Stijn graduated in 2005 as Bachelor for the courses Dutch, history and ICT/informatics at the teacher's department of Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven. Subsequently he graduated cum laude as Master of Arts in New Media and Digital Culture at Universiteit Utrecht. In his master thesis he wrote a theoretical and philosophical reflection on transcendental musical experiences in a digital context. During his studies, he did an internship for Veronica Medialab, where the music industry combined with Web 2.0 and 3.0 concepts were researched.

In 2008, he joined SMIT as a junior researcher, where he is currently working on several CultuurLab-projects. His scientific fields of interest include digital music culture, the transformation of politics and (hybrid) spaces of new media.

Related projects

• BOM-VL
• CUPID

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.
• Bannier, S. (2009), The Musical Network 2.0 & 3.0. Paper for COST 298 – The User and the Future of Information and Communication Technology. University of Copenhagen, 13-15 May 2009, Copenhagen.