Last week I presented the Network Institute Amsterdam and its related activities at the Aurora Research Conference in Amsterdam. Since May I am co-directing the Network Institute together with Ivar Vermeulen, Associate Professor at the Communication Science Department of the VU.

The Network Institute studies the interaction between digital technology and society, or what is often called: the Digital Society. To study how digital technology and society interact, we encourage researchers from different backgrounds to work together and challenge their ideas and working routines. Such challenging interdisciplinary collaborations are the core of the Network Institute. With its interdisciplinary focus, extensive size, and well-established organization, the Network Institute is the central player in realizing the VU’s Connected World research agenda. Many researchers are benefiting from their Network Institute-based collaborations, and it has introduced interdisciplinary research work to a generation of young scholars.

Below you can find the slides of my talk.