Professor Dr. Marc Verboord

Biography

Marc Verboord is a professor at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (ESHCC) at Erasmus University Rotterdam. His research is situated at the intersection of cultural media sociology, communication science, and journalism studies. He specializes in the sociological aspects of media consumption and the societal impacts of digitalization, focusing on themes such as trust and cultural legitimation. Verboord received his PhD in Sociology from Utrecht University in 2003. His dissertation examined the influence of literary education and parental socialization on reading fiction between 1975 and 2000. He has worked on various research projects, including Cultural Canons Cultural Capacities, Cultural Classification Systems Transition, and Cultural Value in the Age of the Internet. His recent roles include being a board member for the H2020 project INVENT, which conducted comparative research across nine European countries on societal values and culture in inclusive cultural policies. Verboord has published extensively in over 40 peer-reviewed journals and served as co-editor-in-chief of Poetics from 2015 to 2021. He teaches various courses including International BA Communication and Media and MA Media Studies, and has served as head of the Media & Communication department.

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