External Funding
ERMeCC researchers have a strong track record in securing external funding. Current and recent research projects include:
Current projects
IcARUS - Innovative Approach to Urban Security
Dr. Daniel Trottier. Grant: H2020INVENT- European Inventory of Societal Values of Cultures as a Basis for Inclusive Cultural Policies
Prof. dr. Susanne Janssen, Dr. Marc Verboord. Grant: Grant: H2020-SC6-TRANSFORMATIONS-2019
More informationiFlIPP - Innovating Football Leadership: Inclusion through Policy and Practice
Dr. Jacco van Sterkenburg. Grant: Erasmus plusIntegrating through the Digital: Analyzing the Role of ICTs and Social Media in Refugee Settlement Processes in China
Yongjian Li MA, Supervisors: Dr. Amanda Paz Alencar & Prof. dr. Susanne Janssen. Grant: Chinese Scholarship Council PhD grantDo we have a click?
Dr. Mijke Slot. Grant: Stimuleringsfonds Journalistiek
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TRESCA - Trustworthy, Reliable and Engaging Scientific Communication Approaches
Dr. Jason Pridmore, Dr. Jay Lee. Grant: H2020-SwafS-19-2018-2019
More informationSmartification of audience experience: Design and implementation practices around co-design and application of data and AI into content experience for creative industries
Dr. Izabela Derda. Grant: NWO-KIEMReframe Fashion
Dr. Mariangela Lavanga. Grant: Erasmus plusLiving in the Media-Analysing the Impact of Media Tourism on Locals’ Identities and Sense of Belonging
Dr. Deborah Marino Castro. Grant: Marie Curie Incoming FellowImagining climate change: The visual arts to the rescue?
Ulrike Hahn MSc MA, Supervisor: Prof. dr. Filip Vermeylen. Grant: NWO-PhD in the HumanitiesCrafting future urban economies. Motivations, practices and valuation of makers in the development of circular urban economies
Dr. Amanda Brandellero. Grant: NWO-VIDI & NWO-AspasiaValue creation in creative urban spaces: fostering synergies between creative entrepreneurship and tourism
Dr. Lenia Marques. Grant: NWO-KIEMWaarde co-creatie in circulaire ontwerpprocessen
Dr. Ellen Loots. Grant: NWO-KIEMDe inkomenspositie van werkenden in de culturele en creatieve sector
Dr. Ellen Loots. Grant: GAKHearing diversities: how music can bring people together
Dr. Pauwke Berkers. Grant: EUR FellowshipData inspired creativity: Using big data in cross-media creative innovation processes
Dr. Tonny Krijnen, Dr. Jay Lee. Grant: NWO-Creative Industry -Talpa SandpitPolice-Public Engagement: Cross-cultural Use of Social Media Platforms to Mobilise Citizens
Dr. Sarah Young. Marie Curie COFUND /LEaDing FellowBig data for youth policy
Dr. Jay Lee. Grant: LDE Bold Cities grantSymbolic neighborhood trajectories in the digital city
Dr. Jay Lee, Dr. Daniel Trottier. Grant: LDE Bold Cities grantFair or flawed: experiments on perceptions of hate speech moderation
Dr. Joao Ferreira Goncalves. Grant: Facebook GrantRacism and Televised Football
Dr. Jacco van Sterkenburg. Grant: NWO-VIDIFestiVersities-European Music Festivals, Public Spaces, and Cultural Diversities
Dr. Pauwke Berkers. Grant: EU/NWO-HERA JRP Public Places: Culture and Integration in Europe
More informationBIM-SPEED-Harmonised Building Information Speedway for Energy-Efficient Renovation
Dr. Jason Pridmore. Grant: H2020-LC-EEB-02-2018
More informationSECURE HOSPITALS-Raising awareness and developing training schemes on cybersecurity in hospitals
Dr. Jason Pridmore. Grant: H2020-SC1-FA-DTS-2018-2020.
