Niels Kerssens is assistant professor at the department of Media and Cultural Studies at Utrecht University. His research investigates the implications of platformization on education as a public good. As principal researcher he leads the Special Interest Group (SIG) Platformisation of education, which is part of the focus area Governing the Digital Society (GDS). 

His current NWO Veni research project (sep 2021 - Aug 2024) is titled “Platformisation of primary education: public values at risk”.