Governing Board

Professor of Politics

Marieke de Goede is Professor of Politics, with a focus on ‘Europe in a Global Order,’ at the Department of Politics of the University of Amsterdam, where she co-directs the research group ‘Transnational Configuration, Conflict and Governance.’ Follow her on…

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Associate Professor of New Media & Digital Culture

Thomas Poell is Associate Professor of New Media & Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam. He is principal investigator of the Research Priority Area on Global Digital Cultures at the UvA, vice-director of the Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies (ACGS),…

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Professor in Globalisation Studies (UvA)

Jeroen de Kloet is a Professor in Globalisation Studies and Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies (ACGS), and member of the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), at the University of Amsterdam. He is also affiliated to the…

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Professor at the Department of Sociology (UvA)

Olav Velthuis is Professor at the Department of Sociology of the University of Amsterdam, specializing in economic sociology, sociology of the arts and cultural sociology. At the department, he is director of the program group Cultural Sociology. His research interests…

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Professor Business School (UvA)

Nachoem M. Wijnberg is professor at the University of Amsterdam Business School His research interests focus on the creative industries and the economics of categorisation, especially in relation to innovation, competition, and organisation theory. He is also a Dutch poet and novelist, whose…

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Faculty Contacts

Professor Social and Cultural Informatics (UvA)

Tobias Blanke is Professor in Social and Cultural Informatics and Head of the Department of Digital Humanities at King’s College London. His research focuses on big data and its implications for culture and society. Tobias Blanke was heavily involved with…

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Associate Professor of New Media and Digital Culture (UvA)

Stefania Milan is Associate Professor of New Media and Digital Culture. Her research explores the interplay between digital technology and participation, and activism and social movements in particular, cyberspace governance, and data epistemologies. She is the Principal Investigator of the DATACTIVE project, funded through…

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Assistant Professor of New Media and Digital Culture (UvA)

Niels van Doorn is an Assistant Professor of New Media and Digital Culture in the Department of Media Studies and the Principal Investigator of the ERC-funded Platform Labor research project (2018-2023). He holds PhD in Communication Science (2010) from the University of Amsterdam. Current…

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Lecturer in Philosophy of Science (UvA)

Huub Dijstelbloem is Lecturer in Philosophy of Science at the University of Amsterdam and Researcher and Project Leader at the Scientific Council for Government Policy in The Hague (WRR). He was Editor of the International Journal Krisis and is member of several…

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Relational Sociologist

Justus Uitermark has many research interests but mostly studies politics and cities. As a relational sociologist, he focuses on networks: what sorts of networks do people form to resolve their collective problems and achieve their goals vis-à-vis others? With a…

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Professor of Urban Geography

Rivke Jaffe is Professor of Urban Geography at the Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development Studies and the Centre for Urban Studies within the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research. Prior to joining the UvA, she held teaching…

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Professor in Information Law (UvA)

Natali Helberger is professor in Information Law at the Institute for Information Law (IvIR), University of Amsterdam and member of the board of directors of IViR. Natali is an elected member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW).…

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Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (UvA)

Joris Ebbers is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Amsterdam Business School. His main research interests are entrepreneurship, social networks, and organization. He studies this mostly in the context of creative industries and business incubation. He…

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Monika Kackovic is assistant professor and post-doctoral fellow of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Amsterdam. Back to team

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