I'm a lecturer at the University of Amsterdam, the Principal Investigator of Slow Editing Towards Equity research project, and a former Wikipedia Visiting Scholar. My research examines the political design of encyclopedic knowledge, which has included studying practices and techniques of consensus both within Wikipedia[1][2][3] and new media[4][5] in general. I have also conducted previous research by examining the epistemological connections between Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia Britannica by comparing the organizational structure of ten articles throughout the lifespan of each encyclopedia.[6] as well as understanding how Wikipedia has shaped digital culture more broadly.[7] See also: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2013/September

References

  1. Jankowski, Steve (2022). "Making Consensus Sensible: The Transition of a Democratic Ideal into Wikipedia’s Interface". Journal of Peer Production (15). Retrieved September 26, 2022. 
  2. Jankowski, Steve. "The Trouble with Knowing: Wikipedian consensus and the political design of encyclopedic media". Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). York University. Retrieved September 26, 2022. 
  3. Jankowski, Steve (2015). "No consensus on consensus: A paradox within Wikipedian governance and collective action". In Torres, C.; Mateus, S. From Multitude to Crowds- Collective Action and the Media. Peter Lang. pp. 177–196. 
  4. Jankowski, Steve (2024). "Consensus techniques". Internet Policy Review 13 (2): 1–9. 
  5. * Jankowski, Steve (November 2022). "Imaginary Parliaments: Excavating the metaphor of consensus within blockchain technologies". AoIR 2022: The 23rd Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. Dublin, Ireland. pp. https://spir.aoir.org. 
  6. Jankowski, Steve (2013). "Encyclopaedism & Wikipedia: a generic analysis of epistemic values" (PDF) (in en-US). University of Ottawa. Retrieved 2017-05-27. 
  7. Jankowski, Steve (2023). "The Wikipedia imaginaire: a new media history beyond Wikipedia.org (2001--2022)". Internet Histories 7 (4): 333–353. doi:10.1080/24701475.2023.2246261.