Steve Jankowski is a Lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam. He received his PhD in Communication and Culture from York University and X University in Canada for his dissertation on Wikipedian consensus and the political design of encyclopedic media. He also holds a MA in Communication from the University of Ottawa and an Honours Bachelors of Design from the York \ Sheridan Design Program. His research examines the intersections between digital culture, interface design and their connections to imaginaries of democracy and knowledge.