Highlighted publications
Kerssens, N., Pangrazio, L., & Nichols, T. P. (2024). Googlization(s) of education: intermediary work brokering platform dependence in three national school systems. Learning, Media and Technology, 49(3), 478–491. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2023.2258339
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/236256531/Googlization_s_of_education_intermediary_work_brokering_platform_dependence_in_three_national_school_systems.pdf
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/236256531/Googlization_s_of_education_intermediary_work_brokering_platform_dependence_in_three_national_school_systems.pdf
Kerssens, N., & van Dijck, J. (2022). Governed by Edtech? Valuing Pedagogical Autonomy in a Platform Society. The Harvard Educational Review, 92(2), 284–303. https://doi.org/10.17763/1943-5045-92.2.284
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/421489/KerssensVandijck_HER.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/421489/KerssensVandijck_HER.pdf?sequence=1
Kerssens, N., & van Dijck, J. F. T. M. (2021). The platformization of primary education in The Netherlands. Learning, Media and Technology, 46(3), 250-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2021.1876725
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411013/The_platformization_of_primary_education_in_The_Netherlands.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411013/The_platformization_of_primary_education_in_The_Netherlands.pdf?sequence=1
Kerssens, N., & van Dijck, J. (2024). Transgressing local, national, global spheres: The blackboxed dynamics of platformization and infrastructuralization of primary education. Information Communication and Society, 27(15), 2600-2616. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2023.2257293
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/251712531/Transgressing_local_national_global_spheres_the_blackboxed_dynamics_of_platformization_and_infrastructuralization_of_primary_education.pdf
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/251712531/Transgressing_local_national_global_spheres_the_blackboxed_dynamics_of_platformization_and_infrastructuralization_of_primary_education.pdf
Publications
2024
Scholarly publications
Kerssens, N. (2024). (Micro)soft power in Dutch public education: Making classrooms platform-ready through partner work. Critical Studies in Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2024.2428808
Komljenovic, J., Birch, K., Sellar, S., Bergviken Rensfeldt, A., Deville, J., Eaton, C., Gourlay, L., Hansen, M., Kerssens, N., Kovalainen, A., Nappert, P.-L., Noteboom, J., Parcerisa, L., Pardo-Guerra, J. P., Poutanen, S., Robertson, S., Tyfield, D., & Williamson, B. (2024). Digitalised higher education: key developments, questions, and concerns. Discourse Studies, 1-17. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2024.2408397
Kerssens, N., Pangrazio, L., & Nichols, T. P. (2024). Googlization(s) of education: intermediary work brokering platform dependence in three national school systems. Learning, Media and Technology, 49(3), 478–491. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2023.2258339
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/236256531/Googlization_s_of_education_intermediary_work_brokering_platform_dependence_in_three_national_school_systems.pdf
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/236256531/Googlization_s_of_education_intermediary_work_brokering_platform_dependence_in_three_national_school_systems.pdf
Kerssens, N., & van Dijck, J. (2024). Transgressing local, national, global spheres: The blackboxed dynamics of platformization and infrastructuralization of primary education. Information Communication and Society, 27(15), 2600-2616. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2023.2257293
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/251712531/Transgressing_local_national_global_spheres_the_blackboxed_dynamics_of_platformization_and_infrastructuralization_of_primary_education.pdf
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/251712531/Transgressing_local_national_global_spheres_the_blackboxed_dynamics_of_platformization_and_infrastructuralization_of_primary_education.pdf
Professional publications
Pijpers, R., Kerssens, N., Dondorp, L., & Bomas, E. (2024). Data in de klas: een pleidooi voor meer vrije ruimte in het onderwijs. In Kinderrechten in een digitale wereld (pp. 30-39). UNICEF Netherlands, Den Haag. https://www.unicef.nl/files/UNICEF-essaybundel-Kinderrechten-in-de-digitale-wereld.pdf
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436709/UNICEF-essaybundel-Kinderrechten-in-de-digitale-wereld.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436709/UNICEF-essaybundel-Kinderrechten-in-de-digitale-wereld.pdf?sequence=1
2023
Scholarly publications
Kerssens, N., & van Dijck, J. (2023). How platformisation affects pedagogical autonomy in primary schools. In B. Williamson, J. Komljenovic, & K. Gulson (Eds.), World Yearbook of Education 2024: Digitalisation of Education in the Era of Algorithms, Automation and Artificial Intelligence (1 ed., pp. 89-105). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003359722-8
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/432974/10.4324_9781003359722-8_chapterpdf.pdf?sequence=2
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/432974/10.4324_9781003359722-8_chapterpdf.pdf?sequence=2
Kerssens, N., & van Dijck, J. (2023). The platformization of primary education in the Netherlands 1. In A. Rivas, & C. Cobo (Eds.), The New Digital Education Policy Landscape : From Education Systems to Platforms (pp. 9-28). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003373018-3
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/428269/From_Education_Systems_to_Platforms_Book_Hoofdstuk_Niels_Jose_.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/428269/From_Education_Systems_to_Platforms_Book_Hoofdstuk_Niels_Jose_.pdf?sequence=1
Kerssens, N. (2023). Schooled by Dashboards? Learning Platforms’ Performance-Centered Pedagogy and Its Impact on Teaching. In Situating Data: Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture (pp. 241-254). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463722971
