Activities

2025

Post-platform education: A research agenda for reimagining digital ecosystems and pedagogiesKerssens, N. (Speaker)
20 Jun 2025
, European Conference on Critical Edtech Studies
Reinforcing teacher autonomy in digital classrooms: Exploring the development and implementation of critical digital literacy education at Dutch teacher education collegesKerssens, N. (Speaker)
19 Jun 2025
, European Conference on Critical Edtech Studies
The Google Teacher Approved program: The recoding and governance of educational valueKerssens, N. (Speaker)
18 Jun 2025
, European Conference on Critical Edtech Studies
Reference group for UNESCO-UNICEF Gateways Initiative – Development of Norms and Standards for Public Digital Learning PlatformsKerssens, N. (Advisor)
15 Jun 202523 Jul 2025
Pedagogische en publieke waarden bij digitale technologie in het onderwijsKerssens, N. (Organiser)
28 May 2025
Policies and infrastructures for Digital DegrowthKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
23 May 2025
, Digital Degrowth: Exploring Sustainable Technological Futures in Education
Rondetafel GDS en Kennisnet - Publieke regie op de (ed)tech marktKerssens, N. (Organiser)
20 Feb 2025
, Rondetafel GDS en Kennisnet - Publieke regie op de (ed)tech markt
Lesgeven tegen de stroom in - kritische Digitale Geletterdheid ten tijde van Big Tech en AIKerssens, N. (Organiser)
20 Feb 2025
Pedagogisch Impact OnderzoekKerssens, N. (Speaker)
17 Jan 2025
, OnderwijsInzicht 2025

2024

Advies digitale geletterdheid PO en VOKerssens, N. (Advisor)
18 Dec 2024
GDS & Kennisnet Symposium – Digitale autonomie in onderwijs: een publieke opgaveKerssens, N. (Organiser)
7 Nov 2024
Co-designing a Public Digital Education Ecosystem: Strengthening of sectoral counter-power to Big TechKerssens, N. (Speaker)
30 Aug 2024
, ECER 2024
Digitale geletterdheid voor kritische leerkrachtenKerssens, N. (Organiser)
9 Jul 2024
Digitale geletterdheid voor kritische leerkrachtenKerssens, N. (Participant)
26 Jun 202427 Jun 2024
Digitale autonomie in onderwijs: de impact van AIKerssens, N. (Organiser)
25 Jun 2024
(Micro)Soft Power in Public Education: Making Classrooms Platform-ready through Partner WorkKerssens, N. (Speaker)
6 Jun 2024
, Critiquing Big Tech: A Humanities Perspective
CPB verkenning digitalisering onderwijsKerssens, N. (Advisor)
11 Apr 2024
Diner Pensant “Digitale geletterdheid: publieke regie en professionalisering”Kerssens, N. (Participant)
2 Apr 2024
Nederlands Vlaamse OnderwijsTop 2024Kerssens, N. (Participant)
26 Mar 2024
Digitale geletterdheid voor kritische leerkrachtenKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
22 Mar 2024
, Radiantdag 2024
OCW inventarisatie alternatieven voor Big Tech in het onderwijsKerssens, N. (Advisor)
6 Mar 2024
The platformization of primary education in the NetherlandsKerssens, N. (Speaker)
26 Feb 2024
, The New Digital Education Policy Landscape: From Education Systems to Platforms (The Labour, Education, and Technology (LET) seminar series, European Commission's Joint Research Centre)

2023

(Micro)soft power in public education: Making classrooms platform-ready through partner workKerssens, N. (Speaker)
15 Dec 2023
, Platforms and Pedagogies: Digital technologies and new perspectives for Youth and Education
Platforms and Pedagogies: Digital technologies and new perspectives for Youth and EducationKerssens, N. (Organiser)
14 Dec 202315 Dec 2023
Het Digitale Klaslokaal: Ethisch-pedagogische dilemma’sKerssens, N. (Speaker)
8 Dec 2023
, Radiant Docentendag Hogeschool IPABO
Platformisering van het klaslokaal: Cooperatieve verantwoordelijkheid en de rol van de BICerKerssens, N. (Speaker)
4 Dec 2023
De Toekomst van Onderwijs: Balanceren tussen AI, EdTech & Educatieve DeskundigheidKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
15 Nov 2023
, Surf onderwijsdagen 2023
Meaningful and Ethical Use of Data in EducationKerssens, N. (Advisor)
1 Nov 2023
De Digitale transformatie paradox: sturen en gestuurd wordenKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
28 Sept 2023
, VO Congres 2023
Pedagogische impact van onderwijstechnologieKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
15 Sept 2023
, OnderwijsInzicht 2023
Safeguarding schools’ and teachers’ pedagogical autonomy: The Impact Assessment Public Values and Educational TechnologyKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
22 Aug 2023
, European Conference on Educational Research, ECER
GDS Symposium: Observability, algorithmic systems and the public domainKerssens, N. (Organiser)
9 Jun 2023
Transgressing Local, National, Global Spheres: The Blackboxed Dynamics of Platformization and Infrastructuralization of Primary ClassroomsKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
17 May 2023
, Digital rentiership and asset-making in higher education and beyond
Policy options for digital education content study (European Commission)Kerssens, N. (Participant)
14 Apr 2023
Platformization, or, The problem of control in complex, data-driven and proprietary online learning environments: The case of BingelKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
12 Apr 2023
, Kick-off event Dynamics of Youth - community Youth Education & Life Skills
Platformisation of EducationKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
11 Apr 2023
, SIG Dag Governing the Digital Society
De platformisering van het primair onderwijs: sturen of gestuurd worden?Kerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
15 Mar 2023
, Onderwijs van Morgen Live!
Platformization of Education: Uncovering the blackboxed dynamics of cloud in classKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
18 Jan 2023
, SIG Learning Analytics
De ‘Cloudificering’ van het klaslokaal en de impact op (publieke)onderwijswaardenKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
18 Jan 2023
, Expert Meeting Stichting Confessioneel Onderwijs Leiden

