David Nieborg

Biography

David B. Nieborg is Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough with a graduate appointment in the Faculty of Information Studies. He holds a PhD in Media Studies from the University of Amsterdam and was affiliated as a postdoctoral research fellow with MIT, the University of Amsterdam, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Nieborg has experience with journalism, having a previous career in both newspaper journalism and as an entrepreneur, co-founding an award-winning game company. His research and writing has been featured in various Dutch TV and radio-shows, newspapers and magazines.David B. Nieborg is Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough with a graduate appointment in the Faculty of Information Studies. He holds a PhD in Media Studies from the University of Amsterdam and was affiliated as a postdoctoral research fellow with MIT, the University of Amsterdam, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Nieborg has experience with journalism, having a previous career in both newspaper journalism and as an entrepreneur, co-founding an award-winning game company. His research and writing has been featured in various Dutch TV and radio-shows, newspapers and magazines.

Research Interest

Professor Nieborg has published widely on the political economy of the game industry, the military-entertainment complex, platform companies, and games journalism. Currently he is working with scholars in Canada, Germany, the US, the Netherlands, and Hong Kong on a research project titled App Studies that connects app economics, app advertising, app imperialism, and methodological innovation. His work has been published in academic outlets such as New Media & Society, Social Media + Society, the European Journal for Cultural Studies, and Fibreculture Journal. His research on App Economics was funded by a $300 000 grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).