. (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.
  27. (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.
  28. (2018, March). Research Seminar on Digital Economy [Invited]. Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, March 21.
  29. (2018, February). Digital Methods in Context [Invited]. Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, February 22.
  30. (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.
  31. (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.
  32. (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/.
  33. (2022, December). The Rise of Bots and the ‘Post-App World’ [Invited Interview Talk]. Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 1.
  34. (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/.
  35. (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

  1. (2025, November). Artificial Geographies: Opening the Black Box for a New Wave of Critical Thinking. 4th 2025 Digital Geographies Conference. Centro de Estudos Geográficos (CEG). Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território da Universidade de Lisboa (IGOT), Portugal, November 3–4. https://ceg.igot.ulisboa.pt/eventos/4th-digital-geographies-conference.
  2. (2025, October). Ruptures. 26th 2025 Annual Meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR ’25). Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 15–18. https://aoir.org/aoir2025/.
  3. (2025, April). The Future of Public Values in the Algorithmic Society. 2025 AlgoSoc International Conference. Felix Meritis, Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 10–11. https://conference.algosoc.org/.
  4. (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/.
  5. (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/.
  6. (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.
  7. (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/.
  8. (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.
  9. (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.
  10. (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/.
  11. (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.
  12. (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/.
  13. (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/.
  14. (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/.
  15. (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/.
  16. (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.
  17. (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://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2022.
  18. (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.
  19. (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.
  20. (2021, October). Independence. 22nd 2021 Annual Meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR ’21) [Online Event]. October 13–16. https://aoir.org/aoir2021/.
  21. (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/.
  22. (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/.
  23. (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/.
  24. (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.
  25. (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/.
  26. (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/.
  27. (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/.
  28. (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://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2020.
  29. (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/.
  30. (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/.
  31. (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/.
  32. (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://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2019.
  33. (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/.
  34. (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/.
  35. (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.
  36. (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/.
  37. (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/.
  38. (2017, June). 2nd 2017 Data Power Conference. School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 22–23. https://carleton.ca/datapower/.
  39. (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/.
  40. (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/.
  41. (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/.
  42. (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/.
  43. (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://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2016.
  44. (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://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2016.
  45. (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://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2015.
  46. (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://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2015.
  47. (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/.
  48. (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://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2014.
  49. (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/.
  50. (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.
  51. (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://www.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2014.
  52. (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). Directed by S. Ponzanesi. Utrecht University, Netherlands. https://connectingeuropeproject.eu/.
  • (2016-02 to 2016-07). ‘The Datafied Society’. Directed 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’. Directed 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/.
  • (Since 2023, August). Data Science Centre (DSC). University Library, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://dsc.uva.nl/.
  • (2020-01 to 2023-07). Focus Area ‘Governing the Digital Society’. Directed 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). DFG Collaborative Research Centre 1187 ‘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). 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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