More InformationSteelpan music as a practice of knowing
Dr. Charissa Granger. Grant: Marie Curie COFUND / LEaDing FellowDiversiteit in de cultuursector in Den Haag
Dr. Pauwke Berkers. Grant: Contract researchInclusiviteit in kunst en cultuur: impliciete associaties als expliciete drempel
Dr. Michael Berghman. Grant: NWO-KIEMWORM in dialoog: Op zoek naar een vernieuwde relatie tussen WORM en de Wijk
Prof. dr Evert Bisschop Boele. NWO-KIEMBeeldvorming rondom culturele diversiteit bij rijksambtenaren 2008-18
Dr. Joep Hofhuis. Grant: Ministerie van BZKIntercultural competencies of EUR students
Dr. Joep Hofhuis. Grant: CLI Research fellowshipImproving Student Knowledge and Skills in Qualitative Data Analysis via Blended Education
Dr. Delia Dumitrica, Dr. Jason Pridmore. Grant: CLI Research fellowshipWhy are you swiping? An innovative approach to study motives, expectancies and (un)successful interpersonal interactions on mobile dating apps
Dr. Elisabeth Timmermans. Grant: Marie Curie COFUND / LEaDing FellowSecondary education teachers’ and students’ engagement with cultural diversity
Prof. dr. Susanne Janssen. Grant: VCC-Erasmus Initiative Vital Cities and Citizens
More informationImagining the Divided City
Prof. dr. Stijn Reijnders. Grant: VCC-Erasmus Initiative Vital Cities and Citizens
More informationUrban Tourism: Towards Sustainable Development Models
Prof. dr. Filip Vermeylen. Grant: VCC-Erasmus Initiative Vital Cities and Citizens
More informationThe aesthetic dispositions of popular music consumers
Prof. dr. Koen van Eijck, Dr. Michael Bergman. Grant: VCC-Erasmus Initiative Vital Cities and CitizensUrban Media Engagement
Prof. dr. Jeroen Jansz. Grant: VCC-Erasmus Initiative Vital Cities and CitizensCompeting conceptions of diversity and city culture
Prof. dr. Susanne Janssen. Grant: VCC-Erasmus Initiative Vital Cities and CitizensImagining Engagement: Social Media and Grassroots Civic Mobilization across Europe (SMGCM)
Dr. Delia Dumitrica. Grant: NWO-AspasiaThe effects of interactive storytelling formats on health behaviour (part of the project “Medialab: Health for Everyone”)
Prof. dr. Marine Bouman. Grant: Consortium of Alzheimer foundation Netherlands, Heart Foundation, Kidney Foundation and Centre for Media and Health, sponsored by The Friends Lottery [Vriendenloterij]GAMPSISS: Gameful Music Performances for Smart, Inclusive, and Sustainable Societies
Prof. dr. Koen van Eijck. Grant: NWO Creative Industries SMART Culture
More informationPOPLIVE- Staging popular music: sustainable live music ecologies for artists, music venues and cities
Dr. Erik Hitters, Dr. Pauwke Berkers, Prof.dr. Susanne Janssen, Dr. Arno van der Hoeven. Grant: NWO Creative Industries SMART Culture
More informationMapping Privacy and Surveillance Dynamics in Emerging Mobile Ecosystems: Practices and Contexts in the Netherlands and US
Dr. Jason Pridmore, Dr. Daniel Trottier. PhD Candidate: Anouk Mols. Grant: NWO/NSF
More informationDigital Vigilantism: Mapping the terrain and assessing societal impacts
Dr. Daniel Trottier. Grant: VIDI
More informationImpression Management on Gay Dating Apps in China
Shangwei Wu
Supervisors: Prof. dr. Susanne Janssen & Dr. Janelle WardWar! Popular Culture and European Heritage of Major Armed Conflicts.
