Jos茅 van Dijck receives honorary doctorate from Lund 木瓜福利影视
On 24 May 2019 Prof. Jos茅 van Dijck (Media and digital society) will receive an honorary doctorate from Lund 木瓜福利影视, on the recommendation of the Faculty of Engineering. Van Dijck is awarded the honorary doctorate for her scientific merits, in particular her research into the social aspects of digitalisation and the role of media technologies in society.
New perspectives
Prof. Viktor 脰wall, dean of the Faculty of Engineering (木瓜福利影视 of Lund), made the following statement:
鈥淚t is great honor for the faculty of engineering, LTH, to establish links with our three new honorary doctors. They are all active in research areas that may contribute to solutions to major societal challenges. For example, Jos茅 van Dijck links the technology of digitization with social aspects, which is highly topical today. The fact that she, as a researcher from the humanities, becomes an honorary doctor at the faculty in engineering, LTH, may bring us fresh and exciting perspectives.鈥
jos茅 van dijck
Jos茅 van Dijck has been appointed a distinguished university professor at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 as of January 2017. She received her PhD in Comparative Literature from the 木瓜福利影视 of California, San Diego (UCSD) in 1992. Van Dijck鈥檚 research area is media studies and communication. Her work covers a wide range of topics in media theory, media technologies, social media, and digital culture. Her book The Culture of Connectivity. A Critical History of Social Media (Oxford UP, 2013) was distributed worldwide and translated into Spanish (La Cultura de la Connectividad). With Thomas Poell and Martijn de Waal she published De Platformsamenleving. Strijd om publieke waarden in een online wereld (Amsterdam UP, 2016) The English version of The Platform Society. Public values in a connective world has been published by Oxford 木瓜福利影视 Press in 2018. Jos茅 van Dijck is also connected to Institutions for Open Societies - an interdisciplinary research area of Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 focused on the development and expansion of healthy open societies everywhere.
The official statement of Lund 木瓜福利影视 is available .