Bram Lievens has a bachelor degree in social and cultural work as well as a master degree in communication science. After a brief period of working for a local authority he joined the IBBT-SMIT as a researcher.

His main expertise is within the field of domestication research and living labs related to new media. Currently he is working on different interdisciplinary projects regarding new and emerging technologies, services and applications, mainly within a mobile environment.

Bram Lievens is also active within iLab.o where he is doing Living Lab research on open innovation in ICT.

Related projects

• A4MC3
• BILA
• E-democracy
• E-paper
• FLEET
• i-City
• MADUF
• MCDP
• MINECO - ICT & SME's
• ROMAS
• Future Study e-Health
• VIN - Virtual Individual Network
• Urbizone - User research
• Citizen Media
• LLECOS
• URBAN
• HiMasquerade
• Teleclassing

Publications

• Amela Karahasanovic, Petter Bae Brandtz, Jan Heim, Marika Lüders, Lotte Vermeir, Jo Pierson, Bram Lievens, Jeroen Vanattenhoven, Greet Jans (2008) Co-Creation and User-Generated Content - Elderly People's User Requirements. In: Computers in Human Behavior. Elsevier, October 2008.
• Van den Broeck, W.; Pierson, J. & Lievens, B. (2008). Confronting video-on-demand with television viewing practices. In: Pierson, J., Mante-Meijer, E.; Loos,E. & Sapio, B. Innovating for and by users. Opoce.
• Karen Torben Nielsen, An Jacobs, Bram Lievens & Jo Pierson (2008) Faking the real thing? Proxy technology assessment as a method for participative design. Paper presented at Participatory Design Conference 2008. Bloomington, 1-4 October.
• Vermeir, Lotte, Van Lier, Tim, Pierson, Jo & Lievens, Bram (2008) Making the online complementary to the offline: social requirements to foster the ‘sense of community’. Presentation at Communication Policy and Technology section for the IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communication Research) congress ‘Media and global divides’, organised by Stockholm University & IAMCR, 20-25 July 2008, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Vangenck M., Jacobs A., Lievens B., Vanhengel E. & Pierson J. (2008) Does Mobile Television Challenge the Dimension of Viewing Television? An Explorative Research on Time, Place and Social Context of the Use of Mobile Television Content. Presented at the EuroITV 2008 Conference, July 3-4, Salzburg, Austria.
• Jacobs A., Lievens B., Vangenck M., Vanhengel E. & Pierson, J. (2008) Mobile television or television on a mobile? Presented at the Cost 2008 Conference, 15 May, Budapest, Hungary.
• Lievens B., Vanhengel E. & Pierson, J. (2008) Mobile television: new affordance, new practice? Paper presented at the IAMCR 2008 Conference, July 20-25, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Bram Lievens, Karen Torben Nielsen, Jo Pierson & An Jacobs (2008) Proxy technology assessment as a multi-method approach for identifying social requirements of co-creative media. Paper presented at NordiCHI 2008 Workshop: New approaches to requirements elicitation. Lund, 20-22 October.
• Lievens, B., Vangenck, M. & Pierson J. (2008) User experiences Urbizone. Research report for Brussels Regional Informatic Center. September 2008, 75p.
• Pierson, J., Baelden, D., Lievens, B. & Marsigny, C. (2007) Analysing sector specificity regarding ICT and broadband usage by SMME businesses. In: The Southern African Journal of Information and Telecommunication. Issue 8: 154-171
• Wendy Van den Broeck, Bram Lievens & Jo Pierson (2007) Re-inventing newspapers in a digital era: the mobile e-paper. In: Conference Proceedings Mobile Media 2007. Sydney, Australia. July 2-5
• Lievens B., Van den Broeck, W. & Pierson, J. (2007) The Mobile (R)evolution in Everyday Life: A Cross Border between Public and Private Sphere. In: Conference Proceedings of Mobile Media 2007, Sydney, Australia, July 2-5
• Wendy Van den Broeck, Jo Pierson & Bram Lievens (2007) Video – on – demand: towards new viewing practices? In: Conference Proceedings THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UNEXPECTED: The user and the future of information and communication technologies. COST Action 298. Moskow, Russian Federation, May 23-25
• Van den Broeck, W., Pierson, J. & Lievens, B. (2007) VOD: towards new viewing practices? Observatorio, Vol1, n°3. (http://obs.obercom.pt/index.php/obs/issue/view/9)
• Van den Broeck, Wendy & Lievens, Bram. (2007) Why broadband? The meaning of broadband for residential users. In: The Southern African Journal of Information and Communication. Issue 8: 30-52
• Van den Broeck, W., Lievens, B., Pierson, J. Eindrapport e-paper - verslag kwalitatief onderzoek fieldtrial. onderzoeksrapport IBBT project e-paper, 2006
• Pierson, J., Jacobs, A., Dreessen, K., Lievens, B., Van den Broeck, I., Van den Broeck, W. Walking the interface: uncovering practices through proxy technology assessment. Paper for EPIC 2006, Portland (USA), 24-26 September 2006