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426637/Schooled_by_Dashboards.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426637/Schooled_by_Dashboards.pdf?sequence=1
2022
Scholarly publications
Kerssens, N., & van Dijck, J. (2022). Governed by Edtech? Valuing Pedagogical Autonomy in a Platform Society. The Harvard Educational Review, 92(2), 284–303. https://doi.org/10.17763/1943-5045-92.2.284
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/421489/KerssensVandijck_HER.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/421489/KerssensVandijck_HER.pdf?sequence=1
Kerssens, N., & de Haan, M. (2022). The tipping point in the platformisation of Dutch public education? How to approach platformisation from a values-based perspective. In L. Pangrazio, & J. Sefton-Green (Eds.), Learning to Live with Datafication : Educational Case Studies and Initiatives from Across the World (pp. 119-134). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003136842-7
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/421201/10.4324_9781003136842_7_chapterpdf.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/421201/10.4324_9781003136842_7_chapterpdf.pdf?sequence=1
Professional publications
Kerssens, N. (2022, Dec 1). Valuing autonomy of teacher and child in cloud classrooms. https://www.digitalchild.org.au/blog/international-perspectives-valuing-autonomy-of-teacher-and-child-in-cloud-classrooms/
2021
Scholarly publications
Kerssens, N., & van Dijck, J. F. T. M. (2021). The platformization of primary education in The Netherlands. Learning, Media and Technology, 46(3), 250-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2021.1876725
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411013/The_platformization_of_primary_education_in_The_Netherlands.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411013/The_platformization_of_primary_education_in_The_Netherlands.pdf?sequence=1
2020
Scholarly publications
Kerssens, N. (2020). Governing education’s public space: a case for value-driven digitisation. Digital Culture & Education. https://www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/reflections-on-covid19
Kerssens, N. (2020). De platformisering van het klaslokaal: De impact van platformen en data op de rol van de docent. School en Wet, 100(3), 21-26.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/421203/3_Kerssens_schoolenwet.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/421203/3_Kerssens_schoolenwet.pdf?sequence=1
Kerssens, N. (2020). Rethinking legacies in internet history: Euronet, lost (inter)networks, EU politics. Internet Histories: Digital Technology, Culture and Society, 4(1), 32-48. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2019.1701919
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/421175/24701475.2019.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/421175/24701475.2019.pdf?sequence=1
Professional publications
Kerssens, N., & van Dijck, J. (2020). De platformisering van het primair onderwijs: sturen of gestuurd worden? In Anders organiseren met ICT: 10 essays over ICT in het onderwijs (pp. 20-25). Stichting Kennisnet.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/414516/Anders_organiseren_met_ICT_10_essays_over_ict_in_het_onderwijs_organiseren_met_ict.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/414516/Anders_organiseren_met_ICT_10_essays_over_ict_in_het_onderwijs_organiseren_met_ict.pdf?sequence=1
2019
Scholarly publications
Kerssens, N. (2019). De-Agentializing Data Practices: The Shifting Power of Metaphor in 1990s Discourses on Data Mining. Journal of Cultural Analytics, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.22148/16.037
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/387149/de_agentializing_data_practices_the_shifting_power_of_metaphor_in_1990s_discourses_on_data_mining.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/387149/de_agentializing_data_practices_the_shifting_power_of_metaphor_in_1990s_discourses_on_data_mining.pdf?sequence=1
2018
Scholarly publications
Kerssens, N. (2018). The database ‘revolution’: The technological and cultural origins of the big-data-based mindset in American management, 1970s–1980s. TMG – Journal for Media History, 21(2), 7-29. https://doi.org/10.18146/2213-7653.2018.364
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/396456/364_1620_1_PB.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/396456/364_1620_1_PB.pdf?sequence=1
2017
Scholarly publications
Kerssens, N. (2017). When search engines stopped being human: Menu interfaces and the rise of the ideological nature of algorithmic search. Internet Histories: Digital Technology, Culture and Society, 1(3), 219-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2017.1337666
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/421174/When_search_engines_stopped_being_human_menu_interfaces_and_the_rise_of_the_ideological_nature_of_algorithmic_search.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/421174/When_search_engines_stopped_being_human_menu_interfaces_and_the_rise_of_the_ideological_nature_of_algorithmic_search.pdf?sequence=1
2016
Scholarly publications
Kerssens, N. (2016). Cultures of Use - 1970s/1980s: An Archaeology of Computing's Integration with Everyday Life. [Doctoral thesis 3 (Research UU / Graduation NOT UU), Academic Medical Center]. https://dare.uva.nl/search?identifier=6985dbcc-a855-4b9a-854c-126583620b1e
2015
Other output
Kerssens, N. (2015). Engines Retrieve, Humans Seek: Remembering the History of Online Search Practices. Paper presented at Changing Platforms of Ritualized Memory Conference, Groningen, Netherlands.
2014
Other output
Kerssens, N. (2014). The ‘Problem’ of Using Engines: Online Searching as Praxis. Paper presented at Creating Cultures, London.
Kerssens, N. (2014). Beyond the Engine: Toward an Archaeology of Online Searching. Paper presented at Archaeologies of Media & Film, Bradford, United Kingdom.
2013
Scholarly publications
Kerssens, N. (2013). Digging Machines. New formations: A journal of Culture/Theory/Politics (online), (79).
Other output
Kerssens, N. (2013). Reprocessing the Word: The Reconfiguration of an Obsolete System. Paper presented at Creating Cultures, London, United Kingdom.