Current position

I work as a research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, United Kingdom on the Privacy Value Networks project together with colleagues from the University of Bath, University College London, and St. Andrew's University, and on the SESERV project with colleagues from the University of Zurich, the University of Southampton, Athens University of Economics and Business, Alcatel-Lucent, and Atos Origin.

Education

Doctoral (PhD.)

Name of organization: University of Amsterdam and Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2007)

Title of thesis: Context Matters. A Social Informatics Perspective on the Design and Implications of Large-Scale e-Government Systems.

Subject: I studied the social aspects and organisational consequences of the design and implementation of two large-scale e-government systems (one for services provision, one for e-voting).

Masters (M.A.)

Name of organization: Dept. of Cultural Anthropology, University of Amsterdam (1997)

Title of thesis: Van jazz word je niet rijk. Een antropologisch onderzoek naar de sociaal-economische positie van professionele jazzmusici in het Amsterdamse informele circuit.

Subject: I conducted independent long-term qualitative ethnographic fieldwork, investigating the socio-economic position of professional jazz musicians in the Amsterdam informal scene.

Professional Appointments

2009 (April) - 2011 (December)                                                                                       Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII)                                                   University of Oxford.                 

2007 (April) - 2009 (May)                                                                                             Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII)      

University of Oxford.    

2006 (May - present)

Co-founder & Board Member.

Wij vertrouwen stemcomputers niet (‘We do not trust voting computers’) Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.                                                        

2006 (March) - 2007 (March)                                                                                 Researcher at the Rathenau Institute, The Hague.

2003(Apr) – 2005 (Oct)
Researcher TruE-Vote project, NIWI                                                                                  Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam.

2001 (Oct) – 2003 (Mar)
Researcher TruE-Vote project, Department of Social Science Informatics                      University of Amsterdam.

2000 (Feb) – 2001 (Sep)
Researcher FASME project, Department of Social Science Informatics                        University of Amsterdam.

1999 (Apr) – 2000 (Jan)
Junior Researcher SOEIS project, Department of Social Science Informatics                 University of Amsterdam.

1998 (Jul) – 1999
Research assistant / data-entry, CO-efficient, Bureau for Communication Research  Amsterdam.

1993 – 2000
Manager & Bartender, Jazzcafe ’t Geveltje, Amsterdam.

1992 – 1993
Bartender, Jazzcafe ’t Geveltje, Amsterdam.

1991 – 1992
Geurpanellid, Olfactomat, Amsterdam.

1991 – 1992
Student mentor, Department of Cultural Anthropology                                                University of Amsterdam.

1990 – 1992
Bartender, Common Room, Department of Cultural Anthropology                                  University of Amsterdam.

Teaching

2011
Guest Lecturer, University of Oxford.                                                                             Lecture 'The Value of Privacy in Flows of Information' for the Undergraduate Lecture Series. Oxford Internet Institute. 31 January 2011.

2009
Guest Lecturer, University of Oxford.    .                                                                         Invited lecture for the 'ICTA Change Management' Course. Department of Continuing Education. 25 November 2009.

2006
Guest Lecturer, University of Konstanz.                                                                          Invited lecture for the 'Sociology of the Internet' Course. Basismodul Spezielle Soziologie. 4 July 2006.

2001
Teaching Assistant, University of Amsterdam.
Bi-weekly lectures for the 'Innovation, Organisation and Information Systems' course. Department of Social Informatics.

• Chrysanthi Papoutsi (DPhil in Information, Communication and the Social Sciences, 2008 - ), co-supervision with Dr Ian Brown

• Hannah Kim (MSc in Social Science of the Internet, 2010/11)

• Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship, European Commission FP6. Funding: 158.479 euro, April 2007.

• International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR), Editorial Review Board Member

• International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development (IJICTHD), Editorial Review Board Member

• Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks Book Series (AKCSN), Editorial Advisory Board (EAB)

• Collaborative Technologies and Applications for Interactive Information Design: Emerging Trends in User Experiences, Editorial Advisory Board (EAB)

• Information, Communication & Society Journal (iCS).

• Policy & Internet Journal.

• Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JCMC)

• Science, Technology and Human Values Journal (STHV).

• International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR).

• International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development (IJICTHD).

• Politics Journal.

• Mind &Society. Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences.

• IEEE Technology and Society Magazine.

• Organiser “The Future Internet: The Social Nature of Technical Choices” workshop. St Anne's College, Oxford. 28 June 2011. (70 participants)

• Organiser debate “Will the Design of the Future Internet Be Driven by Technology or Societal Concerns?”  St Anne's College, Oxford. 28 June 2011. (80 participants)

• Invited speaker e-voting workshop for the Science Technology Options Assessment Panel (STOA). European Parliament, Brussels. 2011. <video>

• Organiser Brown Bag Seminars 2010 - 2011, Oxford Internet Institute.

• Judge for the ‘Debating Matters Competition’ organized by the Institute of Ideas and the Research Councils UK (RCUK), September 2010.

• Member of the 8th and 9th Summer Doctoral Programme Review Committee (SDP2010, SDP2011), Oxford Internet Institute.

• Reviewer for books and dozens of conferences.

• Invited speaker at E-PING (European Parliamentarians Internet Group) meeting on E-voting and the Democratic Process. European Parliament, Brussels. September 2002.

• Organiser E-voting Expert Meeting 2002, Department of Social Informatics, University of Amsterdam.

• Organiser SOEIS Expert Meeting 2000, Department of Social Informatics, University of Amsterdam.