Welcome to the home of cutting-edge research and innovation in digital media, communication and technology - the Studies in Media, Innovation and Technology research group. We are dedicated to shaping the future of technology through interdisciplinary research and collaboration.
NEWS & EVENTS
Policy Brief #80 Internationale versus lokale VoD-diensten: de voorkeuren en motivaties van kijkers in Vlaanderen in kaart gebracht
Deze policy brief presenteert resultaten van ‘Streaming Affordances voor kleine mediamarkten', een Proeftuin-onderzoeksproject gesteund door VLAIO en de Vlaamse Minister van Media.
Policy Brief #79 Wetenschapscommunicatie en AI in Vlaanderen
In deze policy brief van Hanne Vandenbroucke, Annelien Smets en Jeroen Peeters worden op basis van een onderzoek bij 130 AI-wetenschappers in Vlaanderen enkele inzichten gedeeld over de kansen en uitdagingen van wetenschapscommunicatie rond AI.
PhD Defences September
Congratulations to Cora van Leeuwen and Ine van Zeeland for successfully completing their PhD journey at SMIT. On the 6th of September Cora van Leeuwen succesfully defended her thesis titled: ''Digital Ageing: How ageism and technology influence the ageing experience of older adults''. &
Policy brief #78 The European Media Freedom Act
Adelaida Afilipoaie, Heritiana Ranaivoson, and Aina Errando explore the European Commission's introduction of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), marking the first EU regulation to mention media pluralism.
Our research areas & Policy Briefs
Research areas
The imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel research group consists of six research areas or units. Each research area focuses on specific topics or key areas and sets of methodologies. Find all research areas here.
Policy Briefs
We value sharing research results with stakeholders, policymakers and the wider audience. Our Policy Briefs relate to either a topical issue or summarise finished or ongoing research results. Find all Policy Briefs here.
Our projects & publications
At our research unit's page on the research portal of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, you can find an overview of projects we are currently working on at imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, or that we have worked on in the past.
On the research portal of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, you can also find an overview of our most recent and previous publications written by researchers of imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.