Prof. dr. Stijn Reijnders & Prof. dr. Jeroen Jansz. Grant: Research Excellence Initiative (REI).Worlds of Imagination
Prof. dr. Stijn Reijnders. Grant: ERC Consolidator Grant.
More informationCreative Industries in India: Size, Geography and Potential.
Prof. dr. Filip Vermeylen. Grant: NWO and the India Council for Social Sciences Research.
More informationSport and National Identity: Changing Citizenship and the Global Battle for Talent.
Dr. Jacco van Sterkenburg. Grant: Research Excellence Initiative (REI).Behind the scenes in Dutch fashion; Bridging the gap between independent fashion designers, craftsmen and fashion intermediaries.
Dr. Mariangela Lavanga. Grant: KIEM Creative Industries.
More informationGeopolitics of artivism: Comparing the attribution of societal impact and artistic qualities in te Western reception of art activists from democratic and authoritarian regimes.
Frank Weij, MSc. Grant: PhD in the Humanities. Supervisor(s): Prof. dr. Koen van Eijck, Dr. Pauwke Berkers & Dr. Jiska Engelbert.
More informationConstructing Cultural Authority. The Online and Offline Evaluation of Popular Music and Fiction Books.
Rian Koreman. Grant: PhD in the Humanities. Supervisor(s): Prof. dr. Susanne Janssen & Dr. Marc Verboord.
More informationLocating Imagination. An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Literary, Film and Music Tourism.
Director: Prof. dr. Stijn Reijnders. Grant: Free Competition.
More informationCultures of innovation in the creative industries (CICI). Comparative research in small-scale clusters.
Director: Dr. Erik Hitters. Grant: Top Sector Creative Industries.
More informationLiving in a Mediatized Society. An Ethnography of Media Rituals in the Netherlands.
Balázs Boross, MA. Grant: PhD in the Humanities. Supervisor(s): Prof. dr. Susanne Janssen & Prof. dr. Stijn Reijnders.
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Recent projects
Film Tourism in China.
Min Xu, MA. Grant: CSC PhD Scholarship.
Supervisor(s): Prof. dr. Stijn Reijnders and Dr. Seon Kim.Elvis has finally left de building? Boundary work, whiteness and the reception of rock music in a comparative perspective.
Julian Schaap, MSc. Grant: PhD in the Humanities. Supervisor(s): Koen van Eijck & Pauwke Berkers.
More informationPersuasive Gaming. From theory-based design to validation and back.
Prof. dr. Joost Raessen (UU) & Prof. dr. Jeroen Jansz. Grant: Top Sector Creative Industries.
More informationBoundaries by design. How Dutch and American Designers Navigate Multiple Fields.
Dr. Laura Braden. Grant: VENI-project.
More informationSocial Media, Credibility and Online Engagement among Young Adults in China
Qiong Gong, MA. Grant: CSC PhD Scholarship. Supervisor(s): Prof. dr. Susanne Janssen & Dr. Marc Verboord.Health communication Research Among the Chinese Hui Ethnic Minority Group in Shenyang city
Lei Yang MA. Grant: CSC PhD Scholarship. Supervisor(s): Prof. dr. Jeroen Jansz en Dr. Yuping Mao.Online stedelijk erfgoed: de sociaal-culturele waarde van participatieve erfgoedwebsites
NWO-Kiem. Dr. Arno van der HoevenBehind the scenes of Dutch Fashion: Bridging the gap between independent fashion designers, craftsmen and fashion intermediaries
NWO-Kiem. Dr. Mariangela Lavanga.Audiences of televised football: meanings given to race, ethnicity and gender.
Dr. Jacco van Sterkenburg.
Grant: EUR-fellowshipPrizes for Innovation - Impact analysis in the ICT for education sector
Dr. Payal AroraPopular music heritage, cultural memory and cultural identity. Localised popular music histories and their significance for music audiences and music industries in Europe
Prof. dr. Susanne Janssen. Grant: HERA Joint Research project: POPID.
