Jasmijn Van Gorp is a Senior Lecturer of Audiovisual Heritage and Digital Culture. She received her PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Antwerp (Belgium) and her MA in Communication Sciences from KULeuven (Belgium).
Jasmijn is the co-founder of the , an integrated digital research infrastructure for audiovisual heritage in the Netherlands. Her research interests include digital humanities, digital and creative methods for film and television and metadata in/of digital archives. Currently, she works on two research projects: , which focuses on the reuse of audiovisual archives in journalistic practice, and AI TaDa which explores flow in digitised broadcast schedules and AI-generated metadata.
In the field of education, Jasmijn's focus is on teaching digital skills, methods and theories. She has co-authored an article on that advocates for integrating critical reflection skills when teaching (the mastering of) digital tools. In addition, Jasmijn has co-authored the for the BA programs of the Faculty of the Humanities. With Christian Olesen she has launched the that aims to train researchers and students in digital skills for audiovisual heritage research.
At Utrecht University, Jasmijn coordinates the Specialization Package in Television and Media Culture for the BA Media and Culture. She teaches courses on Digital Television History (BA) and Programming and Curation (MA), and supervises BA and MA theses in film and television studies.