• Berte, K., De Marez, L., Verdeghem, P., Van den Broeck, W., Lievens, B., Pierson, J., Weeghmans, L. An interdisciplinary approach in socio-economic research on the diffusion and appropriation- case: the multimedia content distribution platform. Paper presented at the BB Europe conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 11-14 December 2006.
• Pierson J., Baelden D., Lievens B. & Marsigny C. Analysing sector specificity regarding ICT and broadband usage by SMEs in Belgium. Paper presented at the BroadBand Europe Conference. Geneva. 11-14 December 2006
• Van den Broeck, W., Lievens B. & Pierson J. (2006) Domestication research for media and technology development: a case study, in: Conference Proceedings of IAMCR 2006, Cairo, Egypt, 23-28 July.
• Van Audenhove, L. & Lievens, B. (2006). E-democracy. Towards a new democracy? In: Perspectief. Jrg. 2, nr. 3. Sociumi. p.10-15
• Pierson J., Baelden D., Lievens B. & Marsigny C. Future usages of broadband technologies and the consequences for developing countries. Paper presented at the BILA workshop (Link Centre). Johannesburg. 08-09 May 2006.
• Pierson J., Baelden D., Lievens B., Lobet-Maris, C. & Marsigny C. (2006) Stimuleringsbeleid voor ICT-gebruik bij KMO's. Onderzoeksverslag en input voor sensibiliseringscampagne. Onderzoek uitgevoerd in opdracht van Mineco.
• Lievens B., Van den Broeck, W. & Pierson, J. (2006) The mobile digital newspaper: embedding the news consumer in technology development by means of living lab research, in: Conference Proceedings of IAMCR 2006, Cairo, Egypt, 23-28 July.
• Van den Broeck, W. and Lievens, B. Why Broadband? presentation at the BILA workshop, 8-9 May 2006, South-Africa.
• Van den Broeck, W., Lievens, B., Pierson, J. MCDP: tussentijds rapport pre-survey focusgroepen. 2005
• Pierson, J. & Lievens, B. (2005) 'Configuring living labs for a 'thick' understanding of innovation', in Conference proceedings of EPIC 2005 (Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference), published by NAPA (National Association for the Practice of Anthropology) - Microsoft - Intel, US, 114-127
• Van Audenhove, L., Lievens, B. & Cammaerts, B. E-Democratie for Flanders. An assessment of European practice. viWTA/Vlaams Parlement, Brussel. Vertaling in voorbereiding.
• Pierson, Jo, Lievens, Bram & Ballon, Pieter (2005) ‘Living labs for broadband innovation: Configuring user involvement’, Paper for the BBEurope 2005 (BroadBand Europe), organised by the framework of BREAD - Broadband For All (www.bbeurope.org), Bordeaux, France, 12-15 December 2005.
• Lievens, B. (2005) Multi-platform approach as an answer to the digital divide: which way to go? Paper presented at the IAMCR conference, Taipei.
• Van Audenhove, L., Lievens, B. & Cammaerts, B. (2005) Neue Demokratie durch neue Medien? In: NEUBERGER (K.) (Hrsg.). Alte Medien neue Medien. Theorieperspektiven, Medienprofile, Einsatzfelder. Wiesbaden, Verslag für Sozialwissenschaften.
• Van Audenhove, L., Lievens, B. & Cammaerts, B. (2004) E-Democratie voor Vlaanderen. Een stand van zaken. Onderzoeksrapport in opdracht van viWTA/Vlaams Parlement, Brussel.
• Segers, K. & Lievens, B. (2004) Mechanismen en processen van kunstsponsoring in Vlaanderen anno 2004. In: Handboek voor fondsenwerving. Elsevier.
• Segers, K. & Lievens, B. (2004) Zaken voor de kunst. Bedrijfssponsoring in de muziek- en podiumkunsttensector in Vlaanderen. In: Boekmancahier. Boekmanstichting, Amsterdam.
• Lievens, B. & Segers, K. (2004) Zaken voor de kunst. Onderzoek naar de mechanismen en processen van bedrijfssponsoring binnen de muziek en podiumkunsten in Vlaanderen anno 2003. Researchreport for the Flemish government. Brussels.
• Van Oost, O., Lievens, B., Lavens, A., Van Audenhove, L., Pauwels, C., Carpentier, N. & Rutten, P. (2003). Culturenet Flanders. A researchreport on cultural participation and ICT's. Researchreport for Culturnet Flanders. Brussels.
• Van Audenhove, L., Lievens, B., Pierson, J., Neuckens, F., Loisen, J. & Pauwels, C. (2003) De Vlaamse MultiMedia Actoren: Onderzoeksrapport in opdracht van de Vlaamse overheid (Flemish MultiMedia Players: Research report for the Flemish government) (PBO 98/52/20; in Dutch). Brussels: VUB-SMIT, 84.

Recent weblog posts

• SMIT research on TV Limburg (04 December 2007)
• SMIT presents at Mobile Media 2007 (25 June 2007)
• SMIT PRESENTS RESULTS MCDP (12 February 2007)
• SMIT MEMBER OF EUROPEAN NETWORK OF LIVING LABS (21 November 2006)
• SMIT presenting results of epaper project to newspaper publishing industry (16 November 2006)
• Information event on E-government (29 September 2005)
• T-regs - consultancy firm by former SMIT member Alexa Veller (13 September 2005)
• Dedicated website on interactive television (13 September 2005)
• Internet in Belgium (09 September 2005)
• Hot spots not that popular among business travelers (09 September 2005)