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Roderik Smits is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He has over a decade of teaching and research experience at universities in the UK, Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands, developing significant expertise in the film and television industries. His research focuses on key industry processes including policy, production, distribution, exhibition, and streaming. Roderik has co-edited 'European Cinema in the Streaming Era' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) and authored 'Gatekeeping in the Evolving Business of Independent Film Distribution' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). His work has appeared in various esteemed journals such as Media Industries, Poetics, and Studies in European Cinema. Roderik holds a PhD from the University of York (UK) and has led large-scale collaborative research projects funded by HERA and AHRC. His ongoing postdoctoral research project on online platforms and film circulation is expected to run until 2024. He has also engaged with industry organizations like Creative Europe and Europa Distribution, reflecting his commitment to bridging academic research with industry practice.
Erasmus University Rotterdam • Rotterdam, Netherlands
Teaching and research in Media and Communication, focusing on film and television industries.
Department of Econometrics / MSc Econometrics and Management Science.