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researching mobile media & urban culture at Utrecht University

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Michiel de Lange (1976) is an Assistant Professor in New Media Studies at Utrecht University, researching mobile media and urban culture and identity. He is the co-founder of The Mobile City, an independent research group founded in 2007 that investigates the influence of digital media technologies on urban life and the implications for urban design and policy. Michiel is trained as a cultural anthropologist, and holds a PhD in philosophy (2010) with a dissertation about mobile media technologies and urban identities. He collaborated in a locative media art & science project (www.nomadicmilk.net). He worked for  Kennisland, a Dutch think-tank that aims to strengthen the knowledge-based society. Here he worked on several projects at the intersection of ICTs and the city, e.g. co-organizing the Creative Capital conference. He also volunteered and worked for Cybersoek, a computer neighborhood center in Amsterdam. He is advisor e-culture at Mediafonds. Michiel is on Twitter and LinkedIn.
>> News items << Posted onSeptember 15, 2025

Spanish national government crackdown on vacation rental platforms

Dutch news channel NOS reports that the Spanish national government is taking down over 50.000 vacation rentals from online platforms. In Spain over the last […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onSeptember 3, 2025

Shedding light on ‘Dark Kitchen’ platform economy

Several Dutch news outlets, like local Amsterdam news channel AT5 and National news channel NOS, report on the terrible circumstances of Indian laborers in a […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onSeptember 1, 2025

The rise of super-apps and the erasure of friction?

A few years ago i had a talented student who did an internship for Amsterdam municipality, researching the rise of super-apps and their potentials for […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onSeptember 1, 2025

GenAI video slop fueling urban fears

404 Media report on a phenomenon that appears to be on the rise: the use of GenAI videos on a variety of platforms about highly […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onJuly 2, 2025

Questioning the use of camera drones during protests in Utrecht

The Dutch city of Utrecht has used camera drones during demonstrations seven times out of 522 total in 2024, according to tech news website Tweakers. […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onMay 15, 2025

California ban on algorithmic rental pricing

(This one was in Drafts for a while) The Markup reports on a state ban on algorithmic pricing of rental homes. Easy to view this […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onMay 15, 2025September 3, 2025

Chinese tech company plans robotaxi service in Europe

According to Dutch tech website Tweakers, Chinese company Baidu plans to enter the European market with robotaxis. Swiss would be the first country to launch […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onDecember 31, 2024

Dutch supermarket Jumbo ends AI surveillance

Meanwhile, more uplifting news from the Netherlands. National Dutch newspaper Telegraaf reports that the Netherlands’ 2nd biggest supermarket chain Jumbo terminates their experiment with AI […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onNovember 28, 2024

Algorithmic friendships-as-a-service in the postpandemic city

Allie Volpe for Vox had a very personal piece about using mobile friendship apps for making new friends. She used Bumble for Friends, Timeleft, and Hey! Vina. […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onNovember 27, 2024November 27, 2024

Urban AI making algorithmic sorting part of everyday life

Google Maps is adding ‘AI-powered’ recommendations to its Maps, Earth and Waze products, according to a somewhat older article on Ars Technica. By including its […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onNovember 27, 2024November 27, 2024

Human labor mobilized in hybrid space

Human labor has been unwittingly harvested and exploited for some time in online spaces. Think training AI models through solving Captchas or on massive amounts […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onOctober 23, 2024

Dutch holiday parks illegally used facial recognition

Via NOS The Netherlands Data Protection Authority (DPA, or Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) have looked into the illegitimate use of facial recognition technologies by Dutch holiday […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onOctober 19, 2024October 19, 2024

How social media spread misinformation among city migrants

The Markup together with The Guardian features an interesting story about how TikTok helps to spread misleading narratives to Senegalese migrants about how to live […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onOctober 15, 2024

Yet another TikTok queue in Amsterdam

AT5 and other news outlets report on yet another queue somewhere in the city, spurred by Dutch TikTok influencer Monica Geuze. A fried rice sandwich […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onOctober 14, 2024

US schools uses AI to catch kids vaping in toilet

Futurism reports on the use of proprietary commercial AI facial recognition and air detection technologies inside schools for surveillance purposes: As the Denver Post reports, the Cheyenne […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onOctober 4, 2024October 4, 2024

Smart glasses: the end of street anonymity?

Two students have experimented with combining Meta smart glasses and facial recognition technology, allowing them to look up personal details of strangers on the streets. […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onOctober 2, 2024

Why clean slate Techno-Cities are doomed

Another older piece that was waiting to be read… Kaitlyn Tiffany in The Atlantic wrote a beautiful article about Silicon Valley utopian new cities for likeminded […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onOctober 2, 2024October 2, 2024

Data and algorithms used for housing prices collusion

A somewhat older news item. Politico and Ars Technica/Wired are among the outlets reporting about the RealPage price collusion case on the housing market. The […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onSeptember 30, 2024

Please stop technologists from city-making

A strange rambling interview with technology futurist Vinay Gupta in Vice from some time ago. Some quotes send shivers down my spine… What I wanted […] Read More

meetings/events Posted onSeptember 30, 2024

‘Civic Urban AI’: Expert Meeting 14 Nov. 2024

A Governing the Digital Society event, in collaboration with [urban interfaces] and the Open Cities Platform. Organized by Michiel de Lange (M.L.deLange@uu.nl) and Erna Ruijer […] Read More

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