Resumé
Education
University of Amsterdam
Masters’ degree in Media Studies (Research) (mean grade 8.7) Amsterdam, 2018-2020
- Cum Laude
- Thesis used a variety of computational methods (NLP, sentiment analysis and key-word-in context) to analyse the viewing behaviour on YouTube as represented by 3 million comments
- Specialized in New Media and Digital Culture
- Part of Student Tech Team to help students with social media analysis software
University of Groningen
Bachelor’s Degree in Arts, Culture, and Media (ACM) Groningen, 2013-2017
- Graduated on political satire in postmodern society
- Erasmus semester at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest
Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy of the Humanities Groningen, 2015-2018
- Graduated on Kierkegaard’s concept of existential irony
- Part of Dr. Stahl’s extracurricular political theory reading group.
Internships
Eötvös Loránd University – Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies Budapest, Spring 2018
- Member of Dr. Dessewffy Tibor’s interdisciplinary, cross-cultural research
project on the online perception of contemporary populistic political figures - Trained in social listening and online reputation management software (SentiOne).
Conferences
Ceecom2018 Szeged, Summer 2018
- Presented accepted paper at the 11th Central Eastern European Communication May 2018 and Media conference at the track ‘The Political Space of Entertainment’
on the condition of satire in postmodern society.
Ceecom2019 Sofia, Summer 2019
- Presenting accepted paper at the 12th Central Eastern European Communication June 2019 and Media conference on the intellectualization of hate speech on YouTube.
Research Schools
Digital Methods Summer School Amsterdam, Summer 2019
- Student Participant
- Tracking the Intellectualisation of Hate Speech on YouTube
Digital Methods Summer School Amsterdam, Summer 2019
- Student Participant
- Tracking YouTube’s Recommendation Systems
Digital Methods Summer School Amsterdam, Summer 2019
- Project Facilitator
- Tracking Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories
Extracurricular Activities
University of Amsterdam, Student Tech Team Amsterdam, 2019-2020
Student member of the technical support team
- Proficiency in the Digital Methods Initiative Tools
- Responsible for teaching and helping fellow students with digital analytics
University of Groningen, Arts, Culture, and Media Groningen, 2016-2017 Student Mentor
- Contact person for first-year students
- Helping new students adjust to the University
- Provide lectures on learning and efficiency.
University of Groningen, Nomination Advisory Committee (BAC)
Student member of the BAC for an Associate Professor Arts in Society Groningen, 2016-2017
Student member of the BAC for a University Lecturer in Pop Music Groningen, 2015-2016
Student member of the BAC for a University Lecturer in Theatre/Performance Studies Groningen, 2015-2016
University of Groningen, Departmental Board Arts, Culture and Media
Student member of the Departmental Board of ACM Groningen, 2015-2016
- Voiced the opinions of the students
- Assessed teaching and program regulation
University of Groningen, Study Association of Arts, Culture and Media Groningen, 2014-2015
As a board responsible for around 200 ACM-members
- As treasurer accountable for the financial health of the association
- Contact person of the Arts, Culture and Media book supplier
- Responsible for the organization of academic related activities
- Coordinator of student activities within the study program
- Creating social cohesion between Arts, Culture, and Media students.
Research Contributions to Publications
‘Esoteric Fascism Online 4chan and the Kali Yuga’ (2020) in Far-Right Revisionism and the End of History edited by Louie Dean Valencia-García
‘Fake news and the Dutch YouTube political debate space’ (2020) in The Politics of Social Media Manipulation edited by Ricard Rogers and Sabine Niederer
Computational Tools
- 4CAT: Capture and Analysis Toolkit
- Excel
- Tableau
- Gephi
- WordPress
- Python (Basics)
- Adobe Illustrator (Basics)
- SPSS (training for an IBM certification).
Skills
- Approaching problems from an interdisciplinary perspective
- Familiarity with working in an international political space
- Partaking in/ organizing/ managing conferences a.o. events
- Quantitative and qualitative data analytics using DMI-analysis software
- Rapidly adaptable to an international environment
- Thorough understanding of media dynamics and convergence culture.