Currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam, I specialize in the intersecting fields of Artificial Intelligence, Platform Studies, and Journalism. I have a solid foundation in these areas, backed by an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Information Retrieval, a PhD evaluating the use of platform data and introducing new digital research tools in the humanities and social sciences, and my role as a key contributor to the MA Journalism program.

For over a decade I served as the Technical Director at the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI), one of Europe's leading schools for internet studies, where I was also a founding member. I thus had the opportunity to (help) design and implement of dozens of tools to gather, analyze and visualize web data, such as the Twitter Capture and Analysis Toolset (DMI-TCAT), Contropedia, Political Search Trends, and the Lippmannian Device.

Collaboration and teamwork have always been key components of my academic journey. My involvement in multiple interdisciplinary projects and my contributions to numerous academic publications are evidence of my reliability and efficiency as a team player. As a researcher-programmer I've had the privilege of participating in diverse international and interdisciplinary research projects, which include the investigation of political search queries at Yahoo! Research Barcelona, examining internet censorship with citizenlab.org, and contributing to Bruno Latour's projects on Mapping Controversies in Science and Politics (MACOSPOL) and Electronic Maps to Assist Public Science (EMAPS). I've also been instrumental in fostering international collaborations for drafting and securing grant proposals, such as for Contropedia and CAT4SMR.

In terms of organizational skills and experience, I have demonstrated expertise across several areas: serving as the program director of the MA Journalism and Media program for five years, serving as the technical director of the Digital Methods Initiative for over a decade, managing and mentoring department programmers, and overseeing various BA and MA courses. I have supervised numerous MA theses and was the chair of the Board of Studies of the Media Studies MAs for approximately five years. 

In terms of teaching, my MA program in Journalism courses primarily cover digital sources, data journalism, artificial intelligence, quantitative research methods, and thesis supervision. I also continue to teach Digital Research Methods for the MA in New Media and Digital Culture.

• Affiliate member of the University of Amsterdam's “Data Science Centre,” 2023 - current.
• “Data Capture and Analysis Tools for Social Media Research (CAT4SMR),” (with B. Rieder and S. Peeters), Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, 2019 – current.
• “Contropedia,” a collaboration of Médialab Sciences-Po (Paris, France), Politech (Milan, Italy), Technische Universität Chemnitz (Chemnitz, Germany), Eurecat (Barcelona, Spain), and DMI (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), 2013 – current.
• “DMI Twitter Capture and Analysis Toolset (DMI-TCAT),” (with E. den Tex and B. Rieder), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2012 – current.
• “Digital Methods Initiative (DMI),” Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, 2007 – current.
• “Electronic Maps to Assist Public Science (EMAPS),” (with DMI), European research project directed by Bruno Latour, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, 2011-2014.
• “Verbroederen de Olympische Spelen?”, (with Dimitri Tokmetzis, de Correspondent), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2014. Articles 1, 2, 3.
• “Sociale Media Analyse,” with E. Weltevrede and Pauw en Witteman, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, 2013-2014.
• ”Co-word Machine and Associational Profiler,” with DMI and N. Marres, Goldsmiths London, 2012-2013.
• “Politics, Elections and Data (PLEAD),” 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.
• “Political Search: an investigation into online framing,” Yahoo! research labs, Barcelona, Spain, February – June 2011.
• “Mapping Iran Online,” (with R. Rogers, E. Weltevrede and S. Niederer), Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, May 2011.
• “Mapping the Dutch Blogosphere,” (with A. Helmond and E. Weltevrede), University of Amsterdam, 2011.
• “Ctrl-X-Ethics: Cyberspace Research Methods Workshop,” Canada Centre for Global Security Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, January 2011.
• “Digital Methods and Migration,” TIC-migrations, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, France, April – June 2010.
• “Mapping Controversies in Science and Politics (MACOSPOL),” (with DMI), European research project directed by Bruno Latour, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, 2007 – 2009.
• “Internet Censorship,” (with Govcom.org, Citizenlab.org 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 Foundation with 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