About

Erik Borra is PhD candidate and lecturer at the University of Amsterdam's M.A. program in New Media. Erik is also the lead programmer for the Digital Methods Initiative and was involved in the European research project 'Electronic Maps to Assist Public Science' (EMAPS). Erik earned his BSc and MSc in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Amsterdam.

Erik is currently the chairman of the board of studies for the MA's in Media Studies.

• Curriculum Vitae Erik Borra

• Digital Methods Initiative

• Tools for Research with the Web

Research and Collaborations

• "Digital Methods Initiative," Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, 2007 - current.
• "Politics, Elections and Data," Academic Program Committee, CIKM, workshop track, Maui Hawaii, USA, 29 October - 2 November 2012.
• "Wikipedia Academy: Research and Free Knowledge,"  Academic Program Committee , Berlin, 29 June - 1 July 2012.
• "Electronic Maps to Assist Public Science," (with DMI), European research project directed by Bruno Latour and Tommaso Venturini, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, 2011-2014.
• "Mapping Iran Online," (with DMI), Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, May 2011.
• "Political Search," visiting researcher, Yahoo! research labs, Barcelona, Spain, February - June, October 2011, May 2012.
• "Mapping the Dutch Blogosphere," (with Anne Helmond and Esther Weltevrede), University of Amsterdam, 2011.
• "Ctrl-X-Ethics: Cyberspace Research Methods Workshop," Canada Centrefor Global Security Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 17-18 January 2011.
• "Digital Methods and Migration," (with DMI, TIC-Migrations, and the University of California), Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, France, April-June 2010.
• "Mapping Controversies in Science and Politics," (with DMI), European research project led by Bruno Latour, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, 2007-2009.
• "Internet Censorship," (with govcom.org, University of Toronto, and Harvard University), Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, 2006 - 2007, 2009.
• "Walled Garden," (with DMI), Virtueel Platform, Amsterdam, May 2008.
• "Space for People: Suggested Fields," (with govcom.org), research workshop, Video Vortex2, Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam, January 2008.
• "Palestinian Networks in Cyberspace: Emerging trends and their implications for politics, governance, security, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict," (with govcom.org and the Information Society Project, Advanced Network Research Group, Cambridge Security Program, University of Cambridge), Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, 2007 - 2008.
• "Open-Search : a distributed, peer-to-peer, search-engine," Amsterdam, 2007.
• "Mapping Public Media," (with govcom.org), Ford Foundationwith American University,Amsterdam, 2007.
• "Mapping Future Histories of RFID," (with DMI),de Balie Center for Culture and Politics, Amsterdam, October 2007.
• "Poignancy in the U.S. Political Blogosphere," (with govcom.org), Amsterdam, 2005.
• "The News about Networks 2: Making Issues into Rights?" (with govcom.org), de Balie Center for Culture and Politics, Amsterdam, June 21 - 24 2004.

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