Shenja van der Graaf was a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet
and Society and the Research Center for Information Law at the
University of St. Gallen. Her research focused on the organization and
management of innovation and technology, especially user innovation,
product development, and media uses in 3D media/software industries. She has been awarded with grants and scholarships
from among others, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciences
and the British Academy. Over the years she has worked with an extensive
international network of companies including Valve, Hakuhodo and Ericsson.
Recent and forthcoming publications include "Media Literacy," which she
co-wrote with Sonia Livingstone for /The International Encyclopedia of
Communication/ in 2007; "The Second Life of Analogue Players in a
Digital World," which she co-wrote with Garrett Cobarr in Alex Koohang
and Keith Harman's 2007 book /Knowledge Management/; "The Mod
Industries? The Industrial Logic of Non-Market Game Production," which
she co-wrote with David B. Nieborg for a 2008 issue of the /European
Journal of Cultural Studies/; and "Spill Over Practices of Virtual
Markets: The ComMODification of Inventory Toolkits," which will appear in Japanese in 2008.
