Geert Lovink

Geert Lovink is a Dutch-Australian media theorist and internet critic. He studied political science in Amsterdam and received his PhD from the University of Melbourne. He has been involved in the cultural politics of the internet since the early-1900s. He is the co-founder of projects such as the Digital City, Nettime and Fibreculture. In 2002, MIT Press published two of his books, Dark Fiber and Uncanny Networks.  since then, other books appeared such as My First Recession (2003) and The Principle of Notworking (2005). In 2004, he moved from Brisbane to Amsterdam to found the Institute of Network Cultures. From there, he initiated research networks such as VideoVortex, Incommunicado, Urban Screens and MyCreativity. He is research professor at the School of Interactive Media (University of Applied Sciences) and associate professor in the new media programme at Media Studies, University of Amsterdam. In 2005-6, he was a fellow at the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study where he finished his third study on critical internet culture for Routledge, New York, entitled Zero Comments.