Robin van den Akker

Robin van den Akker is a Senior Lecturer in Continental Philosophy and Cultural Studies at the Humanities Department of Erasmus University College Rotterdam. He also serves as the academic program coordinator there. His work focuses on metamodernism, digitization of everyday life, and contemporary aesthetics, with a particular interest in urban public space and locative media interfaces. He co-edited the influential volume Metamodernism: Historicity, Affect, and Depth (2017) and founded the research platform 'Notes on Metamodernism'. His research has been translated into Mandarin, Russian, German, and Spanish.

Education includes a BA in Social History, two MAs in Media/Journalism and Philosophy from Erasmus University Rotterdam, and an MPhil in Cultural Inquiry from the University of Birmingham. His doctoral dissertation, The Social Production of Hybrid Space, explored mobile technologies' impact on urban environments.

Key research themes include metamodernist aesthetics, post-postmodern cultural logics, digital culture, and interdisciplinary arts/sciences education. His work bridges philosophy, cultural studies, and urban studies, addressing topics like biomimicry, hybrid spaces, and contemporary utopian thought.

Robin contributes to public discourse through columns in Dutch newspaper Trouw with 'Het Filosofisch Elftal', and has published widely in journals like Journal of Aesthetics and Culture and Frieze. His recent work explores biomimetic systems and delta studies' educational frameworks.

He actively participates in academic and public engagement activities, including film discussions at Rotterdam's KINO cinema and Feyenoord-related campus cultural events.