Happy to share that per 1 Sept 2025 I’m an Associate Professor in the Dep. of Media & Culture Studies @utrechtuniversity

I look forward to continue working on the many intersections between digital media technologies and urban culture.

Big thanks and shout out to my wonderful colleagues in the New Media & Digital Culture program, [urban interfaces] research group, the focus area #GoverningtheDigitalSociety, the #CreativeCities minor program, the Open Cities Platform, and beyond.

Tim Davie Says BBC Is “Bombarded By Regions” Across The UK Looking For Investment
#News #BBC #CreativeCities #CreativeCitiesConvention #TimDavie

https://deadline.com/2025/05/bbc-tim-davie-says-bombarded-by-regions-looking-for-money-1236389888/

Crisis? What Crisis? ITV Studios Bosses Reject Talk Of Gloom In The Scripted Market
#News #CreativeCities #CreativeCitiesConvention #ITVStudios #JulianBellamy #ScriptedFundingCrisis

https://deadline.com/2025/05/itv-studios-bosses-on-sales-talk-scripted-funding-crisis-1236389727/

Legacy Media? UK Pubcasters Balk At Outdated Term & Say “We’ve Got To Be Phoenixes Rising From The Ashes”
#News #BBC #Channel4 #CreativeCities #CreativeCitiesConvention #ITV #LegacyMedia #YouTube

https://deadline.com/2025/05/bbc-itv-channel-4-execs-debate-legacy-media-at-ccc-1236389692/

Underground, nightlife scenes and how they impulse more creative cities.

https://vibesmagazine.blog/how-underground-club-rave-culture-fuels-creativity-and-keep-cities-alive-and-why-governments-dont-like-this/

#undergroundscene, #citysoul, #NightLifeCulture, #clubbing, #CreativeScene, #kiev, #medellin, #barcelona, #Berlin, #london, #undergroundclubbing,#urbanculture,#creativecities,#Nightlife,#CulturalIdentity,

BBC Natural History Boss On Combatting “Market Saturation” With ‘Game Of Thrones’-Style Narrative Series ‘Kingdom’
#News #BBC #CreativeCities #CreativeCitiesConvention #Kingdom #NaturalHistory #SreyaBiswas

https://deadline.com/2024/04/bbc-natural-history-kingdom-game-of-thrones-creative-cities-convention-1235893539/

BBC Greenlights Landmark Series On Insects As Unscripted Boss Kate Phillips Brands Notion Of Streamer Domination “Utter Bollocks”
#News #BBC #CreativeCities #CreativeCitiesConvention #HamzaYassin #HiddenPlanet #KatePhillips

https://deadline.com/2024/04/bbc-hidden-planet-streamers-utter-bollocks-1235893511/

ITV Studios & Plimsoll Bosses Say British Producers “Welcome In America” Despite Commissioning Slowdown
#News #ARealBug039sLife #CreativeCities #CreativeCitiesConvention #GrantMansfield #ITVStudios #JulianBellamy #Plimsoll

https://deadline.com/2024/04/plimsoll-british-producers-america-a-real-bugs-life-creative-cities-convention-1235893486/

“I Will Not Be Fighting Culture Wars”: UK Shadow Culture Secretary Seeks To Draw Dividing Line Between Labour & Conservatives As She Sets Out Stall On AI, BBC & Freelancers
#News #AI #BBC #ConservativeParty #CreativeCities #CreativeCitiesConvention #GeneralElection #LabourParty #ThangamDebbonaire

https://deadline.com/2024/04/thangam-debbonaire-labour-party-ai-bbc-freelancers-creative-cities-convention-1235893412/

Channel 4 Bows To Pressure & Commits To Making More Shows Outside England
#News #AlexMahon #Channel4 #CreativeCities #CreativeCitiesConvention

https://deadline.com/2024/04/channel-4-alex-mahon-creative-cities-convention-1235893439/