Citizenship in a digital society thus requires new skills, competencies, attitudes and behavior. In this cross-cutting theme, the social sciences and humanities, law and economics are collaborating to an extent previously unknown to the domain.
People
A selection of researchers working in the field of Digital Citizenship within the Faculty of Humanities:
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Esther Weltevrede (faculty lead)
Esther Weltevrede is Associate Professor of New Media and Digital Culture in the Media Studies department. Her research explores the various research affordances of digital media, with a specific interest in conceptual and methodological innovations in the study of mobile apps and the market for social media engagements.
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Bidisha Chaudhuri
Dr. Bidisha Chaudhuri is an Assistant Professor of Government, Information Cultures and Digital Citizenship at the Department of Media Studies. Her current research interests include digital governance and infrastructures, politics of data and algorithms, political economy of digital technologies and work practices and AI ethics.
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Selin Gerlek
Selin Gerlek is assistant professor for philosophy of technology and politics at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on digital citizenship, transformative processes in human-technology relations, mediated cultural practices, empirical ethics & value change, as well as embodied and hermeneutic relations.
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Jakko Kemper
Jakko Kemper is assistant professor in Digital Aesthetics and Platform Vernaculars at the Media Studies department. His research focuses on critical theory, media aesthetics, and the environmental implications of digital technology.
