About

I am a tenured assistant professor of sociology at Leiden University in the Netherlands, where I coordinate the d12n Research Cluster and teach classes on research ethics, ethnographic fieldwork, and social and cultural theory. I am affiliated with Leiden University’s Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology as well as the Leiden–Delft–Erasmus interuniversity consortium’s Center for BOLD Cities. During the 2024–25 academic year, I was a fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

My research investigates the interface between digital technologies and social life. I employ a wide range of research methods, including participant observation, computational techniques, and interviews, and I contribute to an interdisciplinary social-scientific literature spanning sociology, anthropology, urban studies, and media studies.

Prior to joining Leiden University, I was a postdoctoral researcher in sociology at the University of Amsterdam. I received my PhD in sociology (with a certificate in women’s studies) from the City University of New York in 2015.