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Tim Raats
Tim Raats is associate professor at the Communication Sciences Department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) where he teaches several courses on media policy and economics. He obtained a Ph.D. in media and communication studies in 2014 on the role and position of public service broadcasting in a networked media ecosystem. He is head of the Media Economics and Policy Research Unit at imec-SMIT-VUB (Studies on Media, Innovation and Technology). He specializes in policy and market research on production and distribution of audio-visual content in small media markets, EU media policy and public service media. He coordinated several research projects for the Minister of Media, the Flemish Department of Culture, Youth and Media, the Sector Council for Media in Flanders and the public broadcaster VRT. Tim is also chairholder of the VRT chair ‘Public Media in a Society in Transition’ and acted as senior consultant in several research projects. He published widely in edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals. Since 2018, he has been an appointed member of the Board of Governors of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund and, since 2022, a member of the Flemish Advisory Council for Media (SARC).
Contact: imec-SMIT-VUB, Pleinlaan 9, 2nd floor, 1050, Brussels, Belgium.
