José van Dijck
Institution
Utrecht University
Position
Distinguished University Professor
Country
Netherlands
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José van Dijck is Distinguished University Professor in Media and Digital Society at Utrecht University. Her research focuses on media, social media and media technologies. From 2015 to 2018 she was the first female president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). In 2021, she received the Spinoza Prize, the highest academic award in the Netherlands, from the National Science Council; she also receive the C.Edward Baker Award from the International Communication Association (ICA) for her lifetime achievements. Van Dijck is the author of The Culture of Connectivity (Oxford University Press, 2013) and co-author of The Platform Society (Oxford University Press, 2018).