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Geert Lovink (born 1959, Amsterdam) is a appointed research professor Interactive Media at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) and a associate professor New Media at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Lovink earned his master degree in political science at the University of Amsterdam, hold a PhD at the University of Melbourne and was a postdoc fellow at the University of Queensland. Lovink is the founding director of Institute of Network Cultures, which has as goal to explore, document and feed the potential for socio-economical change of the New Media sphere through events, publications and open dialogue.

Biography
As theorist, activist and net critic he made an effort in helping the shape the development of the web. From the early eighties until today, Lovink has been involved in a range of different projects and initiatives in the field of New Media.


 * 1982 Member of Adilkno
 * 1989 - 1994 Editor for the media art magazine Mediamatic
 * 1993 Co-founder of the support campaign for independent media in South-East Europe Press Now
 * 1994 Co-founder of the Amsterdam-based free community network Digital City (DDS)
 * 1995 Co-founder (together with Pit Schultz) of the international 'nettime' circle
 * 1996 - 1999 Public researcher at the Society for Old and New Media, De Waag
 * 1996 Coordinating projects and teaching once a year at the IMI mediaschool in Osaka/Japan
 * 2000 organizer of the Tulipomania Dotcom conference
 * 2000 - 2008 Consultant/editor to the exchange program of Waag Society and Sarai New Media Centre (Delhi)
 * 2001 Co-founder of FiberCulture, a forum for Australian Internet research and culture
 * 2002 Co-organizer of Dark Markets, on new media and democracy in times of crisis in Vienna
 * 2003 Co-organizer of Uncertain States of Reportage in Delhi
 * 2004 Co-organizer (together with Trebor Scholz) of the conference on the art of (online) collaboration Free Cooperation at SUNY Buffalo

Works

 * Lovink, Geert : Dark Fiber, MIT press, Cambridge Mass, USA, 2002.
 * Lovink, Geert : Uncanny Networks MIT press, Cambridge Mass, USA, 2002.
 * Lovink, Geert : My First Recession V2_Publishing, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2003.
 * Lovink, Geert : The Principle of Notworking, Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2005.