Gert Nulens is researcher at SMIT for IBBT research projects, and for Steunpunt Re-Creatief Vlaanderen. The projects he is involved in are focussing on eCulture. More particularly he is analysing the ways in which new media can and are used for cultural management (management of collections, of institutions, etc.), for cultural participation (broadening, deepening and diversifying) and for cultural creation (digital born culture versus digitised culture).

Gert Nulens formerly worked as a teaching assistant at the department of Communication Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. His research projects in the past were concentrated on the information society policy of international organizations in Africa. He has published widely on this topic.

Related projects

• Steunpunt Cultuur Jongeren Sport
• TIRO
• VACF
• BOM-VL
• BILA
• Boekenzoeker
• CUPID
• MuTable
• IPEA
• Erfgoed 2.0
• Cocomedia

Publications

• Mostmans, L., Van Passel, E., Bannier, S. & Nulens, G. (2009). ‘Aanbevelingen doelgroepscenario’s’. Final report for the BOM-VL project (Archiving and Distribution of Multimedia in Flanders), Work Package 5.3. (Architecture for digital preservation and distribution: recommendations target group scenarios), p.58.
• Mostmans, L., Van Passel, E. & Nulens, G. (2008). ‘Distributiemodaliteiten’. Final report for the BOM-VL project (Archiving and Distribution of Multimedia in Flanders), Work Package 5.2. (Architecture for digital preservation and distribution: distribution modalities), 115p.
• Braet, Olivier & Nulens, Gert (2008), 'Business Model Issues of Citizen Media', 7th International Conference on Communication and Mass Media, 18-21/06/2008, Athens, Greece.
• Beyl Joke, Nulens Gert, De Nil Bart. On-line Heritage Presentation In Flanders: A New Way Of Searching And Presenting Heritage Content, in J. Trant and D. Bearman (eds.). Museums and the Web 2008: Proceedings, Toronto: Archives & Museum Informatics. Published March 31, 2008. Consulted May 8, 2008. http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/papers/beyl/beyl.html
• Van Bossuyt, M., Nulens, G., Delaere, S. & Ballon, P. (2007). Business model scenarios for audiovisual archives in a digitized era. Presentation at the Rethinking Television Histories Conference, London, UK, 19-21/04/2007
• G. Nulens, M. Van Bossuyt, S. Delaere & P. Ballon (2006) Deelrapport binnen werkpakket 8: Studie mogelijke Business Cases. Final deliverable for IPEA Project, 58pp.
• Nulens, G. & Bauwens, J. (2005) 'Cultural participation in an information society. Closing the gaps or consolidating the divides?' In P. Masip & J. Rom (eds.) Digital utopia in the media: from discourses to facts. A balance. Barcelona: Publicacions Blanquerna, 171-184.
• Bauwens, J., Nulens, G. & Daems, M. (2005) 'ICT in the cultural sector: the virtuality of the virtual' In P. Masip & J. Rom (eds.) Digital utopia in the media: from discourses to facts. A balance. Barcelona: Publicacions Blanquerna, 135-146.
• Nulens, G., Daems, M. & Bauwens, J. (2005) 'Virtuele cultuurparticipatie in Vlaanderen', in J. Lievens & H. Waege (eds.). Cultuurparticipatie in breedbeeld. Eerste analyses van de survey ‘Cultuurparticipatie in Vlaanderen 2003-2004’. reeks Cultuurkijker, Antwerpen: De Boeck.
• Daems, M., Nulens, G. & Bauwens, J. (2005) What's in a site? Een analyse van websites van culturele instellingen in Vlaanderen. Working Paper Steunpunt Re-Creatief Vlaanderen (to be published).
• Bauwens, J. & Nulens, G. (2004) ICT in het culturele veld: de virtualiteit van het virtuele. Working Paper Steunpunt Re-Creatief Vlaanderen, 37.
• Cammaerts, B., Van Audenhove, L., Nulens, G. & Pauwels, C. (eds.) (2003) Beyond the Digital Divide. Reducing exclusion, forstering inclusion, Brussel, VUBPress, 333.
• Nulens, G. & van Audenhove, L. (2003) ‘ICT’s en onderwijs in het Zuiden’, ICT en Onderwijsvernieuwing, 4 (june 2003), 61-78.
• Nulens, G. (2003) ‘The digital divide and development communication theory’ in Cammaerts, B., Van Audenhove, L., Nulens, G. & Pauwels, C. (eds.) Beyond the Digital Divide. Reducing exclusion, forstering inclusion, Brussel, VUBPress, 255-270.
• Van Audenhove, L., Burgelman, J.C., Nulens, G. & Cammaerts, B. ‘Telecommunications and Information Society Policy in the Developing World: The dominant scenario reassessed’, in G. Nulens, N. Hafkin, L. Van Audenhove, & B. Cammaerts (eds.) The digital divide: Towards the Information Society in Africa, Brussels: VUBPress, 17-53
• Nulens, G., Hafkin, N., Van Audenhove, L. & Cammaerts, B. (eds.) (2001) The digital divide in developing countries: towards an information society in Africa. Brussel, VUBPress, 342.
• Nulens, G. (2000) ‘Information technology in Africa. The policy of the World Bank’ in Avgerou, C. & Walsham, G. (eds.) Information technology in context: studies from the perspective of developing countries, Aldershot, Ashgate, 264-276.
• Van Audenhove, L. & Nulens, G. (2000): Internet in het Zuiden: gouden kalf of witte olifant?, Samenleving & Politiek, 7(5), 43-45.
• Burgelman, J.C.; Nulens, G. & Van Audenhove, L. (1999) ‘De geschiedenis herhaalt zich … altijd anders’, in Nulens, G.; Van Audenhove, L. & Burgelman, J.C. (eds.) De digitale kloof. De informatierevolutie en het Zuiden, Noord-Zuid Cahier, 24(4), 11-24.

Recent weblog posts

• Debate about culture and economy (24 November 2009)
• SMIT contributes at book about digital cultural heritage (31 March 2009)
• Discovering the challenges in ‘eChallenges’ (29 October 2008)
• Intuitive ways to use multi-media content (22 March 2008)
• Conference notes available (18 March 2008)
• Cultural Profile and Information Database (16 March 2008)
• Culture and Knowledge Society Forum (13 March 2008)
• Symposium about culture in the network society (18 January 2008)
• Multimedia project in Flanders (17 December 2007)
• SMIT at Digital Heritage Conference (13 December 2007)
• Towards a European Digital Library (12 December 2007)
• SMIT at 5th Day of Cultural Communication (20 November 2007)
• 'Cultuurlab' presents research results (19 December 2006)
• E-culture presentations at ESA conference (20 November 2006)
• New research project about teens and ICT (05 February 2006)
• Presentation virtual participation (08 December 2005)
• First results of survey 'Cultural participation in Flanders' (26 September 2005)