Wim Vanobberghen
Researcher
Wim Vanobberghen holds a master degrees in History (2001, Vrije Universiteit Brussel), a master degree in Communication Sciences (2003, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and a teacher's degree in History (2002, Vrije Universiteit Brussel).
He started working at iMinds-SMIT in 2004 on a phd 'The discourse about the user of new communication and information technologies in a historical perspective: a discourse analysis of the Flemish Catholic and Socialist Press with the introduction of radio (1923-1933) and television (1953-1960) in Belgium.'
Since 2011, Wim is also working within iMInds-SMIT as a researcher on the CIP-project 'EPIC-European platform for intelligent cities (EPIC) in which he conducts the user research for the Brussels pilot within the project.
Tel: +32 2 629 10 67
He started working at iMinds-SMIT in 2004 on a phd 'The discourse about the user of new communication and information technologies in a historical perspective: a discourse analysis of the Flemish Catholic and Socialist Press with the introduction of radio (1923-1933) and television (1953-1960) in Belgium.'
Since 2011, Wim is also working within iMInds-SMIT as a researcher on the CIP-project 'EPIC-European platform for intelligent cities (EPIC) in which he conducts the user research for the Brussels pilot within the project.
Tel: +32 2 629 10 67

'The Marvel of our time': visions surrounding the introduction of radio broadcasting in the radio magazine Radio (1923-1928) (2011)
Een historische analyse van het discours omtrent de introductie van televisie, radio en internet (2009)
'The Marvel of our Time': Visions about radio broadcasting in the Flemish Catholic Press, 1923-1936, paper presented at the 25th IAMCR conference (2007)
‘The marvel of our time’: visions surrounding the introduction of radio broadcasting in Belgium 1923-1928, paper presented at Media History and History in the Media: Media and Time (2007)
“Het nieuwe wereldwonder van onze tijd”: toekomstvisies over de radio-omroep in het tijdschrift “Radio” (1923-1936). Paper presented at Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2007 (publication on CD-ROM/digital proceedings) (2007)
Publieke televisie in Vlaanderen. Een geschiedenis. (2007)
Comparative Media History in: Historical Journal of Film (2007)
Back to the future. Historicizing social dream worlds about new media (2006)
Een historische analyse van het discours omtrent de introductie van televisie, radio en internet (2009)
'The Marvel of our Time': Visions about radio broadcasting in the Flemish Catholic Press, 1923-1936, paper presented at the 25th IAMCR conference (2007)
‘The marvel of our time’: visions surrounding the introduction of radio broadcasting in Belgium 1923-1928, paper presented at Media History and History in the Media: Media and Time (2007)
“Het nieuwe wereldwonder van onze tijd”: toekomstvisies over de radio-omroep in het tijdschrift “Radio” (1923-1936). Paper presented at Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2007 (publication on CD-ROM/digital proceedings) (2007)
Publieke televisie in Vlaanderen. Een geschiedenis. (2007)
Comparative Media History in: Historical Journal of Film (2007)
Back to the future. Historicizing social dream worlds about new media (2006)