More informationResearch Project “Huis voor de Journalistiek"
Dr. Mijke SlotThe Fogland Game: Creating and validating a paper prototype of a game to fight smokers.
Dr. Julia Kneer & Prof. dr. Jeroen Jansz. Grant: KIEM Creative Industries.
More informationReading Suffering. An Empirical Enquiry into Emotional and Reflective Responses to Narratives of Mental Pain.
Emy Koopman, MSc. Grant: PhD in the Humanities. Supervisor(s): Prof. dr. Susanne Janssen, Dr. Els Andringa & Dr. Jemeljan Hakelmulder (UU).
More informationThe Industrial Internet Project.
Dr. Payal Arora. Grant: General Electric Fellowship.
More informationJournalism and the tensions of neoliberal democracy.
Dr. Isabel Awad. Grant: VENI-project.Cultural transmission and artistic exchanges in the Low Countries, 1572-1672: mobility of artists, works of art and artistic knowledge.
Prof. dr. Filip Vermeylen. Grant: Free Competition.
More informationVirtual parks: conceptualizing leisure spaces in the digital age.
Dr. Payal Arora. Grant: EUR-fellowship
More informationICT and Social Cohesion at the Micro and Macro Level.
By Dr. Marjon Schols. Grant: TNO & Funded by KPN. Supervisor(s): Prof. dr. Jos de Haan, Prof. dr. Jeroen Jansz & Prof. dr. Valerie Frissen.
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Director: Susanne Janssen. Cultural Classifications Systems in Transition. The Social Valuation of Cultural Goods in France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United states, 1955-2005. Project site - VENI-project
Stijn Reijnders. Media Tourism. Geographical Imagination in the World of James Bond and The Da Vinci Code. - VENI-project
Laura Braden. Boundaries by design. How Dutch and American Designers Navigate Multiple Fields. Project site
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PhD Project, sponsored by the Mondriaan Foundation
Femke van Hest. The Representation of Dutch Visual Art on the Global Market Place.
Supervisor(s): Susanne Janssen & Jean Louis Fabiani (EHESS).Council for the Judiciary
Bernadette Kester. Evaluation of the Press Directive. Info/NL-infoTeens creativity in a virtual world
Jeroen Jansz in collaboration with Mijke Slot (ERMeCC/TNO) and Remco Pijpers (Stichting Mijn Kind Online). Funded by Digibewust & Digivaardig en Mediawijzernet.EU Kids Online
Jos de Haan, Marc Verboord and Peter Nikken participate in the Dutch component of this large-scale European research project directed by Sonia Livingstone.Kennisnetproject
Jeroen Jansz in collaboration with IVO Rotterdam: What do we know about positive and negative effects of playing video- and computergames?ESF SCH/SCSS Exporatory Workshop
Erik Hitters. Exploring Creative Cities: The Cultural and Economic Values of Cultural Industries Clusters.PhD Project, co-funded by TNO
Miriam van de Kamp. Where Corporate Culture and Local Markets Meet. Music and Film Majors in the Netherlands, 1990-2005.
Supervisor(s): Ton Bevers, Paul Rutten & Erik HittersResearch projects, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW)
Director: Jos de Haan. The Virtual Culture Buff. Public Interest in Cultural Websites. Info
Directors: Jos de Haan & Susanne Janssen. The Digitisation of Culture (research on the use of digital media by institutions in the Dutch cultural field). InfoResearch projects, commissioned by the Dutch Language Association
Directors: Susanne Janssen & Kris Humbeeck (University of Antwerpen). Media Use and Information Needs of Producers, Mediators, and Readers of Fiction Books in the Netherlands, Flanders and Suriname. Info
Directors: Kris Humbeeck (University of Antwerpen) & Susanne Janssen. Working conditions and career development of Dutch and Flemish literary translators. Info