Research

Media Studies has a rich and diverse research culture which is reflected in the national and local research institutes and projects:

Research institutes UvA

– The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA).

– The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation.

Research priority areas

– Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies (ACGS), with projects concerning global mobility, sustainability, aesthetics, and connectivity.

– Amsterdam Centre for Cultural Heritage and Identity (ACHI) aims to integrate research on culture, identity, and history and is organized in six, thematic domains.

National research schools

• Research School for Media Studies (RMeS)
• Huizinga Institute for the Study of Cultural History

And

• Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH): UvA, VU en KNAW
• Digital Methods Initiative: New Media Team Summer/Winter School

Research projects

– CREATE  (‘Creative Amsterdam: An E-Humanities Perspective’) investigates how cultural industries have shaped Amsterdam’s unique position in a European and global context, from the seventeenth century until the present day.

– CHINA CREATIVE , from Made in China to Created in China. A Comparative Study of Creative Practice and Production in Contemporary China.

– DATACTIVE about big data collection, privacy and surveillance, social movements, activism and internet activism.

– ASCA Cities project brings together a diverse group of scholars, research students, and practitioners particulary interested in comparing the cultural dimensions of cities.