2022

Platformisation of educationKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
7 Dec 2022
, Eminent 2022: European Schoolnet’s annual conference
‘Cloudificering’ van het klaslokaal en de impact op de autonomie van de schoolKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
21 Nov 2022
Governed by Edtech? Valuing Pedagogical Autonomy in a Platform SocietyKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
9 Nov 2022
Platformisering van onderwijs: partnerschap vanuit publieke onderwijswaardenKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
13 Oct 2022
, MEVW Netwerk- en kennissessies
The platformisation of education, capturing data & testingKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
10 Oct 2022
De platformisering van het primair onderwijs: sturen of gestuurd worden?Kerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
10 Oct 2022
, Avond van Wetenschap en Maatschappij
Expertmeeting: Pedagogische Impact AssessmentKerssens, N. (Organiser)
5 Oct 2022
Inzet van intelligente technologieKerssens, N. (Advisor)
28 Sept 2022
De integratie van big tech in het onderwijsKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
9 Sept 2022
, OnderwijsInzicht
Data in het onderwijs: vloek of zegen?Kerssens, N. (Organiser)
27 Jun 2022
Het ‘Cloudlokaal’: De impact van (Big)tech op de pedagogische vrijheid van school en leerkrachtKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
12 Jun 2022
The ‘Glocal’ Cloudroom: Cloudification of Dutch primary education affecting pedagogical autonomyKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
7 Jun 2022
, Sphere Transgression Watch Workshop
Platformization in/of education: Exploring a new research agenda (ISLS2022 Preconference workshop)Kerssens, N. (Organiser)
30 May 2022
, Platformization in/of education: Exploring a new research agenda (ISLS2022 Preconference workshop)
How Google Took over the Classroom: ICT-suppliers as ‘glocal’ intermediaries in Dutch primary educationKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
26 May 2022
, Digital education governance beyond international comparative assessments

2021

Governed by edtech? Valuing educational autonomy in a platform societyKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
16 Nov 2021
, Lecture series Learning (in) Digital Media (Universität Siegen)
De platformisering van het klaslokaal:Publieke regie over de digitale onderwijsinfrastructuurKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
12 Nov 2021
, Ledenraad (SIVON)
De platformisering van het klaslokaal: Publieke controle over de digitale onderwijsinfrastructuurKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
4 Nov 2021
, Strategische werk- en denksessie Cloudwise
De platformisering van het klaslokaal: publieke waarden in gevaarKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
29 Oct 2021
, Digitalisering en commercialisering in leerplichtonderwijs (Vlaamse onderwijsraad)
Pedagogiek van het dashboardKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
6 Oct 2021
, De leraar, het dashboard en algoritmes: hoe het leraarschap verandert door digitalisering
Platformization of primary education: Public values at riskKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
13 Apr 2021
Big tech infrastructures and the autonomy of schoolsKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
25 Jan 2021
, Computers, Privacy and Data Protection 2021

2020

Platformisering van het onderwijs: sturen of gestuurd worden?Kerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
4 Mar 2020
, Gastcollege Descartes College
De platformisering van het klaslokaal: sturen of gestuurd worden?Kerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
5 Feb 2020
, PO conferentie 2020 Provincie Utrecht
Platformisering van het onderwijsKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
17 Jan 2020
, OnderwijsInzicht

2019

Applying the Intelligent Machine: Expert systems and the construction of AI's instrumental imaginaryKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
29 Jun 2019
, Decoding Europe
Euronet? Euro what? The European Internet that was planned to be forgottenKerssens, N. (Invited speaker)
20 Jun 2019
, The Web that Was (RESAW conference)

2018

Datafication as mediatization: broadening critical inquiry of the data paradigmKerssens, N. (Speaker)
19 Sept 201822 Sept 2018
, Digital Cultures